Brooks Oliver Hermann

Introducing Brooks Oliver Hermann!

November 17th 2010
2:01 pm
7 lbs 5 ounces
19 inches long

1st Thanksgiving

getting ready to go see Santa

Allie did good with Santa however she did want Jason to sit with her.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Summer Fun!

Whew! What a busy summer we have had! I guess I will start from the beginning. We took Allie to her first Cardinals game in early June. The Kellers went with us. The game was supposed to be an afternoon game, however it was switched to a night game. We were a little skeptical at first but the girls did really good. We stayed until the 8th inning. She loved it. She had just started walking then so she just wanted to walk everywhere.

My mom turned 50 on June 12th and also retired at the end of the month so a lot of celebrating was done. On her birthday we pampered ourselves with a pedicure and a little trip to Cameo in Greenup in the afternoon and a party that night.

the girls at Cameo

Mom's coworkers surprised her with a party earlier that week. Boy was she surprised!!

Jason's grandparents also did a little celebrating of their own...60 years of marriage!!
Happy Anniversary Leonard and Mildred!!


For the fourth, we did a little swimming at Tony and Geri's and then headed to Dieterich to watch the fireworks. I thought they did a very good job with the fireworks. Allie was such a trooper. She stayed awake for the fireworks but was fast asleep once we headed home.

At the end of July we made a quick trip to Grants Farm. We stayed there about 2 hours which was perfect for Allie. She really liked the goats.
enjoying the train ride

yay for sprinklers!!

This past weekend we took a short trip up to Arlington Heights to visit my brother and do a little sight seeing in downtown Chicago. We left on Thursday and got to the hotel in the afternoon and did some swimming waiting for Ryan to get off work. We went and met my brother at his apartment, which is located in downtown Arlington Heights and is very nice. That night we also experienced IKEA for the first time. Friday morning we woke up bright and early to catch the train and head downtown. We wanted to visit Shedd Aquarium and heard you had to get there bright and early or the lines would be bad. So knowing our family we were there bright and early which was a good thing because the line when we left at 11:30 was very long to say the least. We then hopped on the water taxi to Navy Pier. From there we headed to Giordanos for lunch. I had eaten there a couple of years ago with my friends and wanted to take my family there for some deep dish pizza. Mmmm goood!! By this time Allie was getting tired and hot (I don't blame her!) but I wanted to make one last stop downtown....American Girl! As soon as we walked in you couldn't tell Allie was tired. Her face lit up and of course wanted to play with everything. Awww...the joys of little girls and their dolls! So needless to say Allie came home with an itty bitty doll.

riding the train
Shedd Aquarium
getting on the water taxi

beautiful view

Jason and Allie walking on Navy Pier

giving kisses to the lego people!!

Here are a few random pictures from the summer....enjoy!!
Allie reading her new favorite book.."I am going to be a big sister"

Happy Birthday Allie!!

We can't believe you are a year old already.

Where has the time gone?
You fill our hearts with happiness and laughter,
but who couldn't love your big blue eyes!
You are everything we imagined and so much more.
We love your smile and giggles and the look of amazement when you figure out something new.
We hope you enjoyed your day at the zoo.
We can't wait to spend many more birthdays with you.

We love you so much,
Daddy and Mommy

Easter Weekend!

We have had a busy couple of past weekends spending time with family. Last weekend we went to Champaign to celebrate Easter on the Hermann side. One highlight of the weekend was Allie finding the stairs in the house and she LOVED going up them..coming down however was a different story. Her poor little legs had to be hurting on Monday. Lots of fun was had and of course a little shopping was done. Thanks to the Easter Bunny for all the great gifts!!

the GIANT bunny from uncle Tyler!!
Allie loves when you read her books...aunt Anna was doing a wonderful job:)

and so it begins...the many trips up the stairs!!
Anna and Tyler
grandpa and grandma Hermann

This past weekend we went to my mom and dads to celebrate Easter. It was a little windy on Saturday but nice enough to go outside for a while. Allie went on her first ranger ride. I don't know you enjoyed it more...Allie or grandpa!
Later in the afternoon we decided to color some eggs. Allie could have cared less but we did it anyways!
Easter morning...after church
Allie don't you like our kisses:)


While we were at church, the easter bunny came again!
thanks grandpa and grandma Ochs
more books...did I mention Allie LOVES to read!!
thanks uncle Ryan!

My dad had ordered the tractor a while back and it finally came in last week. Allie loves it! Thanks grandpa. I am sure she will like it even more when she is able to drive and pedal.


We went to my grandpa and grandmas for lunch on Sunday. What a gorgeous day!! We stayed outside the entire day!

Allie enjoying the day!
grandpa and grandma Brooks!!
Allie showing off her bunny ears. She didn't keep them on very long though.
more ranger rides!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. We sure did!! Time seems to fly by!! I can't believe Allie is going to be ONE in a couple of weeks!! Where did this last year go!