The First Few Weeks

We are adjusting well to our new lifestyle! It's definitely busy around the house, but we enjoy every minute and love having people over to visit. Caroline has met a lot of friends and family.
Will loves Caroline and is jealous of other people holding her! He is staying busy watching home videos and taking vacations with Grandpa and Grandma Heller (he is in Chicago visiting the Rauchs and Uncle David). It's nice spending time with Caroline, but we miss William!!

Last week, I took the kids to the salon. This wasn't Will's first trip, but it was fun to bring a girl in!!! Caroline had more fun than Will : )

Back at home with our new hair cuts!

We made our way with the Barcels to Syracuse for Tony's graduation party! Will loved the golf cart and playing outside.

On May 18th we celebrated with Seth and Emily at Evangeline's baptism. Seth and Emily will be Caroline's Godparents.

Grandpa Mike stops by frequently to say hello : )

Introducing Caroline Jean Gutz

It's a GIRL : )
On April 26th at 10:54 pm, Caroline Jean Gutz was born at Methodist Hospital in Omaha. She weighed 7 lb 5 oz and was 20 inches long. Thank you for all of our visitors and gifts. Now we have a healthy baby girl and a healthy little boy!! I'm looking forward to staying home until mid-August!!! It's going to be a fun summer!

One cute story- My parents were watching William during our stay at the hospital. By the time we picked him up, he had mastered the song "Sweet Caroline." If you start singing, "Sweet Caroline" . . . he will say "bomp, bomp, bom" It is adorable! Sometimes you can hear him call her "bomp, bomp, bom" instead of "baby." When we were at church he also was bobbing his head and singing "bomp, bomp, bom" when the organ was playing. He is quite the entertainer.

Here are a few pics:
Dr. Scott is amazing! We love her : )


Our Family


Will holding Caroline for the first time!

Caroline (4-26) Evangeline (4-7) Julia (3-7) AKA- "The Triplets"

Caroline and cousin, Evangeline

We're going to get big brother, William! She doesn't know what she's getting herself into!!

At home with dad, I was trying to get a good picture of her red hair : )

My two babies: Will is busy texting, while Caroline sleeps in the "wee." Will's trying to convince us that he can go in the "wee." He loves going to the park and he calls anything at the park a "wee." So we are pretty mean because we tell Will that the swing is only for the baby.

Will gets a little jealous when you hold Caroline too long. But not because he wants you to hold him, he gets mad because he wants to hold her!! Caroline doesn't mind Will always bothering her or touching her : ) They are both so much fun!

Will and Caroline (She's covering her ears)

New Years in Arizona & Random Christmas Pics

My parents took our family to Arizona for New Years. We stayed at a fun hotel in Scottsdale. During our trip we went to Taliesin West (one of Frank Llyod Wright's homes), an African safari, downtown Scottsdale, a Cardinals' game, and SHOPPING! The weather was beautiful and we are looking forward to more trips down South!!

We ate at the Pinnacle Peak Patio our last night in Arizona. Sam bought William a cowboy hat and a pair of six-shooters! He says, "pa-choo pa-choo" when he holds them : ) All he needs now are cowboy boots.

He didn't mind sitting on the horse without putting in $.50, but after GRANDPA let him "giddy up" one time it was all over! We went through a lot of quarters!

Will's favorite part of Arizona was the "Out of Africa" trip we took. He saw lions, zebras, tigers, giraffes, and camels. After hearing Will bark at all the animals we are working on other animals sounds.

This year for Christmas we were able to see our families despite the unpleasant weather. Will had fun opening presents this year and I'm sure next year he will enjoy it even more! Christmas with the Skovsende side (minus Amy and the girls) at the Creighton game.

Will might follow in Grandpa Timmy's footsteps and work for UP. Whoo- Whoo is another sound he likes to make! Thanks for my train set Grampy and Grammy!

Family Christmas Eve picture at Reggie's steakhouse. Will's sucker entertained him for quite some time.

Will didn't know what to think about his sugar cookie : ) Later he tried a chocolate chip cookie!

Getting Ready for Christmas!

Will was a big help at Kohl's a few weeks ago. He enjoyed hiding below the clothes and even managed to escape Grandma Margie and I. We both looked up at each other and I asked her if she could see Will. A few seconds of panic-mode and he was found out in a main aisle staring at people walk by. It was scary!! Lesson learned: Will stays in the cart/stroller for all shopping trips now.

Will was a dancin' machine at Angie and Nate's wedding. He didn't think it was time to leave, even though it was almost 10:00. This kid is usually in bed at 8:00 . . . it was getting a little too late for him!

For Thanksgiving, we spent time at Great Grandpa and Grandma Heller's in Wisner and made it over to the Zatechka's for supper and games. Grammy bought all of the cousins pajamas again : ) Last year Will was 4 months old and Elijah was 8 months at Thanksgiving.

Grandma Margie and I tried everything to get Will's "Christmas Card Picture" and this was about the best we could get out of him! Everything is still "hot" and having a Christmas tree up in the house has been interesting.

The day after William's "Christmas card" photo shoot, Sammy managed to get this adorable picture! And this is one of the pictures on the Christmas card : )

Last Christmas was the only Christmas that William will share with Great Grandpa Nekl (Gramps). He passed away on December 10th at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola. Gramps was 86 years old and had poor health for the past few years. We will miss you, Gramps!

Happy Halloween!

We had a pretty uneventful Halloween this year. Saturday afternoon Will woke up from his nap with a fever. His temperature wasn't going down, so he had to skip trick or treating this year. Luckily, by Sunday afternoon he was back to his old self. So Will wore his costume around tonight for a few pictures!


Sam is helping Will fly!

His costume on Halloween was both his diaper and his Superman PJs. He was so hot that it was mostly his diaper. At least he's still young enough not to get upset about missing Halloween.

He wasn't a huge fan of his polyester costume!

15 Month Check-Up and Baby #2

Will is 15 months old today! Dr. Dek measured him at 32 in (75%), 24 lb 7 oz (48%) and his head was 62%. After she checked his weight she noticed a weight plateau for a few months so he gets to take a multi-vitamin. We will go back in a month to check his weight. This kid eats all of the time, I can't believe he's actually considered "thin."

He loves his daycare that he started in August and he likes playing with all of the kids. Which will be nice when Baby #2 starts there after the summer. Oh, yeah . . . we are having another baby!! I am due May 1st and have had a great 1st trimester. Let's hope the rest is smooth sailing.

We went over to the Nichols' for pizza a few weeks ago. Will and Cruz are only two weeks apart in age. It was funny watching them share and play together.

Will preferred to crawl out the window instead of using the door. Sammy was calling him Luke for the Dukes of Hazard : )

It Snowed In October : (

The day after we went to the pumpkin patch (October 10th) it snowed!! I'm glad we went the day before! Will refused to come inside after 20 minutes.


Hard at work!


Still shoveling

Now I'm in the grass.