A very sad day

This morning God called our Great Grandma Norgren home. It is a great loss to our family and we will all miss her so. She represented strength, integrity and everything good in a woman. It was an honor and a privilege to have known her. She is resting with God and our Great Grandpa Norgren now and can find peace again with him, although those she left behind will never forget her and carry her in their hearts forever. Please keep all of our Norgren family in your prayers as they say goodbye to such a beautiful person.

Buckeyes in Missouri?!?!?!?!

That's right!!! This weekend Jack and Bella were lucky enough to have part of their Ohio family come and visit. Samantha and Susan flew in friday night for a girls weekend! What fun! Friday night we all had dinner together at Red Robin. Mmm....
Saturday was the photo shoot for the babes that I wrote about in another post. While we were there, Susan, Samantha, the babes and I all scored some GREAT new clothes compliments of Nana!!! After that Susan decided that there was no way she could come to Kansas City and not visit our all time favorite restaurant, Houston's. So we headed down to the Plaza and enjoyed a delicious dinner. Sorry Cliff, maybe next time you can come. After dinner, we went back home and did what we love to do.....watch football. So, we had girl time watching the big games and played with the babes until bedtime. The Buckeye ladies headed back on Sunday but will be planning another trip soon. We cannot wait!!!

Popi and Nana time!

Popi and Nana Stavropoulos come to visit about once a week or once every other week - they cook Mommy and Daddy dinner and hold us. Mommy and Daddy like it because they get good food! Last night when they were here Mommy and Daddy took some pictures of us with them since we hadn't had any together with them since we were born!!! Enjoy!

Jack and Bella celebrate Christmas

Jack and Bella are truly lucky! They had a wonderful Christmas. We first had our family Christmas here at home Saturday night. Nathaniel and I first took Jack and Bella to meet Santa and then propped them in their Bumbo seats and videoed the opening of presen. It was a special night for the 4 of us. Well, at least Nathaniel and I knew what was going on. We had fun! The next morning we left for Iowa and spent the next couple of days there. There, they got to meet Santa again at the house where their Daddy grew up. We attended Christmas Eve services where Bella was Jesus in the church nativity. Jack was supposed to play the part, but a last minute diaper "issue" prevented that and he wasn't available. Jack and Bella also got to make another special trip to see Great Grandma Norgren. We enjoy visiting Great Grandma and she loves to hold the babies. From Iowa we loaded up the car and headed to Omaha for the Stavropoulos family Christmas. We ate dinner in the old market at Vivace and also got to see Aunt Katina's store, Katina's Couture.
In the end it was lots of travel and fun and mommy and daddy couldn't wait to see their bed when we got home! The babies are truly blessed. They received presents from every direction! More importantly, the babies were surrounded by so much love. Thank you to everyone for making their first Christmas so special.
We wish everyone a happy and healthy 2008!!!

P.S. MORE exciting news!!! Aunt Kaisha and Jake got engaged and we are very excited that Jake is going to be our Uncle!!! Congrats Aunt Kaisha and Uncle Jake!!!

Jack and Bella are models!

Jack and Bella have been asked to participate in a photo shoot for a local boutique. On Tuesday night I got a call from the store located close to our house and they asked me if I would let Jack and Bella model baby clothes for their website. Of course I said yes! They have their first baby photo shoot the weekend of January 11-12. This also happens to be the weekend that Aunt Susan and Samantha will be here visiting from Ohio so we will all get to go together to watch the babies strike a pose! :)
We first became familiar with the store while I was on maternity leave. We shopped in there a lot with Nana and really enjoy their clothes. This is very exciting for us!
This is the link to the store and of course when the pictures are taken, we'll post them here too!!!
http://www.cradletocrayons.com/

Snow Days!

Really it was an ice day, but snow sounds more fun. Last Tuesday we were iced in and day care was closed. Nathaniel and I traded off all day trying to get some work done while taking care of Jack and Bella. We got a little bored and took a few pictures. You'll have to forgive our appearances. Doesn't snow day mean no shower day?!?!

A Message for Samantha

So we heard through the grapevine (Nana) that our cousin Samantha is missing us a lot and is very sad she can't see us more. We just want to let Samantha know that we miss her too and love her so much. She takes great care of us and we can't wait to see her again. Maybe in January she and Mommy can fly out for a weekend and we can have a sleepover in Kansas City! So, until then keep checking the blog Samantha! We'll post lots of pictures and updates for you!!! We love all of our Ohio family!