June 2009

It's hard to believe that it's already been 2 weeks since Sarah and Brad's wedding, and yet here we are - getting ready to head home to Minnesota for wedding #2! But before we leave, I thought I would catch you all up on what's kept us busy since we got home.

June has been a bit of a crazy month for Nick and I. We left behind some beautiful summer weather in MN to come back to snow in Montana. Yes - you read correctly. SNOW IN JUNE. So Nick's garden got put on hold for another week. He was able to get it started after work a couple nights and it seems to be growing well now.

For those that don't know, Nick started running shortly before Ellie was born and he's quite good at it. He's run a few races now and finished a 10K this weekend with our friend Moe.We took a little roadtrip to Rexburg, Idaho this last weekend for the race. It was another long weekend in the car, but Ellie did really well again. We pulled into Rexburg late Friday night. Nick and Moe ran the race on Saturday morning while Ellie and I cheered them on (Ellie cheered in her sleep, obviously). Then, finding that Rexburg didn't have a lot of things to offer us in entertainment, we decided to drive to Bozeman, MT and spent Saturday night there, instead. It was a relaxing weekend and we enjoyed some beautiful scenic drives through the mountains.

Ellie has grown considerably the past few weeks - we even noticed quite a gain during our last stay in MN. She is 7.5 weeks old now and has been giving lots of smiles and is cooing! She is turning into quite the little chub. We're not sure what she weighs (she has her 2 month check-up with shots (so sad...) this coming Thursday), but she is gaining a lot of little rolls on her arms and legs, and is now sporting a double chin. :) All of the 0-3 month clothes that were once falling off her, are now being filled out and I can see that she won't wear them real long.