It's a Boy!

It's a boy! On Sunday night, August 23, Joseph William was born. He was born at 10:04pm and weighed 7 lb 6.6 oz, and was 22 inches long. He has lots of very dark hair. He even has more than Emily did! He was baptized in the hospital the next day by Grandpa Unnasch. Mommy and baby are doing well. We're all glad Grammy Unnasch is here to help us get back on our feet. Emily likes Joseph and runs over to him whenever he squeaks. Here are a few pictures. I'm sure we'll update more as we take more pictures. Joseph William Bartelt

Emily just after giving Joseph a kiss, and Joseph yawning.

Emily is "counting" to Joseph out of a counting book made for Brian when he was a baby by his cousin, Michelle.

Emily's Birthday

Our little girl is officially 2 years old! We had a nice, quiet day on Monday. Since a full size cake is a lot of dessert for the three of us, we got some frosted cupcakes. Emily seemed to like them, and didn't make as big of a mess as she did with her cake last year. After supper we let Emily open her presents (some Dr. Seuss books) and cards. She really enjoyed all of the cards. The pictures were pretty. She'll have another little birthday celebration sometime around the new baby's baptism for some family that will be here then.

The Wedding!

Just over a week ago, on July 25th, Brian's brother Kevin and his fiancee Amanda got married. It was a wonderful wedding. Everything went very, very well. It was a fun weekend all around. We're very happy and excited for them. Brian and I both stood up in the wedding, and Emily was the flower girl. They had the couples walk into the church together, and Emily was playing shy, so Brian just carried her. It's OK, she still looked cute. She was very tired most of the weekend, but it was still great. Here's a few pictures.

The three Bartelt sisters!

The Bartelt side of the family.

Here's Emily with the bride and groom.

Brian and I taking a break from the formal picture taking.

This is Emily in her dress. She didn't like it at first. It was too poofy or something. She kept playing with it. There are fake petals in the bottom of her skirt.

Of course we couldn't stay at a hotel a few blocks from Lambeau and not go to the Packer pro shop! They didn't get the old fashioned helmets, but Emily did manage to come home with that Packer ball (thanks to Grandpa B.).