October

We started off October by reorganizing the bedrooms to make room for the baby. Here's a picture of the new crib, assembled by Jay and Grandpa Larry.


A few weeks later, we attended the wedding of our friends Frankie and Mike in Hilton Head, South Carolina. A large group of us from Modine made the trip south for the fun weekend. Click on the group photo to see more.

We finished out the month by attending my 10-year college reunion at Northwestern, celebrating our 6th anniversary and Halloween.

Less than 3 months until the baby arrives! Click on my photo in the 21 weeks post to see more photos of the baby bump!

21 weeks

I've been asked to see some pregnancy photos, so here is one of me at 21 weeks in one of the cute new maternity outfits that my mom bought me. We've been taking a weekly photo since 14 weeks, so click on the photo below to watch me grow!




Also in the past few weeks, we celebrated Jay's birthday, got a new car, and went to the MN State Fair. It's been a fun summer!

New Car

We bought a new 2010 Subaru Forester. The cash for clunkers deal got to be too tempting. We really liked the smooth ride and low road noise. I will miss the freedom of driving a beater, but the only constant in life is change I suppose.

Fishing Charter 2009

The weather was perfect when Pa, Grandpa, and Dave came to Racine for salmon fishing. We caught a bunch. These were the best tasting salmon I have had. Click on the picture for more...

Independence Day Vacation 2009

We took a full week off this year to celebrate the country's birthday this year. We spent the first half of the week in the Twin Cities. We went to a Saint's game, took a Segaway tour of the old mill district in Minneapolis, went to the Como zoo, and got together with friends we haven't seen for a while. We acted like tourists. Click on the pictures to see more. The second half of the trip was spent at Buffalo lake fishing, boating, and enjoying fireworks.

Mink

Today there were two baby mink running around in our yard. One of them decided to curl up for a nap right in the grass. We could have picked him up if we had wanted to. I am worried since I haven't seen their mother, so we fed him a turkey wiener.

Euro Trip 2009

It's been a while since we did anything truly blog-worthy, but our trip to Germany and Holland is worth a new post. I had a conference to attend in Dusseldorf, so I decided to bring Laura along and combine business and pleasure. Our flights connected in Manchester, and while I flew to Hannover to take care of business, Laura flew to Frankfurt to spend some time with Ralph, Heidi, Vanessa, and Lea. I then took the train to Wurzburg on Friday to meet up with them. On Saturday, Ralph and Heidi drove us to Munich. We took a open-top bus tour, explored the Deutsche Museum, and dined at Hofbrauhaus. That evening, we also went to the Dettelbach wine fest. Sunday, we visited Neuschwanstein and barbqued in the backyard. Early in the week, we took a dinner booze cruise on the Rhine river. Laura explored Dusseldorf while I attended the conference.
On the weekend, we traveled to Amsterdam where we visited the Anne Frank House, the Van Gough museum, and the Red Light District and took a canal cruise. Click on the pictures for more details.