Kehrt Family Weekend

We traveled to Des Moines to stay with my family and have a baby shower put on by my sister-in-laws, niece, and one of my mom's best friends Kim. It was a great weekend. Since we all come from different sides of the state and Illinois, it has become common practice to spend a lot of our holidays and special moments in hotels. Friday night was pretty low key with dinner and good company. Saturday Dad Kehrt, Chad, Bruce, and Nick went golfing. This was quite an adventure for Nick as it was his first golf experience. He did pretty well so we hear...considering he is a lefty playing with right handed clubs!

Saturday afternoon we had the baby shower and the girls did a great job of putting it on. It was great to see everyone and Little O received lots of toys and must haves. We had a lot of fun and I couldn't have asked for anything better. THANK YOU LADIES!!! We spent the remainder of the day swimming with my cousin Laura's daughter Aly, who is quite the waterbug and my nieces Mara & Ellen. They were content sitting on the steps in the beginning but with a little coxing and the element of time, They were jumping in and having fun!

Sunday before heading home to KC we went to my sister-in-law Stacey's parents home for a birthday party for Mara and Ellen. Mara turned 3 on Aug 21 and Ellen will turn 2 on Sept 15th. They also got lots of goodies to play with! Ellen may have had more fun with the tissue paper than her toys. It is hard to leave everyone and come home to Kansas but it was a great weekend and we had a lot of fun. It was our last trip to Iowa before Little O arrives so I am sure the next trip home will be equally eventful. Here are some pictures of our weekend!

Great Grandma's Kehrt & Thompson, Grandma Kehrt, & Mom Oberle

I had an excellent helper opening the gifts from Aly!

Kim, Roxanne, Jill, & Stacey- Thanks so much for the shower!!!

My friends were all able to make this great day!
Happy Birthday Mara & Ellen! Ellen has no problems digging into her cake. Mara likes to make sure she knows what she is eating :)

Although the rest of the family is making up ground. There is still an extra place in Ellen's heart for Uncle Bruce.

Little O Update

We had our 20 week appointment yesterday with the doctor. We first did our 20 week sonogram. Since we are not finding out what the sex of the baby is until he/she arrives the tech avoided certain areas of the baby. She told us, she didn't even go down there because boys are so obnoxious, they will show you if you want to know or not :). It was quite amazing to both Bruce and I although we did need some help telling what everything is. She tried to get us a good look at the baby's face because apparently, I am harboring a future Gold Medalist in Gymnastics or a Martial Arts expert because Little O would not sit still long enough to get a good clear picture. She told us that the baby wouldn't sit still (which I can clearly feel) and Bruce laughed and said "Yep that sounds like my kid....already being difficult!" It is also much like his kid to avoid pictures at all costs :) The baby is measuring at 21 weeks so Little O is right where she/he needs to be. I have gained the weight that the doctor wants me to gain and everything is on track!!

Have a good week!

New Adventure!

We have hit August and that means travel, travel, travel.... We are trying to get it all in before the doctor confines us to the city limits.

August 2nd, I made a quick trip to Des Moines for Sarah Towns' baby shower. We were able to catch up with her and get some good girl time in before baby Towns arrives in September. The shower was very nice and it was good to see a lot of girls that I haven't seen for a long time, some that I haven't seen since I left Des Moines. Bruce headed to Claflin for a family gathering at the Oberle household. They spent a lot of time in Great Bend at his sisters home. It was a great weekend and everyone had a good time catching up. I was sad to miss the weekend as the kids all went to the pool to swim and that is just as much fun for me as it is for the kids! My wonderful mother-in-law and father-in-law didn't hold my absence against me and did send some canned pickles home with Bruce! THANKS! Little O and I both thank you!!!!


Last weekend, we were pretty busy with a lot of odds and ends... We are getting back into the home improvements again, trying to get a lot done before Little O arrives-- yes we are only half way to Little O arrival... but it is a big list :) Bruce somehow talked me out of painting the nursery but we did a fair share of painting this weekend in places we have talked about doing since we moved in. The previous owner's painting skills were less than stellar.... one coat and call it good apparently was his motto. We got a lot of things done, most of which nobody else will ever notice is changed, but Bruce and I feel much better about it.


Bruce and Mike did embark on a new adventure they have never found themselves in this weekend too. The crib and dresser/changing table came in so we picked it up and the boys assembled the crib. It was not nearly as difficult as we anticipated. There was a Kodak moment where both of the boys were looking at each other in the "how the hell does this work" look... I actually was able to catch it with the digital camera....unfortunately to my dismay, I had the memory card door open on the camera and lost the picture... but here are the boys afterward rewarding themselves for their achievement. Nice job guys!!! Thanks for your help "Uncle" Mike!!