William

Meet William

Who is the youngest cousin (brother to Jenna, Jolie and Hannah) and as best I can tell the perfect baby.

also tiny

The other cousins celebrated the new arrival by the traditional "let's give mommy a heart attack while riding around on the quad and also apparently being pursued by a mask motorcyclist"

Good times.

Cuteness dose for the day

Mid-week stress?  I have the solution.

Cow Outfit!!

Weehee!  The cow outfit that we loved before and again is back!

Baby Smile!!

Needlework with Nana

Nana has made lovely needlework pictures for all of the grandkids so far, but Michaela's was not quite finished so she solicited some help... 

I am not sure how helpful they were, but they sure were interested... 

GOATS

Also at the zoo we got to feed some goats

Heeeeeree mr. goat

Eva demonstrates the tried and true "pick it up with your tongue technique"

And the goat shows his tongue is bigger

Cousins

My new favorite pictures of Charlotte and Noah, playing with the washer toy Grammy Sue made

Splash!

There is a new splash park near Aunt Sarah and Uncle Alex's house

It is pretty sweet

Noah and Charlotte had a great time playing with each other this trip

I am following you... 

And now follow the cutest water-based pictures I have seen since the last time these kids got together...

Speaking with Michaela

A recently observed conversation ... 

hmmm... I am still learning how to use my eyes and it is kind of hard to see you could you please lean forward a little... 

OH OK THERE YOU ARE THAT'S GOOD

Hee hee hee

uh oh here comes a big...

... big... yaaaaaaaaaaawn...

that was a bit excessive, wasn't it

OH WOW YOU ARE IN FOCUS AGAIN

MISCONSIN!!!

Why hello baby...

Hello camera

Please meet baby Michaela Rose, our newest cousin in Wisconsin.  Which we refer to as "misconsin" because Noah started pronouncing it that way when he was 2 and it's so cute I don't have the heart to correct them.  So we went out there last week to meet baby Michaela and hang out with the family.

Charlotte, Noah and Eva were the three musketeers for the weekend.  They read some books... 

Some more books... 

Basically piled on any adult available... 

Ate some cheese curds...

More cheese... 

Shared their love of cheese curds...

cheese cheers!!

Spent some quality time with Max the dog

And tolerated the baby well enough for one photo of all four kids.  This is the best shot we could get.

It was an awesome trip and I will spend several days showing you many of the pictures.

Cousins

Did I mention we had all of the cousins over for a sleepover?  It was a little chaotic... 

But mostly awesome.

Sisters

My new favorite picture of Cassidy and Ciara (Noah and Eva's cousins)

Ciara

The youngest cousin, aka the one most likely to tolerate my repeated clicking... 

Also, a serious cutie.

Christmas Recap

As usual, we went to Brimfield to celebrate Christmas with the Pytel clan

Yay cousins!

I took a lot of pictures with my new camera in various stages of blurriness and poor lighting, and a few ones that are ok

Waiting for presents... 

 There is one new MD in Brimfield this year...

Actually make that two... 

And a furious rainbow-loomer

Overall, a great visit.  Merry Christmas! :)