Street Party

Our community has a street party once-a-month and for one reason or another, we've always missed it. Well we finally made it and had a blast! The catholic church was also having it's yearly festival, so there was all kinds of fun to be had.

Madeline and Andy took a ride on the Ferris wheel. Andy said it didn't only go up and down, it went sideways too. Eek!



Sophia wasn't too enthused.


Madeline had a great time the first couple of revolutions, but then she decided she was done and started screaming to get off. I didn't get a picture of that. But here she is having a great time.

She loved the balloon animal she got. It didn't last an hour before she popped it.

Here is random crazy guy we saw. I had to take a picture. I have no idea why he was painted as a dalmatian.

They have several bands all over the place. We found a good one and started dancing. Madeline needed some convincing, but once I got her going she was a dancing machine.

Alexis' First Birthday

Things are getting crazy around here and I'm behind on my updates. My niece turned one about two weeks ago and she had a great party!

She made a great mess eating her cake.

Sophia is 5 months old today!

I swear I am only feeding her formula and not spiking it with whey protein. She REALLY grew this month. She is in size 3 diapers now and 9 month clothes! For comparison, my 1 year old neice is in size 3 diapers. Her growth really came out of nowhere and I have half-a-case of size 2 diapers left. I tried to make them last as long as I could, but after two blowouts I decided it was time to move on.

As for developments, she still hasn't rolled over yet. She absolutely hates tummy time so she isn't on her tummy much. She lays on her back all the time but maybe I need to put her on a boring blanket instead of her fun activity mat to encourage her to get moving. She is holding stuff in her hands now and putting them in her mouth. She even just started to grab onto her bottles. Although, she is nowhere near being able to actually hold them by herself.


She was holding her head up last month, but it was still pretty wobbly. It's a big noggin' ya know. But now she holds it up really well.

Reading to Sophia

Fun with stickers

Happy Father's Day!

In honor of Andy on his day....his other baby.

And Happy Father's Day to the other great Dad in my life...Mine! Love you Dad!

Naptime Fun with Sophia

While Madeline was napping the other day, Sophia and I played with Madeline's new Minnie doll. Shhh, don't tell her.

Trip to the Zoo!

We took a trip to the zoo this week. We love it there but we haven't been in awhile because Sophia is a little sleepy head. If she doesn't get her naps in her crib, she is one Miss Crankypants. So I've been kinda stuck in the house on my days off. But I was really excited to the see the new Polar Bear exhibit and man is it awesome. Even Madeline got upset when it was time to move on. We got to see one of them hunting in the water for some fish.

Sophia wasn't too impressed though.

Madeline has been all about elephants lately so we stopped to see them. It's neat to see her really recognize the animals now.

In the end, our trip proved to be a little too much for Sophia.

Madeline's Birthday Party

We had a birthday party for Madeline this weekend. It wasn't as grand as having 150 people sing to her like last weekend, but she had fun. And actually, we kept it pretty small because we were worried about being stuck in the house with too many people. That and I think having too many kids over would have overwhelmed her.

I don't think I have to spell out what the theme was as it is pretty obvious from the pictures.

Mickey was our greeter at the front door.

Don't make fun of my sign. It was a last-minute addition once we realized the weather was going to cooperate and let us be outside. Did I spell that right?

Madeline loved hugging and dragging Minnie everywhere.

Sophia looked cute as always!

I tried to be creative and make "M" and "2" grilled cheeses for the kids, but it took three sandwiches just to get these four cut-outs. So that didn't work out so well.

There were only three kids including Madeline and they had a blast together.

The sandbox was the big hit of the night. They had too much fun in it and all of them were in need of baths afterwards.

Thank you so much for everyone that came! Madeline had a great time and so did we.