New House

Well here it is! Everyone's been asking me to take a picture of the new house so while at mimi and poppy's house last weekend I finally took one! I felt like an idiot so I stood across the street and took the pic! I'll post some more when we move October 1st! :) Everyone is more than welcome to come visit in person!

Shhhh, it's a secret (for now)

We thought it would be fun to share the exciting news with our blog followers, since you're all close family anyway! It's a BOY!! We weren't going to find out but you know Jeff and I....just couldn't do it! So, for now it's a secret but who knows everyone may know in another week or two!! I wish we were better at this stuff! In another month we'll know what we're getting eachother for xmas!

My first thought when she told me it was a boy was excitement, then surprised that I'm 5 for 5 and lastly Oh NO, My poor little Johnny! How will he ever share his mommy!! Ha, Ha!!

Also, most importantly everything looked great with the little guy (thinking Joey)! I'm so excited and happy to share the exciting news!

Solberg Cousin Fun!

The summer is coming to an end and the kids had so much fun with all of their cousins! Jack and Ava have gotten to know Mike, Joe, Dan and Elise a lot more this summer and are OBSESSED with them! They want to name the new baby Mike or Joe if it's a boy and of course Elise if it's a girl! The kids are so good with all of our kids and they always give me a break when we all get together! We went to Lake Geneva a couple times this year where they went on boat rides, fished and Mike and Joe helped Jack get over his fear of deep water (kinda)!

We also saw Julia and Lilly this summer and the kids had fun at park dates and an end of summer bbq.

We see Miss Zoe and cousin Ryan 2-3x a week but sadly have no pics to share! I'll have to remember this next summer! Ava and Zoe did ballet together this summer and are probably going to do it this fall together. The kids have a lot of fun together and have done just about everything together!

I can't wait for next summer so John and Alexa can join in on the fun! :)

CARLOS...aka Johnny!

Have you seen the movie "The Hangover"? Baby Carlos is the cute lil baby from this movie and the Solberg clan (Mike, Joe, Danny and Elise) thinks Johnny looks exactly like him! They don't call him Johnny anymore and even took pics of John in a Bjorn (Joey actually wore it) wearing the big sunglasses to show their friends!! They used to call him white chocolate so Carlos is an upgrade....I think?? So, if you hear anyone call him Carlos, you now know why!!

Mover and a Shaker

Mover and a Shaker is what they said about Johnny at his 6 month NICU appointment! Well, it turns out that Alexa is the mover and the shaker!! She started crawling at 6 1/2 months adjusted which is before even Ava! Johnny just started crawling military style about 2 weeks ago! Alexa is ALL over the house exploring everything! She's climbing stairs and has even stood on her own (only about 15 seconds)! Johnny is content to just stay and hang out and only crawls to pull up on things. He uses the blue chair (above) as a walker! Maybe Alexa will walk for her first Birthday Circus!

Ava's Ballet Recital...kinda!!

Ava's last ballet class was last week and it was one of the hilights of my summer not to mention one of the many reasons I wanted kids! She was fantastic but most of all she was having SOOO much fun! You could see it all over her face and hear it from her mouth!! It was the first time I was able to watch her do ballet (drop off class) so she was very excited that I was there! She came running to me about 20x during the performance and would tell me "Mommy I'm so happy you're here watching me ballet"!! The class was worth EVERY penny! It was priceless to see her so happy and having so much fun! I can't wait for all the other activities she'll soon do! Jack and Ava are signed up for soccer. This might be right up her alley...Is pushing allowed in soccer???

"Bestest Friend"

I was in the kitchen cooking and Jack and Johnny were alone in the family room and I heard Jack say to Johnny...."I love you Johnny! You're gonna be my Bestest Friend Forever"!!

The feeling is defenitely mutual! Johnny lights up the second Jack walks into the room! We've decided these guys will share a room in the new house....bestest friends forever!!