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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Father's Day & Mommy's 30th Birthday!

On Sunday, Grandpa and Grandma Wiech took us to Bonfire to celebrate my 30th birthday and Father's Day.  We had a great time...other than it taking FOREVER to get anything!!... The pictures look like it was a nice, relaxing, fun dinner....but by the end of the 2 1/2 hour trip...momma was not so relaxed...you ever try to keep a 2 year old entertained at a restaurant for 2 1/2 hours?  Exhausting!  But we did have a blast with the ice cream sundae Alaina got to make and thank god for the balloon guy...he bought us about 20 minutes...Thanks for the great dinner Mom & Dad!
Ohh so cold!

I better share with my Papa!

This is sooo much fun getting ice cream all over papa's face!
Here's my beautiful birthday hat, Alaina's princess tiara and grandma is wearing the rocking horse on her head!
Daddy looks better wearing that thingy!


Finally we are home and ready for a bike ride!....

On Mommy's new bike we bought her for her birthday! ~ I LOVE IT!!  We've gone on a bike ride every night since and Alaina is loving it also!!  Good job daddy! 

Happy Father's Day!!


Happy Father's Day to 3 of the best Daddy's in our world!



Best smile I could get!


Monday, June 20, 2011

Shhh It's a Surprise!!

Brian(with a lot of help from Jessi & Erin) threw me a surprise 30th Birthday Bash!!  Of course at one of my favorite restaurants - Muddy Waters!  Our group of friends always has a great time, and that we did once again for this special occasion!!  A fun time was had by all... as you'll see in the pictures below!  Thank you Brian, Jessi and Erin for the awesome party!



The Group!

Where are Jon's eyes?

The girls!

Starting to get tipsy?
The four headed monster!
Not quite sure what I had going on here?
Dancing at Duggies - Thought I'd save the best for last!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Best Friends Forever!

I don't know what Alaina would do without her bestfriend Maggie!!  Everywhere we go she asks "Maggie come too?"  It's sooo cute!  She wants to bring her grocery shopping, to Target, to grandma's and recently she started asking if we could bring her to daycare!...I told her Jess probably wouldn't like that! 

Morning snuggles!


Afternoon hugs!

Nigh time walks to the park!

This is sooo fun, I love taking Maggie on walks to the park!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Goodbye Diapers, Hello Underwear!!

Yep, we said goodbye to diapers about 2 weeks ago now!  We were planning on spending our Memorial Day Weekend reading "The Potty Boot Camp" book... but instead we spent the whole weekend going pee pee in the potty!!  Grandma Lynne called me and told me to bring her potty chair to the cabin, just in case she wants to use it (she had been using it off and on for about 4 months or so)... So we arrived at the cabin Friday night, brought the potty chair in and she wants to use it right away...and also wants to be in the bathroom alone...I left her alone for a little bit, walk in the bathroom and there is poop all over the rug, her socks and a little on the potty, yes on the potty not IN the potty... After a much needed bath we went to bed... The next morning she woke up dry, so I talked her into going on the potty again.. And that was it, she used the potty the rest of the weekend and hasn't been wearing diapers since!  I was still reading "The Potty Boot Camp" on Saturday during her nap because I thought she was just going through another phase where she really liked using the potty chair.  I was still not sure if this was it on Sunday, so I didn't start celebrating, but by Monday, I knew this was it, we are done with diapers!   And oh boy am I glad she did it on her own without doing "The Boot Camp" technique.. As I was reading the book I was freaking out thinking this is going to be a nightmare and I might loose my mind and Brian better not think of leaving me alone to do this by myself...But thankfully we didn't have to do it!...Thank you Alaina for being a big girl and deciding you don't need diapers anymore!  We are so proud of you and we love you sooo much!!  I've been trying to take her picture in her big girl undies, but she is not a fan of underwear/potty chair pics!!  As you will see below!
First time going potty in Mike and Sarah's cabin, LOVES the pretty flowers on the seat!!
Put that dang think away mom!  I said no potty pics!

OUT!  I said absolutely no pics of me in my potty chair!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A Sun & Fun Filled Weekend!

We had a fun and sun filled weekend outside!  We started with dinner at Grandma's on Thursday! Friday we went to the pool with Katie and Elena(our future babysitter!)  Saturday we just hung out at home in our undies(see pic below!)  Sunday we had the pool filled up by 8:30 and spent the morning outside playing with the neighbors, Eric and Jon.  Then after a much needed nap we took off on a bike/rollerblade/jogging stroller trip around town!  We stopped at the park for a quick swing and then headed to DQ for some cool treats!  It was a great weekend and I hope the nice weather is here to stay!

Aren't my new shades cool?!

Watch out people, I DO NOT know how to steer!

Elena and Alaina




Just playin' in the sandbox in my undies!

Daddy's finally home after a week long work trip to ND!!

Sleepy time!
So, excited to have Eric over, not so sure Eric likes her choke hold though!

I guess Eric can borrow one of my five pairs of sunglasses...



Going crazy in the yard, Eric's here!

Our trip to the park before DQ!
Yummy Ice Cream!!




Thursday, June 2, 2011

First Cabin Adventure of 2011!

We had a nice relaxing Memorial Day weekend at the cabin with Grandpa, Grandma and the Thells!  We didn't do much, just a lot of relaxing, napping and eating...as usual!  Alaina was great entertainment for everyone and they all loved hearing her sing the ABC song!...For some reason I can't get the video to post on here, but I will keep trying because it is really cute!
Ahhh, this is the life!

This is fun!

But, this is wayyy more fun!!
Can I please just go in Mom?

Peek!

Just woke up from my nap, put that camera away daddy!

Snuggle time with Mommy!


Not too sure about this froggy in the sandbox?!


Helping grandpa do some gardening....