New Pictures of The Super G

G and Mom

first meal with a spoon

Super G is standing on her own....sort of.

G and her Mom taking her 1st shower.

Greta standing on her own! She may walk before she crawls.

G bouncing in her "bouncy"

Happy kid = Cool Parents.....

Happy belated Valentine's Day!!

Kristi, Greta and I traveled to Billings/Roundup this past weekend to visit my step family. Mom and Roger came down from Cut Bank and we met in Roundup on Friday night. My stepbrother Jason coaches the Roundup Panthers girls basketball team. We watched them play the Lodge Grass Indians. Sadly, a win was not in the cards that night. When we returned to Jason and Lynette's home on Friday, it was determined that Michaela had gotten the chicken pox. After a mad scramble to determine the liklihood of G catching it, we decided to stay at the Crosby's house in Roundup. They are good family friends with the Larson clan and were out of town. Many thanks to them for the hospitality. We are told that infants as young as G are highly unlikely to contract the virus. With Greta nursing, the chances are much less. We will cross our fingers and hope for not catching that bad boy. There is a time and place to get the Pox and this is neither.

Saturday we went into Billings to watch the other half of the twins (Madison) play basketball at Senior High. She won all 3 games and played very well. Jason stayed home with Michaela and had to travel to Moore to coach Saturday evening. We did some shopping, bought Greta too much stuff, and went to the Hickey's (my stepsister Brandy and her husband Eric) for the evening.

It was a great to see everyone and show off the G a bit more. We need to make a better effort to get together with them more often.

Thank you to Dan and Sherry for taking care of Bentley and Wrigley for the weekend. It is so nice to know they are well taken care of when we aren't with them.

Greta trying on some cool Valentine shades at Gymboree. G...they look good on ya!

Greta with Kade and Ty. They are so great with her and she loves hanging out with them. Ty "removed" one of his loose teeth. Kristi and I will have to draw straws when that time comes.

Family picture. 2/3 of us are good looking anyway...

Greta, photo op. Nice bow G!

Little Miss Giggles.

Greta dressed in "Build a Bear" biker gear. She totally played the part. Tough, tough, tough. Jim Gardner would have been proud.

Much delayed post...

Sorry folks. It has been a hectic month here in Bozeman. Work has been very busy with some refinance business. This is truly a blessing as 2008 was tough. Greta is growing and changing before our eyes. She is extremely alert, laughing and talking a lot. The day care has been going well. Kristi is working about 3 days a week. We are still working on a routine but are handling things fairly well.

Ryan and Kiyomi Bramlette with their new son Boston. The Bramlette's, the Ballenger's and Ryan Elliott were at the house to watch Philly screw up their Super Bowl chances. Good Luck to the Cardinals.

Kristi and G showing off her rocker duds. Greta got a onesie from Josh and Katie Keehr. It is for Josh's band"The Clinton's". She looked extra cool that day.

Like all good Huschka's, G is learning how to play hand and foot. The Huschka clan play this every time they get together. Some are less competitive than the others....You Know Who You Are!

Super G looking Super Cute!

Greta, Bentley and me hanging out today. Bentley was feeling a bit neglected I think.

Pam, Greta and Elvis on a recent trip to Bozeman.

Happy New Year!

Just a few more pictures from the trip to Cut Bank for Christmas. Monday is Kristi's first day back at work. We are having some anxiety over the deal. For now, she will work all day Monday, take Tuesday off, work Wednesday and Thursday mornings and all day Friday. Hopefully, all will go well with the day care. Luckily, they are just down the street from Kristi's work and easily accessable for her.

Family Photo

Me and Uncle Scott with G

Brennan and Greta

Cousins Ty, Michaela, Brennan, Kade and Madison with G

Cousin Kade with his Griz hat on. We showed him

Greta game day shirt...he got a chuckle out of it!

Michaela with Greta

Christmas Day, 2008

Merry Christmas to all! What a wonderful year our family has had. Welcoming Greta into the world has been the best gift we could have ever imagined. We are so thankful to celebrate Christmas this year with my family in Cut Bank. My brother Scott came up from Denver and my step family were also here with their kids.

Mom, Greta, Brennan and Michaela (Jason and Lynette's daughter's from Roundup on Christmas morning)

Greta and her Dad

Pam and Greta at our the ol'standby Taco Treat in Helena on the way to Cut Bank for Christmas

G in her new "chair" she got for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Larson. Wow, how old does she look?

G hanging with Grandpa Roger. She loves to cuddle and spend time with good ol' Toby!

Couldn't pass up on this close up.

Family photo at Keith and Barb Larson's on Christmas Eve.

The whole family

G in her Christmas dress

More pictures to come. We are here in Cut Bank until Sunday and will have many more photo opportunities. I know many of you are looking for an update of the blog...so here it is!!

Greta Berkram, growing, growing, growing...

It has been awhile since our last post. Thanksgiving was alot of fun for the whole family. Many thanks to the Grovers for hosting all of us for a few days. And, thanks to Gary, Theresa and Seth for spending time here in Bozeman. As a Dad, each day brings new fun and exciting changes. The connection I have with Greta is more evident each time we together. She is a great cuddler and smiles a lot. She is very entertained as she gets her diaper changed on the changing table. I never thought I would say I look forward to changing diapers!

Grandma and Grandpa and Seth taking some Christmas Photos

Theresa and Gary giving Greta a little cuddle.

Pam and Jim Grover at the Grovers for Thanksgiving.

Greta on the weighing and measuring table (10 lbs. 4 oz. and 22.25 inches long). G is an overachiever being in the 50th percentile on everything. Thanks to all of you for the warning on the shots....NOT! I am not looking forward to the next set of those bad boys.

Kristi and G pre-shots. We were all happier then.

dito...

Had to put in the butt shot. Cute, Cute, Cute!