costume time and more smiles....

last night we put Jayden's costume on....YODA.   I think the two pictures are some of my favorites.  Today he is going trick or treating at my work.

Check out the shoes above...yes those are YODA shoes.  I know we are dorks...but love them!
Also every time I hold up the camera Jayden flashes his smile.  Below are couple from Sunday.

Have a great day!

cherish every moment....

Today I was starting to pack up my desk.  I am off to tackle the world of Home Decor as a Sr Buyer back at Shopko....very excited but very much going to miss seeing some of my favorite ladies everyday.  Back to packing my desk....

I have a bookmark over my phone that I put there to remind me to live my life and celebrate with the ones you love.  This bookmark is in remembrance of an amazing young woman who was taken away from her family too early.  Our neighbors and friends lost their beautiful daughter Kylee about a year and a half ago.  I hope they don't mind me sharing this but today I re-read the bookmark and it made me start to cry thinking about how much we could all use her advice....then I realized...tomorrow is her birthday. 

The bookmark..

These words were from Kylee to Lexi (her younger sister) 6 months before her untimely death. She wrote them in marker on Lexi's dresser.  Truer words were never spoken. Live your life with no regrets and treat everyone like you would want to be treated.  That is Kylee's message to us all.
Fist Bump #5

Kylee's words-
Plan your life like you will live forever and live your life like you will die the next day.

Advice from your sister

• Love your life: even without me
• Never ever give up
• Go with your gut feeling
• Believe me, boys are dumb
• Get as many friends as you can get. They're awesome.
• Work hard; &even though I'm a pain some days, know that I love ya Sis!
• AVOID TROUBLE
• Work hard in school
• Parents will be happy
• it will benefit you
• Love your life again: you only get one!!
• I can't stress it more
• love your family
• make good decisions

Kylee Renee Hyde
10/25/92-2/2/10

We will be thinking of Kylee tomorrow and her wonderful family. 

Catching up....

So what have we been up to..lots of stuff.

First thing.  Joe's sister Becky got married the first weekend in Oct in a beautiful little Chapel.  It was a perfect day.  Congrats Becky & Tim.

Below is a picture with Great Grandpa Teska.  This is the first time he met Jayden.

Below is a picture of the Teska Men

Below is a picture of Joe, his dad, and the groom Tim

Here is a picture of the beautiful Chapel. 

Below is picture of Jayden on the way home after the fun weekend.

The following weekend and week was filled with beautiful weather.  We went on many walks and went to the park multiple times, below is a pic of Jayden on a swing.  This is several mins before Jayden was stung by a bee...happy to report that he is not allergic!  This has a tough couple weeks for the little man, he had a dislocated elbow and then a bee sting.  Nothing that a couple cookies couldn't fix or a doctor :)

  I got to spend the last week with the little J man.  I am not very excited to head back to work tomorrow.  We had lots of fun going for walks, going to multiple parks, hanging out with Rilee and Hope, picking out some plants for the backyard, having lunch with daddy on Wed and then lunch with friends on Friday. It was a great week and I loved every min.

This weekend we got to visit Aunt Debbi and her new Condo.  It looks great and we were very excited for the visit.  Then today we got visit with Vanessa, Jeff, Caleb and Maggie....thanks for stopping by and thank you for the car for Jayden!  We also spent the day with Cindy Wrezca and her daughter Addie (she was born just one month before Jayden).  Joe Wrezca and my hubs Joe went to the Packer game.  Below is a picture of our two little Packer fans (Jayden & Addie).

I will leave you with one of my favorite smiles.  Have a great week!

1st birthday!

We just spent Friday and Saturday celebrating Jayden's First Birthday...we have enough cake to last at least 2 more weeks...  The fun all started on Friday morning.  Once we heard Jayden talking in the morning, we both went into his room with a bunch of balloons....he was very excited, you can see below.

 Ignore Joe's hair...he just woke up...

Saturday was the big party day...I don't know who was more excited, me or Jayden!  Joe and I gave him his presents before the party started. 

Then it was 3 pm and the party was going to start!!

The monkey cake for all of us.

 This is the monkey cake for Jayden.

These cakes were amazing.  Once I finally tried it, I looked at Joe and said they were better than our wedding cake and I loved our wedding cake.  Delicious Designs in Sherwood...awesome!

We also had a bounce house for the kids.  They looked like they were having so much fun!

Opening presents was the best...we had a whole monkey clan helping us. 

We learned Jayden likes cookies better than cake.  Below are pictures of Jayden with his cake...he had an opportunity to eat the whole thing but didn't want to. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in Jayden's party and who sent birthday wishes. We are very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. Thank you for the great memories. 

Can't wait for year 2!



Remembering the past year....

I can't believe tomorrow is Jayden's first birthday, this year went by so fast. I just sit and watch how much he has changed and grown over the past year and it just makes me so excited to watch him grow over the next years. I remember one year ago today...our house was spotless, I was sitting around all day waiting for 5 pm to arrive.  That was the time we were going to the hospital to be induced. I spent most of the day thinking about the years Joe & I tried for a baby...there were many sad days wondering why we couldn't get pregnant and then finally meeting a great doctor who just asked the right questions...then finally a positive pregnancy test.  I took 4 of them...they laughed at me at the doctor's office because they said most women stop at 3...I just couldn't believe it!  Another great day was when we found out we were having a boy....we took an envelope to dinner and opened it there...as we left the restaurant, Joe screamed "I having a boy", we were so excited!  Then nine months later...we are at the hospital. I have seen so many woman on TV arrive at the hospital in labor, for me I was relaxed and ready for something to begin.  Well, that didn't happen at least not for probably 15 hours...finally my water broke....I thought something else would start happening...and nothing for several hours...then contractions started, got worse and then the doctor kept telling me I was still only at 3 cm....really I thought...is this baby ever coming out....finally around 8:30 pm or so the doctor came in and said it was time to take him out....I cried...I took my classes on childbirth but none of them prepare you for this...about an hour later.. later ...we had Jayden....I remember every min, I couldn't feel a thing but I felt so awake.  Sadly, I didn't get to see Jayden being born but I got to watch Joe's face...I will remember that forever and that made me cry. It makes me cry just writing about it again..  Our little boy was here! Below is his first (cleaned up) picture....eyes wide open!

We are so grateful for this amazing little boy and we can't wait to celebrate this weekend!


Below are some updates from the recent weeks.

We had our patio poured and Jayden was very excited to watch the big truck in the backyard.

Two weeks ago Jayden went with Grandma & Grandpa Geniesse to the NEW Zoo in Green Bay.  I haven't downloaded the pictures yet but I will share.  Jayden was able to feed the giraffe...one thing about Jayden is that he doesn't like to share his crackers, so he didn't want to let go of it.....imagine a little boys arm in a giraffe's mouth..Good thing they don't let you feed the bears.

Last weekend we went to the Little Farmer with the Wallace Family.  Sarah Wallace and I worked together at Kohls in Milwaukee and we now work together in Appleton at School Specialty. Below are some picture of the fun.

Jayden enjoyed his first Hayride

Below are pictures of Jayden with his two best friends...Blue and his thumb.

Finally..I will leave you with a smile...

Have a great day!

Baby Pong!

I just had the best 20 mins of my day.  Jayden & I were playing catch, Joe calls is Baby Pong.

sorry for the diaper...Jayden doesn't always like to wear pants or maybe he doesn't sit still long enough for us to put them back on :)

Enjoy!

Happy Labor Day!

Where did August go?!?

so...it has been almost a month since my last post...not good.  August was a busy month for our family...2 weddings, a bachelor party, a bachelorette party, a birthday party and then squeeze in a 4 yr wedding anniversary plus some very fun everyday adventures.

Jayden is now....
saying mum...da da and talks up a storm but we have no idea what he is saying.
he has seven teeth and loves to brush them
he throws a ball and attempts to play catch with Lanie.  See the video below.

I also caught Jayden feeding Lanie his breakfast...he thinks it is hilarious....see video below

Jayden now can drink through a straw.  He saw Great Grandma DeMuth doing it, so he wanted to try.  He loves it!

Last Monday was Jayden's last day of his swim classes.  He can move onto the next level. I am a very proud mama.

Wearing his new Transformers T-shirt (thanks Aunt Debbi)

Jayden sleeps is what appears to be a very uncomfortable position.

Finally, I was putting a little sunscreen on Jayden and decided to be a little silly.  Jayden has a lot of hair!

Jayden is also now 11 months. I can't believe that we almost have a 1 year old.  I remember his birth like it was yesterday...we are so blessed to have such a happy, healthy son.

ELI's Party
Below are some picture of Eli Zimmerman's birthday party (Joe's Godson).  Both Joe & Jayden had a great time.

4 Year Anniversary!

Joe & I celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary with a nice getaway to Elkhart Lake.  I am one very lucky girl!

You can watch the highlights of our wedding at www.weddingfilms.com/meghanandjoe
Seems like yesterday...


Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend!