We had a great weekend! Friday was Jeremy's Birthday! He was traveling to Iowa to attend a friend's family member's funeral, so we celebrated his Birthday Thursday night and Saturday. We are continuing to pray for the Einck & Merrick Families who lost their loved one Mitch at the young age of 26. We had a garage sale this weekend so Jeremy's parents came over to work the garage sale Friday while I was at work and Jeremy was out of town. Adlee went to daycare like normal and I went to work like normal. We had a great turnout at our garage sale. Adlee and neighbor friend Kate enjoyed playing for about an hour in the dog kennel we had for sale! It ended up selling so we had to have them get out! They loved it!

Sunday we just enjoyed a nice quiet day at home as we were exhausted from the week before.  We went on a long walk and stopped by the park and played!  I made Jeremy a birthday cake that looked like a golf green.  It was fun!

Birchbox!

I decided to subscribe to Birchbox. It is only $10 a month and it seems fun to receive samples of beauty products in the mail. I received my first box this weekend and it was so fun! I love the Kate Spade perfume I got. I am excited about the blue nail polish, I can wear that for Illini games. The hair tie is awesome. I got some of those in Florida and like them a lot!

Shedd Aquarium!

On Sunday we decided to take Adlee to Shedd Aquarium since we were in the Chicago area anyway. We got there first thing and were first in line. We did not know how busy or hectic it would be on a Sunday morning. It was perfect but by the time we were leaving there were lines out the door. She loved all the fish in the tanks that she could look at. We went to a 4D Dora Experience. It was really cute. It was only 15 minutes long but we only lasted about 10 minutes. They actually mist you with water and blow air on you which she did not like. It made her mad:) But all in all we had a great time!

Wedding in the Burbs!

This weekend we had Jeremy's cousin Ryan's wedding in the Chicago Suburbs. It was a really nice small wedding. We had a great time!
The wedding was at 10:30 on Saturday and the reception followed promptly at noon.  It was very nice.  We were able to take Adlee back to the hotel for a nap before going to Ryan's parents house for pizza Saturday night!

The bride and groom...Cloudette and Ryan!

The bride and groom with their parents!

Jeremy, Adlee and I at the reception!  Adlee was so cute, there were two little boys that were Ryan's cousins from his Mom's side that Adlee really wanted to dance with but they really wanted nothing to do with her:)

The back of Cloudette's dress!  Very pretty!

The reception was at a banquet hall and looked really nice!

They got married in a Catholic Church and this cross with Jesus on it was just beautiful!  I can't imagine how much it weighed because it was all glass!

Since the wedding was at 10:30 on Saturday, we left home pretty early to get to the Chicago area and allow any time for traffic, etc.  This was Adlee before leaving the house!

We stayed the night on Saturday night and took Adlee to Shedd Aquarium on Sunday!  She had a good time.  I will follow up with a post on that next!

Target $1 Section....

Always gives me inspiration for Adlee's next birthday party! Even it is not until months away. Unless she decides to drop Minnie like a bad habit like she did Elmo!

9/11

On my way to work I saw a really cool memorial service for 9/11 at one of the parks downtown. There were many police men and women and firefighters all in uniform with a big American flag hung! I had to stop at the stop light so I snapped a picture of it and thought it was really cool to witness.

What Has Adlee Been Up To?

Adlee has been having a bunch of fun!
She has been going for long walks with her Mom & Dad and going to Dairy Queen for ice cream and the parks to play!

She has been participating in golf cart parades and sitting on family member's tractors!

She has been wearing her Mom's shoes!

And meeting her twin cousins for the 1st time!

She has started playing dress up! Which her Mommy loves, her Daddy is a little unsure:)

She has taken an interest in photography...."say hamburger!"

 Bathtime and watching Mickey's Clubhouse before bed!  Getting a hair cut Saturday before school pictures next week!

And last but not least, telling her Mommy & Daddy she loves them out of the blue and giving random kisses!!!  Our girl is growing way too fast!