Annabelle - post county fair fun. Yes, she's asleep!
Andrew and the cow. Not sure how he feels about it.
Annabelle, how do you feel about the sand?
Those feet aren't new anymore!
Attack of the 50 foot baby! (Daddy's favorite game)
County Fair Fun!!
And here she is shortly after her day at the beach...
Here's Andrew trying out his new bicycle. He says "It's so much fun!" Of course I had to bribe him to at least try it. He kept saying he wanted to wait until he was bigger to try it. He's in the stage right now where he doesn't want to be a big boy, he wants to be a baby like Annabelle. Silly! He even tells me "when I get little like Annabelle, then I can go to Linda's house during the day" (Linda's house is Annabelle's day care).
We spent last weekend in Milwaukee visiting with the Raisanens - Uncle Paul, Aunt Kara, Nikolas and the new baby, Maelee. We took the boys to their first baseball game - Brewers vs the Astros... Of course the Brewers won, not like the boys cared. They were having too much climbing all over us and going for walks around the stadium.
Nikolas... mid climb.
Here's Nikolas and his baby sister, Maelee. (Yes, Paul is dressing Maelee in blue... someone help him! I brought along plently of pink during my visit, and yet she still ended up in blue.)
Here's Annabelle raiding her frig. She is quite entertained by her kitchen (well, technically Andrew's, but it's time for him to start sharing.) She digs through the cabinets, pulling things out and then throws them over her shoulder when she's done with them. So funny to watch!
We spent the weekend before last at the Zoo with our friends the Debbouts. Here's Andrew and Tyler. Tyler was absolutely in love with Annabelle. Although he has a little sister, he wanted another baby sister. Prehaps, baby #3 is in their future?! hehe.
Well, that's all for now. Enjoy the pictures!
I suppose we are far overdue for some updates and new pictures. First - the big news, Andrew and Annabelle have a new cousin. Miss Maelee Marie Raisanen was born on June 17th - 7.0 lbs and 19.5 inches and lots of red hair like her proud, big brother, Nikolas. We are heading down to meet her in a little over a week. Yay! 
And.... here's the pool. 3 out of the 4 of us fit in it. 
Haha just kidding. We have a bigger pool. Andrew is sporting a pretty nice tan, thanks to endless weekends in the pool.
Annabelle has been broadening her diet with fruits, veggies and cereal. So far she loves bananas and applesauce. Not much else. She sure loves making a mess while eating. Daddy's in charge of feeding her. 
Here's Andrew and our neighbor, Milena, in the pool. Not sure what they are doing...
At the end of June we went to see Thomas the Train in Green Bay. Andrew had a blast. He's still talking about it. We got to ride on a passenger train and see Thomas up close. He also got to meet Sir Topham Hatt. While we were in Green Bay Andrew went to his first movie at the theater - Cars 2. We even saw it in 3D - pretty cool. Of course Andrew only wore the 3D glasses during the previews and proceeded to watch the rest of the movie without them. Not sure how well that worked out. Mommy and Andrew ended up going to see the movie again in 2D when we got back to Chaska.
Here's Miss Annabelle at the 4th of July parade. Just hanging out waiting for something exciting to happen. Annabelle stayed up to watch the fireworks that night. She was rather unimpressed by them. No giggles or cries. We normally go to see a big display at the local race track, but due to our government shutdown those fireworks were postponed. Hopefully we'll get to see those fireworks soon. Maybe even this weekend!
Mommy has a hard time walking past an outfit like this and not buying it. So cute!!
Apparently it's a genetic problem. This outfit is from Grandma Raisanen.
Lock 'em up and throw away the key! 
Annabelle is still quite petite for her age. She's just over 7 months old, but weighs less than Andrew did at 3 months. Her height is good, so the doctor says she's just itty bitty. No worries. She's sitting up well and lately she's been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth. Almost ready to crawl. She still sleeps great (thank you Annabelle)!
Let's see... what's happening the wonderful World of Wilsons. 
We baptized (or "bath"tized as Andrew calls it) Annabelle in late May. We had a houseful of people come out to celebrate with us. It was a great time, but passed much too quickly. Andrew has been mesmerized by the Last Supper ever since Deacon Jim pointed it out to him at church a few months ago. We went to mass last weekend, which was one of Fr. Paul's last masses at our church :( and we sang the Oscar Mayer wiener song. Andrew thought that was pretty funny. I'm pretty sure I've never sang that song at church. I think Fr. Paul was just making sure we were all awake!
The nightly ritual of watching Thomas or Dora on the ipad. Even Annabelle is interested in it. Of course she's interested in just about anything that Andrew's doing. She's so fascinated by him.
Here's Annabelle on baptism day in her pretty pink dress. So cute!
Andrew has been a big help around the house and outside too. He loves washing Mommy's car. He's been really good with the hose. Surprise, Surprise. He also helps water plants and the garden.
Andrew finished up swim lessons in May. His swimming has improved significantly with help from lessons. He went from going down the caterpillar slide with Mommy to going down the slide by himself. Here he is practicing his breath-holding.
We finally found a use for Mocha..... headrest!
We are planning a trip back to Green Bay in late June to see Thomas the Train at the Railroad Museum. Andrew is VERY excited. He's also going to go to his first movie while we're there, Cars 2. I'm sure we'll have more pictures again soon. 
Well, it has been entirely too long. We have been super busy the past few weeks. Mommy is back at work and Annabelle is enjoying spending the day at Linda's day care. Here's a picture of our first day.
We spent Easter weekend in Green Bay visiting our families. Andrew made a trip to the National Railroad Museum (and here you thought Green Bay was only on the map because of the Packers!). He had a blast at the train museum. 
Nikolas and Andrew at the train museum. So Cute!
Easter egg coloring. 
Daddy finally has a girl in his life that loves to watch baseball with him. No complaints from Miss Annabelle!
Andrew and Mommy have been enrolled in swim lessons for the past 6 weeks that run through mid-May. Andrew didn't have much fun the first time out, but now loves his time in the water. He even goes down the Caterpillar slide all by himself. We'll post some pictures as soon as we get Daddy and Annabelle to come watch us. 