Boat Beach Babes

We have two little babes that love to be on the boat and the beach! The past couple weekends we have been going up to the cabin to fish and play on the beach. This last weekend we took the BIG boat out to do a little tubing and play in the sand.

Here is Lilly watching the waves the boat makes. She said the BIG boat was like a whale!

Here is Daphanie after taking a nap. It seems the boat always puts the babies to sleep!

Cousin Jacob took Lilly in the tube with him and she had fun! That is her little feet and her hand waving!

She looks so little in the big tube!

Daphanie playing in the sand. She actually enjoyed sitting and playing in it.

Both girls playing.

Cousin Jacob covering the girls in sand! Lilly was first!

Then Daphanie, she was happy!

I love her little toes popping out in this picture!

We went to the beach where there is big, I mean HUGE sand hills, or piles.. Lilly loved climbing it over and over and sliding down or running!

She how huge it is! I think we all had a great weekend and plenty of SUN and FUN!

3 Year Check Up & 15 Month Check Up

Lillyann had her 3 year check up last week. She was behind on a shot since there was a shortage last time. This is the first time she got her blood pressure checked, and the first time she got to wear a gown! So she got two shots which she gave out a long cry and also had a finger poke which she did not cry for. We walked out with smiles, stickers and suckers! She now weighs 28 lbs which is still at the 25 percentile, and I didn't get her height! So she is still little but healthy!

Edited to add: Lillyann legs swelled after her shots. She kept telling us her knees hurt and all she wanted to do was sit on our laps with her feet up. The next morning when she woke she had huge swelling. We put cold washcloths on them and babied her all morning my afternoon she was good as new again!

Daphanie had her 15 month check-up late. She also had to get a couple shots, which she did really great for. She was 19lbs, which I don't think she that heavy but it is possible. She is in the 5-10 percentile for weight and 50 percentile for height! She is also little but healthy! She also came to Lillyann's check up where I had the doctor check her ears since she was being so fussy! She indeed had an ear infection in both ears! The doctor things if she finds another one, or fluid behind her ears we will start talking about tubes!

So all and all I have two healthy girls. I thank God for my healthy little girls!

Bike rides

One of our favorite things that we do in the summer is BIKE RIDES! Sometimes it is just around our neighborhood, or our friends/families neighborhood, but we also like to go to George Witt State Park and bike on the trails. This last week we met up with some friends. The older girls like to talk to each other when were ride side by side. Sometimes we stop at the park for some play!

Wordless Wednesday

Lillyann's 3rd Birthday Party

I themed Lillyann's Party a sweet shoppe because she calls herself Lolly! My Papa has a song for her and he calls her all kinds of names that sound like Lilly. So Lolly was in it and her nickname is now Lollipop or Lolly. Which she even calls herself Lolly most days!

The candy buffet.. yummmmy!

We were at the store and Lilly seen the strawberry cake and she told me she wanted chocolate and strawberry together. So we made marbled chocolate/strawberry cupcakes! She also helped me dip the cones in chocolate and sprinkles!

Her Jessie doll.

The candy shaped bean bags I made for the party. I really don't care that we didn't play with them much! They were fun to make and Lilly makes up games for them now at home.

Lilly chilling in her Toy Story chair with her Jessie doll.

Picnic at the park

For Lillyann's Birthday I thought it would be fun to take her to a park for a picnic. We talked about it a couple days before her birthday and she was so excited! I packed some fresh veggies, fruit, apple juice and cookies. We stopped and got her favorite cheeseburger from McDonald's. She thought it was fun to eat at the park. We had such beautiful weather.

This is the first thing the girls ran to. It was a merry-go-round with horses! I picked a park that we haven't ever been to, thinking that it would be more exciting! It was!

Daphanie enjoyed it too!

Lilly went back and forth to eat more. She loves carrots and cauliflower with ranch!

Reaching for the poll, still not to big to ask for help from mom!

Lillyann thought this was cool that the stairs were right next to the slide!

Still not to big to swing with her sissy!

Her favorite, the big kid swing! Higher, Higher!

Tuckered out! Time to go!

Happy 3rd Birthday Lillyann

Three years ago today Lillyann was born. She was my first child, she made me a mother. Something I always wanted to be. She was everything I dreamed and hope for, and today she still is. Happy Birthday My Lillyann! I hope your 3rd year is the best one yet!

less than 24 hours old

1st Birthday

2nd Birthday

Lilly loves to play outside and doesn't like to come in. She asked if it is going to snow at least once a week!

She loves going to parks and loves the swings the best, that's great because so do I!

She loves for you to read books to her, She could probably do it all day!

She is loving to her sister most times of the day, and you can tell that they really enjoy each other!

Lilly has a love for Toy Story, her favorite is Jessie the cowgirl.

She still loves to wear boots and has 3 pairs if you don't count the snow boots I put way so she wouldn't wear them!

If she has a pick she will usually pick something blue.

She loves to help make pancakes, but really doesn't like to eat them. She would rather have fruit loops.

Her favorite fruit is blueberries.

She loves cheeseburgers!

The cabin at the river is one of her favorite places. She talks about it all the time.

She likes to have orange pop or lemonade when we go out to eat.

She is always smiling and full of energy!

She is the prefect fit for our family, and I love her more each day!

Happy Birthday Lillyann!

To celebrate her birthday today we are going to take a picnic to the park!

Sunday we will have a birthday party with family!