Tinkerbell's paradise

Last weekend we finally got some time to work on Kaitlyn's new "big girl" room. We moved her into our spare bedroom and we'll be putting the crib back up in her old room for the baby. Since we've decided not to find out the gender and the nursery is very genderal neutral we decided it was best to move her and give her the most girlie room we can. The walls are already a pale purple so we don't have to do any painting just some new furniture and decorations. It's still a work in progress but we're eventually getting it all done. Her dresser is now full of clothes, we have to put up some shelving in the closet before moving that stuff and then decide which toys go and which stay in the baby's room.

"If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning....."
Making sure dad is doing it right.

Supervising my dad and Andy.

The new bedding and "Kaitlyn" decal. I'm kind of surprised she hasn't tried to peel it off the wall yet, hopefully she doesn't think about it because it is not reusable. Her bedding has little lights in the comforter that are motion activated so it twinkles when she moves around. Thanks to my mom for getting it all, it looks great.

Jessie's 30th B-day bash

Jessie, Megan, and Leah
Sara, Roller Girl, Jessie, and Lah
The Bratwurst Brothers Polka Band-half time show
Jessie's official 30th birthday shot, taken just after midnight on the 6th. She got Crown Royal while I had sprite, you can't let a girl drink alone after all!

This weekend we got to celebrate the 3oth birthday of my best friend and Kaitlyn's godmother. My friend Megan and I made a fabulous Italian dinner for 10 friends then we all headed to St. Paul to see our first Roller Derby bout. It's an interesting sport, we're thinking about going again sometime. After that we headed to Uptown for cocktails. Lucky for us Kaitlyn slept until 10:30 Sunday morning so we got to recover, I was tired, Andy was "sick".

1/2 way there!

I'm officially 20 weeks and feeling good. This pregnancy seems to be going by really fast, almost too fast for me.

We had our 20 week ultrasound last Monday and Andy finally got to take a peek at Baby Burak. We've got a little gymnast, that baby was curled up into the smallest ball you can imagine, I told Andy "it" looks kind of like a hedgehog so we refer to the baby as Sonic now. We opted not to find out the gender of the baby and we were told that due to the position they wouldn't have been able to tell anyway. Guess we'll find out in July! Andy and I are both thinking it's a boy but we've got a 50/50 chance.

I'll have to take pictures and post them soon, in the past week I've gotten huge, or at least I think I have. No more sucking in this tummy.

Lauren's 4th Birthday Bash

Wyatt and Riley getting ready to go down the waterslide
Kaitlyn shooting water at people in the pool

Kaitlyn and my dad watching the kids on the slide, she went down once with Sean and that was enough!

The lion head spitting on me.

Party in our room!

No more monkeys jumping on the bed.....

Practicing his flying skills

MMmmmm.... Pizza!

My lovely maternity swim suit

The little kid's area of the water park

Taking a break

Riley and Lauren

Friday, the 21st we went to the Venetien Water Park in Maple Grove to celebrate Lauren's 4th birthday. It was a great "staycation" since it's only about 15 minutes from work. The whole family was there and had fun playing in the pools then we all spend the night in the hotel. Mom and Dad let the kids run wild in our room and jump on the beds, that is what happens when you play until 10 then go up for cake and ice cream! Once the kids passed out we played cards for a while.

Jason and Erin Chapman's wedding

Erin and Jason
Bette, Terry, Eileen, and Andy

Classic "talk to the hand"

Andy's cousin Jason got married last weekend. Kaitlyn had a blast, she danced for hours with all the little kids there, she didn't know any of them but it didn't seem to bother her.

I posted a few videos of her dancing.

Dancing Queen

Sorry I couldn't get it upright. This is Kaitlyn dancing with Andy's Grandma Eileen and her friend Anita at Jason's wedding on Saturday the 22nd.

Toddlers helping the grieving process

Just over an hour ago the world lost one of the biggest jokesters I've ever known. My dad's brother Marty passed away after battling many health problems. Sunday we spent the afternoon with him and had a good visit. His breathing with heavy but he was able to make fun of us every once in a while. At one point I asked what he needed and he said "well, I could use a kick in the ass". Later he propositioned the nurse, if she gave him a shot in the butt he and my dad would take her to dinner. I think she only came in to check the monitors but she was tempted to take him up on the offer. That is exactly the kind of person my uncle was, he always had something to say and he wasn't shy about it.

Kaitlyn saw me crying tonight and she said "Mom, why are you crying? Are you sad?" Then she got me a bath towel and wiped my face off. She ran down the hall and said "dad, come here, mom is crying, she is sad"

My niece Riley is 4, when my dad called from the hospital to share the news she answered the phone and said "Papa, is your brother an angel yet?" I guess having a toddler around helps with the grieving process.

Tonight there is a new angel in heaven and many heavy hearts left here on earth.