Daddy Fun

As many of you know my Daddy has been working in St Louis a lot lately. Nightly I ask "Dad-da e-you?" (Dadda where are you?) in hoping that he will jump out of a room and scare me but lately he hasn't and Mama keeps telling me he is at work.

Saturday mornings are all about Daddy..today we played with a little bit of everything..

practicing carrying my backpack

going through the tunnel

playing peek-a-boo

In our friend Amy's boots

picking out books to read

Nap time

Normal routine: eat lunch between 11 and 11:30am, clean up lunch, immediate go upstairs to take a nap, sleep 2-3 hours

Today's routine: eat lunch 11am, clean up lunch, immediate go upstairs to take a nap, attempt to put jammies on..(who knows how long this took place, she was successful at putting both bottoms and top around her legs up to her knees) sleep 3 hours.

I went in to check on sleeping beauty after 3 hours of being upstairs and she was still out! Wonder how long she attempted the jammies before giving up and just going to sleep??

CRAZY GIRL!!

Sunday Dinner

Tonight we had Sunday Family Dinner at our friend Adyson's house..they are just as much family as our real family since Daddy and Uncle Jeremy are fraternity brothers and best friends.

Adyson was taking a nap when we got there so I tried to play quietly inside since it was too hot outside...

Once Adyson woke up we ate dinner and after dinner we were some C.R.A.Z.Y girls...

I was wearing Ady's shirt around my neck and tried to wear a pair of her shorts on my head

Ady was shirtless since I had it around my neck so she decided she needed a cape

Showing off how I can dress myself and look cute even when I don't quite succeed!!

Thank you Uncle Zaerr for having us over tonight..I had a GREAT time!!

18 months old!!

Can you believe it?? Our tiny baby is 1.5 years old already!! Tori truly brings joy to our lives each and everyday and we are so blessed to have her as our daughter. She is growing and learning at a very rapid pace (sometimes too rapid in our opinion). Here are some of her stats...

Weight: 23.8 lbs (46%)

Height: 31 3/4 inches (46%)

Can say 30 words (yes Mama has been writing them down)

Consistently signs: all done, please, thank you, more and eat

Things Tori is enjoying these days: throwing/kicking balls, blowing bubbles, swimming, scribbling with crayons, walking down the stairs alone, playing peek-a-boo, hide and seek, & ring around the rosey, loving her babies, watching about 10-15 mins of Nick Jr shows, and not leaving Mama's sight!

We took a couple pictures of Tori and her Bear in the Chair..she wasn't really interested that day so they aren't the best but we had to in keeping with the tradition :) We also had her 18 mo professional photo shoot last weekend so those pictures will be coming soon!!

Fresh..it's what's for dinner

We love summer time dinner when we get fresh fruits and vegetables every night. On this particular night we were enjoying corn on the cob and cucumbers..two of my favorite foods right now!

My Uncle Jake

I love my Uncle Jake and I am going to miss him when he leaves for college in August..but until then we will hang out and have tons of fun!!

Independence 101

Just as I was about to be 18 months I decided I am big enough to dress myself...see for yourself...I think I am doing a pretty good job!!

Peaaaase

How can you say no to this cutie asking for something by signing and saying "peaaaaase"

Cutie Patooties

Baby Coralee got to come over and play last Saturday and we had so much fun!! We love the days that we get to see baby CoCo and we will miss her and her wonderful parents SOOOO much when we move.

such cute girls that hang out at our house :)

Madison turns 10

While my cousin Madison was visiting she also celebrated turning 10. All of the fun activities we did while she was here were all part of her birthday celebration but on Friday night I spent the night with GiGi while Mama and Daddy took her out special for her birthday!

Maddy chose sushi for her birthday dinner..they went to eat at Drunken Fish..which was very good, including dessert, and fun!

After dinner they heard a band playing at Power & Light so they went to see who it was. The band was opening for Better Than Ezra (I've never heard of them but Mama has one of their cd's upstairs) and they didn't catch the name of the opening band. They were really good and Maddy loved them because they played a Katie Perry song :)

It was very fun having my cousin here for a week and helping her celebrate her birthday. I can't wait until I get to see her again!

Ball Ball

After a long day at World's of Fun we decided we still had some energy that week so we went to a Royal's game. It started at 7:10pm (same time I normally go to bed) so if you see me with my binky and/or night night you will know why..Mama and Daddy were giving in to anything to get me to sit still. I made it through the entire game but quickly fell asleep when we got in the car.

A HUGE thanks to Uncle Leg for getting us Diamond Club seats for FREE!!!!

Austin, Maddy and I ready for the game

Every 18month old needs a Royals tattoo - right??

AWESOME seats 11 rows behind home plate

All of the Royals fans (Mama not shown) cheering hard for a win!

Ride On...

My cousin Madison came to visit the same week my Bubba was at our house. I had so much fun with both of them! On Wednesday we went to World's of Fun for my first time. I LOVED it! I rode every ride I was big enough for except the Taxi cars (the line was too long and it was too hot). Here are some of the fun rides we rode!

My first ride of the day - I wasn't quite sure of it...

but after a couple of time around I figured out it was fun!!

Linus and as mama calls me "little linus"

The Flying Dutchman - you can't see me but I really liked this one!

driving a boat like Papa G

Ladybug Girls

Riding on the yellow school bus

driving a pink monster truck

Austin and Maddy

hot air balloons that went about 40ft up!

Nascar driving with Daddy

Bubba and Mady riding the kiddy roller coaster (I wanted to ride but wasn't big enough)

Happy 4th of July!

This year we spent the holiday weekend in Kansas City. Bub-ba (Austin) is at our house for a week so I am having fun but he has mostly been hanging out with his friend Gavin so Mama hasn't gotten any pictures of him yet! We had a very busy, fun weekend. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

watching fireworks with Park View Manor neighbors

waving American flags with my friend Alli

BBQ fun at the Fuhr's

playing Peek-a-boo with Bubba

BBQ dinner with the Zaerr's

playing with Adyson

Happy Independence Day!!