Other busy week

After a very busy 4th of July weekend last week was much less eventful but still busy. Tuesday we missed our usually play date because the girls were asleep for once. Wednesday morning we went to a play date at our friends Becki and Hannah's and did a little swimming. Wednesday we stuck close to home in the afternoon and tried to catch up on things around the house. Wednesday night I went out to dinner with my playgroup friends to celebrate Becki's new baby that is coming in August! It was a nice evening without children which is rare with this group of friends.

Thursday we had a play date with Jack and Elizabeth and enjoyed some pool time. The kids had a blast and thought it was so funny when the hose rained on them! I spent most of Thursday night getting ready for our trip to West Virginia.

Jack and Corinne splashing away!

Lydia loves the water but does not enjoy the backyard pool as much!

She liked the baby pool a little better

Friday we headed to West Virginia to spent some time with family. Friday we ended up hanging around the house at Grandma and Pappy Miller's because Corinne loves the playroom they have. It was nice to just have time to sit and visit and not have to run from place to place like we usually do. We were going to try and take the girls to the Oglebay Zoo but it ended up raining most of the afternoon.

Saturday we spent the day hanging out and trying to get the girls all set so that we could head into Pittsburgh for the Dave Matthew's Concert. We were able to leave pretty early and head into Pittsburgh and get something to eat. Then we rode the "T" to downtown from Jeremy's old neighborhood which is always fun. Plus you see some interesting things on that train. Zack Brown opened for Dave and was very good. Jeremy and I had a great time at the concert although our seats were kind of weird (the sound was very muffled because of the roof above us) so we ended up going down about two levels and standing behind that level and could hear and see great. Jeremy and I both decided that we like the more open concert venue like Polaris or Post Gazette Pavilion to see a show like this. We were suppose to meet up with our friends Bill, Amy, Ross and Courtney and a few others before the show but ran out of time. So we were going to try and meet them for a few minutes after the show. We ended up running into them on the street believe it or not and were very glad to see them. However we could not stay long because we need to get home and had to catch the train before it stopped running. Overall, it was a very nice night out. Corinne and Lydia had a great time with their cousin Madison at Grandma and Pappy's. Thanks to them for watching the girls!

Beautiful view of Pittsburgh from our seats! (Don't let this foul you this was while Zack Brown was playing most of the Dave Matthew's were still in the parking lot tailgating)

Jeremy waiting for Dave to go on!

Sunday came very early since we did not get in till about 2:30 and both girls got up shortly after we got home for a few minutes. Then Corinne was back up at 7. That is the price you pay if you stay up late though. Sunday morning we packed up and headed for some breakfast with GiGi, Jeff and Pap Pap before heading out of town. It was a very nice weekend!

Madison and Corinne with there pig tails!

Madison loves her little cousin Lydia!

Monday we just hung out around home and tried to catch up from the weekend. Lydia was not herself but I think it is a combination of a very busy weekend and more teeth coming soon.

Today we had a nice play date with our girl playgroup at Becki and Hannah's house. They have lots of toys outside so it is like Disneyland for our girls.

Summer Fun 2010

It has been a crazy couple of months but we made it through the school year. Both girls are growing so quickly I can hardly believe it. Corinne is so active and just has such a zest for life. Lydia has been crawling for about three months now and is cruising on everything these days.

Corinne, Lydia, Kolby and Madison

Corinne likes to "play her game"-I think she learned this from watching the babysitters older son because he had not turned that thing on in years!

Lydia practicing for the Olympics one day

Lydia loving the grass

Both our girls love the outdoors-except for Corinne's new found fear of bugs! She must get that from her Dad becasue it is not from me. We have spent a lot of time at the park and in our own backyard this spring and early summer. We just have to watch Lydia because she will put anything in her mouth.

Crawling and laughing towards Mommy-she is a ham just like Corinne was and knows exactly what to do when the camera comes out.

We have made several trips to the zoo this Summer after not being there for a while. The zoo has a new Polar Bear exibit that is awesome. The girls love to see the bears swim. On the day below we got to see them swim a lot.

Lydia checking out the Polar Bears.

Corinne was so excited when she got so close.

The girls and I at the underwater observation area for the Polar Bears

Like I said we have been spending a lot of time outside and one of Corinne's new skills is to be able to sit on a big swing and pull to keep herself going. Pretty awesome for a two year old. She also can climb up almost anything at the playground. Lydia loves to swing too!

Corinne swinging on the big girl swing

Swinging and Grandma and Grandpa's backyard on Memorial Day

Corinne had fun in Dominic's new pool-of course she was not thrilled when I got our pool out and it did not have a slide like this one!


My sister took this picture and I love it!

Like I said Lydia is into everything and on this day she is showing us the pony piece that she has. When she knows she is not suppose to have something she shows it too you and then crawls away laughing. It is times like that when it is hard not to laugh!

Say cheese

Corinne finally got her first haircut and did very well with it. She loved that she got to choose what she got to sit in and what movie she wanted to watch.

Corinne flying a plane for her first haircut!

Corinne is now our little scooter girl. She loves to go up and down the sidewalk on this. I just think it is funny how far we have come from when we were kids. We would have never even dreamed of putting on a helmet to ride a bike let alone a scooter. Now I would be arrested if she was out front without a helmet.

Scooter Girl!

We have not had the pool out that much because we have been so busy but she did like it when we got it out. Of course about the time we got it all blown up and filed a huge storm blew in and we had to go inside!

On June 30th we went to have some family pictures taken at OU-L in Lancaster. Erin Riggs and I have know each other for a long time and she a photographer that specializes in Nature shots. Is it just a preview of some of the shots and I could not be more in love with them! She made the tutu's the girls are wearing and no questions asked Corinne insisted on wearing the hat even though it was 90 degrees at 10 in the morning.

If you can not see we included Zeus and Corinne is hugging him. She loves that dog so much!

Probably my favorite picture of Lydia ever!

Lydia is growing up so fast and she loves to eat! She is still a peanut but the only thing that we have given her that she would not eat was brocolli. She does not really want to be fed baby food anymore and would before to feed herself. So we have just been grinding up what we are having for dinner and she loves it. I love it too because then I know we have to fix a well balanced meal. Jeremy and I have really been trying to get back into shape and I have been taking a Zumba class a the Rec. Center at 6 a.m. on Friday mornings. It is early but I love it and I usually get a lot done of Fridays because I am very full of energy.

Lydia loving her food!

We celebrated the 4th of July in Lancaster on Saturday and Corinne was so excited at the parade. We went with my sister and Dominic, Tiffany, Todd, Jack and Elizabeth, Kasey and Tiffany's sister and her kids. The kids had a ball and they all loved the bands and all the candy as you can see below. Jeremy said while we were at the parade it is funny you tell your kids not to run in the street till it is a parade then you tell them to run out there and pick up candy from strangers. We stayed at my parents all day and the girls were very worn out. Of course Corinne did not nap and Lydia did not nap very well. Corinne is terrified of loud noise so I figure the fireworks were out. The 4th of July is my favorite holiday so Jeremy told me to go on over to the fireworks. I ened up standing in the front yard with my Mom and we could see them great (for those of you that don't know my parents live across the street from the fairgrounds so we have a front row seat every year). The girls feel asleep even with all of the loud noise. Maybe next year for them to watch!

Miss America

I could not be happier with these beautiful girls and a wonderful husband!

Lydia loved it too! She has no fear of loud noises of crowds!

We try and get this picture every year but Lydia would not sit still!

Since the 4th of July celebration was on the 3rd we were free to do what we wanted Sunday so we decided to go to the zoo. It was a hot day but not very crowded so it was nice. Jeremy has not been able to go with us to the zoo for a while so it was a really nice day. Corinne has never been able to ride on the Merry-Go-Round so it was both girls first time on this day. She was a little shared and would not get up on a horse but she said next time she is going to. The only problem is everyday she is asking if we can go to the zoo to ride the Merry-G0-Round! Since it was pretty hot most of the animals were not doing much including the Polar Bears so Jeremy did not get to see them swim. However when we went to the underwater observation area that was another Polar bear down there. Corinne gave the moving one a high five and even took a picture with him which is a big step for her.

Lydia loved it, Corinne was a little nervous. I rode on the horse beside the bench so Corinne would see it was okay.

A little nervous at first but then she loved him!

4th of July Outfit-forgot to take the picture before the zoo so they are a little messy!

Corinne is kind of a hot mess but still cute!

Tried to get them to sit together but they were not having it!

Daddy was also off for most of the day on Monday so we just hung out around the house and took it easy. It was a very nice holiday weekend for all of us!

Lydia walking with a chair!

HAPPY SPRING!!!

Here are some random Spring time pictures that I started uploading and never got to finish. I am posting these and then working on posting at least once a week again!


Columbus Zoo

Corinne swinging on the glider

Playing in her sand box

Taking in the fresh air in the swing

Thank goodness we finally got rid of that pacifier!

Lydia not liking her first taste of food so much..that has changed a lot now!

See it already changed

She got really big really fast!

The girlls and their Grandma and Pappy

First time in the bouncer but we did not use it very much

So cute!