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April is a busy birthday month for our family! This past weekend we celebrated two special birthdays: Grandma Burger & J.D.'s! To celebrate we fired up the grill for Chicago style hot dogs, root beer floats, and a Dr. Pepper birthday cake....all at Daddy G's request. Marcella slept through most of the party, but overall we had a great afternoon with the family. Great-Grandpa Burger even made it out. Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Enchanted Cottage

This past week we celebrated the new Grandma Burger's Birthday! For her birthday gift, I made a stop in at a local store on Santa Fe called Enchanted Cottage. This was my first trip to Enchanted Cottage, and it was a success! After making a bracelet like this that said Grandma I knew I too had to make one for myself. I love my new bracelet!

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Mr. Rubber Ducky

As you can tell from this picture Marci is really focusing and tracking objects with her baby blues. This past week she discovered Mr. Rubber Ducky. I got quite the laugh watching her sink her little chin into her chest while focusing on her rubber duck who was floating on her bath water. If only I knew what she was thinking...

Aunt Carly & Cousin Krista

Last weekend, we were surprised by an unexpected visit by Marcella's Aunt Carly and Alby, her yorkie. Wrigley and Nellie are always SO excited to see their Kansas City cousin. Carly had not been home since Marcella's birth so were all glad to see her! Carly was such a HUGE help to us at Marci's birth. She was at the hospital the day and evening Marcella was born, and then came early the next day to help. She stayed all day on Thursday and JD and I have both said numerous times that we are not sure how we would have made it through that first day without her. I think she actually held Marci more than we did that day. And, if you know Carly you know she not only came to the hospital but she brought with her lots of bows and pink frills as well. As soon as Dr. Bachamp said, "It's a girl!" all I could think of was oh man...now Carly and Cousin Krista can buy tutus and bows. I think this was a dream come true for Carly and Krista. Marci loves her Aunt Carly...so much that she even lets her play dress up. Here are a few pictures of Carly, Krista and Marci from this past weekend.

Singing a Song

At a little over ten weeks of age, Marci has started babbling up a storm. She loves to lay on her play mat and smile at herself in the mirror. Her Grandpa B calls it making "monkey shines" at herself. While babbling away, she generally has her legs kicking like crazy. She kicks her legs so hard that at times it literally moves her off of her play mat. Although she hasn't yet rolled over she has made great progress in the past two days. She is wanting to roll to her left. Marci can get her shoulders rotated but not her hips. She's almost there! Here are a few pictures of her babbling away; I'll try to learn how to post some videos of her soon as we have taken quite a few and they will definitely make you smile.

Coach Garber

I think it is fair to say Marcella has stolen his heart! After five seasons of coaching football at Salina Central High School, J.D. has made the desicion to not coach next year. Football has always been his passion, but sometimes in life decisions have to be made that allow us to explore a different passion, like being Dad. We are ALL looking forward to having him around next fall! Although he will not being standing on the sideline wig-wagging in defensive plays, I'm sure you will still be able to find us in the stands on Friday nights cheering on the Mighty, Mighty Mustangs!