Baby Girl turns 3 Months

As of yesterday, July 30th, Baby Girl is now 3 months old! I can hardly believe it! I know I will say this many many many times in the future, but I will say it again, time go by so quickly! It seems just yesterday we were bringing Baby Girl home from the hospital and learning to adjust with 3 babies instead of 2!


Sis and Bub have had so much fun with Baby Girl these last 3 months - getting to hold her and giving her one kiss after another! Just melts this mama's heart <3

Now Baby Girl is recognizing me and her daddy and smiling and laughing and cooing at us. She lights up when she sees her Sissy or Bubby - she is learning to know them well :-)

In honor of Baby Girl turning 3 months old.....here are some pics for ya! :-)

Have a great weekend, ya'll!! See ya next week!

Vacation - Part Two

In case you missed it, go back and read my last post, Vacation Part One, before reading this one. :-)

Like I said before, I'm only going to post some of my favorites......otherwise this post would be uber long! ;)

We spent lots and lots of time with Joy and her 2 boys during the day. The kids had sooooo much fun, and asked everyday to go back and see them. And of course, Joy and I had lots of fun hanging out and just talking while the kiddos would play. And we would, of course, break up the occassional argument every now and then. :-)

Cole and Gabe had tons of dress up costumes and stuff. The kids loved it and dressed up about every day, taking turns in which superhero they would be for the day. :-)

Several nights we would gather around the table after dinner for some cards or games. It was so much fun. We didn't want to leave - we were sad when we had to say good-bye!





How often do you see superman (woman) with pink hair? Not too often I bet! :-)

I had to throw in this pic, below. I just love Baby Girls look in this photo, and that tongue. Too cute!!!

We spent some time at a park as well. I believe this was on a Sunday evening, when Jer didn't have to work. We had some family time. The kids loved it.

Another day, Joy and I took the kids to a splash park close to their house. We actually had just planned on going to the dry, playset, side of the park. Well, we got there, and of course Sis saw the water park, and wanted to go get wet right away. We eventually caved, and let them play in the sprinklers, fully clothed, because of course we didn't bring our suits. We weren't planning on getting wet that day! Oh well. It was a hot day. It didn't take too long for them to dry off. And they had sooooo much fun!!!

Later that evening, Sis and Bubby put on some of Gabe's clothes while there's was in the dryer, and after dinner, they got a special dessert. :-)

yumm-o!

We even got a visit from the ice cream truck :-)

Me and Joy and Baby Girl (and part of Chris' bald head) lol

We had SUCH a FUN visit to Michigan. Jer got some work done, the kids made some good friends, and Joy and I became closer friends. All in all, a great vacation. THANKS again to Chris and Joy in Michigan for being such great hosts to us and opening up your home. :-) We hope to see you guys again real soon!!!

On the way home, I took one last photo, taken at an Ozarkland shop. They had tons of goofy hats and all kinds of souviniers and memorabilia. :-)

Sadly, our summer is winding down. Tomorrow, I register Sis for kindergarten, and 3 weeks later, she starts school! Is it just me, or does summer seem to go quicker every year?

Vacation - Part One

Finally, I am back and able to blog some vacation photos! We actually got home last Friday (7/23), but I have been having some computer issues the last few days, and so thanks to my hubby:) my computer issues are resolved once again. Shew, I was about to throw this one out and just start over with a new one! ;-)

Anyways, we took a 2 week family trip/work/vacation/road trip and headed out to Michigan. Jeremy had to work while we were there, but did not have to work a lot of overtime, so we were able to do some fun, family stuff in the evenings and weekends. Since we used to live in the Detroit area, I am somewhat familiar with it (at least the Canton area, which is an outskirt of Detroit). And we have some friends of ours who live in Canton, so we were able to hang out with them a lot, which was wonderful :-) Chris, the husband works with Jeremy, and Joy, his wife and I met thru our husbands. They have traveled to the KC area in the past, for work, and we have been able to hang out some. So it was fun getting to visit with them.

Anyways.........here is part one of my vacation pics.........just a FEW of my favorites that captured our vacation :-)

Here we are........packed up and ready to hit the road....7/7/10

One of our many, many, many, MANY stops..... :-) At a McDonalds play place, somewhere in MO...I lost track:)

Stopping at a Taco Bell, around Indianapolis, IN

We made it a 2 day trip (it's about 800 miles from us to MI), so we finally arrived in MI late on 7/8. Here is Sis swimming at the motel...

And we visited our friends, right away on Friday, the 9th, and spent a lot of time with them. Our hotel room was tiny, and I would have absolutely gone insane, had it not been for Joy!!! Chris and Joy treated us so kindly and welcomed us into their home and were so hospitable to us. They went above and beyond :-)

And they have 2 boys Cole, who is 8, and Gabe who is 5. So they bonded well with our kids, and they all had a blast. Here is Sis trying on their pink clown wig. She wore this several times, and in the end, Joy ended up giving it to Sis before we left. She said her boys didn't need a pink wig anyways :-)

And below, Sis took a pic for us. Several times, we ate dinner with them and sat out on their back deck. Michigan summers are nice - I had forgotten! Not nearly as humid!

And several times the kiddos got to swim in their pool....

This is what the 3 boys did almost every evening, after dinner, when us adults would sit upstairs and chat and play cards :-) They would watch a movie.

Back in the room....a kodak moment :-)

Making a DQ pitstop....

Gabe liked Baby Girl ;-)

Joy holding Baby Girl (she is done having kids, so she said she was getting her 'baby fix' :-) I was more than happy to let her, lol)

And guess who lost her first tooth while in Michigan?!?!

She was so excited. :-)

One day, we visited Chucky Cheese....

And back at Chris and Joy's house........we caught some cute bonding moments.... :-)

I just love that little Baby Girl! :-)

come back tomorrow for Vacation - Part Two!

Vacation Teasers

Here are just a few vacation teaser pics to wet your whistle ;-)

Full blog vacation post coming soon to a blog site near you!!

So come back soon!!!

Randomness

We had a great 4th of July holiday. A few days prior however, I was laying in bed sicker than a dog. But we won't talk about that. :-)

Here are a few random thoughts from our holiday weekend....

*I love holidays. Any holiday where we can relax, maybe go swimming, and basically just pig out. I'm all for it. :-)

*Especially when we grill. I love me some burgers and dogs off the grill. Nothin says summer til you've had a BBQ!

*It's very difficult coordinating red, white and blue outfits for all 3 of my kids. Usually I plan ahead better than this. I kinda dropped the ball on it this year.

*Sissy has a LOT of pink and purple clothes. She's very tomboyish in her play style and attitued and everything. I think I over-compensate for that by buying her lots of pink stuff!

*Thus, Baby Girl is the only one of my kids who ended up with cute red, white and blue attire this year. Yeah, she's new :-)

*It is no fun being sick. I was sicker than I've been in a long time the end of last week.

*Turns out I had Mastitus (sp?), which is an infection in the breast that nursing mothers tend to get.

*Funny, never got it with my other 2. And never wanna get it again.

*Amazing how quickly antibiotics work. And how much better they make you feel! Bring on the drugs!!!

*oh yea, we weren't gonna talk bout that, were we?

*Baby Girl is giving out her smiles more freely these days. And let the cooing stage begin. I LOVE it!

* I might be MIA in bloggy world for a few days. Don't worry, all is good. We are about to embark upon an adventure. I shall post more in days to come.... :-)