July 6, 2011 Our Girl Turns Two!

Birthday Breakfast compliments of Paw

 It rained off and on all day on her birthday... and several days last week, so there was some inside fun!

Our gift to Lily is that pink "bubbleicious" balance bike... but she's not quite tall enough yet :( 

Of course, she got her afternoon beauty rest!

That eve we went out for pizza.

Mike headed back home Wed eve and the Lily Bug was quite sad to have her Daddy go so got some extra birthday snuggles!

 Then snuggles with Tayloe!!

And silly evening fun!

Celebrating our Girl!

 We celebrated Lily's birthday a few days early on Sunday, July 3rd.

Lily loves bunny rabbits so I wanted her to have a bunny cake for her birthday cake.

I baked it and Aunt Jane kindly decorated it for me!  It turned out cute!!

Peter had this "3D" BUS cake (that someone more talented than me made) for his 2nd birthday so I wanted Lily to have a "3D" bunny, not just a flat one ;)

and Lily's cupcakes (thanks, Jessica and Jordan, for decorating them!)

I made this banner for Lily... but I didn't love the way it turned out :(

the spread...

the mandatory mac-n-cheese

 JD grilled some burgers for us

 some of the crew that was there  :)

 the third (not old enough) "grandma", who spoils the baby dolls (L&A)

 Trying to get the girl in for her party (love Mike's face!)

stopping for a pic with the party mascot

 family birthday pic

 reading with Gram

 Let the cake eating begin!

 Mike and his parents :)  who are troopers to make the trek to the river for birthdays

 a kiss to celebrate our girl

Then onto the gifts!

It was the year for all things girly! 

 Purses, nail polish, jewelry, oh my!

 This sums up her feelings that there is no limit on accessories!

 We love you, our precious girl!

a week with baby Audrey

We all had such a good time at the river house last week with "Baby Audrey"!!!

Lily couldn't get a enough of her!

 is she a sweetie and a beauty or what?!

 Aunt Jessica getting some snuggle time with both girls!

(I copied these from Jessica's blog, I just had to have them!)

bizarre laundry finds

probably from the pockets of Peter...


* fake, old, tarnished ID bracelet
* play money (coins) (& real coins, of course!)... he needs to tip his Mama for her services!
and today...  
* a small (1/2 inch) plastic TOOTH that opens... inside are those teeny rubber bands for braces... YUCK!  WEIRD!

Where does he find this stuff?!

Birthday Pics

Lily's Birthday thru my phone :)

modeling her new outfits 

 dinner out at South Wind Pizza

thankful

Be joyful always; pray continually; 
give thanks in all circumstances, 
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  
1 Thes 5:16-18


Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
   and he delivered them from their distress.
{He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
   and burst their bonds apart.}
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
   for his wondrous works to the children of man!


 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
   and he delivered them from their distress.{He made the storm be still,
   and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
   and he brought them to their desired haven.}
Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
   for his wondrous works to the children of man!
from Psalm 107


I realized recently that I should make note on here that its been a huge praise and work of God lately that I have been less sad in the last few weeks about our miscarriage.  I didn't want to only share the sad and not the good too!

what we've been up to

Its been project mode recently!  

Last week, I was quite serious about checking things off my list (fun things!)...

*  I spray painted our little table and chairs.  It took for.ev.er and 16 trips to the store for more paint.  I'd only ever spray painted little things before.  I definitely didn't fall in love with spray painting.  I didn't love the fumes, the not-so-great coverage, or the toxicities listed on the label (that I only read after I'd gotten too far in to turn back).  I've put some water-based polyurethane on the table and plan to coat the chairs too.

*  We got some plants to grow this summer (i know, a little late to the game).  This cute cucumber plant and a tomato plant & basil in the back.  Its been Peter's job to water them.  :)

Its fun to watch them grow even if they don't end up producing anything for us.

*  I've cleared and sorted LOTS of things and taken loads to goodwill (love doing that!).

(and Lily found that little chair at goodwill and wanted it so I spray painted it so her babies can have a chair like hers.)  

We put away their booster seats in the dining room too and have been having them sit at the table with us... fun!

*  We've also played with friends!  These are the 3 little chicks playing in their "nest".

* Speaking of friends, I booked my flight to go visit Kari for a long weekend & celebrate her babies!  

I CAN'T WAIT!

 *  Last weekend, Mike and I had the most fun date night.  We had a nice dinner out and then walked around  a little to enjoy the evening and picked up some treats for the kids.  Lily had been asking for a necklace so we bought her some $2 jewelry.. pink necklaces & bracelets.

Peter got this horn.  He loves it and is really good at it... great oral motor exercise, I hope.

(oh, and Mike got this Elmo shirt... he likes to talk like Elmo for the kids so they think it's great!)

*  After weeks away, Maw was finally able to visit us this week for 3 days!  

We hit some clearance sales and made some fun purchases.

I even had our babysitter come one afternoon while the kids were napping so Mom and I could head out alone!  :)  

And of course, our weeks have been full of therapies and a fun new gym class for Peter.

*  I "fixed" the paintings and hung them (loving my neutral walls)

*  And we've been prepping for Lily's birthday party next week!

Have a great weekend!