Welcome Caleb John!

Chris's sister, Katie and her husband Justin welcomed their third child, baby Caleb, on April 29. Caleb joins big sister Addie (4) and big brother Colin (2) who are excited about the new addition to the family (for right now :) ). We are super happy for their family and love having a new nephew!!

St. Louis

My Mom, Lane and I spent last weekend in St. Louis visiting my sister, Karissa. She is near the end of her first year of teaching and although she loves her new home, we miss her dearly and just had to pay a visit. Lane did great on the 7 hour car ride there and back, and overall she was such a trooper. We had a wonderful time together touring Grant's Farm (Anheuser Busch) where we learned a little history, interacted with a ton of fun animals, including those famous clydesdales and of course taste tested the beer! Our weekend was packed full of eventful things and a lot of laughter but I think we had the most fun just all being together again.

Dad's Suitcase

I'm not sure if Laney is more excited that her Dad is finally home from one of his recent business trips or that he decided to unpack his suitcase in the middle of the living room floor. Exploring this new object kept her busy and very happy for quite some time. Ahh yes, the simple pleasures in life!

The Bathroom and the Stairs

Lane's newest obsession is the bathroom. I constantly find her in there now that she is moving about on her own. Her favorite past-times while there include; sitting on the scale (next to the toilet), looking longingly at the toiletpaper roll and wrestling with the bath mat.

This morning, she also completely surprised me and climbed our entire set of stairs!! (Don't worry Grandmas, I was right behind her the whole way :) ). I guess we should look into a baby gate for the bottom of the stairs now too. Yikes.