4th of July Weekend

Our 4th was a lot fun with some of our favorite visitors. Our friends, the Chords from Cornell, moved to Michigan and only 3 hours away from us! We are so excited about that I could barely contain my excitement. 

We drove down Lisle for the "Eyes to the Skies Festival" just outside of Chicago to watch some fireworks and hot air balloons. Little did we know, it was a huge fair with a carnival, all the fried food, and a music festival. We had way too much fresh squeezed lemonade and homemade corn dogs. Anthony and Chis also got some GIANT turkey legs. so there's that. 

on the 4th of July, we had a picnic at the splash pad where Amelia insisted on wearing goggles. It was pretty cute. And Baby Cale just dove right in to the water. He LOVED it. 

After the splash pad and some naps, we went over to Dave's house (Anthony's cousin) for a BBQ and some fireworks. 

June Happenings

June was filled with a lot of lazy days, swimming, and Mexican food. Amelia was just finishing up preschool at the Y so I would go and workout while she did that, then we would head to Six Flags for the day.

Amelia decided to superman her way out of the crib, so she got a black eye. Poor girl. And yes, she is still in a crib. No plans to take her out. She actually LOVES her crib and asked us if she can sleep in it until she is big like us. Sure why not. 

Amelia finished up her preschool at the Y. It wasn't a true preschool, but more like an intro to preschool. They had a little lesson, play time, and always did a craft. She loved it and loved being with all her friends. We did other classes too with a lot of the same kids: gymnastics, sports, and swimming.

 Since we moved from our town home in Lakemoor, to a new house in Crystal Lake, we lost our community pool. We decided that getting a Six Flags pass would be a good way to pass the time during the summer and give us access to a great pool. The water park is amazing and we have so much fun. Amelia loves sitting on my lap in tub on the lazy river. It gives me quite the ab workout having to half way sit up and paddle out of the path of waterfalls.

We moved into a much bigger place than we have lived in. Ever. So we had a lot of projects to do to make it feel more like home and less barren. Amelia helped us paint my old dresser. It was so nice to paint in a garage rather on the fire escape!We're moving up, people!

We went to see a movie in the park by the lake. Before the mosquitoes ruined the evenings. 

Splash pads were a weekly occurrence.

We also perfected our pie making skills. Anthony sold me out for all of his work parties, pot lucks, and visitors. I am a little pie-d out. 

We have a beach just down the street from us and we love it. Since we live in Crystal Lake, it is free to us and we definitely took advantage of that. 

She is getting better and better at Hide N Seek.

Our littler mexican joint. Frequented much too often.

We went to Pirate's Cove with some of Amelia's favorite people. 

June was a great month. I am really enjoying all the time I get to spend with Amelia. I swear she gets smarter and smarter every day and I am grateful I get to stay home with her and watch it happen. 

Anthony turns the big 29

It feels so adult to me that we have to work on our birthdays. Well, I don't work, but I also dont get a day off. 

For Anthony's birthday, we went to Texas Roadhouse and I told the waiter it was his birthday. Little did I know that Anthony is a total party pooper and said no to riding the horse. Just an other adult thing. I might get to that point one day, but I doubt it. Bring on the saddle. 

For his day of fun, we went golfing all day and loved it. Also so adult. We are adults. I felt like he should really relish in the fact that this was his last birthday in his 20's, and go out with a bang, but he did what he loves to do. 

I don't know if I have ever divulged this, but Anthony doesn't like sweet food. No brownies, cakes, cupcakes... So last year I finally found something he would eat on his birthday. Pavlova cake. He could eat this whole thing by himself, so I try to make it a couple times a year.

Camping in Little Moab

My mom was super excited to take us camping with her since it is her favorite thing to do anytime it's not winter. This kind of camping is more like "glamping" since it feels more cozy than my own house, which was the perfect way to ease Amelia into it. I was really nervous about the whole sleeping situation. Amelia has NEVER slept in the bed with us, so sharing a bed while camping was really stressing me out. I thought she would take hours to sleep, luckily, she was so worn out she just passed out. I loved it. I wish I could sleep with her every night, but Anthony will have none of that haha. 

On the way up, my mom bought Amelia some silly puddy. It lasted not even 3 minutes before I looked over and she had dreadlocks. AHHH. maybe in a couple year. or never. what is that even good for?!

My mom's friend also brought her granddaughter Chloe to play with Amelia too. They had so much fun paying in the dirt, coloring, painting rocks, 4 wheeling and watching movies. (I told you.. glamping.)

Amelia LOVED 4 wheeling. I was a little weary of how well or how long she would last, but she never complained and had a blast. I was sad Anthony wasn't there to see how much fun she was having, but I took a million pictures to prove it.

It was the end of April, but it was COLD and was supposed to rain all weekend. lucky for us, it only rained throughout the night and light sprinkles throughout the days.