The Bartel's Est. 2004: November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Baby It's Cold Outside

My brother Kevin, sister-in-law Tracy & edible nieces Jersie & Sydnee are visiting from sunny AZ. I will post more later, but I wanted to summarize this past week with an adorable picture of Syd.

BRRR!!

Here's a picture from my parents front window.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The NAKED TRUTH about me is that I LOVE LOVE LOVE my precious babes! (Ok, so McKenna & Zander aren't exactly "babies" to the NAKED eye, but they will always be my Babies forever.) Here's some of Gage's latest cover shots for "Baby GQ." Note that my little one has the most adorable dimples & cutest grin, however; he did not feel the lovely high-school Sears Photographer was deserving of them that day.

TRICK-or-TREAT! McKenna was an array of things this Halloween...from a Beautiful Bride to Barbie Island Princess, to a cozy Bumble Bee. Zander was of course, SPIDER MAN! The kids & their sometimes Suri Cruz look alike cuz Shannon stopped by (Great) Grandma Lepak's new pad to show off their pretty/super-hero selves. My little Princess/Bee & Spidey raked in a ton of candy, & they loved every moment of it. (even though it dropped into the 40's that night) Gage was too little to enjoy the festivities, but he sure looked adorable in his pumpkin gear. Don't worry Gage, being a nursing baby you will enjoy plenty of Candy from moi.

(Below: The Bartel/Meyer Grand kids. Zander kept calling Brecken a chicken)

(The Pumpkin the kids decorated was refaced with more decor)

(Who can resist a picture of a sleeping baby with a funky hat on?)

Here's some pics of the goofy girl herself...this is pretty much how she is every day....a total GOOF BALL!!

It's been an absolutely beautiful week! We've been setting record high temps here in Appleton. Yesterday & the day prior were in the 70's!! Today appears to be the last gorgeous day we'll see that the kids can play outside in short-sleves, so we are really going to soak it up. Zander can't get enough of the "Wadybugs." (aka Stinky Asian Beetles) All I hear from him is his squealing in delight,"Wook Mommy!! Wadybugs!!" & this gross crunchy sound. (RIP stinky gross bugs) Poor Gage has a bad cough he can't seem to shake, so we're off to the Dr's today as well.