Little Viking Fans

Yep, we are that cute.

I love my cousin Carter

If Pete and Andrew have anything to say about it Claire and Carter will be huge Viking fans. I have to admit that they look pretty adorable in their jerseys. I'm pretty sure that Claire adores her Cousin Carter and will teach him everything she knows if we like it or not. :)

Our Big Girl

Claire has become a lot more interested in her baby doll lately. She has a couple dolls, but this one is her favorite. She likes to put it "nigh, nigh." I recently bought her a high chair for her baby and she loves feeding her baby. I think all the time spent with real babies has rubbed off on her. It is so fun to watch her grow and change every day. I can't get over how grown up she has become in the last couple months. We are very lucky to be blessed with such a special little girl.

Cottage Grove Homecoming

Waiting for the parade to start.

Pete and I decided to become real residents of Cottage Grove and participate in their homecoming festivities. It was a chilly night, but we bundled up and had a great time. The parade goes right by our house so we had some friends over to watch the parade and eat pizza before heading to the football game. I couldn't find Claire a shirt small enough so I asked my wonderful art teacher for some help and she did an amazing job with Claire's shirt. I think we have started an annual event for the Berling family.

Girls' Night + Ally

Some of my favorite kids.

Liz getting her Ally time.

So adorable

We are very excited to add another girl to our weekly dinners. Ally is absolutely adorable and perfect. She will be a great addition to the kid group. Soon we will be out numbered by kids, but we're ok with that. Right now we have 6 kids under 2 and 6 adults.

A Day in the Life

Hiding in her closet.

Climbing on top of the play set.

Crawling on the table with a lighter.

Tormenting Riley

I thought it would be fun to show different pictures from a day in the life of Claire. I try to explain to people how busy she is, but I don't think it does it justice. We love our little girl, but there is NEVER a dull moment in our house.

"Nigh-Nigh"

One of Claire's favorite things to do now is go "nigh-nigh" in our bed. She will hop on the bed and yell for us to go "nigh-nigh." Then she pats the pillow very hard to show us exactly where we need to sleep. This would be very relaxing if Claire thought she had to go "nigh-nigh" too, but she jumps around on the bed while we have to lay there.

Family Gathering

Cousins

We love our nephew Carter.

Claire's sweet side

Triple Trouble

Pretty Aunt "Mae-Mae"

We had a fun family get together at our house the other weekend. It was a great time, but with all the kids it is a very crazy event. The kids had a lot of fun together and we even got a cousin picture. It wasn't a great picture, but the best we could do with four kids under 2. Thank goodness for Austin and Madison or it would have been a lot worse. :)

Afton Apple Orchard

Claire and I met Jennie, Brynn, Cara, Jen, and Sam at the Apple Orchard in Hastings. They lost their whole crop of apples to a bad storm in June so they didn't have apples to pick, but they still had a lot of fun things for us to do.