Joseph's 3rd Birthday!!

He actually does not turn 3 until Monday January 18 but we celebrated the Saturday before. I can't believe he is 3 yrs old already. It seems like yesterday I was holding him for the first time. Here are some pictures of Joseph 3 yrs ago.

Joseph's first pic


The first time I held him


Joseph's first day home





Mimi and Grampa come into town to celebrate Joseph's bday with us. We went to dinner at Sake which is Joseph's absolutely favorite restaurant. Then we headed home for cake and homemade ice cream. I made and decorated a football cake for Joseph. Here are some pictures:


The two Joe's



Mommy and Joseph



Joseph with Mimi and Grampa



Yummy food


Joseph's hitball cake (football)



He is so excited



Happy birthday to you



Having a little trouble



Playing memory game with Grampa



Having fun with my new cars





After Joseph went to bed us adults played his memory game and candyland. It was alot of fun and a ton of laughs.







Next Saturday Joseph and I are heading for Texas one last time before Levi comes into the world. We are going to have a little party for him while we are there so stay tune for more birthday party pictures.

The Grunwaldt Family

We are home owers again!!

We finally closed on our house. It has been a long process. It all started back on July 25 when we went to see a house. Joe saw the price and how big it was and fell in love. From July until November Joe worked really hard on getting it financed because it was a foreclosure is took longer. Well in November we found out that the seller was putting us on a deadline and eventually it fell through. This whole time we were living in a tiny apartment with most of our stuff in storage. The weekend before we went to Texas for Thanksgiving we went house hunting. We pasted this house and Joe was determined to go inside. Being myself I didn't want to, but I let him. Joe came out and told me that I really should go inside. Well I did and I fell in LOVE with the house.

Joe took off two days of work to move us into our new home. The day of the closing which was a thursday it started to snow and it snowed until sunday. Oh and most of y'all know that I am 23 wks pregnant and still having to watch Joseph while we move. This just say that we will never forget this move.

Christmas 2009

The weekend before we left for Mimi and Gramps house we let Joseph open some presents from my side of the family.



From Aunt DeDe and Uncle Darrell







From Nana and PawPaw







From Uncle John and Aunt Michelle







Here are just a few of him actually openning his presents.











He had no problem openning gifts anymore.



On Christmas Eve Joe got off work early so we headed to Milwaukee. The weather was supposed to be bad but it was not that bad at all. Actually it was our best trip to their house we have driven. Here are some pictures of Joseph with his new train table.











Here is Joseph with Santa (aka Grampa)







And here is a few playing in the snow and sledding















And building a snowman







Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Lots of Love
The Grunwaldt Family

2009 in review

Jan- Joseph turned two years old. We celebrated his birthday early because Joe left for OTS on Jan 13. We put our house on the market and moved in with my parents while Joe was gone.

Opening presents


Joseph going down the big slide at his party.


Joseph packing himself to go with daddy to OTS



Feb- I turned 30 yikes!!

Joseph and I on my bday




March- Joseph and I went to see Aunt Jean in Florida. Aunt Crystal and Ryan were able to go also. We had a great spring break mommy style.

Joseph and Ryan at Aunt Jean's house


We want to go swimming









April- We sold our house!! What a relief it was to sell before we left Texas. Joe graduated OTS and we moved to Ohio. It was very sad leaving family and friends but what a great adventure for our family.

Going to see daddy!!


Joe and I going to the Dinning Out


Joe's graduation


Joe's pinning


Joseph is tired of pictures




May- We celebrated Mother's day with Joe's mom. We surprised her with our visit. We also had to go back to Alabama for ASBC for six weeks. I am so glad that we went because we met some really great people while we were there.





June- We celebrated our 5th anniversary going to dinner and then to Gulf Shore Alabama. Joseph loves the water and the sand. Joseph and I went to Texas for 2 wks to visit family. We had a great time. Joseph loves to play with his cousins. Before we went back to Ohio we were able to go visit Joe's sister in Ft Walton Beach, Fl. Joseph had a blast playing with Ryan.


Gulf Shore, Alabama







July- Joseph and I went back to Mimi and Gramps house for the circus parade. It was alot of fun so we decided to stay longer then we had planned.

Circus parade





Aug- On the 28th we found out were are expecting our second baby. The baby is due on May 6 but I will have a c-section the last week in April. We also celebrated Aunt Jean's 30th bday in Chicago. Aunt Jean and Uncle Case planned well for our time in Chicago. We went to the Aquarium which was amazing and we also went to the Navy Pier. At the Pier we rented a quad cycle. We had a blast on that thing and I think Joseph liked it also.

#2


Chicago







September- We went back to Texas to visit. Mostly we just hung out with family and some friends.

Texas




October- We went back to Milwaukee because Aunt Crystal, Ryan, and Aunt Jean was in town. We went to a petting zoo/ pumpkin patch. Joseph had a blast chasing around the goats and picking out some pumpkins.





November- We drove to Texas for Thanksgiving. We had a great time but man it is a long drive. Joseph kept saying Nana's house is far from my house. Yes it is baby.



Dec- We found out we are having another boy. We are so excited to give Joseph a brother/best friend. His name will be Dock Levi. He is named after my grandfather and he will go by Levi. I love to hear Joseph say the name Levi. We spent Christmas with Joe's mom and step dad in Milwaukee. We were able to take Joseph sledding which he loved. Santa was very good to Joseph also.

Dock Levi


Our Christmas Card


No Christmas pics yet but coming soon!

What a year 2009 has been.