We went Sunday to a Birthday party at Sean and Stephanie's new house. We all had a blast. It was especially nice to see their new puppies. The dogs loved Michaela and chased her around and played with her as if she was one of them. Michaela loved every moment!
We just replaced our very old, yet much love king size bed, with a brand new queen size Sears-o-pedic. We absolutely love it, and love being able to use our fancy bedding again. We had to store it all when we got rid of our first bed. At that time, Nannie gave us her old, king size bed. It served us well for several years, but lately I'd been waking up each mornig with terrible back pains, so we decided it was time to replace it.
Michaela fell down, and Micah was right there to help her up. He asked if she was ok, then helped her get back on her feet. It was adorable.
We came across a house being built in the woods. Michaela had fun exploring it, and posing on the tractor.
We just spent a very nice weekend with Mom and Dad. Here's us taking Michaela for a little hike in the woods.
They were charging 10$ to have your kids pictures taken with this Zebra....hey I know it's for a good cause and all, but do I look like I'm made of money. We just took a picture of some other kid feeding the Zebra....That was free.
These are our good friends, neighbors, and fellow Katan addicts, Lynn Rick and their kids, Jake and Stephanie. They got us the tickets to the circus. Thanks again guys!
We just took Michaela to her first circus. We had such a great time. It was the shriners, and they did an amazing job. It was so professional. I can't wait to take Michaela back next year. She absolutely loved it! She was laughing and clapping, and she had her very first cotton candy. Yummy!!!!
Michaela loves playing with her new kitchen set that she got from Meghan and Aaron and Mom and Dad for her Birthday. She's quite a little "Mommy" with her dolls and stuffed animals. The pink teddy bear on the left in the top picture was a Christmas present from Bruce and Jolanda, and the Doggie in the middle was a Birthday present from Frank and Isabel. It's the Dog from the popular children's book "Are you my Mother?". They gave Michaela a special edition of that book along with the stuffed doggie. Michaela calls the dog "Gavin" which is the name of Sean and Stephanie's Golden retriever. Before she got Gavin, Michaela never wanted stuffed animals in her bed, but now she cuddles with Gavin every night, and has allowed other stuffed friends to sleep with her too. She carries Gavin around everywhere. The Cabbage Patch doll on the right was a Christmas gift from Meghan and Aaron, and the adorable outfit she's wearing was from Caitlin and Sharon. Thanks everyone, Michaela really loves all your kind gifts.
I love this picture. With the pig tails, I find she looks a lot like I used to at that age. I also find she looks really grown up here.
We got together last Sunday for an amazing BBQ with Rick and Donna, Frank and Isabel, Sean, Stephanie, Lucas , Suzanne, Rebecca, Tim, and Matthew. Turns out it was also Rick and Donna's anniversary (Brownie points for me, I remembered). Congratulations Uncle Rick and Auntie Donna, you're an inspiration to us all!
Yup, with the return of Caitlin and Sharon from their adventures in Australia, Heidi has gone back to her real mummies and the cats are breathing sighs of relief. Newt took up (almost) permanent residence in our cupboard. He just came down to use the litter box (at least I hope he did). Michaela however is suffering from withdrawal. I often catch her pulling a toy telephone up and down the hallways saying "walkin' Heidi, walkin' Heidi".
I just love this shot of Jon and Michaela fishing together. We discovered that a bit of hotdog on a hook very quickly caught us a bunch of little fishies. Michaela would touch each of them, watch them in her bucket for a few minutes, then we would toss them back. That was pretty fun entertainment for a while until Heidi stole what was left of our hotdog, oh well.
Some would say that dressing the kids up so fancy just to get a few cute pictures is a form of child abuse, still, they sure look cute!
Michaela in her birthday dress, with her first "candy necklace". What a great party, thanks Meghan!
For Michaela's 2nd Birthday we took the kids to the Playtrium. We all had a blast, and I think the kids had fun too.
I can always count on Grandma to entertain Michaela, especially when Mommy and Daddy need a little extra sleep, as was the case in this picture. Notice Michaela is still in her P.J.s.
