Maggie's Birthday Party

Three days after Marcus's 30th birthday was Maggie's 2nd birthday! We celebrated at the Bloomington zoo. It was lots of fun and the kids loved the animals. Unfortunately, Lucy was not a fan of the carousel. Maybe next year! Here are a few pictures.

Happy Birthday Marcus!

Today is Marcus's 30th birthday! In college he turned 21 at least a year before any of our friends and having such and early birthday was pretty nice, but I'm not sure he is enjoying turning 30 first! :) Just kidding, we both realize we are still VERY young and really do look forward to every year we get - especially with our little lady!

I absolutely adore this picture. I was taking Lucy's picture out in the backyard tonight - right when Marcus got home from work - and I snapped this right as he walked in the backyard. Pure joy! She sure is "Daddy's little girl." There is no question she loves her Daddy - as do I! (p.s. is this curl not the cutest thing you've ever seen)




Happy Birthday Daddy! You are the best!

15 month checkup

We had Lucy's 15 month check up last week. She is growing like a weed - literally! She grew over and inch and a half in 3 months! She is now 31.5 inches (which is the 85th percentile for her age) - at her one year appointment she was in the 50%-60th percentile)! Maybe she'll be taller than we thought!

She now weighs 22lbs 9 oz. (48% percentile). Which kinda makes me laugh considering she was almost 9 pounds when she was born!

I think I've heard they say most babies triple their birth weight by their first birthday! At this rate I'm not sure we'll hit 27 pounds until she is at least 2! :) Haha.

But the overall report is she is doing perfect and is happy and healthy! Couldn't ask for anything better!


Lucy LOVES walking in my red high heels!


Her favorite new slippers! Elmo!


This was taken after I left the kitchen for a moment! :)


Who needs toys when you have a pantry to play with?!?

Back to real world...

We made it home from our vacation safe and sound! It was a great vacation and the weather was perfect! We have been going to Hilton Head for over 20 years and I can't remember a time that the weather was better!

We did have a bit of turbulence on the way there...okay scratch that...it was more than turbulence. The plane actually started turning on it's side...to the left, and right and left... Marcus' gets a little nervous on planes and let out a very loud "OH MY GOSH" (which in retrospect is semi funny) - but even I have to admit there was a 10 seconds where it was pretty scary. It reminded us of the first few minutes of the first episode of LOST - before the plan started breaking apart :)

Then, on the way home the lady sitting in front of Marcus passed out and was having lots of medical problems. They think she had a heart attack. We landed in Louisville, KY and when they got her off the plane she was doing "okay" - we pray she got the care she needed. But needless to say, our flights were a little out of the ordinary!

We got in on Friday afternoon and stayed until the following Saturday. We had lots of great days of fun at the pool/beach, bike rides, eating out, cooking out, fireworks, shopping, golf (Marcus), and NAPS (my favorite)! :)

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip.

We love weekends!

Last weekend we were delighted to see our Aunt Susan and Uncle Victor. They came down for a short little visit and it was great catching up with them!



Landscaping continues on the house, but it is really coming along. All the plants/bushes are now planted in the front and the brick edging is completed in the front too!

In between landscaping (and of course World Cup Soccer) we have been enjoying the weather, getting Lucy accustom to her new bike trailer (she loves it), and getting ready for our annual summer vacation to Hilton Head! We leave next Friday and are there for a week! Here's to hoping all this rainy weather doesn't follow us there!

It's a lot harder than you think...

...to landscape your yard with a toddler. Thankfully I did find a play yard at a garage sale for $10 - I don't know how we would have gotten ANYTHING done without it! (Although Lucy only lasts in it for a short amount of time). We've ripped out the old evergreen shrubs (circa 1960) - edged around our house and planted lots of new bushes/plants, added some stepping stones up to our front door and will soon add the mulch.

I'm tired just thinking about it...but it does look a TON better already! Anyhow, I've got lots to do tomorrow so I'm off to bed. Here is a small photo update of Miss Lucy in the meantime....



Ready for the World Cup! Go USA!



Daddy reading me one of my favorite boooks!



Lucy has learned how to check her email (she's really into the mimicking phase right now..isn't it so cute)



Watering the flowers just like Mommy



Not happy about leaving the pool..."MOM let go of me - I want back in the water)



Our happy girl



Lucy with Mommy on her (almost) birthday.

It's tough being a baby...