More Claire Elizabeth Hoepner

Here is an updated picture of Claire. We were able to stop and see the Hoepner's the begining of June. It's always nice to visit Amanda, Ben and of course, Claire. Natalie enjoys seeing 'baby Claire' as well. She has even saved a seat for 'baby Claire' in our car. Very cute!

Claire Elizabeth Hoepner

I'm very honored to be Claire's God-Mother, the God-Father is Amanda's brother, Erik. She is a beautiful little girl with two great parents.

Wii

We purchased a Wii a few months ago. And love it! Jesse's mom was here over the weekend...here she is boxing against Jesse.

Soccer mom...updated

I picked up my new soccer mom mini-van on Friday. But I'm not affraid to admit that I love it. Natalie now says, "Ride momma's orange." I guess she likes the color too!

Potty time!

I'm not an expert but Natalie seems to be catching on to this potty training thing pretty quickly. We took the pull-ups off last Friday and today was her first accident free day. Yeah, Natalie! She is really getting the hang of this potty stuff...we are so proud. She has also been accident free the last two nights. Keep up the great work, kiddo!

Natalie loves that she gets to wear big girl underwear. She says, "No diapers, Big girl!"

Natalie is the only one in her class at day care who wears underwear. All the teachers are pretty impressed; I just think we are the only parents brave enough to try potty training with-out pull-ups in a day care setting. I think I need a bumper sticker...Proud Parent of An Underwearing 2-Year-Old!

First Post

Here we are...blogging. I've decided to give this a try. I'm hoping to stay connected with everyone a little bit easier. I will be able to add pictures of Natalie more often; that way everyone will get to see what I'm lucky enough to see everyday. I've included the most recent picture of miss Natalie...the picture was taken when the temperature was about 85 degrees. The next day, the temperature dropped about 25 degrees. Only in Wisconsin can you have that kind of difference in one day. Gotta love it.