Pink for a Princess

I decided one afternoon this last week that I would attempt to paint Lilah's fingernails for the first time. She was SO, SO excited. It worked out pretty well, except for her pesky pointer finger that wants to go under her middle finger. So her polish kept smearing on her middle finger. It did look pretty cute although doesn't stay on her nails nearly as good as on mine. Some of her polish came out in the bathtub that night and then it's come off pretty fast since our first painting. But, still fun and cute. I might have to wait awhile though to do it again - when I have A LOT of patience saved up to blow on her fingers and remind her to sit still and not touch her fingernails a million times every minute.

Exacizin'

Lilah likes to come home after the gym some days and do some of her own "exacizin". In one of my classes last week we were using bands wrapped around bars to do lunges and chest and back exercises. She watches in the childcare through a window so she can see the whole class if she wants. Hence that she talks about exercising, pushups and pretends to do squats.
She came home last week and put her jumprope around the leg of one of our kitchen chairs and did her own squats with her "band". Her music teacher said the other day that she's really good at hopping/jumping for her age, which I attribute to her many days of watching my group exercise classes. :)

Modeling

Lilah did a little modeling for Zulily about a month ago. It was fun because my friend Cori works there and she met us and Lilah kept us all (me, Cori, the photographer, and designer) entertained. She did really well. They sent me a sample of the pictures. I'm bummed because I don't think these are the best pictures they took (they took a lot and some were so great), but regardless, here they are. We've been asked to come back but so far it hasn't worked in our schedule. I see this as the start to my stage mom presence. ;)

19 weeks and Growing

I've been very bad this pregnancy taking pictures. I guess with #2 that you're so consumed with the first child that you just forget about yourself and the little peanut growing inside. So I did finally remember to ask Lance to take a picture the other night. 19 weeks is no big milestone except for the fact that I just remembered to take a picture. And the fact I'm growing, fast.

13, 16

For those of you opposed to tv, we learned the value of it this weekend. All of a sudden Lilah started counting. Before I go on, let me tell you that she does this a lot, but goes up to three or four. And, sidenote, we read a lot of books with counting in them, but usually they go up to 10. So, she's counting, and she just keeps going. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16! Yes, she skipped a few in there, but I think our mouths were on the floor. Maybe I'm a bad mom, but I cannot take credit for this at all. We take our hats off and give a big thank you to Sesame Street. :)

Motorhomin' It

Yes, we already have a trailer (not to be confused with a motorhome, 5th wheel, or camper..for those of you less experienced luxury campers). But the Muchlinskis joined us in an '86 motorhome Glenn and Lana are selling for a fall camping adventure. It gets a little cold in Leavenworth at night with a baby to tent it, so they agreed that the ole motorhome would do them good. We headed up for a long weekend and had a great time (despite some rain and clouds). The kids did pretty well (minus a few naps and some early morning get-ups). Lilah was definitely in heaven. She loves camping and loves her friends Mike, Julie and Shepa maybe more. We spent a lot of time just hanging out and eating. We tooks some walks and spent a few hours one day in Leavenworth. Glenn and Lana joined us too, so we spent some time hanging out with them and Lilah got to play in their trailer with all the new, exciting toys (new to her). After we put the kids to bed we sat by the fire chatting, laughing, and making smores. Our first night we had a heated battle of a game called Truth Be Told. It was super fun and at times had us all laughing so hard we were crying. I'm sad to say now though that we have one more camping trip then we're into the fall weather and gloomy days, so our trailer will be put to sleep until the spring or until we feel like we can make it work with a newborn and toddler. I'm hoping that by May or June we can get out, at least try a night. We'll see what I'm saying come that time.

Julie, Lilah and I in Leavenworth

Right before the scary clown came and took a picture with us

the Muchlinskis

Snugglin' by the fire

the Wileys

Lilah and a few of her best buddies

Mike, Lance and Samson's hike

The motorhome

Julie's New Toy

Here are some samples of pictures that Julie's camera takes - she is having tons of fun with it. And we are benefitting from her purchase as well. She takes these great pictures of us and also has volunteered to take pregnancy and newborn shots for us. So glad she made this decision!