1/2 Birthdays

Today we celebrated Lily and Jack's half birthday. Since their birthdays fall into the holiday season, I thought it might be a neat tradition to celebrate with friends in the summer when life isn't so busy with the holidays. We can keep their real birthdays for the family. David felt a little funny singing Happy Birthday when it really wasn't their birthdays, but I think it was still fun. I'll let the kids decide what they want when they are older. Lily was all too excited nonetheless.



Friends...




Hats...cake...candles (Thanks Cat for making an awesome cake!!)

6 months

My little guy is 6 months today! I feel like he just came home from the hospital.
He's doing well. Went to the doctor's today. He is now 17 lbs and 5 oz! He is 24 inches long. He's about 50% on weight, height and head. I seem to have very average kids.
Jack is a sweet baby. He is a big smiler. He's quick at grabbing anything in front of him. He is starting to sit on his own. He is just now starting to eat some cereal! He can roll all over the place. My favorite is when I walk by and he raises his arms up to be held. Love you little buddy!!
Also, 6 years ago today, David and I went on our first date. He took me out for ice cream. Yum yum! Love you David!!

Growing Up

Lately my kids seem to be growing like weeds. I turn around and they are huge! What's the deal? Everyone warned me of this. As Jack gets older, he is more interactive with Lily. Lily will make him laugh and Jack just watches Lily play. It will be neat to see them play together one day.




Jack is practicing sitting on his own. He's doing really well! I like to be near as he still stumbles. It won't be long before he's sitting completely on his own!

update June 27th: for some reason I lost my pictures. I must change them ever so slightly in iPhoto and lose my blog pictures. So, not sure if these were the original pics or not!

Thirty Five

Yesterday I turned 35. That age really seems like an adult to me. Even with being married and having children and a mortgage, I still am not sure what an adult feels like. I always thought it would feel different from being a young person. Perhaps not. I'm just me no matter how old I get.

I had a good day yesterday. I got to plan out the entire day. We went for coffee in the morning. Had yummie sandwiches for lunch. David made me chicken marsala (one of my favorite meals) for dinner and homemade chocolate cake for dessert.

The kids were a bit crabby from not sleeping well the night before. Otherwise, it was a perfect day! Thanks again to my friends and family who wished me a Happy Birthday. It really was happy!!





At the coffeehouse...


We took the long way home from the coffeehouse.


Lunch and cake. I ate the Chicken Marsala so fast I forgot to take a picture! Lunch was ham and cheese sandwiches on focaccia bread with fruit salad and chips!



Lily enjoyed the cake! Actually, yesterday morning she woke up and the first thing she said was "Lily eat cake and blow out candles!!"

Back to reality

We are back to our day to day lives after our Myrtle Beach trip. Unfortunately we all caught a cold. David and Jack are better now and Lily and I are on the mend. I'm feeling loads better than yesterday. Tomorrow is my birthday and I have some plans on relaxing and doing some fun stuff with my family. I'll try to remember my camera and blog about the day!


Jack at almost 6 months!


Lily can basically use the "big girl chair" without a booster now!
Jack is almost always a happy little dude.


Lily loves to hold her brother. I do too! :)

Indianapolis and Myrtle Beach

We are back from our Indianapolis/Myrtle Beach trip! It was a wonderful time! Our kids were so so so good with all the flying and driving. We flew to Indy on Friday, May 29th and drove 9 hours on Saturday to Asheville, NC. Then on Sunday we drove another 5 hours to get to Myrtle Beach, SC. On our way back home to Indiana on Friday, we actually drove from MB all the way to Indy in 14 hours. I didn't think we could do it and was pleasantly surprised when we did!

We spent 3 days on the beach and one day at the pool. Lily is a fish! She loved the ocean. She couldn't get enough of it. David took her out quite deep and she was all about the waves crashing on her. I was a bit nervous watching from the beach with Jack, but was so happy that Lily got to have this experience. I will say having a baby on the beach is a bit of a challenge. Feeding was the hardest with diapers a close 2nd. I'm not about sand everywhere while trying to breastfeed and diaper change. Oh well, again, I'm so happy we did this. Now I'm not afraid to take our kiddos on some road trips! I probably won't do another 14 hour day, but a 8 hour day to say Kansas City, or a 5 hour trip to Santa Fe may be nice!!

Thanks Family for a great trip! I miss you all so very much! Love!!




Lily on the road...


Cassie, Katie, Jack and Lily with Abba

June 1st was my Dad's birthday. We had yummie red enchiladas for dinner and cake for dessert. My Dad got lots of love from the grandkids.


Lily seeing the beach/ocean for the first time!


Jack with Abba


My Sisters: Bonnie and Christie


The Siblings: Bonnie, Matt, Christie


Cousin Cassie and Lily



The Kids got lots of great Auntie and Uncle time. Doesn't Jack look just like Uncle Matt?



We had a few visitors too. My cousin Kathy was visiting Myrtle Beach from California the same time we were! On the right is my friend Jamie from I.U. and her son, Liam! Jamie lives in Charleston and came up for a few hours. Thanks Jamie! It was great to see you after all these years!


Sisters and Siblings


All the kids...
Mark, Bonnie, Carrie, Matt, David, Christie and me


The boys and the girls!
Boys: Ty (Carrie's Dad), Matt, Mark, David, Jack and my Dad (Ed)
Girls: Bonnie, my Mom (Kathie/Nana), me, Christie, Katie, Carrie, Joanna (Carrie's Mom), Cassie and Lily


The grandkids....


We celebrated Matthew's birthday while at the beach. His real birthday is today! Happy Birthday Brother!!!