Monday, August 29, 2011

Recent Phone Pics of Adlee!

I have been taking a lot more pics of Adlee on my phone than on my camera it seems like. Because I always have my phone by me for that reason, to get cute/fun pics.
Here are several that I have taken the last couple of weeks.

We went out for breakfast last weekend and Adlee got Mickey Mouse pancakes. That girl can eat some pancakes!























Adlee's friend Chloe has a Mustang so she gave her a ride when we got together with Chloe and her parents for pizza last weekend.
























Adlee's new hiding spot is under the little desk area in our kitchen. It was so funny, I had a lady come over to buy some hair bows off of me last week and Adlee hid under there looking up at her like who are you and why are you at my house.
























Adlee loves giving her doggies kisses. She loves giving everyone kisses. Just Friday night at the Football game, her boyfriend Cam gave her a kiss.
























Adlee and her friend Miley were cruising in their cars one night last week. Miley is our neighbor. One great thing about our street is there are tons of kids and we all play outside in the evenings!
























We went to the Bayern Stube for my Birthday and Steve's Birthday on the 16th.
























This was Adlee at dinner at the Bayern Stube
























Adlee's friend Taylor just left for College last week. She is going to Illinois State University. Taylor has babysat Adlee a few times and used to go to Vickie's when she was little so she still stops by Vickie's to see the kids and help Vickie out. We had Taylor over for pizza the night before she left!
























Adlee and some friends at the Circus last week! She actually sat and watched it.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Long Overdue Blog Post!

Warning: Picture Overload!

Wow, we have been busy the last couple of weeks! So busy I have not had time to really blog much, by the time I sit down I am wiped!

This weekend we started went to Kid's Day at the Park! It was so much fun. Adlee had a ball and had her picture taken with a clown. She did great!























Tonight we attended the Circus that came to town. Adlee had so much fun hanging out with her friends watching the Circus! We went to dinner afterwards and then got ice cream. It was about 100 degrees under the big top, we were all soooo hot.



























August 6th we had a Neighborhood Block Party! We had so much fun. The guys pulled grills out to the street and we had so much yummy food. We have so many kids on our street. 3 of the houses pulled out inflatables that the kids could jump in. Another neighbor brought out popsicles. It was a great afternoon and we all had so much fun!

























The day before the neighborhood block party, Adlee and I went to Miller Park Zoo with my Mom and Steve. Jeremy happened to get Pnemounia so we gave him a chance to be at home to rest that day. I had just had a mole removed surgically and wasn't really supposed to be lifting Adlee so my Mom and Steve came to help out.


















August 16th was my birthday. Jeremy had a school board meeting for the 2nd year in a row. It is also Steve's birthday as well, so my Mom and Steve came up and we went to the German restaurant for dinner. I had taken the 15th and 16th off of work to hang out with Adlee and we had a great couple of days.

On the 14th, Jeremy and I headed to St. Louis to go to a Cards game. We hadn't been to a game this year and it was a great little day trip. We had a quiet lunch together and went to the outlet mall and then headed to the game. The weather was really nice. We got to see Albert Pujols crank a home run out, longest homerun in Busch Stadium 3.





















We ran into Jeremy's Aunt Jeanine and Cousin Caroline at the game. They live really close to St. Louis.






















Adlee got money for her birthday to buy a swingset. On one of my days off I took her to the bank to take money out of her savings account to purchase her swingset. We got a great used swingset from our neighbor. Adlee got the pink swing as a gift for her birthday. She loves swinging on her swing and goes "Weeeee" every time she swings!





















We have had a blast the last several weeks! Although I am ready for Fall, I also don't want the Summer to end. We have enjoyed grilling out quite a bit, hitting up Dairy Queen, playing outside and seeing all the neighbors outside. It is hard to believe that this Friday is the first home football game for the High School.

Jeremy is back in school now. Kids had their first full day today.

Adlee is doing so much new fun stuff every day. She is walking, although she gets lazy and still crawls. She talks A LOT! She loves saying her name, Mommy, Daddy, Dee, Boom Boom (Lucie), ball, dog, hi, bye, and many many more. She basically repeats everything we say. She is a little lover and loves to give us hugs and kisses. Whether she gives us a hug or her baby doll she says "Awww..." every time. It is so precious! We love our baby girl so much!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

First Vacation as a Family of 3!

I am just now getting around to posting about our family vacation which was almost 2 weeks ago. We ventured 3 hours to St. Joseph, Michigan to the beach! It was a wonderful vacation. We rented a cute little house for a week. The house was within walking distance to the beach and had everything we needed. We went to the grocery store and bought groceries for breakfast and lunch and ate dinner out every night. It's not a vacation if you can't enjoy meals out. We also hit up a few ice cream parlors in the cute little town we stayed in. St. Joseph is right on Lake Michigan. It was very family friendly and most people there were on vacation. Going in to restaurants in your cover ups and swim suits was no big deal.

We went to the beach about every other day. We did not want to expose Adlee to too much sun so we tried to alternate what we did. On one of our off days we walked downtown to visit all the cute little shops, we took Adlee to the Children's museum and to Splash Park. We also took her to ride the Carousel for the first time. On another off day we drove about 30 minutes to an outlet mall.

We had a wonderful time and will go back especially since it is so close to home...only a 3 hour drive so we did not have to stop.
Enjoy the pictures from our vacation!