Dad's Day

Happy Father's Day to my Dad. He's cool. He takes me to the farmer's market and on bike rides lately.

Happy Birthday Mom

My Mom turned 35! So I suppose now she's old. I helped her blow out her candle. She's happy she has me and baby Leo as presents.

Of Things to Come

Here is a audio file from a few months ago - Mom and Dad audio taped me melting down when I couldn't go to Sophie's house. It's a classic that needed to be in the archive!

I WANT TO SEE SOPHIE

3 Months!

Leo the Rock Star (see fancy shirt) is 3 months today! 1/4 of his first year is behind him, hard to believe!

My Yard is Awesome.....

....and so is my sun porch where we eat our summer dinners, and my Uli who watches my brother Leo, and my pool which has a slow leak but is still fun, and the ice cream man and his lovely truck who seem to pass by my house JUST as Mom and Dad are about to feed me dinner! I take after my Poppy with the ice cream habit. Oh boy.

Mess

I have been a little obsessed with getting my pool out of storage. Yes, I have clothes on. And yes, that's me also covered in finger paints. And yes, that's Leo laughing at me. What a messy summer I have planned!

Chef

My Uncle Will came up from Memphis! He let me make him look like a chef. His puppy, Dori, wouldn't let me dress her up, though.

Modern Family

I was so excited to go to my first school picnic. Well, what an adventure. Mom made 25 cups of homemade caramel corn. We got all ready and barely made it to the picnic on time. I even practiced my songs I was going to sing on the car ride there. We got there and my teacher told me they just cancelled it. Needless to say I had a bit of a meltdown in the car - I was told we'd be picnicking. So Mom and Dad took us to Panera with the hopes of then picnicking outside in downtown Batavia. The weather was not our friend and the temp dropped about 20 degrees in 10 minutes! So we went home and had a picnic on our floor. Uli ate it. What a day. And we had a lot of caramel corn. It was a scene out of Modern Family - which mom watched that evening.

Haircut

I got a new "do" today - summer makes my tresses unmanageable and well, I just don't do bows. Mom was a little nervous, but it all turned out. I'm as cute as ever and look so grown up! The sidewalk chalk all over my face and shirt is also a summer look.

Beaver

Yes, I have QUITE the imagination these days. Dad captured me in action pretending to be a beaver. Watch out world.

Speaking in Tongues

Our First Family Pictures

Thanks to Auntie for our first family pictures! What a task of choosing we now have!!

We'll order some and send out to folks but let us know if there are any specific ones you want. Enjoy!

Leo Newborn and Family Pics

RIP Boppy

This post may seem a bit silly, but the Boppy seat holds a special place in our house. But we've just plain worn it out. My brother and I, because we're a little high maintenance (hmmmm, really?!) needed to sleep in it quite a bit. Leo did not even mind the pepto pink color. Well, goodbye Boppy you have served us well and may you keep another baby snuggly.

2 Months!

Happy 2 Month Birthday to my little brother! I love having him around.

Leo Says Peek-a-Boo

Park Weather is Finally Back

Hooray!!

We also saw a red fox on the way to the park! I told Mom and Dad that it was a big Uli doggie. They said no way.

What's Wrong With This Picture?!

Easter!

Baby Leo added laughing to his bag of tricks - he has a huge wide mouth smile and is super cute.

Mommy time

Hmmmmm - Leo is a thinker

It will be awhile until Leo joins Mommy for a Coke

He didn't seem to mind his Easter Bunny outfit

Grammy french braided my hair for the Hunt

I never actually saw the Easter Bunny, but my guess is this was not him or her!

I was quite skeptical that ALL my eggs would fit in here

Jelly Beans?

Using Grammy's butterfly binoculars to find all eggs possible

Our first family Easter picture!

Me and my buds

Last one!

Dad was hunting for wabbits

I have a great imagination and love of hats

And of course a huge love for my fluffy best pal - what a fun Easter weekend!

My Friend

Mommy and Daddy went into the city with Leo and Leo got to meet one of Mommy's best girlfriends, Idil. He got lots of cuddles.

Little Flea

This is one of my favorite songs I learned at the library and I wanted to teach Baby Leo.

Bathing Ducky

I have started to help give Baby Leo a bath and I am very gentle. He keeps warm and happy in the tub with his ducky washcloth.

Pictures Galore!

Mom finally got her act together and put all our pictures on Snapfish. That way, everyone can see all the pics other than what we post on the blog. If we've taken a picture, it's there! You can order prints, too. Enjoy all the Leo pics and you even get to see the pics all the way back when I was a baby!! Oh, and if you have pics you've taken and would like to upload to Snapfish, we would LOVE that!

address: http://graceandleo.snapfish.com/snapfish/otsc=SYE/otsi=WCR

Little Gardener

Leo & me and Mommy spent some time in Dubuque. Poppy really needed gardening help! And Leo was doing a lot of smiling.

Curious George!

I got to go see Curious George today with my bud Dorothy. We were troopers - we were happy to meet him, but notice we didn't attempt to sit on his lap! Meanwhile, my brother keeps getting cuter.