WhirlyBall

On Sunday, the gang headed up to Bedford Heights to play WhirlyBall. We had a blast! We rented the court for 2 hours and we had enough people to make 3 teams of 5, so we all got to play a lot. The teams were:

Jill's Team - Jill, Anson, Brent, Megan and David
Mindy's Team - Mindy, Jeremy, Vicky, Tim, and Dave
My Team - Mae, Josh, Jamie, Kyle and Tracey

For those of you who don't know what Whirlyball is, it is a combination of bumper cars, basketball and hockey. You drive the bumper car while trying to get the ball, pass the ball or score with the ball. To score, you must use your "scoop" to throw the ball at a goal that is up in the air much like where a basketball hoop is. It is so much fun!

Me, out in the middle of the court, waiting for someone to pass to me!

Anson smiling at the camera. The waiting area is behind a glass, so it's really hard to get good photos.
Jill and Jeremy going up for the ball.
Jill, Mindy and Megan
Josh, Me and Jeremy
Diane (Jill's Mom) watched Baby Girl while we played.

Baby Girl would smile and giggle when her Daddy zoomed by her in his bumper car. (Ignore the date on the next two photos. It was accidentially set wrong)
David and Lillers

The last two photos were taken at Rockne's on Saturday. We spent the day out shopping and running errands. Baby Girl got to sit in a Big Girl clip on high chair. And, she ate Kraft Mac N Cheese from the Kid's Menu.

Weight Watchers Update: So you may be wondering about our WW progress. Our first 18 week program ended in mid March. We tried to continue the program without attending the meetings, but I wasn't able to hold myself accountable enough to continue losing. Anson has done really well on his own, but I decided I need the accountability of going to get weighed in every week. So, I signed up for another 18 week program. Last Tuesday I went and I had gained about 4 pounds. But, this was my first week back, and I lost 6.6 pounds, so I'm back in the positive... or negative depending on how you look at it =)

Biggie Girl Car Seat

Anson and I decided it was time to move Lily up to her big girl car seat! She was hanging out of her infant seat, and we could barely carry it anymore. Plus, Anson weighed her the other day and she's over 20 pounds. So, although the guideline says to keep infants riding backwards until their first birthday, we decided that she's close enough ;o)

We only went for a short ride so I could capture these photos, but she seems to really enjoy it. She looks really comfortable. My parents also upgraded their car seat and say that Lily seems to really enjoy their new seat too!

"Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Cross for my new car seat, I love it!"

Happy 1st Birthday Zachary!!

Jen and Ken had a birthday party for Zack yesterday. It was a lot of fun. Jen had everything decorated in a blue prince theme, including a crown for Zachary. He was really cute. Today is his actual birthday.

It was neat for Anson and I to see how Lily's party is going to go next month. After about 2 hours, Zack started to get tired. We are trying to decide the best time to have Lily's party because I'm sure we'll be in the same boat with her. He handled all the commotion really well considering. The party turned out great. We hope Lily's party will go that well.

The birthday boy playing with his balloon.

We tried to get a photo of the 4 of us with the kids wearing their hats, but it was really hard because neither of them really cared for the hats.

Jen had gotten Zack's 1 year photos taken. He was digging into his "smash cake." Aren't these photos cute?
Blowing out his birthday candle!
Lily Bug eating her birthday cake. It was ice cream cake...yummy!!!
Me and my pumpkin
Daddy and his princess
The birthday boy opening his gifts. The red wagon was from Lily. She also got him 2 books, 2 boats, a truck and some bubbles. He kept going for the wagon, so we think he liked her gift.

Lily bug before we left the house to go to the party. I love her little Capri jeans. I got them at Old Navy when I was in California...I couldn't resist! And her Crocs from Grandma Cross completed the outfit!

Lily's 11 month old photos

Yesterday, Lily turned 11 months old. It's so hard to believe that she is getting so close to turning 1. We can't believe how fast the time has gone. Her newest thing is to point at things, especially people. She also does it when she wants something.

I think I say this every month, but it really is getting harder and harder to do her photo each month. We just can't get her to stay in one place, or to leave the sign alone. We did the best I could....

Lily Reading Her Books

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Puppy Love

Lily loves her puppy. Last night Lily escaped her play yard as she usually does. She usually crawls towards Sampson's cage to play with him. Sampson was out of his cage and they got to play together. We usually keep them separated since Sampson is so big and could hurt her if he ran her over. But, it was nice to let them play together and see them interact. Lily pulled at his face and crawled on top of him, but he just laid there and loved the attention.

At one point Lily was sitting inside Sampson's cage. But, before I could grab the camera and turn it on, she was crawling out.

Hurry home, Babe. We really miss you and love you!!!!

Visit with GG; Sunday afternoon

This afternoon we went to visit Great Grandma. She thought of a new name that Lily can call her as not to confuse all her grandmas..."GG"

GG is doing great! Doesn't she look great? What a difference from last week. She is continually getting stronger. They told her to keep it up and she may get to go home at the end of April =)

Lily and her daddy. Anson went to Chicago today. He'll be home late Wednesday. We miss you, Babe!
Baby Girl fell asleep in her car seat.

Sampson getting his bubble bath today

My sweet angel

Oh, look what my angel did...I went out to the car for a minute and when I came back in, Lily had made a mess of her books and our magazines.

Lily does a new thing. She picks up her book and acts like she's reading it. She gets a real serious voice and talks to her book. It's really funny! I captured a little of it in the video below.