Congrats to Kristi and Chase

This past Friday, Jeremy's sister Kristi was married to Chase Strub. It was a beautiful day at the Daughetee household. Mary and Tom's deck was transformed into the perfect place for a wedding ceremony. We ate food and cake afterwards and got home fairly late Friday night. Kristi looked gorgeous in her wedding dress and Chase was a handsome groom. Jackson and Skyler were also cute as can be in shorts with dress shoes :)

Pictures from the ceremony:Aunt Kath was the Maid of Honor and

Chase's friend Andy was his Best ManJackson and his mommy :)Yummmo! Cake!Ellie and Jack playingThis picture above cracks me up. Every toy Ellie would touch Jack would take away from her. She is looking at him like "hey, who do you think you are?" :) I got as many pictures as I could, but unfortunately our camera stinks!!! and kept turning off on me! Jeremy has promised me a nice one for my b-day...but I'm hoping for Mother's Day ...hint hint :) It is sad all the great pics I miss because of that stupid camera!

9 Month Pictures

We had Ellie's nine month pictures taken last Friday! I can't believe she is already 9 months...she is getting so big (yet still so small). Her personality is coming out and she is a little spit fire! When I picked Ellie up from daycare yesterday, Rhonda made the comment "Ellie is such a spunky little thing", I immediately said "is that code for she is driving you crazy?" and she reassured me that Ellie is the entertainment for the day. So...I guess that is a good thing:)

Here are the pics:

Little Miss Blue EyesGo Cubs!

Look she gives mom and dad when we say "no" and then she does it anyway :)

Rugby

Spring season is well underway for The Cedar Rapids Headhunters. We went to our first home game this past weekend. Ellie loved to be outside in the sun. Jeremy's cousin Josh and his girlfriend Lyndsey joined us. It was great to meet Lyndsey and hang out with Josh again. Ellie could not stop staring at Lyndsey...I think it was the blond hair :) Every time the crowd clapped Ellie would clap, she is already cheering her daddy on! The Headhunters beat the Quad City team by a lot (I don't remember the score) Jeremy got man of the match for the pack! :)

Here are some pictures that our good friend Kelly took of us:

Family Picture

Daddy and Ellie

Happy Easter!

Wow, what a crazy day Ellie and I had! Jeremy had to work all day, so Ellie and I were on our own. We took a trip to Hy-Vee to buy some groceries to make daddy an Easter Feast! Ellie rode in the basket of the cart for the first time. She loved it! She was good the entire time we were in the store, she swung her legs laughed and was fascinated with watching others shopping. The craziness started upon our arrival home. Ellie would not take a nap she wanted to be up playing, so she got her way :)

Here are some pics of her playing while I made dinner:

Ton of toys to play with and she wants the beer box

Well, she didn't want to play by herself for much longer, so I placed her in her highchair and gave her a snack. I forgot to put a bib on her though! She was a huge mess...who knew all from cereal! (I guess I did end up feeding her before I took this picture, but the majority of the mess is from cereal!)

Daddy finally came home from work and Ellie was able to have her basket from the Easter Bunny before she went down for bed.

Ellie's first Easter BasketSo Excited!Digging through my goodiesSomehow she found the one toy in her basket :) Smart little girl!

Easter Feast...mmmmmm

Happy Easter!

Splish! Splash!

Ellie is really starting to enjoy her bath. She likes to play or I should say chew on her little bath toys. She doesn't care when we pour water over her head...she just continues to play :)

Crazy Hair!

Mmmmmm tastes good...

I bought Ellie a cute little tankini and hat for this summer. Here is a pic of her trying on her hat. As soon as we put it on her she tries to take it off...so I don't know how well she will leave it on this summer :)

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