the growing knoblauch family

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Summer Happenings!

Well we are having a great summer! Here are some pictures from Father's Day and other things around the house and the park!

Benjamin making a present for daddy

Finished products

Picking blueberries at the berry patch

Hayes and Benjamin riding in the wagon

Happy Father's Day

Daddy with his little boy and girl!

Present time

Having a chat!

Benjamin teaching his sister how to do tummy time!

Getting stronger - 6 weeks

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Well Samantha is one happy and very healthy little girl! She is right on track with her brother with her statistics! She is a great eater and getting her sleeping down! She is starting to "talk" a lot more and she has already rolled over from her tummy to her back.

Here are her stats from her one month check up:
Weight: 11 lbs and 9 ounces (95th percentile)
Height: 21 3/4 inches (90th percentile)
Head: 15 inches (90th percentile)

We are loving our time with both kids and the summer has been such a great time so far! I will post some pictures once I get them uploaded!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Samantha's Baptism & Family Time

This past weekend Samantha was baptized and we were lucky enough to have most of our family here to celebrate this special time. Benjamin was able to spend time with his cousins and both kiddos were able to spend time with grand parents and even great grandma Winkelman. We loved spending time with everyone and so sad that it was such a quick weekend, but it was a great one and many memories were created!

Family of 4

Uncle (Godfather) Jason

Playing in the sandbox with cousin Dolan

4 Generations

With the Godparents (Aunt Katie and Uncle Jason)

Pool time with cousins

Jiggle Jam and Summer Fun

Over Memorial Day weekened we went down to Crown Center for the Jiggle Jam concert and arts & crafts. Benjamin had a blast playing in the fountains and doing the various arts & crafts activities. It was a blast to get out side and enjoy watching him. He continues to figure new things out and become more independent! Then the past few weeks have consisted to some time at the zoo, park and anything outside. Samantha has been along for the ride and she has been such a trooper!

Hope everyone is having a great start to their summer!

Loving the fountains!

Playing with Samantha

Riding the monkey!

Checking out the animals from the train

1st Train ride at the zoo

Check out my star glasses from Jiggle Jam

Helping hold the baby

Monday, May 21, 2012

Adjusting!

Well this past week has been fun and challenging at the same time! We brought Samantha home on Monday and then went head first into having 2 kids at home with a dog...all 3 needing lots of attention! Benjamin has done a great job this past week and seems to be adjusting wonderfully. He loves to read to his little sister and is very generous in sharing toys! He wakes up each morning asking for "baby" and he is learning to "whisper" when she is sleeping. Whispering to a 22 month old is quite a challenge :)

Samantha is doing great. She sleeps like a rockstar and is eating great! She is perfectly healthy and gaining weight great, so we are very blessed.

Here are a couple of pictures from the past few weeks!