Andrew points to one of Lillian's fat roll creases on her arm and says, "Mama what's that?"

Block Party

Our on base neighborhood had a block party to get to know your neighbors and to meet those running it. We had a great time and I thought the idea of the mustache pictures was awesome! So cute! They had lots of stuff to make Snores and they had yummy hot dogs too.

Growing...

We had a WIC check up this past week and Little Miss Lillian had to be weighed and measured. She weighed in at a whopping 17.5 pounds, 23 1/8 inches and a head circumference of 16 1/2. She gained 3 pounds in one month! And grew a whole inch! She sure is growing up fast!! I was enjoying my alone time this past Saturday (I got a whole 1 1/2! Usually it is only about 30 minutes just because that's how long it usually is when Lillian starts causing a big fuss) I was walking around the BX and I was in the baby section when I noticed the warmer sleepers, which Lillian didn't have any of and it has been starting to get rather chilly at night. I cannot remember the original prices but I found one that was a 12 month size that was marked down to 6 something because it was "Damaged" (opened package) Well I also bought some deodorant too. I went to the register to check out and the sleepers rung up for $2 cheaper!! So that was a good deal! I also went to a yard sale before heading to the BX and found a cool Darth Vader carrying case that you store stuff in and thought it'd be PERFECT for Andrew's Angry Birds Star Wars stuff! Well I got home with it and he did not like it at all... (He was so tired) and he kept going on and on about it... So I put it away and didn't say another word. Later that evening (this was actually last night) he came across it and like fell in love with it and grabbed all his Angry Birds Stuff and put it all in there. He also put the pigs on the outside of it and would throw a bird them and try and knock them down.
  And the picture of Lillian with black on her face was taken last night when I got busy cleaning or something and Andrew decided Lillian needed some makeup on. He got my brand new mascara and put it on her. It was the cutest thing. But I did have to let him know that it is not safe to put stuff on her without Mama being rgere.

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; Woke Andrew early today and going to see how that goes. Hoping he will take a nap earlier and have a better attitude throughout the day. He usually sleeps in then gets tired at 6 but it is too late for a nap so just have to deal with a bad mood til bedtime, which is usually late.. I would just like to get him on a normal schedule that works for everyone! My kids are just night owls. Lillian goes to bed at 10 and usually sleeps til 11 or 1 but Andrew does not fall asleep til SUPER later and usually is awake by 10.&lt;br&gt;<br>
&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; We just left JoAnn's Fabric and I got 4 yards of the Snuggle Flannels and 6 yards of tulle. The flannels were 2.99 a yard and the tulles were only 1.33 a yard! If I would have known that tulle was so cheap then I would have gotten some a long time ago! Never was able to find drawing pencils though...<br>
&#160;&#160;&#160; This evening we went to Perkins to eat dinner with his squadron. They are going to have a bonfire party on the 28th of this month. But we had a good time at dinner and Little Miss Lillian did her first laugh out loud while we were there, it was so sweet! And,<br>
what made her laugh was... Andrew taking a drink from his cup through the straw. :D

   Lately I have been busy down sizing and getting rid of stuff. I try and explain to Andrew that we will be moving to a new house to live in and he does not like the sound of it!

Sleeping Babies

This picture was taken last night (Tuesday, September 10, 2013) We were all upstairs watching tv and they both zonked out! It was too cute!

Bubble Town (Sunday September 8, 2013)

Below are pictures of Andrew playing "car wash" He loved blowing TONS of bubbles with the straw! I luckily had the container on a towel, although he did still end up making a mess.. haha. BUT the floor got mopped. Towards the end of playing I guess he thought he was supposed to dump the water on the floor.. hahaha. He only ended up dumping like half of it out though. Made for an easy mop job and now my floors are super clean. :)

Scandinavian Park

Here are some pictures from this past Monday at the Scandinavian Park in Minot, ND. This was our first time walking around the park and looking at everything. Our purpose of going was to slide down the hills. The hill we were at was so steep that Andrew didn't want to do anything but throw balls down to the bottom. (Drew was the one sliding down & climbing up the hill! It was so funny) I wanted to slide down too but was busy feeding Lillian like the whole time. The seat of Drew's shorts were green from the grass but we all had fun and laughed a lot.

September 7, 2013

This week I have done a few little projects with Andrew. The last one was him digging for treasures in a tub of rice. I have been organizing and downsizing when I found a bag of pretty "crystal" fish tank rocks. We still had a pretty good amount of rice in our 10 pound rice bag so I figured I could let him play in some. He had a blast with it! And it kept him busy while I went through stuff.
 
I have been on the pinterest website a lot lately and "pinning" all sorts of fun things to do with Andrew. (and recipes, decorating ideas, uplifting stuff, Halloween ideas, crafts... And the list goes on) and I have decided I need to actually DO a couple of these things that I "pin". I have been pleased with what I have been able to accomplish.