I wub you, apples and more

Elizabeth is still obsessed with dogs, cats and purses. Every bag including Arthur's lunch box is a purse or Papa's purse :)

Aunt Jill and Uncle Dima came to visit. We went apple picking, to the Children's Museum, relaxed and just enjoyed being together. We were so happy to see you guys and hope you come back soon!

Just for fun!

Arthur and I have been waiting for the time that Elizabeth finally says I love you back to us. Well the wait is over. She will now say (with some prompting) "I wubie you." Since I have taken some time to update I can speak in the present tense and say... Elizabeth woke me up just the other day and said "Mommy I wub you. Get up?" I was overjoyed! And yes I got up.

Elizabeth took her first bath in a the real bathtub! Sorry no pics for the web :(

Elizabeth went down a slide at the gym all by herself- big deal!!!!

She is talking at an incredible rate so much so that she dropped her first (only I hope) F-Bomb the other day. I can not blame her father!!!

Lisa will tell you that I say this all the time but really this IS my favorite age.

September

September was a busy month for Elizabeth. She graduated, yep that is right! Elizabeth no longer needs a high chair, she officially in a booster chair, without the tray...at the table! I think we are a bit more excited than she is but that is our right as parents. We get to have some of the fun :)

Eli has long since mastered the fork and spoon so we thought it was time to bring her closer to us. If dinner was closer to noon it would probably be an enjoyable experience as she ALWAYS turns into a pumpkin when Art gets home. Maybe in time...

Well this was the month (one of many) when I got my mother of the year award. It goes a little something like this.... Eli and I were looking at the beautiful flowers in my parents back yard. I turned to show her the neighbors garden and she was dutifully following behind. All of a sudden I hear a word that I know well "Mommy." I turn and see my little monkey holding a big, white mushroom. My first instinct was to panic, I resisted and continued our garden tour. A few minutes later I panicked again and called the gestapo AKA Poison Control and told them my dilemma. Super long story short we ended up in the ER at Children's hospital with the threat of the police and CPS if we did not show. Blah, blah, blah 4 hours later we were right back where we started at my parents house but this time very tired. All was well as I suspected all along!

We had another fun wedding. We spent the day with Baba Inna, Nana and Papa in Niagara-On-The-Lake. Friends Gareth and Penny tied the knot in Canada. She danced a few hours of the night away until we sent her packing with Nana and Papa for a fun night of crying and trying to escape from the room. needless to say my parents were not happy with us . Nana was convinced

that Eli was holding a grudge the rest of the trip :(

We got to visit with Aunt Nancy and the Gallagher's for a little football action and some very

missed pizza!

Finaly we got to visit with Aunt Alynn and Uncle Johnny:

August weddings and all things fancy!

I have often said that I was going to have children so I could dress them in funny hats and clothes. Well my time has paid off big time. Elizabeth has figured out how to put pants on her head and say "cheese" for the camera! My work is done.....

We went to uncle Dima and Aunt Jill's wedding and had a blast!

We visited family, played in the sand and then played in the sand!

During Arthur's toast Elizabeth realized she was missing a shoe, ran over to Art and said into the

mic "shoe!" She was a riot! We could not get her off the dance floor all night.

June! I forgot to add it first :)

It looks like we all got some much needed sleep. Elizabeth has fined tuned her ability to eat with utensils and is beginning to run!! She has a great sense of humor and still loves to be held. She is going to love the summer.....

Elizabeth loves her crayons although this is one of the few times she is actually drawing with them!

She is still very unsure about the outside pool. There are lots of people, toys, things that splash..ugh ugh!

Typical Day

Yummy!

Not all of July was traveling and fun we also got to spend some much needed time at the park, home and around town doing our normal "stuff."

Eat crackers in the sand....why not!

Pretending I am Tupac

My first music class

Driving around the play ground!

July goes on.....

Biking trip in Lanesboro.

Anyone who knows Art and I knows that we are huge into the outdoors (just kidding). Our family and a few friends went to Amish country for the caves, food and biking. We missed the caves, got the food and well the biking just did not work out. Monkey bones lasted about 5 minutes per ride. She hated the helmet, hated the bike trailer and cried like crazy. She did like the high chair rides at the pie diner and also liked walking on the very busy bike trail, So at least she was happy some of the time! Better luck next year.

MFA Concert:

Mayo Fellows put on a free outdoor dinner and concert. Pancake would not think about going without dressing for the occasion.

Nana's comes to visit!

Arthur went to Vegas for Dima's stag so my mom came for the weekend to hang out. We had a great time and they really got to know each other better. It was great! Thanks for coming mom we love you.

Well, I am a bad blogger that is all there is to it. So I will play catch up for the summer.

JULY:

We tried camping in the back yard. Art worked for about an hour or so to get the tent up and the fire started. It was great art and I had a few beers by the fire and Eli loved to watch the flames. When it was time to turn in Art slept peacefully under the stars

while Eli and I slept peacefully under my ceiling fan.

4th of July:

Arthur was moonlighting, however, our awesome neighbors and friends Stacy and Ed and their two adorable girls invited us for dinner and fire works. We had a great time and Lizbird was unmoved by the lights and the boom but loved the chairs and snacks our friends brought!

Baba's rocking chair:

The new chair is wonderful and Elizabeth loves to sit and play with her toys and babies!

Thank you Baba!