The Beselers: April 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

Another update! Crazy talk!

Hello hello. I didn't quite make the weekly update time on Sunday, but that's because Tanya, Claire, and I were over at Ryan and Robin's place on Sunday for a good portion of the afternoon/evening. Claire had a great time playing with Adam's toys, and watching him run in circles around her. I even let her stay up a little bit late!

After Tanya got off work, we all had some dessert and played a couple games of whist. I've decided to chronicle our whist record on the blog, even though we may not be able to play a game or two every week, it'll be fun nonetheless.

Current whist record:
Aaron/Robin - 1
Ryan/Tanya - 1

Prior to Sunday, the last week was pretty busy. Brian got into his new apartment in West Fargo, so Erika, Joel, and I, along with a new co-worker of Brian's, helped move his stuff over there on Saturday morning. I went over to lift some things around and help organize/setup on Sunday for a bit as well. While his apartment is a bit small (a 1-bedroom), it's workable with a bit of creative organization. He seems to be enjoying his new job, so that's good.

Easter is coming up this next weekend, which should be a lot of fun with lots of friends and family around here in the Fargo area. Ok, on to the pictures and video!

Claire reading one of her Sesame Street books

Claire and Tanya after Claire's bath

Another one of Claire after bath time - she loves playing peek with her towel

Claire sitting in the papasan chair with her cute hoody

The video is one Tanya took of me reading to Claire in bed

Sunday, April 10, 2011

April 10th - Two posts in a week!

Hello once more all! Two updates in a 7-day time period? Wow, I must be really on top of this.

This week was good. Got together with people on my birthday and ate good food, played some games. The only disappointing thing was that the restaurant was actually out of tiramisu during my birthday dinner, so sadly I didn't get any.

This weekend we spent some time with Ryan, Robin, and Adam on Friday and Saturday. It's nice to have a social life every once in a while for me.

In blog-related news, I got a video of Claire shrunk down in size finally, so expect some older videos to get posted soon as well, but for today I've got a few new pictures and then a fun video at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!

Claire's concentration face

Claire loves to read already, obviously her father's daughter

Claire reading some more

A nice black and white picture of Claire and Tanya

How big is Claire? SO BIG!

Claire's great exploration along the furniture...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

April 3rd - Aaron's Birthday

Howdy folks. It's been almost two months, and for that we apologize. Maybe one of these times we'll get better about keeping everyone updated.

Claire has had all kinds of fun in the past couple months. She's pulled herself up in her crib for the first time, stood on her own, and even taken a couple quick, wobbly steps (March 18th).

Right now one of her favorite things is to pull herself up on just about anything, including mommy, daddy, and puppy. She also enjoys showing everyone that she's "So Big!" and we're working diligently on perfecting the High Five maneuver.

Today is my birthday, and we went out to IHOP this morning. This afternoon we'll relax at home and then have some Italian food for supper, followed by (hopefully) a game or two of pinochle.

We hope everyone is doing well and having a good spring...and also that all the snow goes away soon.

On to the pictures...