Fun in the Indy Sun

Here are some pictures from all the fun memories we made in Indy last week.  It was so great that Jake and Lily finally got to meet each other.  The kiddos did great on the car ride...although Logan chose not to sleep at all on the way back, we had plenty of snacks, books, toys and dvd's to keep him occupied!  We are missing the Indy Moorlags but sure enjoyed the fun time we had!. 

Doesn't Jake look pretty excited to finally meet Lily!

Trying to catch a little TV time

Uncle Ryan with Josie & Elyse

Mamas & the babies

Checking out the boats

Looks like Ryan is having fun :)

Ice cream for all

Swinging buds

Josie & Lily in their matching pj's

Logan thought it was pretty cool his cousins had a slide inside

We spent a lot of time out here!

A walk before bedtime

Searching for the roly poly bugs...this seriously occupied them forever

Buds

Jake having a good time

Pool time

Someone was a little obsessed with the water!

Bathing Beauty

Josie having fun with the slip & slide

A great summertime treat

Yep she's having fun

Those eyes!!

Movie Night

Sweet Elyse

9 Months

Lily turned 9 months on the 22nd of this month.  It is hard to believe nine months have come and gone!  She continues to change so much every day.  She is very laid back with such a sweet personality.  Some new things she is doing these days are: pulling up to stand, cruising a little, clapping, chasing her brother around...or at least tries to and playing 'so big'.  Still no teeth for this little one.  I think months and months ago I said she was getting teeth, but no.  I'm sure we aren't too far away from seeing some pearly whites.  We couldn't feel more blessed to be parents to this adorable girl!  Here are some stats from her appt:

Weight: 19 lbs 12 oz - 69%
Length: 29.25 inches - 95%
Head: 17.25 inches - 46%

Such a happy girl

She likes to play with cars too :)

A favorite spot to play at

My loves

Good eater...loves eating finger foods these days

Playing 'so big'

So sleepy

Coming soon...pictures from our Indy trip.  We survived the 10 hour + drive to and from :)

Catching Up

We have been pretty busy this month....I'm not even sure with what?  We've been trying to soak up all the beautiful weather we've been having and spending lots of time outside.  Here are some catch up pictures of May so far.

Getting ready to sell daddy's car...if dad really has the heart too!

We headed to Iowa to celebrate Noah's 1st B-day

Daddy shares a birthday the same day as Noah...ages are a little different :)

Of course Logan had to assist with gift opening

Noah came to MN to visit us too!  Noah & Lil hanging out at the zoo

Good looking Geels family of 5!

A bunch of monkeys hanging out :)

See he is quite the monkey!

Me and my guy on Mother's Day...Lil was napping so she missed the photo shoot :)

The ATV Grandpa & Grandma B got Logan at Christmas didn't pan out so they got him this one instead...does he seem excited?

Helping dad put it together

He does a good job acting like he knows what he's doing :)

Peek A Boo

Lily has been a little under the weather this week so we've been getting lots of snuggle time together.  Here is a little video of her playing peek a boo while we were snuggling this afternoon.  She loves to play peek a boo...it is so fun to watch her do things on her own!

With her crawling she likes to go everywhere and get into everything like the dvd player, electrical cords, etc.  She even found herself under her crib.  Such a cutie!

Gone Fishing

This past weekend Ryan needed some "uninterrupted" time to work on our bathroom remodel in the basement. The only way to have uninterrupted time is to have the kids out of the house! So we headed to Grandpa & Grandma B's to give daddy some quiet time to work :) We found lots of things to do to occupy our time. The highlight of the weekend...our fishing trip. Logan had never been fishing before and he was surprising more patient with it than I thought he was going to be. Here are some pics of our weekend.

Carson & Derrick

Logan's favorite part was reeling the line back in

Mel's fish...notice Logan hoarding the snacks in the background :)

Me & my dad

Matt & Derrick

Lily hanging out

Logan would always say "I do it by myself"!

Ahh...this is the life :)

And of course when the boys got bored with fishing they moved on to throwing rocks

We also made some time in the weekend to visit some pretty great people in our lives!

Great Grandpa & Grandma J

Great Grandpa H

Great Grandma H

Silly Girls

Grandma spoiling Lily with a taste of her ice cream!

Logan "helping" Grandma in the kitchen

Time for a bath after all that playing :)

Lily doing her scrunch face :) Lily can take a couple "steps" on her knees now, but she mostly just army crawls

Back at home...this is how I found Lily during her nap yesterday, except she was on her knees before I grabbed the camera. I can't keep up with this girl! Time to move the crib down!