Memorial Day Weekend

With Daddy at the golf course (The Natural)


With Grandpa at the golf course (Black Bear)


In front of the irises at Grammy's house

At Mackinaw Outfitter's - holding my head up so well and taking in all the new sights!

Lila's first trip to Mackinaw! We didn't cross the bridge, so she is yet to be in the UP, but I'm sure that day will come soon! :)

Look at me! I just want to sit up and be a big girl! First time sitting in a restaurant high chair. She's still too little to be in there all by herself- she falls over sometimes, so she's still being held. But she loved it! :)

A beautiful day to lay in the grass at the golf course

Happy girl - always!

Look how well I can hold up my head! As soon as I can figure out how to get my legs working, I'll be crawling all over!

This past weekend we went up to Gaylord for a mini-vacation. It was sooo great to get away. We took my dad's new truck and watched movies there and back - fun time! :) The guys golfed a different course each day. My mom and Lila and I managed to do some damage downtown in the form of Vera, Brighton, and Life is Good - 3 of my most favorite things! :)

Lila had a shot-only visit to the doctor this week. She got 2 shots and was not very happy about it! I'm not sure who was worse - Lila or me!! I didn't cry though! She now weighs 15 pounds 8 ounces. No wonder I desperately need a visit to the chiropractor!

Lila is just awesome. There are lots of days where school is driving me crazy because it's the end of the year and our schedule is all messed up with different things and the kids are all hyped up and I just want to cry or scream. And I just think of how much longer I have until I get to come home to my happy, smiley, wonderful baby girl. She doesn't seem as much like a baby anymore as a miniture little person. She loves to sit up and stand up (both with assistance, of course!). This week she has started grabbing toys and shaking them around or throwing them. She wakes up happy every day - there is nothing better than walking over to the crib and when she sees you, she gives you a huge smile. I love it! She loves watching the dogs, they're so good with her and don't seem to mind too much that they don't get nearly the amount of attention that they used to get.

As I type this, there are 8 school days left. One real week. Yeehaw! Then many weeks of pure Lila fun! :) I can't wait!

3 Months!

Happy girl!


Lila in her excersaucer with her new favorite toy - the Mozart music box - she can make it work all by herself!



Sitting up straight and tall and shaking her cow for the camera

Lila and Daddy watching the Tigers!

Lila, Grammy, and Great-Grandma all bundled up ready for the MSU Art Fair

The whole family at Andrew's graduation party

Mother's Day - four generations of mothers and daughters :)

Well, based on my lack of posts, you can guess how crazy it's been around our house lately! Simply put - I went back to work. I have been trying my very very best to get as much done during the day as possible, but I have had to go in to school a couple weekends since I've been back. FIFTEEN more days of school - but who's counting?!? :)

In the past month Lila has grown a ton!! She is now in 3-6 month clothes, she holds her head up really well and loves to stand up. She's really "talking" now too. Although she does seem to be a bit camera shy - this morning T was getting her dressed and they were chatting up a storm and I got the video camera out and poof! No more talking. That's definitely something we need to work on! Speaking of video, we've been taking a lot more lately. She's actually doing things now - a lot more exciting than a baby laying around. She loves her baths. She's smiling all the time and has done some laughing. Her biggest smile and laugh she did for the ceiling fan in our room! Oh, how she loves the fans!

I had my first Mother's Day! :) It was a very nice day - presents and love and fun family times. :) The day before, we all had been gone to Portage for my cousin's graduation party and I think that Lila was still a little "off" from that day, which made Sunday a funky day for her. She constantly wanted to be held, nursed, and was kind of cranky. That seems to happen for her about one day a month - we can't expect her to be perfect EVERY day! Although, it would have been nice for her cranky day to not be on Mother's Day, but it didn't really matter. My grandma has been here so we've also been doing lots with her and it was special to have her with us on Mother's Day.

Let's see... what else... did I mention that there are only 15 more days of school? I am sooooo looking forward to it. Can you tell?!? For only the second year since I've been teaching, I am not teaching summer school. Lila and I are going to hang out all summer on the deck! We bought a new giant umbrella for out there and we're going to get a fun little pool and we're going to lounge in the pool all day. :) I can't wait!!

As always, check out the My Flickr link to oodles more Lila photos. :)