Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Ali at gymnastics "walking on yellow"

Lily crawling around outside

Lily's buddy Aiden

Another "sink bath" by grandma


PawPaw & Lily

Ready for bed. . .
This morning Aunt Al watched Lily while I took Ali to gymnastics. . .we did some shopping. . .tonight PawPaw & Grandma dropped by with their new vehicle. . .





Tuesday, September 29, 2009







I worked the last 4 out of 5 days so Grandma helped out with some babysitting for a few days. Zach came over to hang out on Saturday. Aunt Susan & kids watched the girls on Saturday night while Matt, Uncle Mike, Brent & I went to the Royals game. Tonight we ran some errands getting prepared for out trip to Illinois on Thursday. We're leaving first thing Thursday morning when Matt gets home from work.



Saturday, September 26, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009







Mall

Ali makes friends wherever she goes. . .

Ali was so tired she laid down on this jeans display ready to take a nap!


Monday, September 21, 2009

Daddy's Home





Daddy is back from his trip to Colorado! The girls were very happy to see him.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sunday at PawPaw & Grandma's

Lily hanging from a tree

Ali hanging from a tree

Ali & Lily (in the "tree house")
Ali with her container full of rocks to throw in the pond

Picking flowers for grandma

Ali's treasure from our treasure hunt. . .an acorn, a feather, a yellow leaf, a stick and 3 walnuts. . .
The girls playing the piano with grandma

PawPaw & Ali
We spent the day at PawPaw & Grandma's house today. Ali LOVES it there! She is free to run and play. . .she loves to take nature walks and throw rocks in the pond.








Saturday, September 19, 2009

Circus

LoLo, Ali, Marcus, & Mike


Ali enjoying the show





LoLo sharing her snow cone with Ali





Last night Ali, LoLo & I went to the circus with our neighbors. Ali really seemed to enjoy it. She especially liked going with Marcus & LoLo. Last night while we were laying in bed Ali recapped the whole evening. . .she said "elephants, tigers, horses, funny clowns, Marcus, LoLo. . ." & went to sleep dreaming of the circus.



Friday, September 18, 2009

Pulling Up

Little Lily was standing up in her crib this morning when we went to get her!

Ali had to get in & play for awhile. . .

Grandma & Ali checking out a garage sale
Daddy is in Colorado on his yearly motorcycle ride to the Firefighter Memorial in Boulder. . .he left Thursday & will be back on Sunday. . .Grandma spent the last couple of days with us. . .I worked Wednesday night & today we spent the afternoon shopping. . .Grandma went home this evening & Nana is coming over tonight to babysit Lily while Ali, LoLo & I go to the circus at the Sprint Center.
This past week Lily has been crawling, sitting up, pulling herself up on EVERYTHING, waving bye-bye, and has two little teeth poking through. . .it's been a big week for her development.



Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Ali at gymnastics

Ali & Lily helping Grandma cook dinner



Monday, September 14, 2009

Birthday Celebration (cont.)

Zach, Ali, & Lily

Ali getting a taste of grandma's homemade red velvet cake that she made me for my birthday

PawPaw, Zach, & Lily

Me & LoLo

Grandma telling Ali a secret. . .Ali always tells the same secret "psst psst I love you"

Zach & PawPaw

Uncle Mike & Ali

Matt & Bret

Aunt Al & Lily

LoLo with ice cream on her nose

Grandma feeding Lily ice cream

Me, Zach & Ali
This evening PawPaw, Grandma, & Zach came up and we went to dinner at Red Robin for my birthday. . .PawPaw & Grandma were in Kentucky & Zach was helping with a Young Life event on my birthday so we celebrated tonight. Grandma made me a delicious red velvet cake!