Weekend Update

This weekend went by fast! Friday night we didn't do much. Anson made a delicious chicken, vegetable and rice dinner. And, we just relaxed. Then, Saturday I went to Mindy's new salon to get my hair cut. It is a really nice salon, and I love my new do.

Then, we took Lily to my parents so we could go to a wedding. It was at a Park up near Cleveland. It was supposed to be outside but the rain forced us indoors =( Once the wedding was over we went to the reception. It was very beautiful, but we had to leave after dinner was over so we could go pick up Lily.

This morning we went to breakfast at Bob Evans and then went grocery shopping. This afternoon, Lily and I took naps and when we woke up, we took Sampson to the park. Right now, we are just relaxing. We tried to watch a movie, but Lily is cranky and keeps screaming and crying - making it impossible to watch a movie.

I'm looking forward to Tuesday because I have it off due to Rosh Hashanah . Lily and I are going to go have lunch with Daddy and then spend the day together.

Lily loves her toybox. She especially likes to get in it.

This is Lily's newest look. Those eyebrows crack us up. Anytime she doesn't want to do something or doesn't get her way, this is the look we get.
Stuck and trying to get out. The other thing Lily likes to do is pick up all her toys and put them in the toybox. I showed her this once and now she does it a lot. Problem is, it doesn't last long because she then throws everything back out of it.
Anson and I dressed up for the wedding yesterday.
Lily loves to babble. She tells "big stories." This video shows her babbling to us. It's really funny when she gets going because it's like she's speaking her own language.

Also, I went to the doctor's on Friday for my 16-week check-up. All went well. I heard the heartbeat and it was very strong. My next appt. is Oct. 23 and it's the ultrasound. We get to find out what we are having =) Can't wait!

16 months old!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been a blog slacker lately. This pregnancy has me worn out! I'm at 15 weeks and praying that it will get easier soon. The morning sickness has turned into afternoon sickness, which isn't fun when I'm stuck at work. Speaking of work, I got a promotion =) I'm transitioning to my new role in mid October. Currently I'm a marketing associate for the Healthcare division at GOJO. I'm moving to Product Management to be an associate product manager for our group that focuses on developing wipes. I'm very excited for something new!

Anson turned 32 this week. I think he had a good Birthday week. Tuesday my parents took us out to eat at Hartville Kitchen, and then Wednesday, Jeremy & Renee took us to out to Fridays. He's going to get a GPS but hasn't yet because our computer is really acting up and we're still trying to decide what to do with it.

This weekend has been pretty busy too. Friday evening we went over to Gigi's to see Uncle Bob and Brigitte. Many other family members that we don't see a lot were there, so it was really nice. Then, last night, we drove down to Mansfield to see Chris, Kim and AJ. They drove an hour North and us an hour South so we could see them. It was a great idea and wasn't that far. We should really do that more often. We haven't seen them in months. We are going to have a bonfire on Oct. 4 so hopefully they can come back up for that.

Below are some random photos and videos I took of Lily. She's growing up so fast. I can't believe she's 16 months old already.

This first one is one night when she crawled up onto the couch (yes, she can do that now!) and was drinking her milky.

Hurricane Ike in Akron????

Here is a quick video of the what hurricane Ike brought us. Fortunately everything looks like it will make it through the night.

First Pictures of the New Baby =)

Randomness

We had a great long weekend. We started it early with an afternoon date on Friday. Anson and I went to lunch and to see a movie - Tropic Thunder. I didn't enjoy the movie much. It's a guy movie! But, it was better than being at work.

Saturday we cleaned the house, and Saturday night I went out with my girls to dinner and putt-putt. We were celebrating Mindy's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINDY!!

Sunday we took Lily swimming. We wanted to go back to Griffith's Park but we drove all the way there and the pools were empty! So, we ended up going to Clearwater, which is double the price to get in. The water was sooooo cold. We didn't stay long. Lily was shivering. Sunday evening we went over to Anson's cousin Matt's new house in Tallmadge.

Monday we had a cook-out at my parent's house and then went down to Jill's for some volleyball. We had a packed weekend but it sure was fun!

Here are some updates on new things with Lily...

She is quickly learning how to use her fork to feed herself.

Yummy hot dogs and apples.
Nothing really special about this pic...she's just cute!
Lily and Colton at Matt's house on Sunday. Colton is so sweet. His mom, Teri, said to Lily "How are you doing sweetie pie?" So, Colton sat down, put his arm around Lily and repeated "How are you doing sweetie pie?"
We successfully weaned Lily off the bottle!! She's now drinking her evening milk from her sippy cup. Last Thursday was her last bottle (sob, sob).

Next are a few silly videos. Lily loves to spin around, make herself dizzy and then fall over.

This video is Daddy tickling Lily and Lily laughing really hard!

And finally, we taught Lily how to tickle back. This video is her tickling Daddy. She's really cute because she usually screams when she tickles someone.

Girl's Night...celebrating Mindy's birthday!

This sundae was free - can you believe it? Lone Star is the place to go for your birthday!