4th of July Weekend

last week's long holiday weekend was absolutely perfect! the weather was beautiful, cruz enjoyed his first adventure on lake minnetonka and we had a fun time with the family down in owatonna on the 4th.

enjoy the heat!

More Birthday Fun!

we had a first birthday party for cruz on sunday, june 26th (also our 12th anniversary!). cruz had lots of fun hanging out with some relatives (thank you all for coming to celebrate), eating another cupcake, opening gifts and playing in the backyard. it's so hard to believe he's already a year old! we go in for his check-up on the 19th and i will post his latest stats then.

here are some fun pics from his big day:

we're heading out to lake minnetonka with our friends the degels this afternoon. can't wait to see how cruz likes his first boat ride! happy 4th of july weekend everyone!

Cruz is One!

our little man turned one on thursday! cruz had a great day at school...they had a bounce house and he loved it! that night the three of us had a small celebration at home and tomorrow afternoon we'll be celebrating with some of our family.

happy birthday cruz! we love you!

Swimming Lessons!

wanted to share this cute picture that leah sent from our first day of swimming lessons. cruz and carmen are having lots of fun!

Happy First Father's Day, Heath!

sunday was a very special day...heath's very first father's day!

we love you daddy!

Road Trip!

we made our first road trip with cruz last weekend! we headed down to iowa to introduce him to all of heath's family and he was an awesome traveler. on friday afternoon he got to meet the reedy side of the family and on saturday he was introduced to the ahrens' at their annual summer get together at art & denise's. we had a blast introducing him to everyone and he was a hit with everyone!

four generations of reedys:

papa mike & cruz

grandma jill & cruz

the reedy boys

grandma jill & cruz getting to know each other

this was a big week! not only did we road trip to iowa, but cruz started swimming lessons on tuesday night (with carmen!), he starred on the adoption panel at lss on thursday night (we got to share our adoption journey with the class) and on thursday he also started school at primrose! here he is on his first morning.

tomorrow is heath's first father's day! we love you daddy!

Summer Fun Has Begun!

summer has arrived here in minnesota (apparently we just skip spring now!)...cruz has enjoyed being out and about and loves meeting more new people all the time!

check out his new beach chair from "auntie" kim:

not sure how he feels about grass:

crawling around with my friend avery. her baby brother, oliver, was born today! congrats degel family!

this weekend we head to iowa on our first road trip with cruz! wish us luck! should be a fun weekend introducing him to all of heath's family.

stay cool!