Wynnik Visit

The last week of August some of our very dear friends came to visit from S. Carolina.  We met this couple while we lived in Decatur and Jeremy and I both worked with Mike.  Amy and I became best of friends from the first time we met.  We ended up getting pregnant about 3 months apart with our first, she with twins and me with Mila.  Sadly, Mike was transferred to N. Carolina in the middle of our pregnancies.  We drove down to Raliegh when Mila was about 3 months old and the twins were 6 months old but we hadn't seen them since!  Mike was later transferred to S. Carolina and was traveling to Peoria for training over the past several months.  We got to see him but no Amy and the twins.  This past month, Amy decided to tag along and stay with us the entire week!  It was a blast having the whole family stay with us...and THREE 2-year olds in the house!!  The kids has so much fun playing and Mila really missed her new friends once they left.  I loved being able to spend some quality time with an amazing friend and we hope to get down to visit them once our next little one is born.

Aidan and Mila playing cars

Ella all dressed up!

All three kiddos ready for bed

Marigold Festival Parade

Grandma Theresa and Aunt Danielle invited us to attend the Marigold Festival parade last weekend.  This was Mila's very first parade.  She loved running for candy, seeing Aunt Danielle on a float, listening to the bands play, and seeing the tumblers from CITT (where she takes classes).  We really lucked out with fantastic weather and I have a feeling we will be going to a few more parades this fall!

Mila and Daddy

Waiting for the start with Grandma Theresa

Look!  It's Aunt Danielle!

CITT

Grabbing candy

Captivated

More candy

Mila and Mommy

Haircut

This past week Mila had her first professional hair cut.  I took her to the same stylist that has been doing my own hair since I was 12!  Mila did great sitting in the chair and really enjoyed getting "rained" on by the squirt bottle!

Before shot

So excited about the cape

Here we go

Pretty angled bangs while they grow long

All done...and much more curly!

Circus

Grandma Camille invited the entire family to a circus in Mason City a few weeks ago.  Mila and all her cousins had so much fun watching the lions and tigers and all the other crazy acts.  Mila's favorites were a hullahoop girl and the bigs cats.

Mila and Grandma Camille

Roar!  The lion

Silly face

Lydia on her Daddy's shoulders

Hullahoop Girl

She was pretty amazing!

Look at all those hullahoops!

Mila taking pics of Aunt Ali and Mr Chris

Being silly

Just a few pics

Would you believe that I don't have ANY pics in July (except for one of her in her new bed)!  I have no idea how that happened!  I guess we've been too busy in the basement.  Hopefully everything will be done down there by the end of this weekend, with the exception of couches that we haven't even ordered yet.  Mila is getting very excited about her new play area and has been helping me organize all her toys.  The heat has also been miserable so I have been very negligent about taking Mila outside to play.  I just can't handle the heat at all!  Luckily Mila loves to do arts and crafts to keep us occupied inside!

For now...here are a few JUNE pics!

Feeding the ducks with our friend Adelyn at Eureka Lake

Swimming in the pool and watering mommy's plants

Helping mommy clean...and I love wearing her flip flops!

I love to finger paint!!

Growing up too fast

In the past two weeks Mila has gone from a "baby" to a true toddler!  It all started with a face dive out of her crib and the very next day we converted her crib into the toddler bed.  The transition has been anything but easy and I've spent a few early mornings on the floor with her and in her toddler bed a few early mornings...NOT comfy but I'm willing to do anything at this point to just get a few hours of sleep!  We also dropped her morning nap (I know, took us long enough huh?!) in hopes that she would be extra sleepy at night!  Well, after a cramped morning waking up in the toddler bed we decided yesterday to just convert her bed to the full sized bed so I could at least be comfortable sleeping!  She slept much better last night and I didn't have to go in there until almost 5am!  Success....for now!  Today she is sleeping soundly for her afternoon nap and I am hoping we are taking a giant step in the right direction!

Last week she also informed me one morning she didn't want her diaper anymore!  So I decided we would just try the potty training thing for a day because I didn't want her to be overwhelmed with her new bed AND the potty!  Well, she stayed dry all day so we continued.  She has not had an accident yet and she is even waking up dry in the morning and after naps!  YAHOO!  At least that was easy!!

So we've gone from a crib sleeping, diaper wearing baby to a full sized bed, undies wearing toddler!!!

So peaceful!

Someone is VERY excited...

about becoming a BIG SISTER in December!