Playing at the house and the park

This post is just a bunch of random photos and videos from the past week. I had Yom Kippur off of work this past Thursday so I spent the day with Lily. We went up and had lunch with Daddy and then went to a nearby park to play. I forgot my camera that day so I don't have any photos.

Yesterday was a nice day. We ran errands all afternoon in Belden and took Lily to the Jackson Community Park (see pics below). Then, last night we met Uncle Larry, Aunt Margaret, Cousin Kim and her 3 kids and Jeremy & Renee at Parasson's for dinner. It was really great seeing them.

Lily looking outside at Puppy

Lily crying...I can't remember why.
Lily drinking from her new sippy cup from Grandma C. Thank you, Grandma!
Pictures from yesterday at the park. Swinging...her one shoe wouldn't stay on.
Going down the slide...

Making noise by ringing these bells...
Crossing over the bridge...
Playing with the shapes...
Posing for a few pics with Mommy...

Riding on the teeter totter...
And the bike...
Posing for a pic with Daddy...
Puppy kisses...this video is of Sampson giving Lily loving and kisses, and of Lily saying lots of things we don't understand.

This video I call "Where's Lily?" We play this game at least 10 times a day, and of course, she never gets sick of it. She hides behind the couch until we say "Where's Lily?" and then she pops up laughing. Simple joys. Oh, and as you can see, we've expanded Lily's play area. We still keep the gate up to separate Sampson from her. He doesn't mean to but he knocks into to her and we're just afraid he'd end up hurting her. So, she's learning not to touch the TV stuff.

Pregnacy update: All is going well. I am 18 weeks now and looking forward to my ultrasound on Oct.23. The sickness has subsided and I have more energy these days. We can't wait to see if it's a boy or a girl =)

Chilly Evening for a Bonfire

We had a little shindig last night. It was a perfect night for a bonfire. Enjoy all the pics!

Lily was starving by the time the burgers were ready...here she's pleading for a chip.Our living room looks so big without the gate and baby jumper.
AJ playing Halo, and Josh looking up crude jokes on the internet.
Lily playing with Jill.
Everybody else outside around the bonfire.
Even Sampson was at the party.

Jamie, Chris, David and Mindy
Jeremy and Renee
Brent and Megan - they announced their big news last night. They're expecting their first baby in late April. Congratulations! We are so happy that Lily and Baby #2 will have a playmate.
Me and Babe
That's all the pics from the bonfire. Below are some random pics I took of Lily last Tuesday when I was off for Rosh Hashanah. This week I have Thursday off for Yom Kippur =)
There's those eyebrows again!
Giving puppy his bones

Pretty little girl

Playing with hangers.

Trying to get into something she shouldn't

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 =)