{Love You Forever}

No words necessary.

{Megan and Caitlan and Grandma visit}

 This week we had Caitlan and Megan stay with us for a bit. They arrived on Tuesday night and stayed until Saturday night.
It was a pretty chill week - not as much of a party when they came to stay with us in Chicago last year, but a different kind of fun! Like a visiting the library, running groceries kind of fun :)

We had a picnic at the arboretum!

Took funny pictures....

played outside...

The girls babysat while the husband and I went on a much needed date. We went to go see The Amazing Spiderman [LOVED IT!] We were the only ones in the theater so we were able to run up and down the aisles, dance down in front, make loud commentary throughout the movie, and stood up to stretch when our legs got tired. It was pretty awesome.

  The girls babysat and taught Evette the art of taking a kajillion pictures of yourself with funny faces. I'll only put a few on here :)

crazy girls...

Also got to practice the art of french braiding on my lovely sister-in-law's hair. It was awesome.

Crazy!

Hippie

Playing with baby

Friday night Kristen joined us and then they all drove home Saturday night. On Saturday we had a Chickfila outing. Gotta love those waffle fries.

Folding some laundry...

 Making ice cream....

 eating ice cream....

 wanting more ice cream :)

We loved having them over :)

{Happy 10 Months!!}

Big  month this month.... I know I said that last month, but seriously folks, at this age they change every hour of every day.
We are now in the double digits of months - 10 months old.
This baby girl is absolutely crazy and I couldn't love her more.
She took her first steps this month. At first she would just run instead of walk and then crash into whatever was closest be it the couch, the mom, or the floor. After about a week of that I think she got a little scarred at a little smarter and is taking it a lot slower now, a lot more cautious. So she isn't walking as much [only a few steps every now and again] but it's safer :) She practicing standing up on her own a lot now and has gotten to be a pro at walking with mommy or daddy while only holding one hand.
She crawls so fast and it's exhausting. Today at church she would escape from our bench and book it down the aisle or underneath the benches. Awesome.
She also grew 5 teeth this month. 5 teeth in about 2 weeks, yes I'm serious. Yes, her fingers are always in her mouth. She now has her 4 front teeth on top and bottom. Super cute - makes her look so much older.
Nurses 4x a day, solids 3x a day, naps 2x a day, sleeps 10-11 hrs at night.

Also - trying to get these monthly shots is getting harder and harder.

Look at those teeth!

Cute baby.

{Father Daughter Bonding Time}

This was the husband as a small one....

And now he's teaching our small one :)

Got her straight in the face on this one... too funny!

--Zoo with Daddy--

Last week Daddy was gone to training in Chicago. We missed him. He flew in on Thursday and we picked him up from his office that afternoon to spend some quality time with him at the zoo.

We went to the birds of flight show - it was pretty awesome.

 This owl flew right over my head and I got a really good look at him

  Look at the birdie!!

 That guy up there was telling some jokes with a talking parrot but I didn't really get any of them so we left a little early.

 Next stop was to play with the lorikeets.

 Momma liked to wear one on her head.

There were some misting fans that were pretty awesome in helping us cool down a bit.

They got me soakin wet.

 Momma got to ride a camel.... they guy said I was too little - BUMMER!! next time for sure. 

 Momma said she can cross that one off her bucket list now... whatever that means.

I wish I could go swimming with the penguins!

We had a great time. But mostly, I liked being able to play with Daddy again.