Max Daisy & Dal

How the heck are we?

Sorry it has been so long since we updated. We are all getting in the groove with our jobs and daycare. Everyday is so full that we hardly have time to sit down. I guess that is what winter is for! Adam is going gangbusters with his Asst. Prof. position. He has already turned in a grant and is building his Biophysics class and lab from scratch. It is a lot of work! The fall looks to be one work deadline after the other for him, but he is still hoping to get a little hunting in.

Despite having spent almost the entire day on my human subjects research training I am loving my job. At this point I am learning as much about everything that I can. Basically that means I get to read interesting things all day long - I keep getting mad at myself because I think I am procrastinating. Then, I realize that I am actually doing my job! I have the potential for lots of interesting projects.

The boys are doing great. Dare I say that Max seems to be getting over the worst of the whiny and tantrummy stuff? He is not the greatest with transition so he has been a little "touchy." I think he is settling into our routine now. He is extremely smart and articulate and obsessed with Jesus. This is somewhat of a strange thing for a 3-year-old to be obsessed with, but we just go with the flow! Max has lots of interesting theories about Jesus' life and may start his own religion some day.

Owen is a cutie and the best baby in the whole world. He is getting the hang of daycare and finally started taking his bottles there. He seems to have a little cold virus so he regressed a little in the bottle area. Nevertheless, we are not too worried that he is going to "dry up and blow away!" He was about 20 lbs a few weeks ago (5 months)!

Today was Dallas' birthday so we had a nice family party. It is great to finally be able to be here for stuff like this! There is lots more to report, but I must be off to see what kind of high chair we are going to get for Owen to have at Grandma Nancy's house! He is munching a few solids here and there and pretty excited about meal time!

PS: No house yet...

Silage

The corn silage operation is in full swing! It looks to be a great year for silage.

@ an auction

Swinging!

Fishin'

Mudpuddle

First sweetcorn

Cowboy Max

Grandpa Dave

Max, Daisy and Grandma Nancy

This was taken back in South Dakota. Daisy and Max are great buddies with similar energy levels!!

Tractor!

We are at Grandpa David and Grandma Ida's now. Max is loving driving around on his electric tractor!

Grandpa's scooter

Max and Grandpa Atlas loved running around on Grandpa's new scooter. Pretty fancy!

Uncle Trav

Shearing sheep

Nine years!

It is hard to believe that we've been married (and living in Michigan) for 9 years! Adam even has a bad head cold in honor of the sinus infection and midnight trip to the Emergency Room on the night before our wedding. We got sushi takeout (yet another food we will miss!) for our anniversary lunch. It was so cute to see Max wolfing down his "Canyafornia" roll.

Coffee blast how I will miss thee

I'm getting a little weepy about leaving all the good food behind.

Can you get bi-bim-bop in South Dakota?

Sun Hat

Mom and Owen self-portrait in the park

This is how we usually look.