lately we....

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the july jack is up!

(natasja's) (my jack)

this month jenny choose a very talented Natasja to jack!

we all had so much fun jacking this layout!

go check it out and link us up with your jack for an awesome prize.

$25 from Scrapgal.com

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i have a ton to post and too many pictures.......

but i am too tired tonite to do it!! i have a ton of work i have been working on and now i am ready for bed! :) but i had to post these 2 pictures of my little guy!!!!

xoxoxo

My etsy site was featured in a local fargo nd magazine blog. OPEN magazine!

HERE it is!

the end of june!

isnt chase a cutie!?!?! (my sisters youngest) he and dillon are going to be the best of buddies! they just do not know it yet! next summer they will be running around together---i can not wait!

i can not believe it is the end of june already....
sitting here watching the bachelorette!!! its a good one. what is going to happen with wes--i sure hope she sends hime home. and the whole jack coming to the door looked a little rehearsed! oh well it is still good
i was gone last week @ a meeting in mnpls. gramma becky helped us out a ton and watched dillon thursday and friday. daycare closed! thanks a ton!!!
monday breck and heidi came over to do some flaoting and we went out on the boat! the boys were so cute in their floaties together!
friday night tim mahoney @zorbaz
saturday---to rush lake to see the birdwells.
sunday the birdwells came here for the day. played in the sand and jayden did come tubing!!!
about to go get some scrapping done! i have so much to do---i have been so bad lately! i need to get moving! :)
wednesday i start vacation till next tuesday!!!
YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love this photo of jayden and dillon @ the cabin. she was playing patty cake with him. it was too cute! she is such a good big cousin to him!

here is to you daddy's!

Happy fathers day!!!

to my dad, drews dad, grandpas and everyone who is a father!!!!!! you all deserve atleast one day that is all about you?!?!?!

and last but certainly not least my husband! happy first fathers day to you!!!! you are an amazing father and dillon is so lcuky to have you in his life!!!!

amazingly enough----i did not take a single picture when we had everyone here today for the picnic (which was rained out) so we were stuck inside---but all turned out ok. but i did not clean @ all b/c i figured we would be out in the yard and in the boat. f course nothing goes as planned!!!

we had a fun weekend! friday we had a wedding in fargo. dillon was up till 11.

saturday dillon and i met my parents in perham and we hit some garage sales---it was turtle fest! and breakfast of course! got some stuff i could not live w/o

then came home----dillon and i took a dip. drew was out on the boat. his whole family was out in their pontoon!! it was a perfect dayfor the lake!!!
i got some much needed sun on the dock while dillon slept!

then off to a relative of drews for a while in the late afternoon

drew and his dad took off for fargo for the races.
dillon and i headed to rush lake to the cabin to see nana and papa (it is their 39th anniversary)dillon stayed up late again. 10pm!
stayed @ the cabin

home on sunday morning.

got ready for guests.

everyone came and ate and chatted and celebrated FATHERS day with us!

now here i am am.

dillon sleeping drew watching racing!

yikes.....i am sad the weekend is over!

its hard being a baby!!!

i love this sequence of pictures........he makes me laugh. we were playing and giggling and all of a sudden he was concentrating and i could not help but take pictures...i think i might have gotten atleast 50 of this....... buddy you make me laugh! and you might hate me someday a little for posting this! :) but dont worry we all do it! poor guy is still on laxatives and still makes these faces!

Dillon had his first dip in the lake!!! he loved it! unbelievably it was warm on sunday so we went in!!! gramma and grandpa barker got D this little floatie---and it worked perfect!! i think we will have a water bug on our hands and soon he will be learning to ski and wake board!!! :)

other exciting news Tuesday June 16th---DILLON ROLLED OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so exciting... he was working so hard so i started helping him and soon after he did it all himself! dont worry i have video----just wish i could figure out how to get them uploaded!

he is loving tummy time now and loving his nightly walks! too bad we live in mn and do not get the best weather all of the time----we have not been on a walk at all this week with all of this rain!

he is giggling all of the time now. tonite when i asked him if we should go put him clothes away he started to laugh---so of course like any mommy i said it again and again and he did not stop.... then i got the phone to get drew in on it and then he stopped----would rather listen to daddy talk!

dillon is already in bed----6:30. he was spitting up like i have never seen and not feeling well. he fell asleep cuddling with us so we put him down! i feel so bad for him when he is not feeling well. hopefully tomorrow he is feeling a little better!

xoxoxoxo

meg

she is on the cover!!!!

my very talented sister has had one of her photos printed on the cover of Scrapbooks Ect!

check it out HERE!!!

also this is my cousins litte girl in the picture! there is also a picture and a tip for photographing a group of people by mandy in the magazine!!!

i love it!

i finally got pictures in dillons frames on his wall!! and i could not love it more! the pictures are from his first photo shoot by mandy birdwell photography (my sister) !!! i love love love how they look on the wall and i can not wait for our next shoot coming up! :)

thanks mandy! these look so awesome!

go check out her blog and her new urban session photos! they are so amazing!

06.05.04

Its already been FIVE years since the day we said I DO!

the time has flown by.

it is so funny to look back @ our wedding picture and see how young we look! i guess we were young!

to celebrate drew planned a night away for us in mnpls! we spent the day shopping---and then went and had a drink on the patio of bellanotte' (not sure how to spell it) and off to Manny's for dinner! we had a such a wonderful dinner! and a nice surprise when they came to our table and said

ahppy anniversary and Mandy and Rich would like to buy you wine and dessert!

that was so great and made our night! thanks birdwells!

we love you!! i have the best sister around!

i wish i would have had a notebook with me all day! we have a ton of funny things that we were laughing about. i hope i can remember them! thanks baby for the great mini vacation! i love you and can not wait for the next five years! i wonder how our life will be different then!

and a big thanks to AUNTIE JJ for watching mr d. he had a great time and i know she did too! we got some great video messages and pictures while we were gone and we watched them about a hundred times! thanks a ton! xoxoxox

i am trying to find our honeymoon pictures. not having any luck finding them in digital. i know they are here somewhere!

4 months of moments caught on film

everyone always told me time would fly and dillon would grow up in an instant and i did not believe it until now. looking back i can not believe we have been watching this little guy grow and become such a little personality for 4 months already! we have loved each and every minute and i can not tell you how much i adore and love this little guy!

• he loves to snuggle
• he has a hillarious laugh.
• he tears up when he drinks
• hates tummy time (sometimes)
• is learing to love the camera
• he sleeps 12 hours @ night
• he loves to suck on his hand
• we love him more than anything in the world
• he is growing like a weed
• has thousands of pictures.
• he spits up all day long. and wears 2 bibs @ a time @ daycare
• loves music
• he loves his crib
• has made his parents realize how lucky they are!
• thinks his daddy is the coolest guy ever
• has made our family so happy!
• loves car rides
• loves the ceiling
• loves the pool
• his little feet are tickelish
• he is so indpendent
• loves to be on the floor and play
• has the cutest smile in the world!!!
• has made me the happiest mommy in the world

i love you buddy xoxoxoxoxo

mommy

xoxoxoxoxoox love mommy

dillons 4 month checkup

16lbs 7oz (90th %)

24.75inches long (50th %)

hated his shots but slept all day afterwards and is fine today!

he is healthy and happy and that is all we want!

my updates on the bachelor

who is the guy with the ken doll hair?!?! i dont even remember him @ all.

kypton is a cutie

wes is there for fame and a record deal

david is a crazy man.

juan way to femine for me.

the feet guy is wierd. there is seriously something off about him... oh yeah his obsession w.feet

jake-still a cutie but too goofy silly for me. i love goofy silly--but i can not explain what i think is wierd for me. :)

the HILLS was a good one too. kristin is back!?!? is she now taking over the show since lauren is leaving?

watching 48 hours. i love this stuff!

he is feeling better---atleast i think!

we have been getting a lot of snuggle time in lately!

so excited for the weekend! the weather looks like it is going to be good. we do not have anything big planned! which makes us so happy!!! we are excited to relax and see family @ the lakes. and hopefulyl get my garden planted!

updates.

the bachelorette

not the biggest fan of jake anymore. i thought he was kind of corny. reminded me of a guy i went on a date with in college---which is not a good thing!

juan---friek! not a fan @ all

david--also a freek!! he needs to go home.

there are a couple others that i like but i can not think of thier names.

yes sadly i also watch gossip girl. i have not been watching it for weeks now but drew and i watched the finale last night. it has gotten so bad..... i love that high school girls walk into a bar @ their grad party and order drinks.... seriously!

i love that i found nectarines and peaches @ the grocery store tonite! that makes me happy

loved checking into the holiday inn express in sd for work and the first thing they asked me was what did you name him? i have not been there in over 5 months and they knew me and remembered. one of the girls that works there had a little boy names talen and i told her i loved the name and i was trying to convince drew of it..... anywho. i love small town USA

i am loving having the sliding doors open all day and night when we are home! the smell of the fresh air and freshly cut grass! that is my favorite!

love that we are going to be celebrating our 5 year anniversary next week! :)

love that it is friday tomorrow

love that my training for work that is due tomorrow i just got done! nothing like a little procrastination!

the best news of all----is that we are getting SLEEP here-all 3 of us!

dillon sleeps through the night no problem now! YIPEEEE----there seriously is nothing better. sometimes i find him sideways and sometimes he is facing the opposite direction. not sure how he gets himself to the other side but he does!!! he is a bit of a whodini

off to bed

xoxoxox

meg

it was a great weekend

---except that dillon is not feeling too well. this morning i thought he was getting better again until he ate... and he spits it all up--poor little guy. went to the doctor friday. he did not eat for almost a whole 24 hours! so hopefully he starts to mend! i am on vacation today..... and maybe home with the little guy again tomorrow. is he still is feeling bad!

friday we hng out @ home. SAtutrday in the morning we headed down to brampton to help celebrate my grammas birthday! we worked in the yard and in the house all day and got tons done! the yard looks great!

we came home when dillon was going to sleep.

sunday dillon and i went to the flea market in the am. so many vendors--so much stuff and we did not buy a thing!

later we headed to the barkers for breakfast!!! we got to see mal who jsut got back from a summer abroad. dillon was excited to meet his second cousin! he could not stop staring @ her!

sunday night dillon went to gramma and grampa's for an overnight while we went out! we rented a party bus with 20 friends and had a awesome night!!!! it is so fun getting everyone together!

Dillon got this hat for a present--and i finally got it out--it fits perfect! too bad he is not feeling well so he was not a fan of wearing it!

here are the latest moves..... he is doing better @ tummy time-- and if he is playing i love how he follows me out of the room and watches me! he wants to make sure i am not doing anything w/o him!

we also got to take our first family boat ride!!!

dillon and the birthday girl gramma marian. i think we will call her gigi. for great grandma!

here are a couple of the pictures from our night out! i have tons more to come!

my little sick baby boy is waking up--i am off.

be back later!

here is my line up so far.

jake--the pilot--the dimples got me!

kypton-my FAVORITE...and ketchup only-we already have so much in common!!!!

the guy who could not think of a thing to say cracked me up.

mathue--the cowboy hat guy. but i think he might have reunined his signed hat now. oops

i could not understand the soccer coach from england!

wes the singer--loved the outift. jeans and a jacket--nice choice!

caleb the photographer!
josh the lifeguard!!

mark--the pizz shop owner!!

how am i going to choose!?!??!?!

i for sure could send a couple home already.

thank goodness for tivo or this would be a long 2 hours!!!

we had a great weekend @ the cabin
talking, slept through the night, lemon drops, shopping, found a cute dress, funny stories and juicey gossip!!!

oh no---5 more guys walked in the room----i think i like bryce and ed now too.

it is so funny to watch the jealousy that is already going on!

ok enough about the bachelorette

not a fan of the creepy feet guy! :( he might be nice and good looking but his fettish is weird!

so again we had a great weekend! i tried hybrid scrapbooking-mandy has been trying to get my to do it for awhile now--so she got me started and i could not stop! thanks mandy--i love how it looks--now i need to buy a new computer and a new 12x12 printer!

yikes! drew is not going to like this news!

so gald to be home--dillon loved his time with daddy! but i could also tell he was a bit of a mommy's boy on sunday! which i loved!

and tonite he had another night w.daddy---i had to attend a driver awareness class and to make it worse it was 1.5hrs away!!!---i got a big ticket and to get out of it i GOt to go to this class and learn! i actually learned some things---dont speed and get caught!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see you Saturday! i love you!

xoxoxoxox

i am off

i am off tomorrow after work for a girls weekend of scrapbooking! i am so excited to get a whole nights sleep--for a couple of nights straight!! YIPEEE!!! i have not had one of those in 14 weeks!! i am going to miss my baby but i know drew is going to have so much fun being here and spending some quality time with him! and dillon will be delighted to have some time with daddy too! he knows i love him and will miss him mucho but will be back in a couple of days to see how he has grown and how much he missed me!!!

here are a couple of pictures from mothers day!!! and yes i know we take a lot of pictures in the mirror--i just love them! :) and i can talk drew into getting in them with us! i love it! ;) he is such a sport sometimes!

xoxoxoxooxox mb

mothers day!

my first mothers day is tomorrow!!! and i could not be more excited about it--not even so much about the day but the fact that i am the mother to the most beautiful, giggly, sweet, precious, loved, funny, spirited, laid back, adorable, smiley, handsome, snuggly, serious little guy in the world! i could not be luckier and i thank my lucky stars each and everyday that he is a part of our life! i know how lucky we really are to have him!!! i love you d!

swimming lessons are now over!

he loves the water---he just hangs out and watches. he is so laid back and is just content letting us splash him around! it wont be long and he will be wakeboarding out in the lake!!

and he is just loving toys! his auntie j gave him a little blankie and he loves to eat it! and he is now reaching and pulling on toys! it is so cute to watch him work and concentrate as he uses his hands!! he is getting so big! the one thing he does not want anything to do with is being on his tummy and holding his head or body up @ all. this picture is deceving--he hates it!!! but we are working on it day by day!!!

almost every morning dillon and i take a picture......he just started loving look in the mirror wether he is looking @ himself, me or the fan in the background--he loves it! i love this picture! i look a bit crazy--but i still love it!

and he just loves his daddy-whenever he comes in the room or talks to him he lights up!

both boys are fast asleep----dillon in his crib and drew in the chair watching the race!

i think i am going to go get some packing done for my craft weekend! i am off thursday to a weekend with the girls in brainerd! and drew and d are having a much needed daddy/d time! i am excited that they can have this time and of course that i can have some time to get a whole nights sleep--get some scrapping done and miss my boys!!!!

xoxoxoxox mb

this week.....

dont you just want to squeeze him!?!? dillon that is.

we get such a kick out of dillon @ lessons---his facial expression never changes--he loves the water---but you would never know it! but we would know if he did not like it! so i am happy to know he will be a fish and a pro wakeboarder someday! but he would much rather look @ the ceiling--as you can see in the picture with drew!

he loves his stroller and his bath time!

• dillon had swimming lessons
• we all went out with friends on friday night for dinner
• we are getting over colds
• grilled for the first time---i love MN springtime (i love burgers)
• got the boat out of storage (which is drews parents farm)
• drew cleaned the garage!
• yard work
• had a stroller ride
• i am back @ work
• loving our weekend with dillon!
• d loves daycare--much more than mommy! the kids could not be happier to have him there! and barb is wonderful!!! :)
• did patty cake i think 1000 times!
• we had company today-gramma/grandpa b, jj, mike, jack, great gramm and grandpa r!
• dillon went to bed tontie @ 6:30.... he was wiped out after his bath and a long day
• we are watching nascar! of course!!!
• and today is national scrapbooking day and i have not even stepped foot in my room--i think i might go do that now!
• i have been making headbands like a crazy women!
• laundry laundry and more laundry--it never ends!!!!!

back @ it!

i can not believe i am back @ work. the time went by way too fast.

Dillon turned 12 weeks old yesterday, went to first day of daycare and had three blowouts and had swimming lessons----what a day for such a little guy.

this is all of us @ daycare. he found a fan and was thoroughly excited to watch that all morning!Dillon and I both have colds. i had it first gave it to drew. drew got better. then dillon got it and now i have it again. what!??!?!

not too much to report from here today. getting lots of work done from my kitchen counter! testing, reading and training! yuck---not so fun. overwhelmed is the best word to describe me.

so much to say.....

back to work tomorrow---i am so sad.

dillon has just reached the stage where he knows us so well and when we walk in the room he lights up. he talks up a storm--- between gooooo, and oooohhh and eeehhhhh he is always telling up stories.

he is sounds asleep in his crib right now. we are so lucky to have such a good sleeper! i owe it to my sister. she gave me the best advice! thanks ana your the best! we love you! xoxoxo

• we did the ms walk on saturday! a perfect day for the walk! thanks to those who donated
• we put the dock in on sunday--now it looks like summer around here
• i have been making headbands and burp cloths
• drew got our yard and beach looking great! now time to get the mower out!
• we have been in swimming lessons-d loves it! he has been going under-but i think it bothers his ears--so this week we are skipping that part!
• big news in the barker house is that d is pooping!!! :) YIPPE! his meds work like a charm!
• dillon is sleeping through the night---well i consider it through the night. he goes to bed around 8 and wakes up @ 5am to eat then back to bed..... he gets a good 12 hours!
• today i think he is on a hunger strike---b/c i am going back to work.. or he has a cold and not in the mood to eat. one or the other! :) i think the first option!
• last week went on a great walk with 2 new girlfriends and their little ones. we had such a great day! it was 80 and sunny! the picture above is of breck, owen and dillon. breck is 13 weeks old and owen is 4 weeks!

ETSY SHOP NOW OPEN!

click HERE!!!

the shop is open--not much posted as of yet.

i still need to get some fun pictures of the headbands posted.

if you are local--please contact me @ meaganle@hotmail.com

I am willing to make anything custom--so please do not be afraid to ask for anything!

enjoying this week

this is my last full week of maternity leave and i am so SAD!!!!

i am lovign this time @ home with D and do not want to leave him all day--i know he is in good hands of course but his smiles and goo's just make me smile and i dont want to miss all of that.

and i think i just saw a bat outside my window. i would think it is still too cold for them here but maybe not!?!!!? our deck furniture is back--they must know. they try to hang out in our umbrella. but i become bat women when they come and try to invade!!!!

what have we been up too? last week amy, audrey, dillon and i went to fargo to see the fosbergs-J,K Ellie and baby jack.

dillon (10 weeks), audrey(almost 12weeks) and baby jack 9days old that day and miss ellie who is almost 2!

Betsy and Hayden came on Wednesday to visit. we had a fun lunch with our friend Ellie and then after the boys napped we were off to the pool. They loved it--I guess i am not so sure Dillon loved it. He did not change his expression the whole time we were in there... he did not even crack a smile and then fell asleep. Betsy and i decided he might be that guy in the corner @ partys sleeping. well he for sure will be a star student @ swimming class tomorrow...atleast he was not screaming! Hayden loved it----he is ready for a summer @ the lake!

went to the doctor 4 times in the last week. ultrasound came back perfect--so i guess we just need to wait out the reflux and know in the back of our minds it will get better with time. :) now he is constipated. poor guy! :) and an eye infection this weekend so we were @ the ER on Saturday night to get some drops for that.

we start swimming tomorrow night so EXCITED!

went to SUGARLAND on thursday night---Some friends Sam and Mo from here in DL also had tickets so we rode together and went our b/f and had so much fun. we stayed overnight---and stayed out way later than i am used too. the concert was so good---i just love them and to prove it i lost my voice!!! :)

Friday night we had a girls night out to KERI NOBLE here in DL. my girlfriend erica and kenzie came from Bismarck!!! the conert was so fun--she rocks and i hope to see her again soon!

now i am going to go make some more headbands. and yes to answer some questions the store will be open soon and they will be made for adults and kids!!! :) trying to think of a name for the store.......cant open till i have something good.

:)

opening soon....

i am so excited

i have been having so much fun making headbands for myself and my girlfriends that i am opening a etsy shop so i can keep making them!!! here is a sneak peak!
mandy took these pics of her daughter j as my little model. i love them mandy-they tunred out perfect.

thanks for being such a great little model j--you are a natural. :) love you

RUTH JACK IS UP...

go check it out HERE

Ruth has great style and i love how she uses paint, small photos and little elements all over and makes it all look so awesome!

Go jack it up by the 14th!!! great prize from Studio Calico.

heading the GF for the Sugarland concert!!! :) so excited---and tomorrow a girls night out for Keri Noble. YIPEEE... i am going to be missing my baby but daddy needs some good ol' daddy and me time!

be back later!

tuesday....

i have about 100 shows on TIVO to watch and i think today is the day to start--- was thinking of going for a walk but looks like rain is about to head our direction!

Dillon and i just got back from the hospital. he had an ultrasound to look @ his tummy. he has a bit of reflux and so they decided to look @ this by ultrasound. i dont exaclty know why but i will do whatever i guess. when it is your own baby i guess you just want to make sure everything is good! and it looks like it but you never know!??!?! he laid there with no problems--he is such a trooper! so now we go back again to see the doc on thursday!

have gotten some time to relax in my studio lately. and get my thoughts on paper!

i am not doing a baby book for D.

first b/c i know i wont fill it out.

2nd-we will have more kids and to think i would keep up would be too much to ask.

3rd i put it all on paper.

4th-it is jsut no my thing!

and i think having having his scrap pages will be just perfect! :) i write down all of the things i want to remember and i want him to know! :)

growing like a bad weed

Dillons 2 month check.
well the verdict is in he will be a linebacker!!!

13lbs 13oz-- 90% percentile. 23inches long 50% percentile!!!

he got 3 shots and was such a tropper and has been sleeping all day long except when i wake him to eat! :) cant wait to see how the night goes! last night was the best night yet. 7 straight hours of sleep. :) my little baby will be sleeping through the night soon and i know i will be sad when i do not get to get up to feed him---i love that time we have together!

i will be happy to have a bit more sleep--but i think 6 hours might be a good thing for me.

daddy and dillon getting ready for the shots! :) i love those rolls!! and daddy looks cute too!!!

this is how he looks this afternoon. sleep sleep sleep

i love my little bad weed!

we had a great weekend. friday afternoon we headed to forman to my parents to celebrate my moms 60th! fiday night after supper we had a bonfire complete with smores, laughing, funny stories and of course some beer! :) we had a great saturday--with a brunch made by mandy and i and then an easter egg hunt for j and j--they had so much fun running around finding their eggs and on thier scavenger hunt! we hung out in the yard most of the day since it was so nice out! we headed home saturday night so we could spend easter sunday with drews family here @ the lake! after church we headed to their house for yummie snacks--which we always eat to many of and then a great dinner! :) Dillon is the only baby in the family so we do not get to hold him much during the day! to say the least he is tired of being held when we get home! he lays on the floor all spread out and coo's. it is pretty cute! :) dont get me wrong he loves being held but after awhile he is ready to STRETCH out! thanks everyone for the great weekend! :)

my adorable nephews!! are they not the cutest??!?!

my sister took this photo on my camera of drew and i on the tire swing @ mom and dads!!! :) go check her out she is amazing!!! :)

and i have been busy busy making headbands! it has been so much fun. jayden did some modeling for me on satruday--mandy got some great shots of her. she is a natural model.

did you watch oprah today!!!?!??! it was such a good show! all about dads! :) i have been following THIS blog for a year now and today Matt was interviewed! he is such an amazing father and i love reading his blog and following their lives! :) he is one in a million.

better go.

meg

reruns....

there is no hope for dillon to have a straight smile--drew and i both have crooked smiles that go up on the left---see the picture above for proof! :) good thing he had these dashing good looks like his dad. it is so funny now when anyone sees him the first thing say is usually something to the effect of "oh my goodness he looks like his daddy".

i hate reruns---i look forward to thursdays and i hate it when i look at the info and see Greys is going to be a rerun..... it kinf od ruins my day. good thing i got dillons cute smile to make it all better!!!

sunday we went and met Dillons new buddy Mason up in Warren for his babtism. they will be such good buddies some day--i can not wait. the picture is of his mommy amber, dillon, mason and i! :) thanks for the great day you guys!

this week dillon and i were in mnpls for a couple of days! So fun to see his cousins J, J and C! Chase and Dillon are only 10 weeks apart---right now they look like ages apart but soon dillon will catch up and they will be the best of buddies!!!! :) they could care less about eachother right now---i can not wait for that to change. :) we get to see the whole family again tomorrow when we head to my parents farm! We are going to celebrate my moms 60th BIRTHDAY!!! she tunred 60 on Tuesday the 7th---you would never guess she is 60- you look great mom!! :) i hope i have those same genes!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!

today Dillon and i went and met another new friend JACK. our friends had their first boy sunday. he is so sweet and little-i can not believe D was that small @ one point. :) i dont even remember. Jack is one lucky little boy-he had a sweet big sister who loves him to death and wonderful parents. It was so fun meeting him today! Dillon looks like a giant next to him!

Besides that...we are pretty boring around here!

Dillon and i hung out all day! he is talking like crazy, smiling all of the time and especially when dad comes home! he just lights up! :) just put him too bed. he loves his crib :)

this is our cat-Bailey. i am not sure how he got in this position--he acts as if he had such a hard long day. even though he sleeps most of the day. lazy lazy lazy

this is what i have been doing today too.. organizing dillons closet. and getting out the clothes that fit now. he is so spoiled by his ana mandy and cousin chase. he gets his hand me downs that is growing out of now. so we are so lucky. he is one well dressed little guy! thanks ana for my new duds!

Dillon starts swimming lesson in 2 weeks. living in MN the land of 10,000 lakes and also living on a lake means getting used to the water as soon as possible. so we are excited to get him in the water and see how he does. he loves his bathe so we are ahoping it is the same for the pool. :) we are doing it with 5 other babies and their families here in DL! so we are excited!!!

gonna go watch some TIVO---betsy i am with you. i could not live w/o it!!!

8 weeks old!

dillon turned 8 weeks yesterday! time has flown by so fast. I can not believe how big he has gone and how much he has changed. I just love the smiles, the chubby legs and arms, the noises, the talking, the cute toes, those big brown eyes, the eyelashes that keep growing!....i just love it all!

he loves his new bumbo he got from gramma barker! he sits up in it so well! he looked so big sitting in it yesterday. then i had him in the little onsie! drew says i like to play dress up--which might be kind of true but i have to change him when he is constantly spitting up! but he looked like a muscle man in his onsie yesterday. i love those chubby arms poking out of the sleeve!

we are starting zantac today. we will see if this helps at all. he is always spitting up so we are going to try whatever we can. i think it has gotten worse since we are doing partial formula! i just want him to feel good--it probably affects me more than it does him!

The snowstorm is gone and now we just had to shovel out. drew was out with the snowblower for a long time getting through all of the wet snow! i would say we got over 12inches! our beck has about 2 feet on it! :)

Last night we started Dillons sleep schedule. we are trying to start some kind of schedule since i only have 4 more weeks @ home. I am reading or reading again The Baby Whisperer and 12hours by 12 weeks. I am not hopefull on thinking we will sleep 12 hours straight anytime soon but we are going to work on sleeping longer! There are a couple of steps--once being eating more fewer times throughout the day. He has gotten that one down like a champ. he is such a good eater! but he still wants to get up every 4 hours @ night to eat. :) and the other part is putting him in his crib awake @ bedtime nad letting him put himself to sleep. I called my sister for a pep talk! her kids are so wonderful @ going to bed--we know she knows what she is talking about. So we laid him down and went and watched comedy central-45 minutes later we was sleeping. we went in and checked on him and calmed him down every 5 minutes.... but that goodness the comic was good so i had something to keep hy mind of of the crying---i could hear it through the vents. :) we were just so happy to see him fall asleep and still smile @ us this morning when he woke up! :)

speaking of waking up--he is waking now!

love meg

happy to be a north dakotan @ heart!

So i am a NORTH DAKOTAN now MINNESOTAN--and so happy for that.

this is why.

my friend had a link on her blog to these u tube videos and they are so great. there are many different videos to watch! :) check it out for yourself! you will now know why people live in FARGO!!! :)

be back later.

we are all home again today with a snow storm amoung us. who made mother nature mad @ the midwest. Seriously i can not believe the snow we are getting in the midst of this flood!!!!

back to monday!

i could not love this picture any more. last night dillon was hanging out on the counter while we were making dinner! he just loves to lay there and watch us and smile, cooo and grin @ the lights. he is so laid back and loves his daddy!

Dillon loves his bath time! he is a little hesitant and we put him in the water but once he is realxed he could be in there all day!!! :) i am so thankful for that!

Drew will be so embarassed that i posted these pictures. he is not a big fan of baby legs for boys! but i could not love them more. they will be so great for this summer too when he is in a onsie and hanging around and sitting up!!! i think they are jsut too cute! :)

Other news----AL ROKER is in FARGO! i wish i was closer so i could go find him. i love him! i watch the today show each morning.... and was so excited to turn on the TV and see him here watching the RED RIVER!!! but even better the river is going down! there is a storm on its way and we now just need to get through the wind that is coming too----lets hope those dikes stay sturdy and save FARGO/MOORHEAD!
We all headed back to my parents on Friday afternoon--Dillon was thrown a baby shower by my best friend from high school and her mom! It was a perfect day and again Dillon got showered with many gifts! he is one lucky baby----i dont think he even knows how lucky yet! :) THANKS so much betsy and mary for the wonderful day! Saturday night we headed back home---Gramma Barker was anxiously waiting to see Mr D. She came over for a visit---we thought he would be wide awake since he slept most of the shower and then the ride home too.... but no he was so tired out!

Today not much planned! Thinking of starting to paint Dillons new night stand that was made by papa! :) I think i will lay some plastic and do it in the basement on the tile! The big garage has water on the floor------i think it is going down but with the new snow on its way i do not want to risk having it out there! I have it sitting in his room already---it is going to be hard to take it out again to get it painted! but it sure looks good! Thanks PAPA and NANA!!! we love it!

Please Pray

for FARGO and all of those in the surrounding area!!!

We are so lucky to be out of danger here---but most in the area are not. So please keep them in your thoughts and prayers that the dikes hold and no more flooding happens! Lets keep praying for cold weather and no rain or snow! :)