Gaggle of Geisslers

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Happy Birthday Owen!!!

Our little baby boy turns 2 today. So hard to believe! We love him more and more every day, even when he is being a true toddler.

Happy 2nd birthday Owen, you make mommy and daddy so happy!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Allow me to translate for those of you that don't speak Toddler:) Owen is telling all of you that there is a baby in mommy's tummy. That's right, I'm pregnant again!!! We are so very excited. I'm due May 10th so we have a while to go.

This may be too much information, but it's my blog so I'm going to share it... The doctor and ultrasound tech both said we were lucky there was only one because I double ovulated. Brett would have fainted!

Here are some first pics. of the new baby.

6 weeks

7 weeks

10 weeks

It was quite a feat getting the one video announcement out of Owen. Here are some of the outtakes.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Catching Up

We have had quite a few things housed on our cell phones and needing to be scanned so I finally took the time yesterday to transfer everything so we could share them with you:)

In the beginning of October I took a trip to Canada with my mom and MIL. Brett and Owen had lots of fun having a boys weekend.

They went to the lakefront. Even though it was cold, they still had fun playing in the sand. Owen looks like such a little boy in these pictures. Not a baby anymore...

They also had fun playing in the leaves!

When they came to pick me up they had to wait quite a bit so Owen was ancy and did not want to sit in his stroller anymore. So instead he hopped a ride on the suitcase. So cute!

Here is some of Owen's latest artwork creations from school. He's transitioning to the two's 1 room this week and is officially in there on Monday. I can't believe it. It's gone so fast.

Here is his classroom newsletter for October. I realize the month is about over, but I still wanted to have it documented.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Viva Las Vegas

Brett and I enjoyed a few days away in Las Vegas this past Thursday through Saturday. It was so nice just to spend time together and not worry about schedules, tantrums or anything kid related!

A BIG thanks to our moms who came to watch Owen while we were gone.

Thursday
Arrived in Vegas and checked in to our hotel. We stayed at NY NY. The casino there was pretty lame but the hotel was nice and had a good food court.

We really just explored and relaxed. And of course gambled a little bit.

That night we went to the observation deck at the top of the Eiffel Tower at Paris. It was a beautiful night and had a great view of the strip.

You could see the Bellagio fountain show from up there too which was really cool.

Friday
On Friday we got up, ate breakfast and headed over to the Luxor for a 9:30 poker tournament. It was really fun although I couldn't get cards to save my life. Brett made it to the final table though!

After that we hung around and gambled a bit and then decided what we wanted to do that evening. After looking over the shows at the half price ticket place, we decided it would be lots of fun to go see the Price is Right! It's a simulation of the show and is admittedly cheesy, but we both love the game show so decided to go.

Here are our tickets and official name tags:)

Waiting to go to the show. My dream is to play Plinko someday!

Sadly neither of us got called (although the 5 people next to, in front of and behind us did. Grrr.) It was still so much fun!!!!

After the show we went and had dinner at Serendipity, a restaurant in front of Caesar's Palace. Our table was outside and right off the strip. It had a great view!

After dinner, we went to the Bellagio to see a few of the fountain shows. There are incredible if you have never seen them and an absolute "must do" if you ever go to Vegas.

The first 3 videos are of "Chorus Line." It was quite possibly the best one I've ever seen. The fountain even did "kicks" to the music. Incredible.

The next two are of "All that Jazz." It was also good. Unfortunately I didn't get to capture the whole thing since my memory card filled up but it will give you a good idea.

Saturday
On Saturday we relaxed in the morning, packed and then headed back to the Luxor for a noon poker tournament. I did better than Friday, finishing one spot before they collapsed to the final table. Brett made it to the final table again! No money though...

Then we headed off the airport. Jane Seymour and her dance partner were at the Southwest gate next to us. Too bad we didn't get a pic, but we did manage to get one of her plane;)

It was really so much fun but we were both ready to get back. We missed our little one terribly and were out of money:)

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Owen's first football Game

This past weekend Owen attended his first college football game with Daddy. They went to see Northwestern play Miami of Ohio (where Brett went to school.) Even though it was cold they had lots of fun together. They met up with our friend Paul who also brought his little boy Paul that is 3 1/2.

Miami is REALLY bad at football so Owen made his own fun:)

Moving to Halloween preparation, we tried on Owen's froggy costume courtesy of Nonna Barbara and Papa Mo. He didn't seem to mind at all and it was really cute. Of course he was in a trance watching Sesame Street as we put him in it, but I think we'll still be lucky on the big day.

On another Halloween note, I received all of the inchies from my Halloween swap. They were great!!!! I love seeing how creative people are.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Last night a few co-workers and I went to the live tour of So You Think You Can Dance. It was FABULOUS!!!! I love the show and since I danced for 14 years, I of course love all the dancing. Some of the pictures/videos are a little off because my camera was not happy with the lighting, but it still gives you an idea.

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