Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all those dads out there. Even though I am sure men don't read my blog. I have to coax Dave to check it out every now and then to see what is going on in his life. Anyway, I am so blessed to have a husband that is 100% crazy about his daughter. The feeling is mutual. She adores him and if he is home she wants NOTHING to do with me and she wants her daddy to do everything for her. Which, lets be honest, is kind of nice!

Funk

I am in a funk. Seriously. I feel like the summer is passing me by and that's not good because I dream of summer all of the other seasons. Part of the reason is because Dave's work schedule and part is because we just moved but mostly it's just me needing to get my act together as usual. UGH! Leave me funk, be gone with you! It's been a crazy year thanks mostly to Oral Surgery! I guess it's up to me to get over it and move on.

Wish I were here (Bahamas) doing this (smoochin my man)!!

Farmer Mia

Mia was so excited to plant parsley, cilantro, and lemon basil. She helped fill the pots with dirt and poured the seeds in and now she watches them very closely to see if they will grow. She wants to dump all the dirt out and do it over and over again so I have to keep them out of her reach. I hope once she sees the plants growing she will be more excited about the plant and a little less excited about the dirt. Hopefully they survive. It's hard to survive with a 2 year old around. Trust me, I know.

Strawberry Days

We picked the most delicious strawberries this year at Jean's Strawberry Patch. Mia ate a ton of them and had a blast picking the super ripe, huge berries. Lately she has been putting her sunglasses on and telling everyone she is a rockstar. It cracks people up because it is so unexpected. She does her own thing and it is hilarious to watch.

Mia and her beau, Eli. He humors her by letting her hold his hand. She loves this boy and I don't blame her!

Big Girl Now

Mia can put her shoes on all by herself. She even gets them on the right feet sometimes.

Mia is 2!!

She has been 2 for awhile actually. It came and went with much fanfare just not on the blog. So here is the post dedicated to my 2 year old wild woman.

Mia
-is a daddy's girl, much to my dismay. Daddy can do no wrong.
-throws tantrums.
-loves candy, chocolate and basically anything with too much sugar.
-gives the best "juicy kisses".
-is my bff. We do everything together!
-favorite sentence "I do it by myself Mama!".
-favorite color is pink.
-calls every meal dinner.
-LOVES nursery.
-loves her friends. Everyday she asks if she can see them and asks for them individually by name.
-has a doctor's kit that she loves and gives everyone shots all the time.
-likes to wear dresses.
-loves to play with any ball.
-is almost in the 50% for weight and 75% for height.
-loves to kiss boo-boos all better for everyone. Even strangers. Ick.
-counts to 10 in spanish (Thanks Dora!) and 15 in english and is working on her ABC's.
-loves to say prayers.
-is really starting to pretend a lot.
-my favorite thing she is doing right now is eating her pb sammies crust first. It is too cute!

Mia's bday party was so fun and I was so lucky to have my mom, brother, sis in law, and cousin in town to help out. Mia had a joint party with her dad and her Aunt Cheryl at our neighborhood clubhouse. We were so excited to have the Gardners come down from VA and celebrate with us. Mia had a Dora Adventure party. First the kids decorated backpacks, then Swiper stole the goody bags so we had to go on an adventure to find them. I played songs from the Dora soundtrack that went with each stop in our adventure. First the kids went to the star room and had to gather as many Explorer stars as they could and put them in their backpack. Next they went to the Fairy Kingdom and had to pop all the bubbles that were taking over! My amazing sis in law, Lindsay dressed up as the Fairy Queen for me. Finally the kids had to go down to the playground and the Grumpy Old Troll (played by my amazing lil brother!) was there and did a lovely song and dance and told the kids if they wanted their goody bags they had to give him all their Explorer stars. So the kids had to cross the bridge and get their goody bags. The looks on their faces was hilarious because my brother had these furry eyebrows and mustache on his face. Then we ate BBQ and had cake and ice cream! It was a great party and Mia and her friends had a blast.

Decorating backpacks

Getting ready for catching Explorer stars.

Mia and her cousins!

Fairy Queen and bubbles!

The Grumpy Old Troll who lives under the bridge.

Priceless!

So much fun to have a big party with family and friends!

Cake!

Crazyville

Our new city of residence. We've been living in the outer suburbs for a while until this month we just up and moved right downtown. Toddler tantrums, birthday parties, colds, Dave studying for boards, among other insanity. We have Step I of medical boards next week and moving into a new home (hopefully). Is it June yet?!?!

Mia's birthday party with two of her cousins, Cole and Annika.