The Koehn Family

Monday, June 8, 2009

Marisa's 1 Year Stats

This morning Marisa had her 1 year doctor's appointment. She did really well! She had to get her finger poked to check her hemoglobin and iron levels and had one shot. She was all happy until Dr. Siefferman laid her down on the table for her shot. She did fine with the finger poke...LOVED the band aid on her finger! Tried to get it off a bunch of times but than started to suck on it! Any way she cried for a little bit after her shot and was happy to see Dr. Siefferman leave the room. She even waved good bye to him!

So here are her stats!

Height: 30 1/2 in - 77th Percentile

Weight: 23# 9oz. - 77th Percentile

Head 18 3/4 in - 96th Percentile (Another kid with a big head! Dr. Sieferman said she needs it to become a Doctor! LOL!)

Only thing that concerned him was that her Hemoglobin was at a 10.xx something and it is suppose to be 12 or higher. I told him that she doesn't eat any meat. She is a VERY picky eater and I can't stand it! So I have to give her half of a Flinestone Complete Vitamins in the morning and at night. He also advised me to try to give her some shredded chicken in her Mac N Cheese until she starts getting used to eating meat. One of the things she loves to eat besides fruit! So we will give that a try. He will check her Hemoglobin again at her 18 month check up.

So there it is...She is still a giant among the girls! LOL!

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sneak Peak of Marisa's 1 Year Photo Shoot With Olivia

Here is a link to Olivia's Blog! The pictures turned out SO cute!

http://oliviawagnerphoto.blogspot.com/

Friday, June 5, 2009

Update On The Kiddos

This morning we visited Auntie Olivia to have Marisa's 1 year pictures taken! It is about an hour away to her studio so I was hoping that she would take a nap on they way, but of course she didn't. Even though we didn't get home until 9-ish from Daddy's softball game, and she still woke up at 7:30am. Surprisingly she was in a pretty good mood. I had brought a bunch of outfits for Olivia to choose from and she picked out two. We took a few shots inside and than we went outside around Lonsdale. I am excited to see how the pictures turned out! She always does such a great job and I am never disappointed!

On Monday she finally goes in for her 1 year exam! It will be interesting to see where her stats are. I am sure Dr. Siefferman will say that she is a giant among the girls again! LOL! She is a walking pro now. So far not any major bumps on the forehead like Nicholas always had! So of course now that she is walking I am chasing her around like crazy! Well worth it though! So stay tuned for her 1 year stats!

Nicholas has been done with Preschool for awhile now. He just finished up with Safety Camp. It is offered to all kids going into Kindergarten this Fall by the school district. He was actually in the same class as one of our neighbors so it was nice that he knew someone. It was a two week camp and the second week my neighbor was SO nice that she drove him and dropped him off all week! It was great because than I didn't have to wake up Marisa for her nap. He now asks if we can go to Lake Elmo Beach every day! I keep on telling him he will have to wait until Jon is out of school which is not until the 10! Maybe next week I will take him and Marisa to the MN Zoo. I can't believe in 3 short months he will be a Kindergartner!

Jonathan has 3 more days of school! I can't wait until he is done! AND I can't believe he will be a second grader! I'm sure in a week or so I will be thinking to myself, I can't wait until school starts! LOL! He has done SO well this year, it is amazing how much they learn. He is reading like a champ and LOVES to read chapter books! Papa and Grandma keep buying him books from garage sales and he just loves it! Now we just have to clean out his book shelf and get rid of the baby books!

So, this summer it will be lots of baseball for the boys, softball for Daddy, and sand Volleyball for Mommy. As well as a lot of Lake Elmo Beach and MN Zoo. No big trips are planned for this summer. We are hoping our relatives in Oklahoma come up for a visit and I just have my Saint Mary's reunion in Chicago in July.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Summer!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Tangletown Gardens Flower

Mike's High School friend, Dean, owns a garden store in South Minneapolis called Tangletown Gardens and this year we bought our flowers from him. His production facility is actually his old family farm in Plato, MN and that is where we met Dean to buy some flowers. Mike hasn't been out there since High School and he was amazed on how different things were on the farm since Dean's dad used to raise cattle on it (I think it was cattle). It was SO cool to see and the boys enjoyed seeing the flowers and especially the chickens! Since we were in Plato we also had stopped in Glencoe to place flowers and Veteran Flags by Mike's Grandfather, Louis Ortloff, and Great Grandfather, Edgar Norton. Bev and Ed usually do it but since we were heading out that way before Memorial Day Mike said we would do it. I actually want to make this a yearly tradition going to the cemetary and buyng flowers from Dean. Hoepfully we will stick with it!

Anyway, I told Dean that Mike had bought me two pots about this size (showing him with my arms) and he had asked me what I had planted in them before. I told him wave petunias. You should have seen the look of disappoinment on his face! LOL! I told him I liked color and off he went to all of his green houses! I started to follow him but than just realized to stay back and he would bring the flowers back to the main area. It was amazing watching him just pick things out! When he kept on grabbing plants I was thinking to myself I will never get all of these in one pot! But he told me to not be afraid to squeeze them all in. He grabbed a crate and placed the plants in it to show me how I should plant them in my pots. It was very cool looking! Well it has been a few weeks now and here is one of my pots! I have two of them that are on our front porch! I just LOVE how they turned out!

Thanks Dean!

Testing Out The Batting Cage

So this afternoon the UPS Man came and delivered the 2 precious items Mike and the boys have been waiting for! Of course Mike had text me earlier in the day to see if they had arrived yet and of course it hadn't. I text him back and told him that I would let him know as soon as they came. Once the UPS guy was coming down the street I was grabbing for the phone. Of course when I called it went to his voice mail. Iwent back into the house and than I remembered that the pitching machine had to be charged so I went back into the garage to open it and plug it in. Good thing I remembered because everyone came over after school and work to check it out!

Mike left work early to set up the cage and Jack, our neighbor had come to help too. He is 13 and is Anna's brother. Anna is out neighbor who is 11 and likes to play with the kids in the cul de sac. Anyway we finally got it up (it would have been easier if Jack and I were 6 feet tall but we got it up!). Here are a few pics from this afternoon.

The cage is up and ready!

It even came with the pitching net.

View from where the pitching machine is going to be.

The pitching machine

Anna and Marisa

Jack taking a few swings!

Had to put these up so we can show the boys how Jack keeps his chin down.

Max our neighbor's new puppy

Jon taking some swings. He was getting good at it towards the end.

Nicholas' turn. He was swinging with his eyes closed. I told him to keep his eyes open!

Next one he hit the ball good! I love his expression in this one!

Our neighbor Elsie. She will be 2 in November!

YEAH!

The batting cage and pitching machine arrived! I made sure I plugged in the pitching machine so it can be used when Jon gets home from school or when Mike gets home. Whoever comes first! LOL! Stay tuned for pictures!

Lolo's 71st Birthday!

For Lolo's 71st Birthday we all attended Mass at Saint John Vianney Church in South St. Paul followed by brunch at Boca Chica Restaurant. It was SO yummy! We haven't been there in a really long time! While the adults were finishing up eating Missy took the kids outside so they could run around a little bit and she ended up taking some cute pictures of the kids in a tree(see below). After Brunch we headed to Uncle Paul and Auntie Tesa's house for some fun! Mommy didn't know we were going to hang out there for awhile so she drove home to get a change of clothes for everyone and our baseball gloves. It took her a while because she had to water the flowers and get gas!

Any way by the time she came back Auntie Missy had come back with DQ for everyone! It was Lolo's treat! It hit the spot for everyone! After we all had our dessert all the Daddies and boys played wiffle ball while the girls rode their bike, and the Mommies watched. The two little babies were taking their naps. It was a great day of outdoor fun for the whole family! Here are some pics from the fun day!