Ticket Envy

Fun times at the Shercks the past few days! The Beckers came to visit and it was so nice since Bill was in South Dakota pheasant hunting for work (in blizzard conditions). Some pictures attached...
The first: Friday night we made a stop for dinner to Space Aliens! Zoie and Ellie loved the game room and both won tickets. But, I had to snap a photo here...look at how many tickets these guys had? Z&E were pretty jealous... Zoie & Brady have become best buddies...The girls gave Brady a puppet show...Here's what Brady did all night when they were visiting...Ha! Brady with Grandma Lisa...

And the little man with my Grandpa Becker! Whenever he cries - Gpa B claps his hands and it makes him calm down (sometimes) They were in the cities to attend the musical "Grease" - sounds like it was a hit!

Bill made it home from South Dakota and we're starting a new week full of fun adventures. We can't believe Brady is already 5 weeks old. We're starting to see some possible smiles...so, hopefully we'll be able to post some smiling pics in the next couple weeks.

Buuuuudha Belly in the New Year!

Check out my new buddha belly that I've grown for the New Year! I must be figuring out how to eat. Fact: I'm just finishing up my LAST pack of newborn diapers and here come size ONE! We spent the 29th through New Years Day at the cabin up in Brainerd on Gull Lake with Gma and Gpa Sherck! We had so much fun watching all of the snowmobilers zoom by the front window! Dad got to go ice fishing but I had to stay in by the fire because it was chilly! New Years Eve day when we woke up it was a bone-chilling -20 degrees. Wow. I stayed by the fire with Gma wrapped up like a baby burrito in my blanket. Pics below of dad ice fishing...

Can you believe it? Mom was dressing me in all of these Christmas outfits the past few days. Isn't Christmas over? She said they all had to get one last wear...

My mom & dad goof around all of the time. They put Gmas reading glasses on me. I got so mad that I started screaming! We hope everyone had a great time celebrating the New Year - we celebrated with a hot fire, wine, appetizers of cocktail shrimp and bbq ribs. By the time the ball dropped, I was sound asleep...

A note from Katie: I had to post the last picture here. Funny times this past week. Every time Bill "takes care" of Brady, I'm always finding myself laughing out loud. On Monday before we headed to the cabin I was upstairs packing and heard the vacuum going. I thought Bill was doing some house cleaning before we left - only to find on the main floor the vacuum running and Brady on the floor right next to it sleeping. I guess - it's dad's way of calming a fussy baby. They never taught us that in the baby classes! The picture below is from tonight - daddy day care #2. I went to check on Brady - Bill had dressed him, socks up to his knees and put his wool pumpkin hat on him. He fell asleep and Bill put him in the swing and when I went to check on him...I found the pic below. He was still zonked out, but...poor little guy. Oh man...

Gawsh, I love Christmas.

We had so much fun at Christmas! We spent xmas eve and xmas day over at Gma and Gpa Shercks house. I've posted a couple pics. The first one above, it's me! I got to open xmas gifts for the first time. I'm thrilled, as you can probably tell in the photo.
The one to the left is me & Gma at the dinner table Xmas Eve. I wasn't too happy in my bouncee chair. I wanted her to hold me so I could see all of the action at the table!

Here's me with my Dad & Mom by the Xmas Tree.

Mommy thought this one was funny. Look how exhausted we were at the end of the day! Whew! Thank you to everyone for all of the awesome gifts you sent me. Look at these new shoes I got. They're huge - but, from what it sounds, I'll grow into them before I know it. Guess what else mom & I got from dad for Christmas? A new bike stroller/trailer thingy so in the spring mom can ride the trails and I can tag along. Yes!

A visit from Aunties Ellie & Zoie and Gma & Gma Becker

Check out pics from the nice visit we had on Sunday from the Beckers! I love my Aunts Ellie and Zoie and my Grandpa and Grandma B? Well, they're super cool. I have so many great pictures, I've chosen just a few to share.

Auntie Zoie

Auntie Ellie
Grandpa Becker

Zoie washed my hair.

My beer of choice: Amstel Light

A tired, but very happy mommy.

We're excited for Christmas! On Wednesday, we're planning on hittin' up Christmas Eve 5pm church service in Plymouth with Gma & Gpa Sherck and we'll hang with them again on Christmas day too. Yippee! Ho Ho Ho If we dont' get a chance to post before then, Happy Holidays to everyone! We're so grateful every day for our friends & family. We love you all! XOXO

My weekly update...

Let me tell you one thing. My mom is camera crazy. Mom...PUT THE CAMERA DOWN.

Did I tell you that I'm sleeping in my crip? That pack-n-play is for little guys. I'm big now. I think I weigh over 7 lbs.
My new girlfriend Mia stopped over on Tuesday (her mom brought my mom lunch) and it was such a fun visit! She is four months older than me, but I still think she's a catch! Here's a couple pics of our play date. Mia with her Mom Carissa and the next one I'm trying to spoon up to Mia. I love her chunky legs. Look at my chicken legs compared to hers! I have some SERIOUS growing to do.

It's amazing n' all. I'm three weeks old tomorrow and when I'm laying on my back, I can roll onto my side like the picture below. I'm one strong dude.

The last picture here is me with my dad. He's so comfy...he must have been tired from all of that ice fishing he did today.

Another couple pics from our friends visit - the Murphys! Aparently, Cooper thinks I'm funny lookin'.

This is my buddy Crosby. He's two weeks older than I am.Our family is so thankful every day for all of our friends and family. Thank you to everyone for all of the gifts, meals, phone calls and just being there for us. Next week is Christmas and I'm so excited for Santa to come. Who is Santa, anyway?

I had a birthday and I'm two weeks old.

Hi everyone. It's me, Brady here again. Mom has been so busy that it's tough writing a blog post daily, even weekly! (Maybe I should tell her to start doing it at 3am when I'm awake) She's attached some pictures in this post. Why do people always take pictures of me when I'm naked?This past week. Well, let's see. Dad went back to work. Gma D is still here. Boo-hoo, she leaves tomorrow and I'm gonna be so sad. Why will I be sad? Because she has slaved in the kitchen baking mom carmels, cinnamon rolls and all these delicious sugary snacks that she normally doesn't eat. She keeps complaining that she needs to get her bomb-body back, but those sugary foods are awesome for me one feeding later. Yum!Friday night we made an outing to Gma and Gpa Shercks for dinner. I love going out but I seem to always fall asleep whenever we leave the house. I think it's mom's air freshener in her car that zonks me out. While I was over at Gma and Gpas, mom spent a couple hours doing some xmas shopping.Saturday. Dad went fishing with Wayne. He had so much fun. Dad can't wait until he can tag me along in the baby bjorn for these fishing adventures! Today, Sunday - we have our friends Alison, Todd, John and Nick coming to see us! Then, Carissa & Mia are coming to visit on Tuesday. Yeah baby!
Mom is on the hunt for a new career so please pray that she finds something that will show off her skillzzzzz! We're so thankful for our health, friends & family that we'll make it through this scary time just fine. Mom & Dad told me that I'm the best Christmas gift that anyone could EVER give them and they're so happy to have me in the family. The job stuff will work out for the best.
And, we saved the best for last. I'm getting a double chin already and I'm only 2 weeks old. Check it out!

Wow, a busy week!

I can't believe it's already Tuesday...the time flies by when there's a new baby around. We're all doing great - Brady is growing and eating like a champ. He's still trying to figure out when exactly to sleep and he's figured that he likes sleeping better during the day. Oh well! This past week we've had a great time with my mom and all of the visitors! Thank you to everyone for all of the great gifts, meals and simple visits. We couldn't thank all of you enough.

Brady and I (mom) went out on our first outing on Sunday night! My girlfriends and I have a monthly girls night on a Sunday night once a month. We spent a few hours at Ryerse's house to watch "The Christmas Story" and Brady got a bunch of attention from everyone - Jen, Linds, Anna, Rye, Erin, Tini and Jenna. Of course, he slept the whole time!

Karis, Cami, Ryan, Great Grandma Lucy (GGL) and Great Grandpa Roy (GGR) came to visit this past weekend too! A few pictures from the past week attached!
Brady in white...you think he'll have red hair? Four Generations -Screaming with Gma D First bath: Daddy's Duty

Check out my big eyes!

Mom says this is a really good snapshot of me because this is REALLY what I look like! I have a light strawberry blonde hair and big blue eyes. Um, mom says that dad is gonna KILL her because she also posted two pics below of my daddy when he was little. Thanks to my Grandpa Sherck who secretly sent them to mom:) Well, in the pictures he's not as little as me, but I think I'm gonna look exactly like him when I get older.