Finn's first birthday and Anya Ballerina

Auntie Kari sent Anya and Finn their birthday presents and Anya was thrilled to find a WHITE ballerina outfit just like Bella Dancerella Swan Lake!! She wanted to put it on the second she saw it and practiced all her moves.




I think you can tell by her face that she was thrilled! Look at DJ Finn spinnin the beats in the background. :) Anya also got skinny jeans and black high boots with two very cute shirts that I can't wait to put Anya in!!! Thanks Auntie Kari and uncle Brian!
Finn's birthday was a lot of fun. We had Dave, Mary Jo, Kristin, Gabriel, Hannah, Dan, Kelley, Tom, Jesse, Hailey, Josh, and Hannah over for dinner. Finn got lots of cool cars, trucks, spaceship, clothes, and books. Thank you to everyone for making it a special 1st birthday for Finn!



The next day we continued the celebration at my aunt Barb's cabin. We swam in the lake, had lots of delicious food, opened more presents, and had a lot of fun. A lot of my aunts, uncles, and cousins were there so it was really great to see everyone!

Anya's 3 year and Finn's 1 year photos

Today we went to my mom's house and took some pictures of the kids out by her garden.

Summer and Anya's 3rd birthday!

We have been trying to keep busy and cool this summer, so most days we meet up with friends or family. We've gone to the minnesota zoo, como zoo, model train museum, grandma and grandpa's pool, many parks, and our own yard. Anya and her friend Claire had fun at the Seppala splash park.


We had a thunderstorm recently and Aebo is NOT a fan, so he has to stay real close to either me or Anya. I was glad that Anya took over the job of comforting him so I could snap some pictures.
Anya's 3rd birthday was today! We had a fun time at Bryant Lake beach yesterday with family and friends. Thanks to everyone for a great birthday! She loved everything and kept saying it was all so beautiful. When we got home, we opened everything up and played with it all!

"I'm Three!"
very protective of her new clothes.

she wanted to lay out her outfits and choose which one she would wear to bed. She picked a pink dance outfit with a white dance tutu...naturally.
relaxing with her pillow pet and her "softie" clothes

Today, Dan brought her flowers. She was so excited to have her pink cake. She woke up from her nap and asked for it right away...cause we promised she could have it if she would just take a nap!
A little about Finn. He can pull himself to standing position no problem and walks his play table or shopping cart across the room. Look how big he is! He's going to be one year old August 19th!!

Finn's Firsts

I forgot to mention before that Finn now waves hello and can army crawl! I'll try taking a video of him crawling. He can get anywhere now!

Cabin #1

Dan and I decided to leave for Dave and Mary Jo's cabin at Lake Gogebic in U.P Michigan on Monday for however long the kids would last. I was thinking it would be 3 days but we ended up coming home Saturday! It was the first time Anya and Finn had been up there and was actually the first time for me in almost 3 years! Anya and Finn did really well and had a ton of fun!

Anya had fun running around the yard, watching Aebo swim, and swinging in the hammock with Daddy.





Anya also loved taking "hikes in the forest". She really did not like the mosquitos and would tell Dan to say "Bugs. This is my daughter. Leave her alone. Go back into the forest by yourself. Don't bite her anymore!"
We also took a couple trips to Lake Superior where Anya and Mary Jo collected rocks and Dan collected drift wood. We went to Presque Isle and hiked to a couple different waterfalls and then out to Lake Superior where Dan and Anya had fun skipping rocks.





After a fun filled day, Anya and Finn were pretty messy, so we decided to give them their first "Sauna" really just a bath in the warm sauna in a red storage tub! Anya said "I took my first Sauna and it was great!"

Here a just some cute bedtime pictures...







Some funny ones of Anya making faces

Her chipmunk face


Craft time: I made a birch bark bead necklace. You take strips of birch bark, cut them in to long triangles, put on some glue and roll them up into beads. String them onto some leather and there you have it! It turned out pretty cool, I think I'm going to have to make some more.

Dan woodburned into driftwood

This is just a brief snippet of what we encounter on a daily basis in the Seppala household. Anya just can't help herself from singing and dancing. She is like her daddy and will just make up a song for anything and everything.

9 month stats

Finn is 28 in and 21lb in the 50-75% which is funny to me because he looks so big and is wearing 12-18 month clothes. He is eating more big people foods now. Only two teeth, but he can munch on real cooked peas and carrots, watermelon, strawberries, pears, crackers, cheerios, etc... We still have not found a food he hasn't liked. He says "mama", "dada" ,"nighnigh" and is pretty close to Anya "ana" and all the other typical baby sounds. Tonight he said "nighnigh" when he saw me bring out his pj's and sleep sack. He absolutely loves aebo and giggles whenever he walks by. Aebo lets him "pet" him which is more like pull on him-we're working on that...
Next week is Finn's last week at his current daycare and then he's home for the summer with Dan, Anya, and me. Then next fall he will go with Anya to the daycare at my school!