Monday, June 30, 2014

Mommy's Birthday

On the day before my birthday, Caleb, Mila, my Mom & Dad, and I went out to lunch in Bartlett at Two Toots train restaurant.  They have a train track all throughout the restaurant, and a little train delivers your food to you!  Both of the kids thought this was the coolest thing!
Then my parents were really excited to take the kids to Banbury Fair for the 1st time!  Nat and I used to go there once a week to visit and feed the bunnies!  We spent about an hour going back and forth between the cages and watching the rabbits.  Then we got some ice cream before heading back home.



I had to work on my real birthday, but it was still a pretty good day!  I got a few presents and cards from my friends, and came home to a great surprise!  When I walked in the door, Caleb told me that he was supposed to hide before I came home.  So I went back out in the garage, and waited until Erik let me in!  Caleb ran out and told me surprise!  He said we were having a Hoedown!!  LOL!!  I asked him why, and he told me because of the way the streamers hung up and down!
Erik made me brownies, and Caleb and my Mom made me an angel food cakes with cool whip and strawberries!  I opened all of my cards and gifts, and we had fun eating our desserts!

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Mila ~ 22 months old

Mila's talking a lot more!  She's starting to put together 2 and 3 words to form sentences!  Unfortunately one of her favorite words is no! 

She loves to sing!  One of her favorites is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  I swear one day I heard it at least 50 times!  She also likes to sing, "No Monkey Bed!!"

 
Mila loves snacks...just like her Momma!  It's good that she likes to eat little meals throughout the day, but it seems like she is always taking me by the hand into the pantry asking for "snack!"
Her favorite shows are Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, and Bubble Guppies.

Mila's favorite drink is choc choc, but we try to limit it to two cups a day.
Her hair is growing so beautifully, and she has her favorite little heart bow to wear!  It's also long enough to put up in a little pony!

She tries to dress herself!
She and Caleb play together a lot!  Often times, they will argue over their toys, and I'll hear Mila yell out, "share!"

When she goes potty, she asks for a book while she takes her time :)

Mila is an actress!!  She feel down at the park and then started limping and telling me ouch with every step!  I was actually really worried until an hour later she switched feet, and continued to limp!  Then when going upstairs that night, she pretended to fall off the bottom step, landed flat on her stomach, and pretended she was hurt!

Mila can count from 2-5!  I don't know why she always forgets the 1!  We always practice counting the stairs when we come downstairs in the morning!

She gets embarrassed easily.  Poor kids!  They both do, and I'm their Mom :)  When she's dancing or singing, and I point it out, she stops and hides her face!
She's fighting her naps!!  You can tell when she gets tired, and I take her upstairs to read, but I usually start falling asleep before she does!

When she gets excited, she whispers "wow" or makes a "huh" inhaling sound.  It's the cutest thing.
When I tell her what we're going to do next, she tells me, "K!"

Mila says "umm" when she's thinking, and will also tell me "think."

She is obsessed with her purse or back pack as she calls it.  She will collect stuff in it all day and carry it around with her.  Some nights she insists it needs to be in her bed when she falls asleep.  My Mom went through her purse one morning and said, "there's a dog toy in here!"  I said, "I know!"  LOL!
She is doing amazingly well with her separation anxiety!  I absolutely love that she is so much more comfortable with her Dada!  It makes me so happy to hear her running through the house shouting Dada!

She's had one or two night terrors, where she wakes up crying, but is completely inconsolable for 30 to 60 minutes!!  It's awful and she just screams at the top of her lungs.
 WE LOVE OUR MILA GRACE!!

Monday, June 16, 2014

Happy Daddy's Day

We had a great Father's Day!!  Erik got to open his presents from the kiddos and me, which included a Team USA soccer shirt and some much needed new kitchen pans for his German pancakes!
 
Caleb made him a gift at school that said his favorite thing about Daddy is that he makes him pancakes.  He said his Daddy really great at cooking, and that they like to bake together.  He said his Daddy's favorite thing to eat is pancakes!  Then his favorite thing that Daddy wears, is his "Blue Tube!"  I asked Caleb to explain, and he told me, you know, that thing he wears in his ear!  HIS BLUE TOOTH!!  LOL!
We went over to Pops and Nana's house in the evening for a cookout with our cousins, and had fun going on a tractor ride around the yard!
We had a pretty fun day with the Daddy's! 

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mary and Dom's Wedding

My BFF's wedding was awesome!!  She couldn't have asked for a more beautiful and fun day!  Friday night we had the rehearsal and dinner!  It was so nice to meet some of her other friends from Florida, and to kick back with her and Dom's families!
opening our generous gifts!
On Saturday morning, we had such a relaxing and fun time getting ready!  Mary even went on a motorcycle ride around the block with her veil on!  The ceremony went well, we had fun taking pictures outside, and had the best time dancing at the reception!

So grateful that Lisa did our make-up!!
So pretty!


They're Married!!
Cutest Flowers Girls!
Work Friends!
U of I Fab 5!