Sound Sleeper

There's nothing better than a sleeping baby!!

Night at The Four Seasons

Steve and I were able to have a much needed day to ourselves and enjoyed the down time!! We spent the afternoon around town, had a fabulous dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, had some fun at Lumier and ended the night at The Four Seasons.

THANK YOU Gigi and PaPa for spending the night with the boys and letting us get out and about!! The boys had a GREAT time as always!!

Lunch with Santa

This morning we headed to have lunch with Santa, Mrs. Claus, their elves and even two clowns!! The boys loved all of the action and hanging out with our friends.


Andrew and Dad singing Christmas carols with Santa.


Family pic with Santa and Mrs. Claus.


Group shot...not one kiddo is even looking at the camera!!
Clockwise - Me, Nathan, Andrew, Steve, Julie, Benjamin, Jason, Christy, Addison and Nicholas


Nathan all smiles on the way home :)

Andrew all smiles with his candy cane balloon made especially for him!!

Nathan's Updated IFSP

We met this afternoon with Nathan's team of therapists and First Steps' coordinator to review his service plan for the next six months. We are staying consistent with the majority of his therapies and increasing his occupational therapy to an hour and a half each week to start concentrating more on feeding. Nathan continues to make progress and we are hoping to hit some big milestones SOON!! It's amazing to think the next time we will be meeting formally with Nathan's team, we will be discussing his transition out of First Steps - oh how time flies!!

Happy St. Nick's Day!!

The boys were quite surprised finding gifts under the tree already from St. Nicholas. We received a special gift for the season, Ernie, one of Santa's elves. Ernie watches over the boys and each night reports back to Santa at the North Pole. Every morning Ernie is somewhere else in the house and the boys have fun trying to find him. So far, Ernie's a hit!!

Our Christmas Tree.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones!! This is Nathan's first debut at both the Vehige's and Bruemer's feasts - we are very blessed for a healthy and happy holiday!!

Our Boys

Just some pics of the boys relaxing...


Nathan catching a quick cat nap during errands.


Hanging out together - both Andrew and Nathan get the biggest kick out of sitting in the same chair with each other - it's great!!

Welcome, Ryan Robert!!

Congratulations, Witthaus family on the arrival of Ryan Robert!! We are so happy for you and wish you all the best with your newest family member - what a sweetheart!!

Big Sister Ellie already taking great care of her little brother!!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Andrew!!

We can't believe our little man is three years old today!! We can't imagine our lives without him and have a hard time remembering our lives before we welcomed Andrew into this world!! We have enjoyed every single minute of Andrew's lovable personality and can laugh at the trying times we have faced with our toddler :) We have a busy birthday planned and a party this weekend with some of our family. Happy birthday, sweetheart - we love you more than anything!!


Andrew helping bake his birthday cupcakes.


Making sure to get all the batter off his fingers!!


All smiles now that the cupcakes are in the oven.

Getting ready to make his birthday wish and blow out his candle.

Look at me on my very own potty!! We are hoping for successful training later on!!

A pitcher's target - Andrew got his very first baseball glove too - he's all set!!

A magnetic, dry erase and chalk board easel - THANKS Uncle Todd and Aunt Laura!!

Andrew on his new tricycle - he is getting the hang of it!!

Wagon Ride

Andrew decided to take his wagon out - this time giving the ride for a change!! I wasn't paying too close attention and looked up to see Andrew down the street at our next door neighbor's with the wagon full of his toys!!


Working hard pulling quite a load.


About to take a turn.


Where's Andrew?? Don't worry he's behind the bush pulling with all his might to get the wagon through!!

Made it to the front porch for a pit stop - he loves checking it out!!