long over due updates

Wow! it’s taken so long for me to update again, 2010 has been a pretty wild ride so far!
First off I would like to say HAPPY NEW YEAR about 5 month late…

Since I have last posted, my family has a pretty great new addition!
Cambell Renee Kittilson was born 5 weeks early on February 7, 2010. One month to the date before my birthday.
She is the most amazing little girl and changes daily. I can never keep up with her tiny world and how much she can take in everyday!
A few favorites of Cam’s are 80s and 90s pep band music, her bobby pillow and my personal childhood favorite: a glow-worm!
Really this is just a small list of things, but they are the best in my book too!

Chad and I have the honor of being Cambell’s Godparents. She was baptized in the same church as her great-great grandmother Julia Flynn and the same church that I will be married in.

Then skipping ahead to May, we had the most entertaining engagement photo session ever!
Chad and I had our engagement photos taken last Saturday. When we booked these we thought May would be the perfect month, the grass is green, flowers are blooming and the weather is finally getting warmer.
Boy were we wrong – that actually just described April. May has been a totally different story. We did have the opportunity to experience all four Wisconsin seasons in one 2 hour photo shoot though.
It was a ton of fun though! I didn’t want our session to end. It was made even better by the fact that Syren came with us as our own personal stylist! (Thank you Syren – could not have done it without you!)

Coming up yet in May is my bridal shower and Chad’s and my joint parties!!! I can’t wait for this one – the weather is actually supposed to be great! Which is good since I will be in a little black dress and heels!

turkey day - black friday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Chad and I were busy as always starting the day out at his aunt Collette’s house where we were able to hang out with his dad’s side of the family. They are always a fun group with lots of laughs and stories! This was the first time I have seen them since the engagement which made this visit even more special. We then headed for our second round of turkey to my parents house. We spent the evening flipping through all the sale ads for Black Friday and made our game plan!

4am on Friday morning came earlier than expected. But I we were all determined to get out there and get that deal (whatever it was). We love the excuse “… but it was on sale.” I headed straight to Wal-Mart at about 4:30am where I scoped out the store and was ready with our plan of attack once my family met up with me. Our group consisted of: my mom, sister (Jill), aunt (Chris) and cousin (Sara). We were able to get a few of the ‘not hot’ ticket items at Wal-Mart and headed straight to Target in EC. Usually they open at 6am so we have always been there for the baby crying, elbow shoving, evil eye door opening. This year though they opened at 4am! Yep, the exact time my alarm was going off those poor sales associates were fighting the mob back with carts and news crews. By the time we got there at 6am the checkout lines were all the way back wrapped around the toy aisle. Without risking the chance of losing each other we headed back out into the cold and made it over to the mall. This place was also crazy busy – but boy did we find the deals. And I found Chad’s Christmas present!!! Since he may be reading this before Christmas actually comes, I can’t reveal what his treat will be. We were able to hit many more locations and despite the crabby crowd and long lines – we made a haul! Several vehicles were full and so were our bellies after a great brunch at Panera Bread. I think we all got back home around 12:30pm! A full 8 hour work day had been completed by the time we got home. Of course I curled up and instantly took a nap.

I can’t wait to do it all again next year…