1st Dentist visit - Mia

Last week Annie and I took Mia for her first dental check up and she did great! She let the hygienist clean her teeth, brush with fluroride and did great when the Dentist inspected her teeth. No cavities! She received stickers and a prize from the treasure box. She has 20 teeth.

Here she is before her exam - she looks nervous but she really wasn't at all.

Boston visit

The girls and I took a trip to Boston to visit my best friend from college, Sara and her kiddos...plus our annual reunion with our other roomies from college, Stacy and Tars and their kiddos. It was a great time and just makes me wish we all lived closer.

Annie did great on her first plane ride...Mia was a pro and did great too. I even received compliments from other passengers saying how good they were.

We had lots of fun. We visited Fenway park and took a tour, splashed in Frog Pond, went to their Yacht Club (but the waves were too choppy for swimming in the bay), played at their friend Nicole's house (it was a 100 degree day so we didn't last long outside)...Sara took the kids to see Winnie the Pooh while I stayed back to watch Annie and Claire. Sara and I got to sneak out for drinks to the L Street Tavern then the other night we went to North End for a yummy Italian dinner (thanks to her husband Chris for staying back to keep watch over the sleeping kiddos). Saturday we drove to Sta's dad's house for the annual get together. The kids had a blast swimming in the pool and it was great to see everyone. All the kiddos are getting so big. The girls and I ended back home early Sunday morning. Mia loved playing with Lizzie and Owen.




















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Grandma Victoria

We spent this past weekend in Seville, Ohio where daddy grew up. It was a special weekend to remember Grandma Victoria with daddy's sisters, christopher and Jason. Saturday we all ran the Lodi corn fest 5k - it was really hilly but so much fun. Jason and dad pushed the kids in their strollers and did great. Aunt Kelly and uncle Dave lead the race but we all received awards :) then we had a beautiful memorial at dusk at the Hubbard valley park. It was a great weekend and a wonderful way to show the kids all about who their grandma was. She was a beautiful, simple and funny person. She was a great mom and she will live on in her grandkids.









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Location:Seville,Ohio

14 months -Annie!

Yep...time is flying by! Here is what's she's up to:

• still mischievous....we are always watching her carefully as she likes to put things in her mouth (stones and crayons on vacation - yikes) and likes to climb the stairs whenever she wants.
  
• She is very decisive...if she wants something she really lets you know what it is. She gets frustrated when she can't say the words but I am sure those words aren't too far away. She is very easily understood though and communicates very easily
  
• follows directions great - she picks things up quickly. For example, I usually pull her in the wagon while Mia's rides her bike in the afternoon and the other day right before we got to our house she took the garage opener and opened it up on her own! She gets really upset too if you tell her "Annie want to go for a walk" she will go right to the hallway and get her shoes and expect to go THAT second...too cute
• eating and drinking great....she likes pretty much everything we give her, really loves watermelon, grapes, meats, peas, corn, bananas, yogurt, applesauce....the usual!
• very social, she loves when we are out and sees other kids. She plays great and really likes to be apart of whatever is going on.
  

Moos like a cow!!!!!

Mia hugging her lil sis








Mia and mom at millenium park





Annie at the Frankfort museum this week

4th of July fun

Happy 4th of July! We celebrated with most of our family up at the summer house for a long and fun weekend! We all got up to the summer house early Saturday, hung out, enjoyed the pool then watched the fourth of July parade from our front yard. We had a huge BBQ and enjoyed the night, we also had a birthday cake for Uncle Chris. We saw the fireworks from the road. Sunday the guys took a kayaking trip on the Dowagiac river and the girls took the kiddos to St. Joe's to enjoy the splash park, beach playground, carousel and lunch! We then came back and a group of us went to a few wineries while another group stayed back to watch the kiddos. We ordered pizzas and had a bonfire and lots of laughs. Monday everyone went home.

When we got home we had a bbq with the girls then took them to Dairy Queen for a fourth of July treat. It was a great weekend and so nice to have had everyone together. Who was there: Aunt Kelly, Uncle Jason, Christopher, Papa, Aunt Christie, Uncle Chris, Papo, Grandma, Bosco, Charlie, Banyan, Mia, Annie, Mom and Dad.

Christopher and Mia had a great time together - they are two peas in a pod and just played and stayed together the entire time. We made them a little nest in the living room and they had fun sleeping over together. Annie is very interested in them and their play but mostly hangs out with mom and dad. The kids all loved the pool and just being together.


























Mia and Annie were really happy that Aunt Christie stayed with us last week for a few days. She was in town early and so was Aunt Kelly for our Eddie Vedder concert. That was such a great night, we spent the night downtown after the show and Grandma stayed with the girls for a fun sleepover. Mia and Annie adore their Aunt Christie, she played and read to them and they had so much fun just hanging out with her.

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Location:Dowagiac, mi