A great summer day

I love working half days!  There is something about having those extra few hours in the afternoon that make a person so happy.  Today, Mary and the kids came over to watch Greta while I worked from home in the morning and then we packed up and headed to Rolling Hills to go to the water park.  Well do to my potential new cleaning lady being late, we got stick waiting in line - for an hour.  Well I'm glad we waited because it turned out to be an awesome afternoon with them.  The kids and Mary enjoyed the water slides.  Greta loved the lazy river.  (Made me excited for next year to go).  I got lots of sun.  Funny how your remember to lather up the kids, but then forget about yourself.  Oops. 

Love days like this!  Makes me feel very blessed that I am able to spend time with my sis (we missed you Jules) and K & K.  It's great having them only an hour and 15 minutes way.

She loves her some sweet corn

Greta thinks the best thing at dinner is when I give her an ear of corn to suck on.  She's not getting anything out of it, but loves it none the less.  Makes here feel like a big girl :-)

5 months old

I know I post this every month, but where has time gone that Greta is already 5 months! Doesn't seem possible.

Here's her list of top 10!

1) Tried cereal for the first time

2) Knows when you leave the room or aren't focusing on her and she lets you know

3) Has a laugh that lights up the room

4) Rolls and moves all around - almost spinning in circles

5) Favorite toy is this crazy moose

6) Loves to play the piano with mommy

7) Went to her first Detroit Tigers game

8) Enjoys all the kids at day care, especially a couple boys in particular

9) Can pant like a puppy (which she loves watching)

10) Went on her first boat ride

She bring more love to our life than I thought possible.

 

Holy garden

Our garden this year has rocked!! We've had so much sweet corn we are now vendors at work. More summer squash than I know what to do with (already made baby food). More beans and zucchini. And tomatoes! Oh the tomatoes. I picked a huge container full for sauce but there's lots more to come. And the mystery crop which were supposed to be spaghetti squash - pretty sure there are ginormous pumpkins and turning orange already. Who knows!

But we've definitely got good dirt!

Greta's laugh

The sweetest sound in the whole work has to be this... Greta's laugh.

Morning baby

I would consider us morning people (well Ryan after his coffee :-) but Greta is definitely a morning girl. She wakes up on her own and just starts talking and singing. Sweetest sound to wake up to. Dad got her hear her do it last weekend and was amazed at it. She's pretty wonderful!

Greta's passport

While in Unionville, we made a quick trip to the Caro post office to file Greta's passport for our trip to Belgium and France this October.

Well I messed up and brought a photo copy of her birth certificate and it needed to be her real one. Thanks to small town people, the nice lady held on to our application and said my mom could bring over the actual tomorrow. So thankful! 

So Monday morning, mom took it over, gave it to the lady and we are all set.  Let the planning and booking officially begin!