3 months old!

Already?!! Bear with me as I wipe a tear away.....where does the time go?! Mia is 3 months old and I truly can't believe it.....I feel like I'm going to wake up one day soon and she'll be getting her drivers license! She is getting more smiley each day and is a great sleeper....she's been sleeping through the night for a few weeks now....I know it sounds crazy, but I miss our middle of the night time together a little bit. She's starting to giggle and continues to get cuter and chubbier each day! I truly am enjoying every minute with her. And Jake is at such a fun age too.....almost 2 1/2 and seeming like such a little boy! She is still so sweet with Mia....though "gentle" is still a term he's becoming acquainted with! He holds her hand in her carseat in the backseat and gets her binkie for her if she is crying. Brian and I are feeling awfully lucky these days with our sweet family!

Cute Kiddos!

Took some pics the other day and thought these few were pretty cute!

Lake Tulloch 2009

We had a great time with Grammie, Gramps, Auntie Julie and Uncle Tim up at Lake Tulloch this week! Jake wasn't sure what to make of watching us all innertube, waterski, and "surf" behind the boat...when I was tossed off of the innertube (err...I mean THROWN off so hard that my bathing suit came off....thanks Uncle Tim), Jake said "is Mommy okay?". So sweet. Mia was bundled in her life vest and you could just see her little head poking out of it. Luckily, the boat was like on giant bouncy/vibrating chair for her and she was lulled to sleep both days we were out on the water. I bet many of you didn't know that Sunday was National Smores Day.....Gramps discovered this and you know you can always count on our crew to celebrate all things food, so we had fun making smores too. Uncle Tim improvised with adding Oreo cookies and peanut butter to his. I think I'll stick with the original "recipe". Brian was thrilled to finally witness a trick that I've only ever seen performed by my Mom.....waterskiing without getting your hair wet (see proof in the picture below). Oh, and the girls DOMINATED in Cranium.....as usual! THANKS Grammie and Gramps for another great family mini-vacation :)

Cabin visit

We had a great time visiting Papa and Tutu up at the cabin. Brian and Papa took Jake on his first fishing trip.....we didn't know if it would hold his attention for 10 minutes or all day, but he did really well! They caught a "big one fish" and Jake proudly showed it off. I was really sad to miss the photo opportunity, but Brian did a GREAT job....see the adorable pic below :) We enjoyed some pool time, where we had to bribe Jake out of the water with an ice cream....he would stay in there ALL day! Thank goodness Tutu likes the water and didn't mind getting splashed while he jumped to her! Mia was just sitting around looking cute while we were all playing....she's good at that :)

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