Labor Day Weekend

We had a terrific Labor Day weekend!

Friday night and Saturday morning/afternoon was full of relaxing, cleaning, organizing, and prepping for our garage sale.

Saturday night the fun began! It was date night for Wally and I. Our first real date since our anniversary last October - yikes! My parents were planning on coming on Sunday anyways so we asked them to come up on Saturday evening so we could get out alone.

Here we are ready for our night out!


We headed to downtown Frankfort to eat at Francesca's, an Italian restaurant. We had gift cards from Wally's baseball team for there so we thought we would check it out. The menu was small, but the food was pretty good, as well as the bottle of wine we shared! After dinner, we headed just down the block to a bar for a few more drinks, conversation, and music. It was really great, but sadly I had a bit too much to drink for my first time in about 11 months - oops!

We have decided that we will do date night once a month. Both of our parents and family are more than willing to watch the kids for us anytime so we need to take more advantage of that!

Moving on to Sunday...we headed to the Frankfort Fall festival. I blogged about it last year. What we missed last year though was the parade on Sunday. This parade is huge (it lasted an hour and a half) and people start putting their chairs along the route beginning very early Sunday morning. Now we know to do this next year (and bring a cooler too!).

On our way to find a spot to watch the parade. Luke has popcorn and cotton candy - he is happy :)


Waiting for the parade to start!


Guess what Paige did throughout the majority of the parade???


The theme of the parade this year was The Wizard of Oz so when we were out the night before Luke watched the movie with Grammy & Papa and loved it! His favorite = the wicked witch :)


Look who finally woke up!


Luke enjoyed the parade somewhat. He got lots of candy, but the sirens and the horns were a little loud (and close) for him. He may have freaked out a bit!

His favorite = garbage truck! Ha!


His least favorite = whatever this truck is called! It blew it's horn right in front of us and I think everyone jumped. Luke was not happy!


After the parade, we walked around to check out all of the craft vendors and then it was time to hit up the carnival for Luke and a funnel cake for me :) I think we will be making this an annual event with my parents - it was lots of fun!




Luke chose the purple car to ride in and then a little girl came and sat with him. Smart boy :)


I caught my dad taking a picture of me in line for a funnel cake!


Monday was Circus Day! The Kelly Miller circus was at Balmoral Racetrack (about 10 minutes from us). Grandma and Grandpa Z. came along with us! It was a small, but very good circus. It was a very windy, chilly day, but under the Big Top we were just fine.

(He still has his cotton candy from the day before!)




At intermission Luke went for a walk with Grandma and Grandpa and the next thing I know, Grandpa is coming over telling me to take pictures because Luke is going to ride the elephant with Grandma! He had a smile on his face the entire time!





Oh and Paige slept the whole time - surprise, surprise!


By Monday night, we were all exhausted, but it was worth it for such a fun, family-filled weekend!

Wordless Wednesday (Bumbo)

2 Months

Oh Baby Girl!!! Where are the days going? You are already 2 months old!



You are still a wonderful baby. You are very easy-going and rarely let out a cry! I think you would sit in a dirty diaper forever, contently look at the ceiling and your surroundings taking it all in for hours, and just gnaw on your hand until someone comes to feed you.



As I have said before, you were a great sleeper from the first night we brought you home. But these last 4 nights have been wonderful! You have slept from about 8:30 pm to 4 am. And even at 4, I wake up only because I hear you sucking on your hand and making small noises. You have never let out a big cry to let me know that you are hungry! After you nurse, you are back to sleep for another 2-3 hours.



We sort of have a routine going, but really everyday is different depending on what is going on. For the most part, you take a morning nap beginning around 8:30 or 9 for about 2 hours. This nap is usually in your swing in the living room as I am getting things done downstairs. You have been eating every 3-4 hours, but it seems to be closer to 4 hours lately. The afternoons are always up in the air since we are usually running around or going to pick up Luke from Punky's. You are very nosy and don't sleep too much when we are out and about, but you are still very content. You instantly fall asleep in the car!



Your hair is still very dark and I am hoping it stays that way! Although, I was looking at your brother's 3 month pics and he was definitely getting lighter and thinning. Your eyes, well, they seem to be a hue of green right now. So they have changed from the dark blue that they were and only time will tell if they will be green (like Daddy), brown (like Mommy) or somewhere in between like your brother's.



You are getting to be so strong. In fact, this past Sunday, I thought I would see how you would do in the Bumbo seat. And you did great! I think we will gradually start putting you in there more and more. I will have to post some of those pictures! You were awfully smiley sitting in there!



Speaking of smiles, you are one happy girl! The best is when you make sounds when you smile like you are laughing - we love it! You are even smiling away when we are changing your diaper at 4 in the morning. You are also making a lot more sounds. You are especially talkative first thing in the morning. You can get pretty loud too!



We go to the doctor next week, but I stood on the scale with you yesterday and it said you were up to 12.2 lbs! You carry a lot of your weight in your thighs and cheeks :)



Currently, you are still in our room in the pack-n-play bassinet, but I am considering moving you to your crib soon. It is just so hard because you are such a great sleeper right now and I don't want to mess with that and it is so nice to be able to lean over in the middle of the night and watch you sleeping so peacefully! Also, I have made the decision (with your Daddy's approval) to re-do your room. Yellow walls and primary colors just won't cut it for my little girl! It all started with a ballerina piggy bank Aunt Stacey got you that convinced me you need a more girly room!



Paige, you have made all of us so happy for the past 2 months! Keep those smiles coming! We love you to the moon and back a zillion times!

Beach Playdate

Saturday we met up with my friend Lisa and her daughter Dinah and headed to Whiting, IN, (about 45 minutes from us) to take in the beach for the day! I think I can safely say that Luke and Dinah had a GREAT time. I have never seen so much sand in so many places on a body in my life. (Luke didn't play nearly as hard last year when we were in Florida as he did this time at the beach!)

Our set-up for the day!


Paige was alseep when we got there (and pretty much the whole time we were there) so I just left her in her carseat inside the sundome for a bit!


Let the sand playing begin!


Dinah and Luke played together.


And they played apart.


They refused to look at me a for a photo.


They played in the water.


Luke very carefully carried the water! His tongue is always out when he is thinking or working hard (just like his Daddy!).


Paige woke up to eat and then went back to sleep!


Dinah and Luke chased each other.


They ran up the hill.


And down the hill.

Poor Dinah didn't make it that time :(




All the way down to the water!


And then headed back to do it all again!


Don't you just want to kiss that sand covered face - ha!


I brought a swimsuit for Paige that my mom had bought for her back in May. Obviously she couldn't swim this summer so it was solely for a picture :) Unfortunately, I think I waited too long to put it on her. Both her suit and hat were a little small. She still looked adorable :)


First time at the beach with Mommy!


I was able to get Luke to slow down for a quick picture!


Sunbathing Beauty!


At least her sandals fit!


When we got home it was time for baths and showers for everyone! The amount of sand at the bottom of our tub was ridiculous! I guess that was just a sign of the fun that was had at the beach!

Paige looking oh so cute after she was all cleaned up after her bath :)


And here is some video from the day! (Don't mind the radio in the background!)

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After some rest, we put on our jammies, popped some popcorn, gathered some drinks together, grabbed some blankets, and headed to "Movie in the Park" to see Rango.