All settled in!

We absolutely love our new neighborhood!  It is a VERY social neighborhood!!  The parents all come out with their kids and hangout together.  After living in the neighborhood for 2 weeks, the women took me out for dinner for my birthday even!  We pretty much hit the jack pot with our neighbors!!

Blythe checking out what's going on in the neighborhood!

Graham shooting baskets with some neighbor boys!  

There was one boy his age at our last house, but there are lots on this street!  

He's loving it!!!!

Landon making us pictures while Graham naps!

Getting to be such a big girl!!!  

Our new playset!  The kids are loving having two slides!

Lunch time!!  Batman made an appearance!

We have neighbors with an in-ground pool!!

Landon absolutely LOVES swimming!

Graham LOVES squirt guns!!!  :)

Landon's face after telling him "it's time to go home" :)

Boys Day Out!

Brian took the boys to the zoo for a "Boys Day" and they had a blast!  

No stroller or diaper bag needed!  

Big boys!!

Where Graham goes, Landon will follow!

One of the favorite animals among the Petersen kids!

The carousal - a "must do" at the end of our zoo route!

Those cheeks!!!  :)

His smile!!!!  :)

Our new house!

About 3 weeks ago, we moved into a "new to us" home!!  We said goodbye to our first home and hello to a larger 2-story!!  We are still getting used to going up and down stairs quite frequently, but in a world of "gotta get my steps in," it's perfect!!  The kids didn't seem to miss a beat on our first night in the new house.  It has been a smooth transition for all of us!



Our first home!  Where we brought Landon and Blythe home from the hospital!



Our new home!  Just about 3 blocks away!  We wanted to make sure we were within the school lines of Brian's Elementary School.



Our "sold" sign pictures taken the night before closing.



We had to do a goofy picture too!

Our new address:
819 NW Ridge Rd
Ankeny, IA 50023

Blythe is 11 months!!!

Time could slow down a little bit!!!  Hard to believe Blythe is almost ONE YEAR OLD!!!

What she is up to now:

-Crawling all over the place!  

There is no stopping this girl!

-Starting to imitate sounds and words: 

"uh-oh" and "daddy" are among her favs

-A third tooth is popping through on the bottom!

-Loves to eat!  She eats more than her brothers combined 

(at meal time anyways!  The boys like to snack...ugh!)

-She is very feisty!!  She has a lot of her mother in her ;) 

Shelly (daycare provider) calls her a "go-getter"!

-Her favorite person is Daddy!!

How many paci's can a girl fit in at one time?!?!

Silly girl!

Serious girl!

I think they are loving their new "toy" room in the new house!

She just found her shadow!

All bathroom doors are now shut...tight!  We have found this scene too many times!!!

But she is just the cutest little thing!!!!