Baby Shower Madness!

Well, September has been the month for Baby Showers! On September 4th, we had a Fastenal School of Business night out celebrating Baby Brennan. Thanks to FSB, I was able to use a Shopko gift card to purchase a Jeep Jogging Stroller (not that I plan on jogging though). The nice air tires will come in handy on the gravel roads out here in the country.

On September 7th, Tiffany, Tara, and Kim threw us a baby shower for the Kunst/Koenig side of the family. It was held at our house in the afternoon and we had a wonderful turnout (even more than expected!). There were playdough babies and babyfood tasting (Warning: DO NOT TRY Mac & Cheese). The food tasted great and Brennan was spoiled beyond belief! Brennan received his very own homemade baseball bat from Umpy and his first John Deere apparel from Angie (which Adam claims he will wear "a lot"). He also received handmade blankets from his Grandma Kunst, Shelby, and Great-Grandma Muzzy.

September 13th brought the next shower, held at my aunt Colleen's house. Once again, the turnout was great and the spoiling continued as Brennan received diapers, clothes, toys, and a handmade quilt from Great-Grandma Gray. Colleen even painted him his very own Time Out chair, though we all know he'll be a perfect angel and never need it! Overall, it turned out to be a great time with lots of food, laughter, tears, and story telling. Good thing Adam was there to help haul it all home! Now he's all set, and we just have to wait for him to get here!

As Baby Shower Madness comes to a close, Adam and I both want to thank everyone for the love and support as our family makes a new addition!

I'll keep everyone posted as I get wider and his b-day gets nearer!

Brennan's Nursery...

As the day quickly approaches when our little one will join us, Brennan's room is filling up! Check out the slideshow of pictures I added to show the latest look! Oh, and thanks Great Grandma Gray for the beautiful bedding. He is one lucky guy to have you!

Check out Katy's Kraft Korner too!

I've also created a website to share some of my crafting adventures... you can get there by clicking the link to Katy's Kraft Korner located in the right hand column of this page. Otherwise, you can simply type in www.katyskraftkorner.blogspot.com to get to the new site. I've already posted pictures of our new office/scrapbooking room and will later be posting example of some of my cards and scrapbook pages! Stay tuned!

Road Trip to Northern Minnesota!

In celebration of our upcoming one-year anniversary and the arrival of Baby Brennan, Adam and I decided to put the long Labor Day weekend to good use by planning a trip to northern Minnesota. On Friday night, we made it as far as Superior, Wisconsin, where we stayed in a hotel to rest for the final jog of our trip.

Early the next morning, we hit the road along scenic Highway 61 along Lake Superior, headed toward Grand Marais. Let me tell you, the view was gorgeous the whole way up! You could see the water seem to go on forever!

We made a short stop at Gooseberry Falls to take pictures and do the whole tourist thing... it was well worth it! They were beautiful, though Maggie didn't want to get too close! Let me tell you, that is a lot of stairs for a seven month pregnant woman! Adam helped by pushing me up when we were ready to leave. What a guy!

Once in Grand Marais, we stopped to make ourselves some lunch and stretch our legs. Then, we hopped back in the car and took the Gunflint Trail (a wooded two-lane roadway toward the Boundary Waters Canoe Area). Here is were civilization really started to drop off.

After a total trip of just over 8 hours, we finally stopped at the East Bearskin Lake Campground! It was beautiful, remote, quiet, and had no running water or electricity. We really roughed it out there! We unpacked, rented a canoe and spent the rest of the weekend cooking food over the fire, taking in some sun on the lake, and catching small mouth bass from our canoe. We never once heard a phone ring or worried about getting any work done back home... it was heaven!

Check out the photo slideshow at the bottom of the page for a peek at the beauty we were surrounded by... oh and to see how lazy Maggie was all weekend!

Baby Brennan is only 10 weeks away!

Check him out!

These photos were from the ultrasound we had at 20 weeks. Now, Brennan is only 10 weeks away and we can't wait for him to get here! We just found out that Brennan's soon-to-be cousin is also a boy! Jenna and David are expecting their arrival in January! Grandma and Grandpa Gray are going to have their hands full with these two little ones!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Keeping in touch!

While I know many of you have already had a chance to check out Baby Brennan's website, we decided to create a general family website to help keep in touch with all our family and friends. We know that everyone is busy, so please just save our website http://www.adamandkatykunst.blogspot.com/ as one of your favorites and login as often as you'd like. We'll be posting family photos, scrapbook pages, and general updates on life, love, and our pursuit of happiness!