Monday, June 28, 2010

More summer nights....

Pretty much every evening ends with a romp through the sprinklers or a run on the golf course. M loves both, and particularly loves finding golf balls with Tyler. Here are a few pics of our typical evening! :)

Sprinkler fun!
Gotcha!
Waiting.....
Picking flowers!
I just like this one. :)
M and her Daddy!
Kisses on the golf course :)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Hot Summer Nights


Maizie has discovered a love for running through our sprinklers in the evenings. Its pretty funny to watch her gallop through the yard from sprinkler to sprinkler. I'm sure the neighbors are calling us hillbillies even more now! :)

Here are a few pictures of M and her "Southern Cousins" running through the sprinklers!

J loving life!
Having a good time with his uncles!
Pretty Miss D!
Miss M!
Trying to get a drink!





Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Jacob's Birthday!


We celebrated Jacob's Birthday at our house over Memorial Day weekend! Its hard to believe that he's already 10 years old, before I know it M will be that old as well! :(
It was good to get the kiddos together and M and Taylor or "T" as Maizie calls her had a chance to play!
Of course no Birthday would be complete without Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting! Both Jacob and the girls really enjoyed dessert!

Check out the photos below of the birthday boy and my monster trying to eat all the cake! :) Pics are a bit out of order but I'm tired of messing with it.

T taking a bath!
M taking her second bite out of Jacob's cake!
I love the look at Jacob's face here, he looks absolutely mortified that M just took a bite out of his cake! :)

We got the girls to smile like this because we were teasing them with the leftover cake! M just kept saying "cake, cake" and signing or saying "more, more". It was pretty cute!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Zoo Fun!


Delia, Jesse, Tiffany, Mammy T, Maizie and I all loaded up last week to take a trip to the Topeka Zoo! It is such a nice, small zoo which was perfect for the kids. They actually got to see the animals and we didn't have to walk 9 miles to do so! I bet we spent about 2 hours at the zoo and then hit the park for a picnic afterwards! It was a really nice day, not too hot!

Here are a few pics of the kiddos enjoying the day!

The crew taking a little break!
This guy got super close!
I loved this picture!
D and J checking out the lions!
The kids with Tiffany the Gorilla! Yes, the gorilla at the Topeka Zoo is named Tiffany!

All aboard, expect M decided last minute she was not going to ride the train!
Funny boy!
Silly girl!
Cousins hanging out! I wonder what they were looking at?


Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Just a few of my faves.....


Here are a few of my most recent favorite pictures, which include the ones in the new header above!

Innocent face!
Summer time!
Happy!
Her whole face smiles!
Surprise!
Looking rather innocent again!
Funny girl!

Monday, May 24, 2010

18 Months Old!


Where has the time gone??? Tyler and I are both a little shocked that we have an 18 month old, and that our little baby is quickly turning into a big girl!

Here is a list of M's most recent accomplishments:
1. Going potty on her big girl potty! Shockingly, she does this more often than not, and I can't say I'll miss the diapers once she is out of them! :) I know its going to be awhile but the girl is showing a lot of interest so we are running with it!
2. Repeats pretty much everything we say! If a word is more than one syllable she always gets 1 syllable out and has been getting 2 out for a few words.
3. Favorite words: "NO", "more", "down", "back", "mama", "daddy", "cash", "Chase", the list goes on. As you can see Cash has it pretty rough around here with M telling him what to do as well these days :)
4. Can count to 3! 1, 2, 3, Go! Pretty cute!
5. Can identify/say all body parts!
6. Sings/does actions to a lot of silly song! Our current favorite, "The Wheels on the Bus".
7. Loves reading and does a great job of recognizing what things are and telling us what things are in the stories.
8. She loves to feed Cash dinner every night, and give him a treat every time we leave the house!

I'm sure there's more but for now that's all I'll list! She is quite the girl and we feel so lucky to be her parents!

Maizie celebrated her 1/2 birthday on Friday with cupcakes and Cash celebrated his 4th birthday with doggie ice cream! :) The two of them are pretty great buddies and enjoyed celebrating together!

Tyler and I took about 300 pictures of the M this weekend so here are a few of our big girl!

Eating her cake! She's been requesting cupcakes for about a month now, I finally caved! :)
Momma and her girl!
Tyler showing M how to take pictures!
M and her Bea!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The face of mischief

I have a feeling we're going to see a lot of this face over the years! :)