Life has been steadily moving. Not too fast where I feel it whizzing by, but definitely not at a leisurely pace either. It's been moving at the sort of pace where you think you're generally keeping up with everything and finding time to relax a bit and socialize a bit...but at the same time there are still quite a few things that you just never get to day after day. This blog, my friends, has been one of those things. So, here's a little update of what's been happening in our world.
Two weeks ago, Dan and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary at a little cabin out in the woods of Wisconsin. It was a lovely time--while not quite as romantic and relaxing as in years past due to the baby we brought along, it was still a wonderful time to disconnect with the world and reconnect with one another.
Then this past weekend, my brother Jake got married up at my dad and stepmom's home (my childhood home). It was a beautiful wedding--the weather was gorgeous and the meadow and people all cleaned up really nicely. It was amazing to see the meadow turn into a wedding venue after years of just being a place to store stuff, shoot guns, hunt, and camp! They did a fantastic job transforming it. Oakee also got to dress up for the event as one of the ring bearers. He got quite a few laughs as he laid in wagon, baby Jesus style, and was pulled down the isle by the two other ring bearers. Overall, it was a wonderful wedding and we are excited to welcome a new Gilbertson into the clan---a new Megan Gilbertson, that is! (For those who don't know, Megan Gilbertson is my maiden name and it's taken a bit to warm up to the idea of passing the baton on that one!) ;) I realized that when you, your husband, and baby are all in a wedding, very few pictures get taken! Ha! So, below are a few shots from the day before the wedding, one of me and two of my aunts, and one of two bridesmaid bouquets that are currently gracing our table at home.
And then there's this 7-month old baby of ours! 7 months??? Where has the time gone!?!?! Okay...maybe it is whizzing by and I'm not even realizing it. This little boy of ours is army crawling all around the house (which is making my lack of clean floors rather evident), he's sitting up all on his own, he thinks the cat and the chickens are the best things ever, and he's starting to do funny things like laugh at funny faces and be silly. We are rather smitten with him.