5 Years

Today is David and my 5th year anniversary. Happy 5 years David! We have accomplished quite a bit in these 5 years and I'm grateful for everything we have. We have a spectacular life. Even through all the bumps in the road, I'd choose David again and again. Love you Bun!

Today is also my good friend, Christine's birthday. She was one of my bridesmaids and shared her birthday with our wedding day. Thanks again sista!

I can't look

Since Lily was a very tiny baby (okay, not very tiny...but small enough), David has been throwing our children around like circus balls. Sometimes I can't look. I did take these pictures for proof, and yes, they were hard to take.

The car seat blanket for Bonnie? check!

I mentioned I was making a blanket for a friend who was pregnant, due in November. Well, my friend is my sister, Bonnie. She wasn't mentioning her pregnancy quite that early, so I had to be vague. I finished the blanket this week. Bonnie - I'll be mailing this out to you early next week!


This little cutie is Jack's favorite friend, Zoey. We had playgroup today and Jack was quite excited to see his BFF.


Hanging out.


I love the hugs. Jack is very affectionate and I love it! Still not loving the bottle - a work in progress.


Lily went to do the dentist early last month. She did great! Yes, it took me this long to download the photos. :)

My Little Flirt

Tonight we went out for pizza with my good friend, Nicole and her family. Lily and Nicole's daughter, Jenna hung out. Jenna is so good with Lily. Jenna is 8 years old and Lily and I decided to call her "Lily's pretend big sister". They seriously could be related. They both have light hair and blue eyes with some similar features.

Jack did well too for a 16 month old. After pizza we went for ice cream. While enjoying our ice cream, Jack decided to check out the chalk board they have for the kids. He noticed a little girl just younger than him crawling around. Jack went over to the chalk bin, picked up a chalk and tried to give the little girl a piece of chalk. Of course we didn't let this transaction happen as the chalk was a bit too small for this little girl. Jack attempted this move about 5 times. It was quite cute. Then, as we were walking back to our car, there was a little boy about Jack's age on the sidewalk with his Dad. Jack got so excited when we saw this little guy. Jack and the little boy blew each other kisses and waved bye-bye. So very cute. I think we have ourselves a people person with Jack. He seems happiest when playing with other children and when out in the public. He reminds me a lot of my brother, Matthew.


Mr. People Person

While David is in Vegas...

This weekend David is visiting his Mom in Vegas. Last weekend, I went to Denver with my friend, Nicole for a Mommies-weekend-off trip. We ate at the Tag restaurant off of the 16th street mall, got our toes done and saw a movie. The next day we had brunch at the Corner Bakery. All in all, a great trip!

Last week I was dealing with strep throat - so not fun. I had strep as a child once. Hoping this is the last time. I have one more day of antibiotics and I'm done. I went all throughout my 20s without taking antibiotics and now I've had 3 rounds in just over a year.

This week Lily went to the dentist for the first time. No cavities! All is well. She does have an extra tooth, which David and I suspected. The x-rays didn't show an additional adult tooth, but the Dentist said it's possible that it's not showing on the x-ray and they will keep an eye on it. She also has a "deep bite" and they will keep an eye on that as well.

Jack is doing well. He's jibber jabbering more and saying a few words in his own style. He's addicted to his bottle unfortunately. I'm trying to figure out ways to get him weaned from the bottle. I give him his milk in a sippy and he gets angry with me and swats the sippy cup. I started him on a bottle to wean him from breastfeeding and that worked like a charm, now I have to get him to like a sippy cup.

Some of Jack's words are:
bottle = "boo boo dah"
down = um dah
Special Agent Oso (tv show) = goo goo
finished = "neh neh" while doing the sign for finished
Currently his name for me is "da da". He also calls David "da da".
He's very lovey lately too. He comes up to me several times a day to give me a hug. Just today, he went up to Lily and was hugging her too. I have to cherish those moments as I'm sure those won't last. But, who knows, they could get a long great all their lives. Here's hoping!

Since David is gone tonight, I picked up some pizza toppings to make homemade pizza (store bought crust though). I was planning on just getting a pizza, but they never have all the good toppings I like...so, making my own!


Just some pictures from this month...






I brought my camera to Denver and the only picture I took was the view from our hotel room. Argh, I meant to take some of Nicole and I out on the town. Guess I was having too much fun and forgot.