Happy Birthday, Grace!

This past weekend we celebrated Grace's 1st birthday with her proud parents, Stacy and Kevin! They threw a great party with good food and fun! Lucy loved playing with all of Grace's new toys and watching her down a cupcake.

Here is the beautiful birthday girl!

Happy 1st Birthday to you!

The birthday party was a blast!



The adorable and delicious ladybug cake!


Grace was ALL ABOUT the cake and cupcakes!



And Lucy was ALL ABOUT playing with Grace's new toys...


Yes, they were under the weight limit! HA!



Lucy has started a new baby doll obession and I'm loving it. She holds them, rocks them, lays them down and covers them with blankets...


On Grace's real birthday we met at the Perrysburg Pool for a playdate and then went to lunch. You will not see any pictures in the pool because I was chasing a dare-devil who would run into the zero-entry pool all the way up to her chin and laugh and laugh and laugh. She also went under about 5 times and would stand right back up and smile at me with pride! We are in for it.

After the pool fun, the girls were ready for a snack. They sat together on the lounge chair and enjoyed some goldfish...



Then we went to Zingo's downtown Perrysburg for lunch! YUM!


Happy Birthday, Gracie! We love you so much!

It's GYMBOREE Time!

I signed Lucy up for our local Gymboree Play & Music center this summer. She has LOVED playing there, playing musical instruments, and meeting new friends.

The class this week started with a dance with scarves...

When the music would stop, everyone was suppose to freeze, and Lucy would close her eyes. It cracked me up. And I got it on film!

Another favorite of the class is "clean up, clean up..." time!

And Miss Caitlyn the energetic, adorable teacher!

Lucy also likes the "tap, tap, tap" dance. This week she followed the whole song, staring at Miss Caitlyn...ha!


Then comes parachute and bubble time. We walk the parachute around in a circle and sing a song while Miss Caitlyn blows special bubbles for each baby. Look at all those cute babies!


Each class also includes free play. The center is full of fun tunnels, swings, bouncy mats, slides, etc! It is heaven to an 18 month old!

Lucy is following her friend, Lucy here! (Yes, they have the same name. We met in breastfeeding group last spring.)

Loving on her friend, Lucy!

Lucy has started to hug this week. Not sure the other Lucy liked it on her head though....oops!


And I'll end with a funny picture of Lucy taking a sink bath at Mimi and Papa's! She loves sink baths so much!

More Pictures!

Julia, Thanks for sharing more pictures with me!





[Not sure what I'm concerned about here...)



Melanie's Baby Shower!

Megan and Tim Wedding!

Saturday morning we all met at the salon to get our hair done.

Then I rushed to the Brzozka's so I could quickly see Melanie (and her bump) at her Baby Shower! Unfortunately, I couldn't stay long because we were off to the church to get ready!

We camped out in the Kingergarten Sunday School room at Zoar!


John saved the day with Subway since no one had eaten lunch!


Megan's beautiful dress...


And gorgeous bridal hair...


Then the flowers arrived!




[And I'll be honest now...that is when my camera was put in the car. Unfortunately, being in the wedding party, with a baby who is the flower girl, limited my ability to have my camera all evening. BUMMER! But I did steal some pictures from others to share!]

Megan was the MOST BEAUTIFUL BRIDE! [Again, I apologize for the small, limited, or dark photos...they're not mine!]





[Julia, can you save me and post some pictures from the wedding you got with your little camera!?! Did you get a picture of Lucy in her flower girl dress?]

Pre-Wedding Events!

This past Saturday, July 23, 2011 Megan and Tim got married! We were in Perrysburg for a few days preparing for the big event.

I enjoyed a spa day and lunch with the bridesmaids.


Pedicures...


Lavi, Megan's college roommate who is from Rome, Italy!


Megan also enjoyed the time to be pampered and relax!



And a fun, wild bachelorette party that evening! (I don't think I've been up that late in years!!!)


Good food and drinks..



Then Friday evening was Rehearsal at Zoar and dinner to follow at The Original Tony Packo's!




Megan got us ADORABLE, monogramed purses!


And the guys got Chris Speilman autographed OSU footballs!


It was a fun evening preparing for the BIG DAY! (post to come soon of the WEDDING)