I like this guy

because he is so good at taking pictures, AND


he lets me give him bad haircuts.

Baby Bedke Number Two

That's right, we are having another baby and just found out today that it is another boy! The ultrasound tech said he was quite the show-off about it.


Baby Bedke number two due October 28th.

How do you know your child is a handful?

When he does this.


I was cooking breakfast saturday morning while Darwin was playing with blocks in the living room. I should have known that he was in to something because it was so quiet, and when I went to check on him I found out why. He got into a huge container of petroleum jelly that usually is out of his reach.
Petroleum jelly is suprisingly hard to clean up. Maybe that is why it works so good on diaper rashes. I finally had to throw these pajamas away because there was no getting it all out. Good thing I got them at a garage sale, but they were my personal favorites of his.
Can you tell how pleased he was with himself?

Easter Fun

This cute family came and visited us. Darwin is sporting a nice scowl in this photo.

Had an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.


Meet Darwin's nemesis, Brielle. They were born just a few days apart.

Cute Olivia

Getting cozy with the Mayo brothers on our night out without kids.

Sadly for us Dave, Jenn and their three adorable girls are moving to Utah this summer so they won't be as close as they were this year in Chicago, but we are very happy for them to get back closer to home and put down some roots now that they are finally finished with the long road of med school, residency and fellowship. Well done!

Business in front

Party in back.

Utah Trip

We've been back from our trip to Utah for some time now, but I haven't posted anything about it yet. Let's just say it was three weeks of pure fun. Brent got to come out with us for a week but then returned to MN to work. D and I then headed out to Vernal for five days, then to American Fork for six days to watch my sisters kids and then back to SLC for a couple of days before making the flight home.

It was a really great trip but when it was time to come home, I was ready. Darwin missed his daddy but I think he is having animal withdrawals since he got so much one on one time with them.

Darwin and my sisters cat Tippy. He loved this cat so much, but she didn't like him at all. In fact, she told him so by swatting him in the face a couple of times.

He still likes to eat dirt.

Since my dad is semi-retired, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of owning a pontoon boat, aka a party barge. This is my parents and brother basking in the twenty degree weather after my dad gave us the tour.

Darwin with my little brothers blind dog Chance. I don't think that Chance liked Darwin that much but luckily for Darwin, Chance is blind and couldn't get away very easily. Darwin liked to throw dog food on to his back and laugh.

One of Riley's cats that, again, didn't like Darwin. He figured hanging out by the food was a good strategy.
Sorry that most of my pictures are of Darwin and animals. We also spent a lot of time with friends and family which I never properly document.

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