Mother's Day 2012

After leaving Lake Geneva last Sunday morning, we headed to Stacey's house where my parents, the kids, and Carly were.  We walked over to an amazing park a half block from Stacey & Michael's house.  Here are some pictures from our day!



































Paige was over it!


But this guy gave me one more picture :)
























I hope all of the momma's out there had a wonderful Mother's Day - you all deserve it!

M.I.A.

I have been MIA for awhile.  The end of baseball season is always challenging for me.  By the last 2 weeks of the season, I am ready to have an extra hand during the dinner/bath/bedtime shift and am too exhausted to sit down to blog or sort through pictures.  We are in the home stretch here though which is great news!

What's been going on?

We had the annual daycare party.  Usually this is held around the holidays, but things were a little busy for everyone, so they had it in April.  The best part of the party was winning a free week of daycare - woohoo!!!



My guess is Paige is going to take her first steps within the next 3 weeks.  I can't catch a picture of her standing on her own, but everyday she is getting more and more steady.  Just today she was standing holding on to a window, but was eyeing a chair not that far away.  You seriously could see the wheels turning in her head thinking about how she can get to that chair without crawling.  She reached her arm out as far it could go and took one tiny step, but then resorted to crawling.  It won't be long though!

 



We celebrated Aunt Emmy's last few weeks as a bachelorette!





And then we showered her with gifts the next day!

 

 We celebrated my 30th birthday with multiple cakes!





I enjoyed a birthday lunch with my Mom, Stacey, and Miss Fiona.



And received some beautiful flowers from my mom too!

 

We took a 35 minute walk around the block - yes, just around ONE block!  Luke rode his bike and he had to keep "filling up the gas" or his "front tire would blow out of air".



 



Someone really enjoyed some pasta!

 

 Wally and I spent the night in Lake Geneva celebrating the wedding of Tom & Shay Cooper!

 

 It is always fun to see (and dance with) these ladies!

  

And enjoy some alone time with this guy!

 

While we were at the wedding, Luke went fishing with Papa and caught 2 fish (his first!). Thank goodness for cell phone cameras!

 

 

And then we said goodbye to Lake Geneva and headed to IL to spend Mother's Day with my little loves!  (separate post to come on that)



And today I took Paige to the doctor to have a rash looked at that she has on her back and belly.  It started as just a small patch on her lower back that I thought was dry skin and over the weekend it spread.  The doctor said it is pityriasis rosea - a rash from a virus.  It doesn't seem to be bothering her at all, but it is taking over her belly and back and looks to be making its way down her arm too.  Unfortunately, there is no treatment.  It will go away on it's own, but it could take up to 4-6 weeks.  Such a crazy thing since she has not been sick at all.  In other news though, she weighed in at 23 lbs.- up one pound from her 9-month appointment!

That about sums up the past few weeks!

Hakuna Matata

Cousins!

The oldest cousin = the one who starts the trouble and blames the younger ones!

 

So sweet!
 

Paigey girl isn't sure what to think!


Playmates for life!

Double Digits!

Here we are in double digits already - Paige you are 10 months old!

You are still a sweetheart, super smiley, and pretty laid back.  Although, I will say that we are seeing more and more of your stubborn/demanding side.



You are still crawling all over and are now cruising the furniture.  You can stand on your own for just a few seconds or when reaching between furniture pieces you will let go briefly.  It won't be long until you are standing on your own all of the time and starting to make those first steps!





We just recently went down to 3 bottles a day.  You weren't quite finishing 2 bottles in the middle of the day so I decided to try to stretch the time between your morning bottle and the second one.  So far you have done great with that.  And really, I think you are starting to be over the formula.  You really, really just want food.  And not baby food, real food!  You feed yourself really well and have no problem drinking water from the sippy cup.  We are still making sure that you get plenty of formula though since that is most important!



Naps are still hit and miss.  You seem to do fine with the short naps that you take, but this momma would really like a couple of good long stretches!



Bedtime is usually around 7:30.  You have been waking around 4 AM for no reason at all lately.  I just give you your paci and blankie and lay you back down and you stay asleep until about 6.



You babble like crazy and have your own little language.  I have to say that I am so excited that you can say "mama" now and it is in context.  It is usually when you are whining for me because you still are a BIG momma's girl.



You just started dancing whenever you hear any music.  It could be a short commercial on tv and you can't help yourself.  I remember your brother doing that too.  It is too cute.  You are over waving, but will still clap.  Mostly you are into the physical milestones.  You can't stop moving!!!



Oh and we can't forget how much you love your brother.  And you have really started to notice Nala more these days.  You chase her around and laugh.  Your laugh is so deep.  It cracks us up.



Paigey, you are just the best.  Your daddy and I can't believe how big you are getting.  It is true what they say, "They grow up fast.".  We are making sure to take in every minute of every day that we have with you.  Love you to pieces baby girl!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Or Stay!  Because Luke loves to put on his (too small) rain boots, open up his umbrella, and splash around in puddles!