Alise Emma Karras was born 8:51 am Monday, September 5th (Labor Day!) 7 lbs 12 oz and a head full of hair.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Welcome Home Parade
We drove up to Steven's Point this weekend to attend a Welcome Home Parade and Celebration for the 32nd Brigade. Though they returned in late January this parade was to honor their service in the past years deployment. I guess they waited until the weather was nice.
All 3000 or so troops marched in a parade which was followed by a festival with food, music, kids activities, military vehicles and of course speeches from Wisconsin politicians :)
waiting for daddy
here comes the parade
nate is the far soldier in the last row if you can't tell :)
with daddy after he marched
All 3000 or so troops marched in a parade which was followed by a festival with food, music, kids activities, military vehicles and of course speeches from Wisconsin politicians :)
waiting for daddy
here comes the parade
nate is the far soldier in the last row if you can't tell :)
with daddy after he marched
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!
To a great Daddy who finally got to spend Father's with his son!
This pic was from Memorial Day weekend
Friday, June 18, 2010
Poor Baby
Aside from his brief mowing of the lawn, this is what Finley did most of yesterday and today. He was feeling very yucky with his fever getting up to 104 degrees. A mystery to us as he had no other symptoms beside being miserable?
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Lawn Boy
Nate went to mow the lawn and Finley happily grabbed his mower to help. Lawn mowers are one of Finley's favorite things. Would you believe he was running about a 103 degree fever in these pics? He was feeling pretty yucky but I guess his obsession with mowers is pretty serious.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Potty Pooper!
Though in hind-sight we should have taken a few photos of our big boy doing his very first business ON the potty, in the midst of the excitement (and some disbelief) we did not. This is however a picture of the scene of the historical event...
Nate said I just had to blog about this since it was a "milestone" - I think it was also due to the fact that it was Nate's quick thinking and supportive coaching that led up to what would be Finley's first potty experience. We were very exicited for him and he was too very excited for himself. Only time will tell if this is the "real" start of potty training or just an lucky isolated event. What a big boy we have!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Fresh Start
After much thinking the last week I really decided I need to get back to blogging! I have heard numerous comments from friends and family on how they miss seeing what Mr. Finley is up to and keeping up with our life.....so here goes nothing :)
I did in the last few months start many posts but just never got the time to upload the pics to go with them so we'll see if I get time to go back, in the meantime I am just going to move forward and try to catch you up to this point.
Since January when Nate arrived home things have been a whirlwind but a good one. Our first mission was FAMILY time. In January we booked a couple days at a local waterpark hotel in the WI dells to take Finley swimming and had a blast.
February rolled around and Nate and I headed off to beautiful Hawaii for a week long much-needed vacation. Finley stayed with my mom and dad and had his own vacation. When we returned from Hawaii we used the rest of February to do fun family things with Finley before Nate was due to start his new position with the WI NG. This included hanging out with family, friends and a trip to Chicago to the Shedd Aquarium and even Ikea (where oddly Finley perhaps had more fun than the Aquarium?)
March brought the start of a new job for Nate and we also hit one of our other goals hard which was shopping for a new house! We put most of our free energy into looking at homes for the whole month of March and into April. I am sorry to say we have not found it yet. We know we need to move as our first home is getting seemingly smaller by the day but we aren't willing to settle for a house we don't love. For the moment we have cooled down the house hunt and just keep our eye on new listings. We are trying to enjoy the time that we do have to spend in our house and know something will come along in due time.
As May approaches we are keeping fingers crossed that our family stays healthy after a long run with cold viruses, strep throat and pink eye!! Envious, I know you are :)
Mr. Finley is doing AWESOME as usual. Talking up a storm, cracking us up and just learning from us like a sponge. He is quite the personality. Since the weather has warmed up some of his new favorite activities are playing in his sand table (with diggers), high-altitude swinging for hours while watching the dogs run crazy around the yard, sliding at the park (all by himself on the big slides!), long walks in his new all-terrain wagon and just helping mom and dad around the yard with what needs doing. He has recently acquired a Lighting McQueen "quad" that he is learning to ride. Thanks to all the Grandparents for all the new cool equipment!!
The next few months promise to be a busy time for us with weddings, trips and Nate's busy schedule. He likes his new job and has already traveled a bit. We are enjoying life the way it is now and knowing the the rest of the year is sure to bring changes for us.
See you back here soon!!
I did in the last few months start many posts but just never got the time to upload the pics to go with them so we'll see if I get time to go back, in the meantime I am just going to move forward and try to catch you up to this point.
Since January when Nate arrived home things have been a whirlwind but a good one. Our first mission was FAMILY time. In January we booked a couple days at a local waterpark hotel in the WI dells to take Finley swimming and had a blast.
February rolled around and Nate and I headed off to beautiful Hawaii for a week long much-needed vacation. Finley stayed with my mom and dad and had his own vacation. When we returned from Hawaii we used the rest of February to do fun family things with Finley before Nate was due to start his new position with the WI NG. This included hanging out with family, friends and a trip to Chicago to the Shedd Aquarium and even Ikea (where oddly Finley perhaps had more fun than the Aquarium?)
March brought the start of a new job for Nate and we also hit one of our other goals hard which was shopping for a new house! We put most of our free energy into looking at homes for the whole month of March and into April. I am sorry to say we have not found it yet. We know we need to move as our first home is getting seemingly smaller by the day but we aren't willing to settle for a house we don't love. For the moment we have cooled down the house hunt and just keep our eye on new listings. We are trying to enjoy the time that we do have to spend in our house and know something will come along in due time.
As May approaches we are keeping fingers crossed that our family stays healthy after a long run with cold viruses, strep throat and pink eye!! Envious, I know you are :)
Mr. Finley is doing AWESOME as usual. Talking up a storm, cracking us up and just learning from us like a sponge. He is quite the personality. Since the weather has warmed up some of his new favorite activities are playing in his sand table (with diggers), high-altitude swinging for hours while watching the dogs run crazy around the yard, sliding at the park (all by himself on the big slides!), long walks in his new all-terrain wagon and just helping mom and dad around the yard with what needs doing. He has recently acquired a Lighting McQueen "quad" that he is learning to ride. Thanks to all the Grandparents for all the new cool equipment!!
The next few months promise to be a busy time for us with weddings, trips and Nate's busy schedule. He likes his new job and has already traveled a bit. We are enjoying life the way it is now and knowing the the rest of the year is sure to bring changes for us.
See you back here soon!!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Touchdown!!
That's exactly what we watched a plane do at Volk Field carrying 250 soldiers from the 32nd Brigade. The plane that was carrying our soldier, our hero, Nate! He landed around 6 pm this evening. Though they still have to complete several days of demobilization we got to spend a little more than an hour with him and are looking forward to having him home, for good, in a few days!!
The unfortunate part is that most of the pictures taken with my camera were distorted as somehow it got bumped on a different setting. All of the ones where we first met up with Nate are pretty hard to make out - we look like we are on fire in some of them!! All said it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. We still have a few photos. The totally ironic thing is the same thing happened four years ago when Nate arrived home from his deployment. The pictures at the welcome came out all distorted from another camera error so I guess we are just following tradition?
Myself, my sister, Nate's mom Patti, my friend Erin and Finley all headed up to Volk to see they guys fly in and see Nate. It was COLD!! Combo that with waiting on a tarmac and a little boy who doesn't understand the necessity of mittens or hats? You can't hold onto cars with mittens on!! Geesh. Finley did good for the circumstances but wasn't the happiest camper.
The whole 32nd Brigade has been coming in for a little over a week now and the rest are to follow till all 3200 are home safe and sound. It has been a long, sometimes difficult year and I am so grateful that this deployment is over.
Waiting on the Tarmac...it was COLD!!
First hug from Daddy
Weird Family picture...
My sister and my friend Erin (whose boyfriend comes in with the Torch party in a few more days!)
Awww... bottle baby... OK, I know. We are working on it. Poor Finley was on a napless bender and very tired.
Together again
Patti, Nate and Finley (pitching a fit)
Boys!!
What Finley did for most of the hour
There was an ambulance and buses outside..need I say more?
The unfortunate part is that most of the pictures taken with my camera were distorted as somehow it got bumped on a different setting. All of the ones where we first met up with Nate are pretty hard to make out - we look like we are on fire in some of them!! All said it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. We still have a few photos. The totally ironic thing is the same thing happened four years ago when Nate arrived home from his deployment. The pictures at the welcome came out all distorted from another camera error so I guess we are just following tradition?
Myself, my sister, Nate's mom Patti, my friend Erin and Finley all headed up to Volk to see they guys fly in and see Nate. It was COLD!! Combo that with waiting on a tarmac and a little boy who doesn't understand the necessity of mittens or hats? You can't hold onto cars with mittens on!! Geesh. Finley did good for the circumstances but wasn't the happiest camper.
The whole 32nd Brigade has been coming in for a little over a week now and the rest are to follow till all 3200 are home safe and sound. It has been a long, sometimes difficult year and I am so grateful that this deployment is over.
Waiting on the Tarmac...it was COLD!!
First hug from Daddy
Weird Family picture...
My sister and my friend Erin (whose boyfriend comes in with the Torch party in a few more days!)
Awww... bottle baby... OK, I know. We are working on it. Poor Finley was on a napless bender and very tired.
Together again
Patti, Nate and Finley (pitching a fit)
Boys!!
What Finley did for most of the hour
There was an ambulance and buses outside..need I say more?
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