Trick or Treat - Halloween Fun!

Just a few shots of the Stupsky's annual pumpkin carving! Teagan was able to show Nolan the ropes this year!!

BOO!!

Then the big day finally came! Teagan and friends took on the neighborhood and collected all the sugar they possibly could! Nolan was just a spectator this year - but watch out next year!

Then our little devil came back and handed out candy to the big kids who were still trekking through the neighborhood!

First Grade Fashionista!

My fashion diva is ready for First Grade!!


Teagan was very excited to start her first day of first grade. She was up early and dressed before we even knew she was awake. 

Once we got to CBPA she took off to find her classroom.

She was thrilled to have her own desk and was such a big girl.

It was so strange but Teagan is in class with Amelia (Mia) Blanchette and Mia's mom, Sarah, and I graduated HS together in Marquette, Mi! We were talking about how strange it is that our girls are in class together when another mom mentioned SHE was also from Marquette but graduated several years before us. It's a very small world!


School: CBPA - Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy for Math and Environmental Science (a mouthful)
Teacher: Ms. Nora Short

Watch out world here comes Teagan!

Say Ya to da U.P Eh!

One of our most favorite times to head to Marquette is for the long holiday weekend. The weather is usually predictable and nice enough to spend time out at the Lake. This year was no exception and Nolan and Teagan loved every minute of it.

Teagan finally had the nerve to jump off the dock at Gigi's place next door - such a brave girl!!

SPLASH!!!

Nolan had a great time swinging on the deck out in the fresh air. He giggled at all the tickle bellies!

We also had a grew time trolling around in the pontoon - the weather was beautiful as we end the summer in Michigan!

CDAA Hurricanes Soccer

Teagan decided to try her hand - well, actually her feet at the game of soccer this summer. It's been a fun season with daddy as her coach!

Now a few action shots and the grand finale with a trophy celebration! There was a lot to celebrate as the Hurricanes lost only 2 games the whole season. While Teagan did a great job and had a lot of fun she was not able to get a goal this year. But there's always next year, kiddo!!

Nolan's Baptism

Special boy; special day! Last weekend was Nolan's baptism. We have been blessed to be able to celebrate both Nolan and Teagan's special days in Marquette with family, friends and Deacon Jamieson at St. Peter's Cathedral. Without fail Nolan showed up with his lungs in full force and there was nothing stopping him from screaming through the entire Baptism. While it was a special day it made for a very long and uncomfortable ceremony.

We love you little guy - regardless of your finicky ways!

Twins? Triplets?

I'm seeing DOUBLE!!

No wait, now I'm seeing triple!!

It's just Teagan with her friends Sydney and Lindsey enjoying a summer ice cream cone! Such fun friends and neighbors!

Dear Tooth Fairy...

When you see this little girl tonight with a hole in her mouth please make sure you leave her something special!!

Yahoo! Teagan FINALLY lost her first tooth! She waited and waited all year long to lost a tooth just like all of her school friends. Once summer arrived she lost her first tooth - it wasn't during school but she was still pretty excited! The Tooth Fairy came and left her TEN DOLLARS and left a trail of her green and gold glitter behind. So fun!

Kindergarten Graduate!!

What an exciting year! Teagan had a wonderful first year of school. She loved her teacher, Mrs. Ruth Klukow and made so many amazing friends. She's grown quite a bit this year - here's her picture on the last day of kindergarten!

It was a very bitter sweet day for us as a Kindergarten graduation is a sure sign that our little girl is growing up. I teared up during the ceremony but she was so excited!

After all the pomp and circumstance there was a Kindergarten picnic where Teagan spent time playing with her BFF Emily Rosin! She's going to miss Emily next year as they will be at different elementary schools. 

Congratulations to our little graduate!!!

Nolan is Four!

Ok, so he's only four months but still - it's a pretty big milestone for this little guy! Today we had Nolan's four month shots and even though he seems to be having a great time he was in pain from all the shots to the legs!

Little Mommy Teagan

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts Teagan adores her little brother and takes her responsibilities as the Big Sister very seriously. The crying and the screaming are starting to wear her down though too as the other day she turns and says to me "Mommy, he's starting to annoy me!"

What could I say - I had to agree but I also had to remind her that she did the exact same thing when she was a baby. She doesn't believe me. Now I have a mission to find the video of her screaming at the top of her lungs - seeing is believing!!

Even with the screaming I've been able to capture some special moments between these two.

Nolan is 5 weeks old and this is his very first bottle! She looks like a pro and he seems to enjoy it! Mommy enjoyed her FREEDOM too!! 

I just love the way Nolan is looking at her while she is feeding him and the look on his face when she snuggles with him is just priceless! 

"Let's Get Crazy" - Skating Diva

It's that time of the year again - time for the annual Brooklyn Park Ice Show. It what makes all these Monday night skate practices worth the running around. Teagan is very excited about the ice show this year because she is no longer in Snow Plow Sam - she's in the Skating School performance! She couldn't be happier with the music she gets to skate to - Let's Get Crazy by Hannah Montana!!

She's also very excited that one of her good friends is in the ice show with her. Here are some shots of Teagan and her friend Summer from Ice Show Picture Day:

She's also very excited to have a "big girl costume" this year. The ice show is the last weekend in March so more to come for sure!!

And Baby Makes Four!

So, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth - I've only spent the past 9 months incubating a new little human to occupy it! I am proud to announce that Nolan Ryan Stupsky (named after Daddy not the ballplayer) was born Thursday, February 4 at 12:04 PM weighing in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and a full head of hear (a mullet if you ask his Auntie Odie [littlebabylehtinen.blogspot.com])! We were supposed to be induced on February 5 but I guess Nolan had other plans and wanted to arrive on his own terms.

This new little man has totally changed the dynamic of our family where parents once outnumbered the child(ren) 2 to 1. Now we're dealing with one-on-one and the effects can be felt daily. We used to be able to tag team Teagan and household chores - "easy, peasy pumpkin squeezy" as Teagan would say but now we're each assigned a child. Yup, you guessed it - that means that the household chores have gone to hell in a hand basket. Granted we're not quite a month into our life-long foray with two children and I know that we'll eventually find balance but until then I need to learn to ignore the less than perfect surroundings.

Now, back to the little man! He's adorable and has quite the set of lungs just like his sister did when she was born. I was told, many times over, that no one has had more than one colicky child so I think we should win some sort of colicky child-bearing award.

Speaking of Teagan she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES being a big sister and puts her hands and lips all over Nolan whenever she has the opportunity. She's writing stories about him almost daily at school and according to her teacher some of her friends/classmates are also writing stories about Teagan's "babe brvr" <---- That's how Teagan spells Baby Brother.

Here are some pictures of the newest little Stupsky and the big sister:

She's already a pro and wants to be the only one to hold him.

Which one is the baby and which one is Nolan!??!  Teagan thought it was really cool that he was the same size as her Itty Bitty Baby.

Big Sister earned herself a field trip to American Girl at Mall of American. She chose to get the full-size Lanie doll. Lanie is the 2010 doll of the year and also happens to be the name of one of her "bestest friends"!