What we are doing

Lily is still no where near walking but the girl loves to dance! She hears any type of Jingle and she shakes her head back and forth like crazy, now Leo even knows what she is doing, when she is whipping her hair back and forth he looks at you and says "Lily dance, Lily dance!"

"What you doing" a question I hear a million times a day from Leo. Most of the time he knows exactly what you are doing but he asks anyway and if you tell him the wrong thing he quickly corrects you.

Leo "Mom what you doing?"
Me"Taking a shower"
Leo"No you taking a bath" "Oh you taking a Shower..." "Are you done?" in one long breath!

Another form of questioning that is popular with him:

"You doing laundry?" "I do laundry tooooooo" The "too" is always in a very deep long voice
"You cooking" "I cook too"

In the middle of the day.

Nap time has to include "jammies" now for some reason but it has made naptime happen easy to I will take it.

Enjoying the wonderful weather we have been having!

Leo's version of folding laundry.

Lily's face is priceless "silly brother!"

Leo loves to go to the clinic with Daddy..he is always guaranteed a sucker and playtime with a kitty cat that Mike is oh so casually hinting at adopting.

Leo has a fantastic memory (when he wants to) several weeks ago I was swinging him on the front porch and fed him donuts while he was in the swing now every time we swing he asks where are his donuts...jeez.

His imagination has really taken off...He is adorable to listen to while he is playing. He talks for his toys and makes up situations where he he has to rescue other toys with his fire engine.We bought a dollhouse a few days ago and one of the first things he did was have all the dolls go potty while he made the sound effects!  He makes Lily's tinkerbell fly and he also has started wearing his superhero cape and pretend he is "fying" I absolutely love this stage!

Learning to use pedals.

Must be hard work to be spider-man and Sheriff woody at the same time.

His love for trains has exploded even more that we found a museum here in town that you can get in and out of several different styles, We will most likely have to invest in the membership to the museum since we had to drag him out literally kicking and screaming "I want to see trains!!" The employee there felt bad for him so he gave us free coloring books which Leo enjoyed very much.

The boys were in love.

Side Note: I have to go get a new drivers licence this week which makes me very sad, My current picture is fantastic I took it two days after our wedding and I will be sad when the cut it up :(

I have been working on their playroom downstairs with painting and new wall decals, organization and a few new toys. Pictures to come!

Very shocking but Lily loves peas! Mike despises peas and I really can't get Leo to eat them unless they are mixed in with pasta but Lily gobbles them up like crazy! She also has been severely burnt out on strawberry yogurt and applesauce so her taste buds could just be screaming for a change. New favorites include the peas, cottage cheese, apple juice (gulp, gulp, gulp) and mashed potatoes.



Leo has been very clingy to his cousin Brenden lately, we have had a few sleepovers and day outings together and Leo has been getting so excited! He literally throws himself to the ground screaming when Brenden has to go home. Almost every morning he asks "We go see Brenden?" or "Where is Brenden, I want see him" Awe I hope the bond lasts! It is very cute to see them play.

The weather has been amazing and I can't wait to get their pictures done in their Halloween costumes!! Lets hope Leo plays along...he has plenty of outfits to choose from so we will see!

Leo was not a fan of the frog costume I originally
 picked out to go with Lily's princess costume...

Leo

Oh Leo, seriously where do I begin with Leo? Everyday he says about 10 different things I tell myself to write down so I don't forget how cute his sayings are and at the end of the day I am lucky if I remember 3 of them.  His new favorite question is "what you doing?" which he asks about 5 times an hour, most of the time he knows what are you doing I think he just likes to feel involved in whatever project I am working on. He is slowing moving on from Toy Story to the Shrek movies...which there are FOUR of. Good thing I love Shrek! Don't worry he still watches the other pixar movies at least twice a week if not more.

Another favorite of mine is when he wants to distract you from something like him taking a bath, going to bed  or anything that Mr. Leo doesn't want to do, he tells you that he wants to "watch this for a minute" it doesn't even have to be a show he likes. The other day before his nap he he pointed to what I was watching, which was "The Office", saying "lets watch this for a minute" anything to get out of sleeping...naps are wasted on the young!

He loves playing soccer in the front yard right now, which I mentioned before how Lily loves watching him and Mike play! Leo is really good at kicking, I think we might have a star on our hands. Playing outside has been wonderful since the weather cooled down and Leo has taken advantage of it very often. He has been playing outside literally for hours everyday! He also asks to go to "the clinic" or says "I go to work too?" mainly to get a sucker and show off to all the ladies in the office. In case you wondering what Leo does to show off I will tell you ...it's licking...anything. Last week it was the fire hydrant and after that  he licked the stone on the outside of the building! We correct him but  I am certain he is going to grow some type of fungus on his tongue. yuck.

He still bites his nails but when I am clipping Lily's he must have his clipped too but the biting makes it a little hard to have anything to clip so we have to pretend, he thinks it's fun.

He is very into "cleaning" everything lately.

Seems a certain little boy thought he could eat mommy's makeup

going "ou-side"

Sheriff Leo!

Leo being a typical big brother

We were keeping susie while she was sick last week and
Leo was very sweet with her! Petting her saying shh it's alright"

Playing with woody and buzz while babysitting Reggie.

Helping with the dishes, his idea!

He wanted to wear his race-car driver costume to dinner.

Elmo anyone?

Marriage

September 19th 2009 was the day Mike and I became Husband and Wife.

I feel so blessed everyday that I get to spend with him, here is to many many more years of blessings! 

Lily Days

Where to begin...I will start with a Lily update since she hasn't had as many updates as Mr. Leo. Since Lily has turned one it seems like she changes more and more everyday. Here are a few new tricks she has-

• She loves to "dance" but since she isn't walking yet her "dancing" is sitting while shaking her head back and forth, the girl is going to get whip-lash! 
• Her newest word is "um-ma" I am saying it means grandma.
• She has quit having a bottle through the night..yes that means she is still using a bottle! She still has not found a love for sippy cups. 
• She loves taking things out of bags, baskets, etc...especially the diaper bag!
• She will laugh hysterically every time Leo runs around her and also when he plays soccer with daddy, we've got it on video several times!
• Her taste buds are maturing she has started really loving mashed potatoes, carrots and cheerios. Grandma Julie canned a TON of applesauce last month so Lily has been eating lots of it...if she grows up to hate apples you will know why. 

She is still a very laid back little girl but she has started to have quite the personality at the same time. She loves playing with Leo and has really started getting into girly things such as her baby dolls, tea sets and reading her new books.  Her separation anxiety is fading away but she if she sees me she will certainly need to be held my me... She is also very much a daddy's girl still, the way she smiles and laughs at Mike makes your heart melt for sure. 

This is how Lily goes grocery shopping

Playing Peek-a-boo

Finally loves her baths!

CURLS

She can seriously fall asleep anywhere

fairy princess

Caught her stealing my sunglasses!

This is what Lily does while I take a shower...Have to keep an eye on her!

Rainy day on the porch.

Playing with grass.

Lily is becoming more mobile everyday, talking all the time and growing a bunch! I know I need to cherish these last few months where she is a "baby" because very soon I will turn around and see a toddler! 

A Very Tinkerbell Birthday Party