Oklahoma Family

This past Tuesday, my uncle, aunt and cousin visited from Oklahoma to stay with my parents for a few nights. They were able to see Mall of America, go to a Twins game and spend some time with us. It was the first time they saw Elyse and she loved all the attention. We hope to see them again soon.

Our New Niece

Introducing...
Greta Simone Klauser
Born July 27th @ 4:51 pm, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz and 20.25" long
Nate's brother, Shawn and sister-in-law, Amelia were blessed this past Monday with a beautiful healthy little girl. They already have a son so Liam gets the opportunity to be a big brother. We are very happy to have a little niece and super excited for the new Klauser family of four. Love you guys.

Learning 101

Every night Nate and I go for a walk. Well tonight right before we left Elyse was talking up a storm and repeating what Nate was doing. So I went and grabbed the video camera and here is somethings I caught.

I took the picture below of Nate and Elyse while walking, I love it!

Really Better Than the Park

Since the last slide post Nate has found even a better buy on Craig's List. Elyse now has the Little Tikes 8-in-1 play set. It has two slides, climbing walls, a door and a tunnel. She really loves it all and has gotten really good at going down the slides.

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma K

Nate, Elyse and I had a wonderful weekend! We had two special visitors for about three days, Nate's parents came to visit. It's been a while since Elyse has seen them, but you could tell she really missed them. Even though Friday and Saturday's weather was crappy, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day. We spent the weekend playing inside and out, going for walks, playing cards, eating great food and going downtown to the Aquatennial in Minneapolis.

Thank you for coming to visit! Hope to see you again soon.

Better Than the Park

Okay, so this new slide really isn't better than going to the park, but I was trying to follow the "Better Than McDonalds" trend with Elyse's new bargain toys. Nate found this slide for only $10 and Elyse loves it! She already loved being outside but now she has something more to do which brings her even more joy.

Fun in the Sun

Today had to be one of my best days of the summer so far. Elyse and I got invited by my good friend, Kelly to go swimming at her parents' house. Sarah and Mason also joined us, as well as Kelly's college friend Stacey and her daughter. All eight of us swam from 11:15-12, then ate lunch, then swam again for about 30 minutes. Then at 2:00 we laid all the babies in their pack n'plays in separate rooms, brought the monitors down to the pool and enjoyed the sun for over two hours. That's right, us mamas got to lay on rafts in the pool while getting tan, it was awesome! A special thanks to Kelly and her family for having a mama and baby pool day!!!

Sarah & Mason and Kelly & Mariana (Elyse really did have fun)
Elyse playing with Mason and trying to steal his teeth
Elyse having fun and modeling in the hammock after swimming