Christmas Joy 2009

We had a great December full of lots of fun with friends and family. Check out our pictures below:

Fall 2009

Time flies! We enjoyed October with a few pumpkin patches, carving pumpkins and dressing up. We also had our ultrasound and found out that Baby Burkhardt #3 is a boy! Click below to see what we've been up to.

Big News!

If you haven't heard, there will be another Baby Burkhardt in March 2010. We are so excited to add another great kid to the brood. Kristen's been feeling pretty yucky this time around, but so thankful that the boys are still young enough to nap together so she can get some rest too. One of the perks of having kids close together!
We've had a fun summer. Click below to see our web album of our fun trips and moments at home. Collin is 18 months now and talking more and more. Sometimes we understand what he's saying. His new favorite things are the trains a good friend passed down to us - a ton of Thomas trains! And he loves his toy motorcycle that he calls "pa pa" because his Pa Pa drives a Harley.
Austin has entered a great phase of a million questions a day. He is so curious and still loves to read books all the time. He is dressing up more now and pretending a lot too.

Summer Fun

We've been loving this summer! Lots of playing out side, picking fresh fruit and going to the fair. Collin is talking. He says about 15 words. Mom, Duh, and of course Truck. We love driving around and listening to him in the backseat "Truck! Bus! Ball!" Austin is 3 and has become such a big boy. We are still learning to share and let Mom and Dad be the boss, but he is so much fun and just loves to learn new things. Here are some new pictures:

Spring Fun

We've really enjoyed the spring. With Collin walking we've done some fun trips to the zoo, strawberry picking, parks and lots of playing in the yard. We also cellebrated Austin's third birthday with a safari in the park. Click below to see pictures.

He Walks!

At 13 months, Collin is officially walking. He has his hands up in the air like Frankenstein and he is so excited to be among the upright, now. Here are the latest pics from our one year photo shoot.

Collin turns 1

As February ends, I am amazed once again how fast our kids grow up! Collin turned one this month. We had a small family party and he didn't enjoy it. He is such a sensitive little guy. As soon as people arrived he became over stimulated. He opened a couple presents, but Olivia and Austin had to open most of them as I held a crying birthday boy. He enjoyed his first taste of sugar. I made a banana cake frosted with whipped cream. Bananas are his favorite food. By the time he was finished with cake and a bath he went straight to bed.

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