LOVING THE FALL...

The fall is our family's favorite season. We have been working to take advantage of it.

We watch a lot of football and KJ has been supporting his dad's team. I can't say I am happy about the team, but too cute either way.

We are going to get family pictures this week and KJ has been working on his smile. We keep telling him to "say cheese" and he has come up with a lovely face. We were practicing last week...

Finally, we took a trip to the Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch to pick some apples, pick a pumpkin and have some cider and a donut. KJ loved to eat the apples when we were picking them and pointed out each pumpkin, saying "pump-in". Too, he loved the warm apple cider, drinking more than Kurt and I combined.

SHAKING THINGS UP...

We figure that we are just getting KJ to a state of normalcy, so we should go and rock the boat to ensure that we don't get too used to a sense of freedom.



Kurt and I are expecting our second baby, due April 5, 2010. This little one is giving me a run for my money, making the first few months pretty miserable. I am looking forward to feeling better soon and being able to eat food again, sleep for longer than 2 hours at a time and be a better wife and mom. Stay tuned for updates...

DADDY IS SO PROUD...

Everyone in the Schuster household was excited about the start of football season this year, even KJ. Kurt's wolverines had a good showing, my fighting irish didn't disappoint and well, the Lions have yet to play a game, so that season is probably on it most positive note.

A little video of KJ getting ready for the season ahead...

A couple of pictures as the summer comes to an end. KJ has done a lot of growing over this summer- with lots of talking! He is repeating everything now, making it very difficult for his mama and her potty mouth. Either my kids will talk like sailors or I will learn to tame my language...hmmmm...

TALKING MACHINE

So many words, so little time...

SUMMER FUN...

July is staying just as busy as June. KJ continues to grow in size and personality by the day. I laugh daily at the little man as he says or does something to make wonder where he came from. He is talking all the time, repeating everything we say, including some bad words that might fly out during a drive.

This past weekend, we went down to Indiana to visit Erica, Jeff and Hayden. The kids got along great, playing outside all weekend and enjoying our visit to the fair to see animals (and eat a walking taco!) We wished we could have stayed longer.

BUSY JUNE...

We have been traveling around the country in June, trying to take advantage of the good weather and KJ's new found independence with walking, talking and learning.

First, we traveled to Washington, DC to visit Uncle Gerald and take in the sites of our nation's capital. Uma and Papa came along for the trip and helped out a TON with KJ.

After going on KJ's first flight, we took a couple of days to see all the sites, visiting Alexandria, The Mall, all the memorials, Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, the Pentagon and the White House. Of course we passed by Kurt's favorite place too, the IRS Building.

We all had a very nice trip and were very lucky to get warm weather and a nice breeze throughout the entire trip.

Later in the month, we traveled to St. Ignace for KJ's first trip "Up North". We went to the St. Ignace Car Show and played in the cold waters of Lake Michigan with Grandma Schuster and Uma and Papa.

After our quick trip, we found that KJ caught some poison ivy, so the past few days have been fun, but overall, it has been worth it.