Winston's Birthday!!!!

So i wanted to surprise Winston with 49ers tickets for his birthday, but he found the tickets a month ahead. I was sad cuz i am SOOO bad at keeping secrets and i was actually succeeding. Anyway, we went to the 49ers-Vikings game on sunday in Minneapolis. 49ers lost in the last 2 seconds of the game, but it was such a good one, we almost didn't care. We went to the Mall of America afterwards, the biggest mall in the USA. Amazing. I highly recommend it.

Our AWESOME friends, Randi and Aaron, watched Laena while we were gone all day. Thanks Guys! We came home to a very happy, well taken care of child. She was really trying hard to walk in Aaron's siz 14 slippers. Silly.

So Sweet

Laena really loves her little cousin's toys. She is showing Jemma exactly how to play with this one. Jemma really didn't care very much, but i thought it was so sweet anyways.

I went to get Laena up yesterday morning. She spit out her binky and flung herself out of bed, saying "Tutu! Tutu!". So on went her tutu over her pj's. She ran to show Daddy, shaking her booty (and we are a little concerned about how well those hips move) and saying "Pretty, pretty". She is our little diva.

We have a Good life!

This is Laena on the playground, showing off.

We had a little birthday party for our friend, Bryce. So fun. All those people make Laena nervous, so her boyfriend, Eric, saved her. Yes, Eric. As in the prince on "The Little Mermaid". She never asks to watch "Mermaid", she runs around screaming "Eric!", but it comes out "Keckic", when she wants to watch it.

My mom sent these sunglasses for Laena and she LOVES them. When she puts them on, she puts her thumb up and says "Dude". She looks pretty silly.

Doop-Dee-Doo

Laena was strangely quiet for a few minutes. I've been told that with children, this always means that they are doing something they shouldn't. Sure enough, Laena had gotten the backpack out of the closet, opened it up to find my wallet, and was carefully inspecting each card. She did help me clean it up, but later i found that she had stashed a couple cards in her own purse. We are pushing the terrible two's.

Take a good look at me pregnant cuz i am allowing this picture and this picture only. A lady just yesterday asked me if i just loved being pregnant. I don't. I don't mind it. It's fine. I would just rather there be another way to do it. Yes, i am aware that i am wearing black and holding another child, so can't get the full effect of my belly. I like it that way.

Our Life in Fargo...

We are having fun here in Fargo, North Dakota. My sister kendra lives in the apartment 2 doors down with her hubby (laena's most favorite person right now) and Laena's only cousin. Laena was helping little Jemma dance on sunday.
We knew it was time to just buckle down and buy a sheet for Laena's big bed when i walked in to check on her while she was napping and saw this... Hehe. Her legs are too long for the porta-crib, so she just props them up! Goof.

Our apartment complex has a wonderful little playground. I don't think Laena and i would survive without it. So far, the weather has been good to us. Not too many rainy days. They say it snows by september or october, tho. I don't know how we will handle that! Laena is getting brave with this playground, which is scary. She loves to say cheese for the camera!

Woohoo!

I finally have internet and a camera with batteries and memory, so it was time to get my friend Randi to help me start a blog!!!

Updates on the Burke family:

WINSTON: We temporarily left our home in AZ in April so that Winston could take a job selling security systems for the summer. Oi. We have lived in Birmingham, Alabama and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Again, Oi. We are in Fargo, North Dakota. Moving is hard, especially with a 1 year old and a very pregnant body.

LAENA: At 19 months old, Laena is keeping me very busy. She is such a sweetheart and loves to help, tho. She is growing like a weed and loves to be the center of attention. She has been very good with all the moving, she has a lot of adoring new friends to help her thru.
ME: 29 weeks pregnant. Enough said . . . ? It's been a good pregnancy, i was really sick in the beginning, which i deserved cuz i never so much as coughed when i was pregnant with laena. Everything is going great, as long as i can get home before i give birth! Due date is November 20th, we should be heading home October 31st at the latest.