Bug Party...

So, the long awaited bug birthday party pictures are finally posted! Hooray! The party was the Sunday after her birthday, just down the street from us at a local park, with lost of glorious shade. It was a fairly simple party; a couple friends, some cupcakes, a little buggy type craft, and plenty of little bugs to play with (thanks to Auntie Heidi), plus the playground at the park. Lizzie picked out the theme for her party... I can't believe the bugs won over SpongeBob or Dora, but they did, and I'm very glad they did! ;)

The girls amassing their bug armies

Oh, no... where it go?

Craft time - They got to make their very own bugs

Time to blow out the candles!
I made the cupcakes too... aren't they cute little ladybugs?
We had butterflies and worms cupcakes too.

All exhausted at the end of the day!

Memorial Day Weekend...

Ah, holiday weekends... Ben's home an extra day, it just happened to be Lizzie's birthday weekend, and it was cloudy and cold (well cold for down here anyways)! We open some presents over the weekend because Ben wanted to play with her new toys, so Lizzie got to celebrate a little early. She got all kinds of fun stuff, but I couldn't snap enough pictures to show it all before the camera shut down on me... sorry mom. (My camera is completely lame lately and the battery will not hold a charge anymore. We haven't replaced the one that was broken from when we went camping so long ago, so we're still using the really quirky one we had before Lizzie was born). Anyways it was a really nice weekend... more to come of Lizzie's actual birthday and her party soon. I still have to process all those pictures.

Lizzie's ladybug land. You can actually grow real bugs in there.

At the park flying a kite for the very first time.

Oh, did you notice what Lizzie's wearing the in the pictures above? That's right... big girl underwear. Our little girl is potty trained now and only wears a pull-up at night. She's doing really well. We've only had a couple accidents here and there, but that's to be expected. We've even gone on multiple trips to different places in just the undies and only once did we not make it. Yay, no more diapers!

Saturday at the Park...

Last Saturday we spent the afternoon playing at the park with Auntie Heidi's newly adopted beagle, Mable, while she was at work. Lizzie absolutely adores that dog and is constantly asking about "Heidi's doggie"... it's so cute. So, now Ben wants a dog (thanks Heidi), but I have to keep reminding him that in 4 months we're already adding on to our family with a new baby, and that he wouldn't be the one to take care of it since he's at work all day long (somehow I'd be stuck with it all and 2 kids). It's kind of funny because around this same time last year I was the one pestering him about getting a dog and now he's doing the same back to me. ;) Anyways, we can't even have pets where we're at now anyways, so maybe sometime this next summer if he's still serious. Until then we'll just enjoy Heidi's new dog, Ben can still get his fix, and I still get to keep my sanity... for a little while longer that is.

More Park Pictures...

Another Day at the Park...

Oh, the park... I think we're here at least two times a week. Especially now that it feels like summer and Lizzie hates being cooped up in a stuffy, hot apartment (oh, how I wish we had a backyard)! She always has a great time no matter where we go, and she absolutely loves playing with all the little kids. And as you can see from the picture below it has officially started... the boys are already chasing after her. Too bad I wasn't fast enough with the camera and you would have seen that Lizzie was the one who actually initiated the chase! For some reason Lizzie just loves Ethan and Ethan loves her just as much... it's too cute when the two of them are together.

On a side note... I've got to get that girl to wear some sunglasses and soon before she has no eyes left! ;)

Sunny Days

Here's some more adorable shots from the park playing in the grass.
Oh, she so cute!

Playing at the Park

Here's some pics of our days at the park. It's great, we seem to go there quite a bit lately. We try to go every weekend. Some times we'll go both on Saturday and Sunday, since Lizzie and I have been cooped up all week in the house without a way to get out. (Oh the joys of only having one car!) It all depends on the weather though. It seems to think it's still winter around here, so it's been raining off and on all week. I can't wait until it's nice all the time. All of these pictures were taken at a couple of parks by our house. It's a lot of fun and Lizzie really enjoys being outside in the sunshine! One of her favorite things to do at the park is play on the swings. She also loves to crawl all over the place. It's fun to watch, because she looks so tiny if the grass is kind of tall.