Quarry Quest

A few weeks ago, I surprised Eric with a trip to Michels Quarry in Neenah for their annual event "Quarry Quest." They had a lot of machinery that both Alena and Eric love. We used Eric's parent's camera and their video camera to capture a few moments. They had a photo spot by these skid steer loaders. We had a tough time getting a good shot because my daughter wanted to oogle over the machines.

Playing around in one of the huge sand piles called Tot Spots. She loved it. All of the kids got orange vests as they entered, so Alena is wearing hers.

I hate seeing the nuk, or as she calls it, "noona," but she was really not a happy camper at all! We were sooo disappointed in her mood. On a normal day, she would have been extremely happy to help operate an excavator (in a video to come) or see all of the cranes, dump trucks, and loaders. But not that day! :(

Her daddy helped her to ride on an excavator and we all rode around the quarry on a huge dump truck (forgot the exact name). We agreed that it is a cool event and that we would have to return in the future when Alena is a little bigger and in a more compliant mood.

"Micro Cerkas" aka Baby #2

The first photo of out new baby. Sure can't tell a whole lot about what the baby looks like, but the doctors can tell a lot by the ultrasound! Seems healthy so far! We'll get our first glimpse in January :)

Broken Camera

We have been MIA for a while here. The biggest reason is that our camera is broken! We used to take videos and photos with it and haven't replaced it, yet. Hopefully soon we'll have a better update complete with photos/video. I'll have to upload some of the new baby's ultrasound photos in the mean time!

We're very excited for our new little one! I've been feeling the baby kick very regularly, and it seems like a very strong kid! We're hoping that Alena doesn't mind having an attention hogging baby around all the time! She likes babies, but none have been in her home for an extended period! Time will tell!