Sunday, January 24, 2010

A crazy weekend

It was a pretty crazy weekend for Daddy at home with the two little ones. He was so busy with work and taking care of Brock and Rayna while I was working. I don't know how he still managed to send me some photos of them having a good time, but he did. Here are a few.
Brock is really into taking pictures now. He's getting pretty good.








Thursday, January 14, 2010

Time to Catch up!


We got a lot of snow over Christmas. Here we are in the backyard with Brock's first snowman. I haven't built a snowman in so long I forgot we needed parts for the face and such so we were scrambling to finish it as Rayna was waking up from her nap. The eyes and buttons are Oreo's.Brock got a guitar for Christmas with the money his Great Aunt Judy and Great Uncle Pete sent him. I think it was his favorite gift that day. He is quite musical. Hopefully he'll continue to impress us with his musical abilities.

He usually holds his guitar upright like a bass.
I had to force him to sit down and show him how to hold it correctly.

Rayna got a tutu with a matching head band from Aunt Britta and Uncle Matt.

Brock's first snow angle.

Brock also got this awesome track with trucks that run on batteries.
And a new Thomas track.
Check out the snow! We got between 12-18 inches over Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
Brock and Henry LOVE the snow.
We spent Christmas Eve at Nana and Grandpapa's house.
Brayden and Brock sure loved Nana's new pillow.
Brock painting
More snow...this was a storm that came before the Christmas storm.
Brock's new "Cool Trick".
We can't forget about Rayna. Big blue eyes and lots of drool.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Reitan's family photo, 2009

It's not easy to get the whole family together for a photo these days. This one's a keeper... everyone is in a good mood with smiles and open eyes!
Thanks for the delicious chili Nana.
December 2009

Santa's visitor


Nana and Grandpapa brought me to see Santa on Saturday. We also went to see a real live Nativity scene. I got to pet a donkey! Thanks for a fun Saturday....Love, Brock

Monday, November 23, 2009

Halloween 2009

Brock playing with leaves in front of our house.


Brock and Brayden had the same costume this year. How cute are these two?

Photos of Rayna


I took lots of pictures of Rayna for her birth announcements (which will probably be sent with our Christmas cards since we haven't addressed the envelopes yet). Here are few of my favorites that didn't make the cut of being on the card.



Our trip to the Minnesota Zoo

Ben, Emily, Brayden, and Gabrielle went to the zoo with us at the end of October. We had a blast. Brock was SO exhausted by the end of the day he needed to sit in Brayden's spot in in Ben and Emily's stroller. We took the smaller stroller because Brock always wants to walk. I guess it was too much walking for him that day.
Brock has a book called, "The going to bed book" and he loves to find the moose on each page.
Here are Daddy and Brock watching the video of Brock watching the bear. You can find that video a few posts back.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Rayna's birth announcement

Here it is! Rayna's birth announcement.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Kids say the silliest things....

I have been meaning to write down some of the funny things Brock says. I've decided to write them here and share them with you. I will need to do this more regularly because I can only think of one right now.

Brock has a blanket (we call it his bunka) that he loves. He has grown very attached to his bunka. He wraps it around his left index finger and smells it all the time. The other day I asked him what his bunka smelled like. He thought about it for a second and then said in a very serious voice, "Earth".

Brock and Rayna

Brock loves his sister SO much. He's always looking out for her. She was crying today and Brock looked concerned. I told him Rayna was sad. Brock came up to her and said, "It's okay baby Rayna" and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Brock wanted to share his blue bus with Rayna...

and his yellow bus. What a nice brother.

Kisses for Rayna (what a lucky girl).

My little cuties.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

"It's so big!"

Here's a little video from our trip to the Minnesota Zoo. Brock is talking to a stranger about the bear.

Friday, October 16, 2009

October snow

Josh and I went to Mexico for our honeymoon and had just found out we were pregnant with Brock the day before we left. As we were trying to figure out how to tell our families, I thought, "why don't we buy a tiny little outfit and wrap it up and give it to your folks and let them figure it out". We had no idea if it was a boy or girl and this dress is what we decided to buy. It was a very special moment around the dinner table when they opened the box and realized what we were telling them. Brock did not wear the dress, but here is our dear Rayna in the dress we bought in December of 2006.




Daddy is really hoping Rayna is a snuggle bug.
What a crazy year for weather. Snow in early October. This was our first snow. We had a bigger snow fall 2 days later. It's all gone now (thank goodness). Brock could not get outside fast enough.