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Creating New Friendships

I am super pumped about my coworker Andy and his wife Ronda coming by tonight! We are so lucky to have friends this close in Belle Plaine!

Andy and Rich both work with automation and robotics, so they may possibly be a match made in heaven! ;-) JK guys.

I haven't met Ronda yet, but from what Andy has told me and from seeing their blog, she and I will have NO PROBLEM connecting. She seems extremely creative and fun! She likes wine - she's already cool in my book!

Here's their blog: http://imapick.blogspot.com/


Can't wait! I hope they like cheese with their wine! ;-)

Isla's Learning Center

We enrolled Isla in La Petite Academy last week and she started this Tuesday. We love everyone there - they seem so nice! This is going to be great for her, because she will be getting plenty of interaction with babies and teachers.

She hasn't been napping well there, though, because she is used to sleeping in a dark room with lullabies playing. :-) Oops! Now she has to sleep in an unfamiliar crib in neon lights... So she takes little 30 minute cat-naps... However, she is playing and learning so much, that she sleeps great at home! It's a really great sign when a child comes home tired!

I love that every time I come to pick her up, someone is working with her. It's fantastic!

Isla's First Tooth and Da Yoopers

Went snowboarding in da U.P. (Wakefield) this weekend. Had a blast!

Isla stayed with my sister in Chippewa Falls for the weekend and they had a great time! She finally got her first tooth! She was cranky from Wednesday morning through Saturday. Sunday came and she was as happy as a clam (just in time to see momma and da da)!

In da U.P. I learned how to carve! It's been a long time coming. Kelly helped me get past my nerves. I'm so glad I did! Snowboarding is WAYY more fun now. Needless to say, I've got the itch to go again!

From the snow melting and freezing Thurs and Fri, we were stuck boarding on "groomed" ice. So everytime I fell, I felt it! I have bruises to prove it! I also twisted my ankle coming off of the scary chair lift... That, luckily, will heal on its own.

Snowstorm hit the entire state of Wisconsin and most of Minnesota on the way back. That made for a very long/stressful 10 hour trip home. But we made it home safe.


As for our impression of the Indianhead Mountain Resort we stayed at... It was alright. Our hot tub stopped working after the first night, which was sad. Comparing it with Lutsen Caribou Highlands, Lutsen wins hands down. We will probably stick with that from now on.

Isla is Crawling!

She's been wanting to crawl, and showing signs, but we didn't know if she would do it... Until Saturday night (when Gramma and Grampa Swords were over) she started to move a knee. She didn't completely do it until Sunday.

Here's how it went:

I showed her my phone (which she is obsessed with) and placed it on the floor about three feet from her. She started rocking and decided to go for it! Took a little while, but I got her to go! :-)

Now she's all over the place!