Mostly Normal Mom

February 24th, 2013

Happy Birthday Freya!

Lunch, cupcakes, and ice cream and Ella's Deli with mom, dad, sissy, bamma and papa, and aunt KK. A few friends managed to stop by too. A good afternoon. 

November 23rd, 2012

Thanksgiving

Making pumpkin pie with Grandma Alice. 

Shire took this picture of me changing Freya. 

November 4th, 2012

Charlotte's Web

Yesterday, Shire got to have a special date with Mom and Dad to go see CTM's production of "Charlotte's Web." I bought the tickets for the show a couple of months ago, and Shire and I read the book together (yes, she's gotten to the point where she can sit through a chapter book a night with mom!)

The play was in the lower level of the Overture Center, in a little theatre called The Playhouse (appropriately). This area outside was a nice place for kids to run around before having to go sit down in the theatre. 

Speaking of seats, here we are: front row center. I couldn't believe that we were right next to the stage. 

The view from our seats (yes, I snuck a picture after the play was over). The set was really beautiful, with the centerpiece being the large metal web that the actress playing Charlotte hung from and crawled around. 

Speaking of, here's Charlotte. She did a wonderful job; I especially loved the music and otherworldly quality of her voice. It was exactly how I've always imagined Charlotte sounds.

Also, the play was really special because my friend Alex was playing Templeton! We know him both from Ring Game and because he's the drummer in the band that I started a couple of months ago. He was an amazing Templeton--he completely stole the show (as you can imagine). 

Afterwards we celebrated with Chocolate Shoppe ice cream. 

Chocolate, of course.

It was a pretty great day for everyone. 

October 31st, 2012

Halloween 2012

Starring Shire as Thor and Freya as the Pajama Fairy. With special guest stars Teanna as Athena, Shanda as Teanna's mom. With Stewart as Dad. 

Awesome cape action.

Super hero pose. 

In case you live under a rock, here's a picture of what we were going for.

September 29th, 2012

Pumpkin Patch 2012

We went to the same farm as last year for pumpkin picking. It was a bit different this year with two girls walking. 

Remember this?

The girls didn't really want to participate in any more photo ops, as you can see.

Haha.

We split a caramel apple sundae for a snack, but Shire was too busy pouting. So Freya and mom ate it. 

August 25th, 2012

18-Month Stat Shot

Name: Freya Anduin Williams

Nicknames: Doodlebug, Doodle, Frey, Frey-Frey, Frey-Free, Frey-Fee, Foo-Fee, Foof, Foof-a-doodle, Schnoodle, Walder

Height: ~29.5 inches

Weight: ~19 pounds

Hair: fancy light blonde wavy mullet

Eyes: light blue

Teeth: 3 on top, 4(ish) on bottom

Sleep: ~12 hours at night with 1-2 naps (1-2 hours long)

Words:

Mama, Dada, Shire, dog, book, bye-bye, hi, hello, nana (=food), milk, thank you, no, down, bath, KK (=Kelsey), hippo, nigh-nigh, blankie, baby, walk, peak-a-boo, chicken, cat, hot, nose, teeth, eyes, belly, ah-kee (=yucky), uh-oh, oh-no, poo-poo, diaper, hungry, bite? (=give me a bite of that), 'side (=outside)

Favorite foods:

pasta, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, strawberries, beans, basically anything

Favorite things:

hippo (her lovey), Penny, bath time, music/dancing climbing, anything Shire has

Least favorite thing:

Car wash (too scary!)

Talents:

walking (staggering) up to 10 steps, climbing into her highchair, singing pitches and rhythms, flirting

Bad habits:

Pulling Shire's hair, taking dad's glasses, spitting (eww)

Now with bi-ped action!

Also, in case you were wondering...

July 30th, 2012

Renaissance Faire

A few things happened this weekend. First, Freya got to have her first sleepover with friends (ie, not with Grandma and Grandpa). This arrangement was so that mom and dad and big sister could have a mini trip this weekend (with a bunch of our other friends). First we went to Milwaukee to help friends Ian and Kristy move into their new house. Stew and Chris did the heavy lifting while Beth and I watched the kids in the backyard.

Then around 6:00, we left to drive to Gurnee to our hotel (which we barely managed to find!). The kids had a little swimming time before they passed out from exhaustion. Then the adults ordered a pizza and set up a new game I had bought for my birthday (thanks to Adam and Brandy for the giftcard!) Beth didn't make it through the game (understandably), but Stew, Chris, and I managed to get through most of "A Touch of Evil" (that's the title of the game). 

Around 10:30 (before we even started the game), I was starting to feel a little sick to my stomach. By the time the game ended (around 1:00), I was definitely feeling not well. Add an uncomfortable bed and just all the weirdness from being away from home, and I was up until about 5:00, kind of throwing up, mostly just being really tired and tense and generally unhappy. 

So morning dawned way to early and I was feeling like crap, but I toughed it out and we made it to the Ren Faire. I was pretty miserable for the first couple of hours, but it got a little better throughout the day. We left around 4:00, drove 2 hours back to Madison (which I slept through), and then I went right to bed. Overall, it was a good weekend experience.

I don't have a ton of pictures of the event (due to illness), put here are a couple cute ones of Shire. 

July 23rd, 2012

Busy Summer

So it's been busy. We had our 5 year wedding anniversary in June, and my 29th birthday was last week. Lots to celebrate and do, not so much time for photos. These pictures are going to go in reverse chronological order. 

Scrambled eggs and cheese. A typical mid-morning (or anytime) snack. 

From my birthday party last weekend. It was '80s theme. Also, I got my hair cut (for the first time in a year...woah).

Finger painting with Liam.

Shire showing off her shield from her "Knights and Dragons" themed birthday party (which was also Liam and Sophie's party). Gotta love what you can do with cardboard and duct tape.

Classic Freya manuever, the "Reach and Whine." Haha. And that's all for now since the children are staging a mutiny as a speak (type). 

June 20th, 2012

Shire's Birthday Party

June 15th, 2012

Three

Happy Birthday, dear Shire.