6.17.2013

Cinco de Mayo 2013

This year for our Cinco de Mayo party, we had a few friends join us to celebrate.  We all wore fake mustaches the whole night, beaded necklaces and listened to fiesta-esque music all while enjoying Cafe rio recipes.

Mustaches never get old.  No, but seriously.  We laughed and laughed.





these two babes were so cute together playing on the blanket.  Such little hams!



The spread that you can't see very well.  But I have to document.


Happy cinco de mayo two months late!

6.15.2013

Ivy's First Birthday Party

Ivy's first birthday came and went...and so did all of April, May and part of June.
Things have been busy around here.  But I couldn't let this ol' blog go another day without updating this big event. :)

We are pretty low key for birthday's around here.  No big bashes with friends, just our close little family for these first few birthdays.  Ivy got some new books, and a lame toy that the girls don't even play with.  But oh well.  They both love the books!

I went with a gold, orangey, yellow, pink theme for this birthday.  She's a girl, what more could she want right?!




Ivy wasn't all that into opening her presents.  She didn't really know what to do, so Millie helped.


the life of the party!  Such a ham!







She loved her cake.  Honestly it wasn't pretty.  Just a round cake with pink frosting and cheap sprinkles.  But it was just going to get thrashed anyway.






I think it was a success!  And what a fun year it has been!  We love our Ivers!

5.10.2013

Millie says series

Millie 2.5 yrs old


Had green beans for dinner one night and Millie said, "I'd like some more green sticks!"

Cason was brusing Millie's teeth one night and out of the blue she said, "Dad, you're my hero!"

I bought her some leggings with hearts on the knees.  I put them on her and she looked down, touched the hearts and said, "you've got to be kidding me!  Hearts on my pants?!"

Millie was eating carrots and cucumbers before dinner one night.  Cason came home and said, "woah!  You have a healthy dinner!"  Millie said, "you bet your money!"

Yesterday I was wearing white shorts and I got some red marker on them.
Millie looked at them, "what happened mom?"
"Oh, I just got red marker on them"
She very sternly, while pointing her finger, said, "we do NOT draw on our clothes!  If we draw on our clothes we have to put the markers away."  (I wonder where she learns that from!)

Anytime Ivy is sleeping and Millie checks on her she says, "aww!  Ivy's soo cute!"


4.25.2013

Ivy: 12 months old

Ivy's 12 Month Stats:

Height: 
75th percentile
Weight: 25 lbs 8 oz
95th percentile

Our baby girl turned one on the 9th of April.  Tears!  We can't believe another first birthday has come and gone.  But we are happy that she is healthy, growing and happy.  Such a bittersweet milestone.

This little lady loves loves loves her sis.  She is always looking for her.  We can already tell these two are going to be quite the troublemakers together.  They kinda already are.  Millie and Ivy are the best of friends.  They watch out for each other, and Ivy cries when Millie cries and is very concerned when she's not happy.  They love each other and we really love to see their relationship and how they interact.

She loves dad.  She gets so excited when he gets home from work.  She crawls really fast over to him and waits at his feet for him to pick her up. 

She gives great snuggles.  If you tell her to give you snuggles, she will nuzzle her head into you and give you loves.  So sweet.

Ivy loves the bath.  She gets really excited when it's time to get in and fusses when it's time to get out.  She loves to try to grab the water-and it is my favorite to watch.  

She loves animals, but mostly ducks.  Whenever she sees a duck it sounds like she is trying to say "quack!" or "duck."  Ask her what a lion says, and she roars.   

She enjoys books.  Give her a book and she will sit and open and close the book for hours.  They keep her happy in the car, while I'm in the shower, getting ready, or just when she's bored.  She loves them.  And we love that she loves them.

She can say, "dada!" "na-na!" (banana) "Hah!" (hi), "uh oh!" "ah-puh!" (apple)  She is also very good at jabbering.

She loves to wave.  She will wave at anyone.  If you say, "can you wave?"  She immediately puts her hand up and waves.  It's our favorite.  I think she loves the attention she gets from it.  Speaking of waving-she is obsessed with the toilet right now.  She loves to play in it.  If you can't find her, the first place to check is the toilet.  Disgusting, I know.  I tell her "no no! That's yucky!" She looks at me at just waves.  haha.  It's so funny.

She just learned how to blow kisses.  It is the sweetest!!

She loves food.  Is obsessed with smoothies, bananas, oranges and edamame and loves meat.  Doesn't care for bread or rice.  She's  a pretty good eater.  When I feed her she opens her mouth really wide and says "ahhh!" until I put the food in her mouth.  

Ivy has four teeth.  Two on the bottom, one middle tooth on the top and one of her side teeth.  We call it her snaggle tooth.  For a short time, it was the only tooth up there.  Made for some cute smiles!  






She's obsessed with balls and balloons.  She will literally wrestle them and roll all over the floor playing with them.  Big or small she loves them.  


She's got a great personality.  Always happy, smiling but rarely giggling.  Millie can always make her laugh.  Mom, has to tickle her quite a bit to get giggles out of her.  Such a fun age!


She loves to play peek-a-boo.  If you hide behind anything, she will search for you.  And grins the whole time.  She loves it.  




She is a very sweet, easy going baby girl.  We love her and are grateful she is a part of our family. 

Happy 1 year baby girl!!

4.03.2013

St Patrick's Day 2013

Our traditional St. Patrick's Day was a hit this year.  We had our friends over for a green dinner of green buns, hamburgers, asparagus, kiwi, green salad and green cupcakes.

We put the girls down for a nap after church, and prepped for the festivities.  I put little green footprints on the floor to pretend that a little leprechaun came and decorated the kitchen.  Millie came downstairs, gasped and said, "don't step on the pawses!"  It was really so cute!

She kept looking at them and was a little confused.  But they were a fun surprise.




After dinner, Millie and Will went on a little scavenger hunt around the house.  The clues led to the mailbox where their treasures were.






We look forward to St. Patrick's Day every year and we are thankful for friends to share in this funny little tradition of ours!

3.18.2013

Ivy eleven months old















We love our little Ivers and can't believe she is almost one!!!

happy 11 months baby girl!

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