Delivery Day

I realize this isn't the delivery day we are all anticipating in this family right now! I know we all have Monday's delivery of Baby Girl Machlitt continuously taking over our thoughts but I thought I would share pictures of the delivery we got this morning.
It was very exciting to see Scott's "new" combine pull into the drive and to see the look on Scott's face as he watched. He's been talking about getting one and searching for one for about three years now and finally took the plunge this week. Jacob was quite enthused as well! He didn't hesitate to sit in it as often as anybody would offer - that probably had something to do with all of the buttons to push in the cab.

Thank you all for checking in! God bless! Scott, Kim, and Jacob

Jacob and Justis checking out the tires.

This and That

I've had several pictures that I've meant to post and just got around to downloading them today. These first two are of the little girls. They have asked me what it's like to wear the patch on my eye and I had told them that I had a box of children's patches that I had mistakenly bought, so they could try a patch on sometime and see what it was like. Well, they were spending a day with me and Emma remembered about the patches and brought them out to have me put one on each of them. Ella was a little reluctant at first but Emma and Anna were eager to see what it was like. How funny! They wore them home when their dad picked them so they could show their mom!!


Kendall had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in June and I met her there. I thought this was interesting! I'm sure Rick will say it was named after him!

Stacy and Ben crossing the headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca (I believe) in northern Minnesota. After this, the three of us went canoeing on the lake, if you can imagine that!!! No pictures, thank goodness!



Thought you might like to see this, Kelly! (This is a planter of petunias that Kelly and Nick gave me. We have enjoyed it all spring and summer!)

I was hoping to post some pictures of the Jameses but that will have to be another day, hopefully not too far off!!! Mom

Baby Machlitt

Here are the pictures from my last ultrasound. I am very sorry that the last two are so grey. I am battling with a bad headache and do not feel like starting over and fixing them. Anyway, you can really see her face in all of these and she has her mouth open in all of them. She was not moving around very much during the ultrasound but she was sticking her tongue out and moving her little fingers around. It was always exciting to see her during the ultrasounds but this one really shows some of her features and really looks like a little person. I feel bad that all she does to entertain herself is open and close her mouth all day but that will change soon enough! They say she weighs a little over 4 lbs. so we are keeping our fingers crossed that they are right and she will be a decent size even though she will be early. So that is all for now and the next pictures posted will be in color!!

Love - Kori

Stripes

This past Thursday Mom, Karen and the little girls drove over to my house on a mission. We were going to paint stripes in the baby's room. None of us had attempted this before and we were all worried that it would end up a disaster. It was a difficult process but luckily we had the help of Ben to measure out the stripes while Karen taped them. The next morning we finished up painting then went shopping while it dried. After we had all spent some money we came back terrified to pull the tape off the wall but we ended up surprised at how well they turned out. Don't get me wrong there are some tiny imperfections but to the naked eye it looks awesome!!! Ben and I are so pleased at the colors and how great the stripes look!! We can't thank Mom and Karen enough for taking on the challenge!!!

P.S. I am not posting this to be showy or anything like that, Kim and Kendall really wanted to see what it looked like so I told them I would post some pictures!!!!

Speed Bump

Jacob and I were cruising over to Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's on Saturday evening when we turned a corner and just about hit this huge snapping turtle. I stopped in time and then pulled up next to it in order to take some pictures. It was the ugliest thing but Jacob and I couldn't quit staring at it!

NICE GIFT!!!!!

First off, I have to say that we are all sorry that we haven't posted for quite a while. I've had several people mention the lack of posts to me, and I must say that I've got several pictures I've wanted to share, I just haven't had the time to sit and do it. I'm hoping that I can get caught up in the next week or so, and I know that Kim is wanting to catch up, too. (She's also wanting to find a way back to Minnesota after being in Illinois for a couple weeks, but that's another story!!! The floods in Iowa and Wisconsin are keeping her and Jacob here, not that any of us minds that!!)

Kendall and Kim gave me this wonderful frame and pictures for my birthday and Mother's Day. It has pictures of the girls growing up and also pictures of the grandkids included. I have to tell you though, Kendall, that a couple of your brothers-in-law were not happy that they were not included. They are wondering if you're trying to tell them that they're not really part of the "family"!!!!! Mom

It's a Girl!!

So here are the most recent pictures and yes they do look quite freaky!! Thought I would post them so you all could look at them and make fun of them! Everything seems to being going good so we will just keep going with the flow! I think the best picture is the one with her mouth open! I hope her nose is not really that big!!! Love ya all and hope to see everyone this month sometime! Love - Kori & Ben