father and son

I love these pics of Darrin and Lucas. They make me excited to think about the future when we can take the kids to their first baseball game at Wrigley field! As a dedicated Cubs family, we love that idea!! Go Cubs!!

a job well done

I had vacation time coming and i had one goal in mind. potty training. It was time for Mia to move out of the diapers and into big girl panties. I was given great advice by my friend andrea to use the pull up as a cover over the panties. i had already tried the old fashioned plastic ones and once they were wet, the smelled. I talked and talked to mia about using the potty and how we would no longer need messy diapers. We woke up friday morning and put on the panties. and we waited, and waited and waited. nothing. mia then announced she couldn't use the potty because she didn't know how. So we talked about it again. how to sit, what to do, etc. at noon, we tried one more time to go potty. Success!! and she hasn't looked back. She got a special reward for staying dry all day too - it was a mrs. potatoe head! Mia loved her friend madison's and wanted one of her own! (look for picture of her soon) I couldn't be more proud of her! And her friend Pinkie Pie was also very proud of her! So proud she bought her a special gift and sent her a letter!**Amelia was so excited! she carried the letter around with her for days!

**this idea was completly borrowed from my friend cassie. i think tinkerbell stopped at her house with a special gift for chloe! stop by her blog to see the story and 2 really cute girls!

summer fun

can you see it?

can you see it? luke has the exact same hair pattern as his poppa! i have heard many times that kids get their hair from their moms - but that must be an old wives tale!! and where did all the light brown hair come from? i totally thought our kids would have dark brown hair!

in full bloom

My magnolia tree has bloomed! too bad you can't smell the wonderful fragrance from these beauties - we
missed the blooms last year since we moved her in late July! they are so pretty and smell so good!

triple the cuteness!

who really feeds luke...

Play time!

an easter favorite

On easter, Bella the beautiful decided to bully Luke and steal his paci! i did rescue him after i snapped this pic!!

How old are you?

Amelia, how old are you now??

How old will you be in July??

9 months in pictures

one serious girl

My little bear

Here are some new shots of luke. He is growing and changing so much these days! He is crawling everywhere and
pulling up, but so far no walking! it's hard to believe that Mia was walking at his age!

Naps

Luke decided to take his afternoon nap a little early, while he was still in his highchair!

just like daddy...

what a hiatus!

even though we have been absent in blog land, our lives have not been on hold! we have been busy! We have been enjoying our spring weather - well, when it's not raining! We have been to mc d's playland, reading hour, to the farm, we celebrated easter, went to a playdate at meg and earnie's (mom left the camera at home for this one!) and there is probably something i am forgetting. Be on the look out - the updates are coming!! to tide you over - a picture! oh - if the picture color is off i appologize, we think mia was working on the computer and changed the settings. we have to figure out how to change them back!!

the many faces of Mia

didn't see this one - it should have made the collage!

a little time with my poppa....

there is nothing that Darrin enjoys more than getting Mia to sit still long enough to read to her. Darrin loves to read and although he would say differently about me, i do as well. But I have other things i enjoy as much. like blogging. And i tend to spend my nights doing everything i couldn't get done during the day, cleaning, laundry,etc. Hopefully Mia will grow to love reading as well!

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