June 27, 2013

Father's Day!

Father's Day weekend was a busy one for us. We were finally able to go to a birthday party for Dan and Erin's kids (Kevin's cousin). Rylie's birthday is very close to the girls so in the last 4 year I was either almost going into labor or having Emmy's birthday party. Since Reagan has come along they did a joint party in June. Emily had so much fun signing on the stage with the other kids and playing in the splash pad at the park.

After the party we headed to my mom and dad's house to celebrate Father's Day. It was great to be there Saturday night and Sunday morning. With the way my dad works he doesn't get to spend much time with the girls. So Eliza had a lot of new tricks to show off. Emily made sure to help Papa with his plants and take him for walks along the pathway.

Sunday afternoon we moved on to Brian and Beth's house for a joint Father's Day/Bennett's 7th birthday celebration. The weather was gorgeous and the kids were able to play outside for awhile. Emily loved the swing set. So much that I have a feeling we will be putting one up in our backyard by next summer. She also was able to take a dip in the pool. Em has just started swim lessons so she isn't a fish quite yet but she was able to float around for a little while.

We had a great time celebrating with everyone. It was an exhausting and fun weekend.
Happy Birthday Rylie and Reagan! 

Rockstars

Liza and her Godfather

Best Father's Day pic of Daddy with his girls

Papa! 



Happy Birthday Mr B! 

Summer Lovin'

Now that summer has finally shown up we are soaking it up. He have taking the girls geocaching (which Emily refers to as treasure hunting), played outside, gone to the park, taking countless walks at night. It has been much better then last summer when it was too hot to be outside.

Both Emily and Eliza love being outside. Eliza started walking! A few steps here and there at the end of May/beginning of June and has became a full fledged walker by the end of June. Eliza also loves to climb on any and everything. We have to keep our eye on her because she has become quite mischievous. She likes to eat the rocks from our landscaping and can climb up on the kids picnic table we have. Liza loves to clap and play peek a boo. Her little personality is starting to come out and it has been so much fun seeing how much she has grown and changed just in the last two months

Emily is doing everything full steam ahead. So much so we have had several bumps, bruises, and scratches already this summer. We keep reminding her to slow down a bit. She loves to play princesses and make believe. She has also become quite the drawer. She can spend a lot of time with her doodle pad drawing people. They have become quite intricate and she always remembers when she is drawing mommy to include my glasses. Emmy has developed an excellent memory and soaks up everything.  She is definitely turning into a kid these days. She has an excellent vocabulary and loves learning. She recently moved up into the 3 year old room and loves it.

We are all looking forward to more summer nights, trips to the park, and afternoons in our little pool. We want to take in as much summer as we can because before you know it it will be fall!





Uncle Brian and Auntie Beth's pool

Turning 33

On June 6th I turned 33. While I went and worked out Kevin decorated the kitchen with the girls and made a great dinner. He even got me one of my favorite things to eat, Angel Food Cake. The girls (well Emmy) sang me happy birthday and helped blow out the candles. Emily made me two cards. It was one of my favorite birthdays to date. Emily is now very excited and she knows that her birthday comes after Mommy's.



Eliza's first Brewers game!

I have some major blogging catch up to do. Over the Memorial Day weekend we were able to go to a Brewer's game. It was Eliza's first game and probably the first game that Emily will remember. On the way to Milwaukee the weather was highly questionable. It was rainy and cold as summer had yet to show up in Wisconsin. We were fortune it enough to have Beth's sister, Stacy, volunteer her house as a plan b to tailgating. She lives very close to Miller Park and it helped keep the kiddos warm.

Once we got to the game Eliza took a little nap in the pack and Emily had a great time sitting next to her cousin Bennett. We were able to go check out the kids area for the first time. Emily got to run up and down the ramps to burn some energy. It was a great time had by all!