Memorial Day 2009

Alright so we've been on a bit of a hiatus. What can I say, it's hectic around here! Mya is on the go from the minute she wakes up until we put her to bed, then I crash. This is normal right?

We got to spend the weekend with the Joseph's in Olean with a little side trip to Chatauqua Lake to see the Hinch's and the Hensberger's. Mya got to meet Emma for the first time. They were born a week apart. She is so cute - a little peanut with a big personality! We had a really fun time. We;ll be heading back to Olean in just under two weeks for Maren's baby showers. I am planning one of them and hope it goes well.

I will most more Mya updates in the near future - when she turns TWO! We taught her to say her name and her age. "What is your name? 'MYA'. How old are you? 'TWO'. She was doing great, but now if you ask her what her name is she says 'MYA TWO'. She is working on saying Joseph but it sounds more like Jesus. 'MYA JESUS'! LOL.

Here are some pics from the long weekend!

Easter eggs

I thought I would get Mya into the tradition of coloring Easter eggs. She was interested for a bit then just wanted to eat all the paint! But we had fun and look forward to doing it again next year.

HAPPY EASTER!

Sick...and tired!

The bee has been under the weather for a while - probably the flu but we'll be making a trip to the doctor tomorrow to be sure. She's been sick for four days now - even with all the clean-up from her sickness I feel like I've had so much free time! She hasn't move in four days so I've been able to clean and work on some projects. It's like a vacation. We just hope she gets better soon!

Matt and Mya having a slumber party!

Here are some pictures from the past weeks. I am looking for a new camera so if you have any suggestions let me know!

Blowing bubbles at Grandma's

Rummaging through the closets

21 Months

I can't even say that Mya is a year and a half anymore - she's almost 2! She's grown a ton in the last month. She got on the scale and it said 26 pounds - up 4 pounds since her last doctor visit. She's talking quite a bit, but still fairly unintelligible. Of course WE know what she is saying...but no one else would! Her newest words are bubbles, cookie, cheese, truck, Matt, Papa, shoe...and some others. She can say all of her friends names at daycare - Johnny, Ella, Max, Ry-Ry (Rylee), and Gigi (Regina). She's also putting two and three words together and is very good at saying "No No Mommy, No No Daddy!" She is super attached to me, and I have to be within inches of her or she freaks. I'm hoping she gets over this soon! She's learned to blow her nose - finally! We go through boxes and boxes of tissues. She's a big cuddler and loves to lay on the bed with me and watch a video.

Every morning when we get to daycare and every night when we leave, Mya walks up to the infant room and stops and talks to all the babies. EVERY DAY. All the staff knows she does that as well. And during the day when they play in the hallway, she stops to chat with the babies. It's always on her care note "Mya had fun playing in the ball pit and of course stopped to say hello to the babies". It's too funny. At home she will walk around with her baby dolls and pat them on the back, and even puts diapers and baby powder on them. I finally got it on video but god knows I have no idea how to share that.

So all's well with us! I need a new camera, so some of my pictures are not the best quality. But here are some from the past few weeks.

Mya's new haircut

Spring Fever!

Yeah, that's chocolate on my face...thanks for selling us those candy bars neighbor friend!

I LOVE emptying the dishwasher!

Blowing bubbles with daddy

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!

Our new favorite place

Strong...National Museum of PLAY! We hear that commercial at least once a day and decided it was time to take Mya over to see what all the buzz is about. Our friends Megan and Joe wanted to bring their daughter Julia to the museum so they asked us to join them. We got there around 10am and stayed until 2pm, and probably only got to see about 1/3 of the place! There is just so much to see and do. It also happened to be Dr. Suess's birthday so they had a lot of fun activities. Mya had a ball and was so tired when we left. The funniest part about it was that we only live 15 minutes away so I figured we would put Mya down for a nap when we got home - but she passed out before we even got on the expressway! We got a chuckle out of that. We're even thinking of getting a yearly membership. An awesome place to play on a rainy day? Can't beat that!

Mya and dad making cards

Sweet Julia

Mya putting on her homemade Dr. Suess hat

Mya and Julia taking a lunch break

Going mining with Mr. Potato Head

Riding Elmo's taxi cab

Arts and crafts with Julia

Dirty 30

Yeah that's right. February 22, 1979 to February 22, 2009. Like Ferris Beuller said, life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I had an awesome birthday this year which lasted over a week long!! Thank you everyone for all the gifts, cakes, treats, movies, trips, flowers, calls, messages...it was great!


I took lots of pictures of my parties but none turned out all that great. Here are some decent ones.

First was the family party...

My delicious cake

Cheese!

Mya and Bebe

Honk, Honk!

Hold my hand please!

Visions of the future..

Then my Fredonia gals all got together to celebrate with me!!

Holy dessert

You only turn 30 once!

Holy margaritas!

Then...this weekend Matt took me on a trip to the Finger Lakes. We stayed in Watkins Glen then drove into Corning for the Palate Festival. We had a great time and it was great to get away for a weekend. Mya got to stay with Uncle Tom and Aunt Amanda. They spoiled her of course and she had lots of fun. I got to come home to a cake, flowers, and card from Mya! Thanks guys!

Our hotel

Watkins Glen

Seneca Harbor Park


Our suite


Happy Birthday to me!

Typical self portrait


Wine tasting

Suffering through the Glass Museum


I'll drink to that!!



THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE!!