Big Guy Little Guy

As promised, here are the big guy little guy pictures!

Aunt Stephanie's Birthday

This weekend was Stephanie's 19th Birthday. Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Undlin and Grandma and Grandpa Galvan came to visit. Staphanie got a poster of her celebrity crush Shane West and she flipped out. She pretty much thinks he is the hottest man alive which nobody understands.

Jennings loved the chocolate birthday cake!

Jennings with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Undlin.

Chocolate Icecream

Jennings had his first chocolate icecream cone at daycare this week. It has been super hot and muggy up here, so they gave the little ones a treat to help them cool down after playing outside. He loved it. He was covered in icecream when I picked him up. When I asked him if he likes icecream he said "MMMM".

North to Alaska

A couple of weeks ago we met Matt's cousin Kurt and his wife Janelle, along with their boys, Aiden and Jasper, in Alexandria. Kurt and Janelle live in Alaska, so it is pretty rare that we get to spend much time with them. We were at Matt's Aunt and Uncle's cabin that they had rented and spent the day at the lake. Unfortunately it was too cold to do much outside, so we spent most of the time chatting inside. Matt's Aunt Carolyn has always said that Matt reminds her of Kurt. It isn't hard to see why in this picture!

Matt's other cousin Kathy and her kids were there too, so Jennings had plenty of people to watch and follow. Kathy's daughter Sara is in love with Jennings. Whenever we are around she is playing with Jennings which is nice for us because we get a break. And i have to say, she is a great babysitter!

1st Haircut

We had a big day in the Kuhne house today. Jennings got his 1st haircut! Matt has been trying to convince me that he is ready for a cut for a long time now and i still don't think it had to be done, but I gave in and we went today. We went to Lil' Whipper Snippers to get his haircut and he did a great job. Each staion has a TV and they have tons of kid movies. He was watching Elmo and playing with a dinosaur and his big boy sucker. He didn't flinch or cry or whine, which is more than i can say about myself! I was having a very hard time with the whole thing. My baby is growing up way too fast and i am not ready for it. He went form looking like a baby to looking like a toddler in a span of 15 minutes today. It was very hard for me and my very supportive and understanding husband laughed at me!

These are pictures from before she cut his hair. You can see that it is falling over his ears, but I still don't think it was that bad!

We can't leave out the picture of Mom crying.

Here he is playing with the dinosaur during his haircut. He had a lot of fun. They even let us record the whole thing on our camcorder, how awesome is that!

And finally the finished product. A much older and wiser looking Jennings Robert Kuhne. He decided to sport the mohawk for his first day as a toddler and i have to say, he makes it looks good!

Happy Fathers Day and Birthday!!

This year father's day fell on Matt's birthday, so he had an extra special day. We got daddy new sandals and a T-shirt that says "Big Guy" to match Jennings t-shirt that says "Little Guy". They haven't worn them together yet, but when they do I will post a picture for all to see.

Matt also got a special present from our good friends Chris and Kirsten. It is a tradition in Kirsten's family that all of the men have a red "celebration" vest. They wear them for all special occasions and to embarrass themselves. Well, Kirsten's parents, Ronny and Patty were visiting from California and Matt loves Ron's vest, so he got his very own, custom made vest. How special is he!

50th Anniversary/Vacation

We just got back from out trip to Roy Lake, SD where we celebrated my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We were there with my entire family. My brother JR and his fiance Rachel stayed in a cabin with us and my sister Stephanie. The there were my grandparents, Bob and Kathy and my parents Joe and Jody. My Uncle Dave and Aunt Vicki rounded it off with there 2 boys Thomas and Michael. That's right, I only have 2 cousins! A little different than Matt's huge extended family.

We had a surprise party for my grandparents at the lodge. We decorated and had dinner and my mom even made a mini wedding cake for the. It was lots of fun!

The weather was pretty nice the first couple of days, but then went down hill. We took Jennings to the beach to play, even though it was too cold to swim. He loves playing in the sand with all of his toys and watching the water roll in.

Otherwise were pretty much fishing and hanging out at the cabin. My brothers fiance, Rachel, went fishing for the first time and caught a 17.5 inch small mouth bass. just under the keeper range, but she had a lot of fun doing it. It rained all day Tuesday and we were supposed to do out fish fry. So, the boys stood outside under a beach umbrella to make food for everyone. Talk about rustic! Overall it was a great time and we wouldn't have missed it.