Welcome Wyatt Ronald!

Wyatt Ronald Middendorf was born at 7:29 am on September 29th, 2010. He weighed in at 8 pounds and 9 ounces, was 21 inches long and his head measured 15 inches. He has been a good nurser and good sleeper all day today. He had visits from his brothers, grandparents, aunts Alyssa, Adrea, Jill and Lisa, Uncle Steve, and cousins Maddie, Isaac, and Lori.

Jacob loves baby and is over the moon about his new brother. He was not about to let Grandma hold Wyatt before he did.

Fred holding Wyatt shortly after delivery.

Mom and Wyatt's cuddle time.

Kind of a picture of our new family.

Next Vikes Fan

Fred and I got to go to the Vikings game today with our friends Kim and Kyle to see the Vikes finally win. Yeah! I didn't have a jersey to wear, so I made my own Vikes shirt...

I had to put the lettering on while I was wearing the shirt and riding in the car, so its not the neatest work, but I got lots of looks and compliments. Still I couldn't get the camera guys at the dome to put me on the big screen.

September Fun

We had a fun September. We started off the month with Labor Day weekend in Melrose. We thought Saturday was suppose to be the cool day, so my mom, Drea and I took our kids and the Rosenbergers to Little Falls Zoo. Our favorites, the prairie dogs, were down to just two dogs, there had been about 20 last year, so that was disappointing, but it was a beautiful day to wander around and see what the animals were up to.

Maddie and Gavin watching a bear.

Gavin feeding a cow. My mom, yes in her winter jacket, watching.

Isaac feeding a donkey.

The Jeske grandkids by the tigers.

Maddie being our tourguide.

Whose afraid of a stuffed wolf?

After the zoo, we went to Albany to do some mini-golfing. I think the was Adrea's idea, giving the 4 kids golf clubs and balls to hit. Luckily we were the only ones on the course, so we spread out and nobody got hurt. Sunday was windier and cooler than Saturday, so we didn't do much that day until the Middendorf family fantasy football draft that evening.

The next weekend we made another trip to Melrose. Fred went to Richmond to help shingle at his nephew's house on Saturday. While he was there Alyssa took Jacob with Isaac to kickball in Melrose and then after naps we took Jacob, Gavin and Isaac (Maddie was at a birthday party) to the Hempker Zoo outside of Freeport. I had never been, so it was fun to see it. The animals seemed really friendly, especially the one humped camels, they came up to the boys by the fence. We also got to pet a penguin, which was a cool experience too.

Jacob, Isaac and Gavin faces.

Isaac, Jacob and Gavin with their camel friend.

Isaac, Jacob and Gavin posing at the photo-op set-up.

The boys got a wagon ride.

That evening my mom, Alyssa, Maddie, Eva Becker, and I got to go to Footloose at the Paramount in St Cloud. It was a fun show and it was fun to see one of our friends as a performer. Maddie was a little surprised by the language used and did not quite approve of the show.

Sunday, the 12th, we had one final nice day at the lake. The boys attempted some fishing, but had not luck. We got the cabin cleaned out and ready to be winterized until spring.

My dad helping the boys 'fish'.

We've had two fun weekends in the cities too. Last weekend Fred's parents came down and we went to the casino with them on Friday night while the boys stayed home with a babysitter. Both Fred and Mary Ann had some luck at the casino, so that was good. Then on Saturday night we had our first church card club of the year, hopefully not our last - we hope to be able to still make it out of the house once we have 3 kids. Gene and Mary Ann babysat for us that night, so we got out of bedtime two nights in a row!

This, our final weekend as the parents of 2 boys, we had a 40th birthday party on Friday night. Tried to get some things done around the house on Saturday and went to Angelfest, a local church's carnival. I got to play bingo and one once, so it was a good day. Then Fred went to the casino with a friend and lost back some of his winnings. Today we got to go to the Vikings game. I have 2 days left to get ready for baby. I am ready to be done being pregnant, but am unsure about my ability to manage 3 boys. Prayers are welcome...

1st Day of Kindergarten!

Jacob had his first day of kindergarten today. He was very excited. He was also very nervous about missing the bus. We were out there at least 10 minutes early, so we wouldn't miss it. For some odd reason they sent 2 busses down our dead end street, so we almost boarded the squirrel bus instead of the parrot bus, but being the sharp mom that I am we ended up on our assigned bus. Jacob will however have to switch busses next week, since it is crazy to have 2 busses come down our street. So he'll get to ride a short bus, which has seat belts, so I'm not complaining. Plus, instead of having to walk down to the walking path across the street they are going to pick-up at our house. That will be sooooo nice!

Anyway, so we get on our parrot bus (I choose to ride to school with him, as many moms did) and a little boy asks Jacob to sit with him, very sweet. So I get to sit by myself. The bus driver has to tell kids to sit down and stay in their seats a couple times on the way to school and when we get to school "Mr Tom" gets up to give the kids a speach about bus riding rules. He goes over how to sit and how to behave, during which he tells the kids from the daycare center "you kids from the daycare center are full of the devil when you get on here, but you can't be like that on the bus." It made me chuckle and I'm sure the kids didn't really know what he was saying.

Jacob and I found his teacher, Mrs Montoya, and discovered that a boy from church is in Jacob's class. I was relieved to have a familiar face in Jacob's class, he didn't seem to care. I left him to enjoy his day at kindergarten after informing Mrs. Montoya that Jacob had seen Shakira on TV and asked if that was his teacher.

Jacob isn't much for informing me on happenings of his day. He said he didn't play with anyone today, couldn't remember anyones name, and was slightly disappointed that they didn't get to play with the toys in the room today. I explained to him that today was a special day with lots of instructions, so they will probably play with toys most other days. He did do a great job coloring a picture and drawing a picture of the bus, but he didn't remember the "color song" which he was suppose to teach his family as homework. He's excited to go back tomorrow. He gets to do "club care" in the morning before his afternoon kindergarten, so his day will start at 8:40 and he'll get back home at 3:40. I hope he doesn't fall asleep on the bus on they way home.

Jacob, the kindergartener.


Jacob running to the bus stop as he was so nervous to miss it.

Taking pictures while waiting for the bus.

Jacob getting on the parrot bus.

Jacob riding on the bus.

At the Kindergarten Center, he's done preschool here too, so you may recognize the sign.