Natalee Kesley Rotta

On Sunday August 24Th at 7:54am, Natalee Kelsey Rotta was born. She weighed a perfect 7lbs 8oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Jessica did so great during her labor and delivery... I am very impressed by her :) Natalee is beautiful, a perfect mix of both Jessica and Nick, and looks just like her big sister Nicole. We are so excited, and can't wait to see them in a few weeks here at our house!

Emersyn's First day of Preschool!

Today was Emmy's first day of Preschool! She was really bummed when Lilly got to go to school last week, and she didn't, so this day was a long time coming for her. It's really nice when your kids want to go to school, you can get them to do everything they need to do so they can go... it's great!
As I was getting Emmy dressed this morning, I tried to put a diaper on her just in case she had an accident. She would have nothing to do with it, she wanted to wear her big girl panties! We talked a lot about the bathroom when we got there and tried to get her to go before I left. I just hope she gets it and tells the teacher when she has to go. She does a pretty good job at home, so we will see when I pick her up if she has on the same clothes I took her in!
I am so excited for her, she is so happy to be there. I get to work in her class on Thursday. I am looking forward to being there to see how she does!

Lilly's first day of Kindergarten!

Today was Lilly's first day of school. She was up at a bright 7 a.m. ready to go. Unfortunately she had to wait because she has the afternoon class which starts at 11:00 a.m. Once we were there she was even more excited, there was a lot going on and just trying to learn the whole schedule of things.

Lilly's teacher's name is Mrs. Stricker. We talked on the phone for 1/2 hour last night! She is amazing! Mark said when we left that some people are just meant to be teachers, and she is one of them! She is funny, up-beat and extremely outgoing. I know I will get along great with her, and I am so happy that Lilly has such a great first teacher!

Here are a couple of pics from her first day, and I am sure most of you have already seen them on kodakgallery.com, but I have to put them here too :)