Omaha...somewhere in the Middle of America....

Well, Oprah was fantastic! Diana Ross was the guest. We went in expecting to walk away with a free CD. We walked out with brand new Samsung Galaxy Tablets (service included as well)!  It was awesome!  Oprah is not as 'big' as the tabloids make her out to be, so I was really surprised. The studio was fun and we had a great time.

Then we headed to Omaha the last weekend in February for my Sorority Reunion. We stayed with Frannie & Pete & Fritz.  It was great catching up on old times and just hanging out. It's funny to think Pete & I saw each other nearly every day for 8 years straight; so much has changed in 10.5 years!  They were terrific hosts and the girls just LOVED Fritz and Rocco.   Beth picked me up for the reunion and we were able to catch up on old times on the way there.  When we got there, it was fun to see old faces - the girls are all as beautiful as they were 10 years ago.  Everyone seemed to be doing well, and it was a lot of fun!

I posted pics on the Shutterfly site, but Omaha has changed quite a bit and Creighton has undergone a total facelift! New buildings, dorms, soccer stadium.... heck, there's even a new student center with a bar! It is gorgeous and we had a lot of fun, even in the cold, seeing the grounds I used to trek every day 10 years ago.

I wish we made it back more often, it was such a great trip.  Though, we decided to drive- which admittedly, was a bad call on my part, LOL.  7 hours, each way, in 2.5 days--- not bad with 2 adults. Add two energetic kids to that mix and it makes for a long road trip.  Ah well, the bonding......

Hopefully we'll make it back soon!

Future Bluejays! 

In front of the new soccer stadium!

Off to Oprah....

So tomorrow will be a fun day. My friend Katie got tickets to Oprah and gets to bring two people with her. She asked me. I'm excited, it should be a lot of fun. Let's hope she has a big million-dollar giveaway ;)  Brenda- I'll keep trying for you though!!!

I am trying to get caught up on photos- I took Maddyn's 6 month photos and just have to upload and edit them. We had a bunch of birthday parties and things going on this weekend, so it's been tough. Next weekend I'm hopping down to Omaha for a quick trip- haven't been back in about 6 or 7 years- crazy!  I am looking forward to seeing some old friends. 

As for the girls- not too much new. Halas just had her first little bit of formula today. We'll be hitting the end of our stash in the next couple of weeks, so we're starting to blend it into her breastmilk so she gets used to it. I figure I made it to almost 7 months, not too bad, considering. She still prefers the BM at this point, but she'll be fine. Halas is definitely an eater! Maddyn's doing great- she's obsessed with Tangled lately, so I hear "Mommy, Mommy, let down your hair" wuite a few times a day.  She cracks me up.

Hope everyone is doing well. Here is one photo from our big snowstorm we had a few weeks back. We had about 20 inches in less than 24 hours and some huge snow drifts. I haven't gotten all of the photos loaded off of my camera yet, but I did get a few.  The snow drifts in some spots were about 6 feet deep! 

And a teaser photo from my 6 month photo shoot with Halas:

Happy Valentine's Day!

Maddyn had a blast this weekend and today, preparing her valentines. It was fun to see her get so into it.  It wasn't so fun dealing with the sugar high and low after the party, lol.  We took some photos of the girls for Valentine's Day. I'm uploading them to Shutterfly as we speak. Here's one of my faves:

I finally uploaded the photos of Halas from her first Solids experience. She was lovin' it. I have a few videos I snapped too, which I uploaded below. You can see the one of Maddyn feeding her, it was fun.



As for Halas- her 6 month appt was a few weeks ago. Her stats came in a little different than we expected. She's much shorter than Maddyn was. Her height was 26.5" and her weight was 17lbs 3oz.  HC was 42.5cm.  We'll see if we just had an inaccurate measurement of if she's really just more "average" height compared to Maddyn (Which is still 90th percentile, btw, lol).  She's sitting up unassisted and pulling herself up. She scoots all over the place but nowhere near crawling. No teeth yet either- just loads of drool. She is also babbling up a storm- definitely like her mommy there!

I took her 6 month photos this weekend, so I'm working on getting those posted. Hopefully soon!! Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!