S is for Sally!

She's not a baby anymore :( I've gotten that comment more than once. Reid and I noticed it about two weeks ago, she's officially a toddler. An adorable toddler might I add!

Sally was able to meet Kari and Andy's new little puppy! She is also adorable! Little Lucy! Sally was a big fan!

Thanks Tiff for the cute 'S' shirt! Check out in stitches new designs! (become a fan on Facebook)

This week's favorite moments

**Sally and I were walking down the sidewalk with her walker, and my neighbor asked me out of the blue if I smiled through my entire pregnancy. My response, Yes!, the entire time, I loved it, every minute of it. I'm looking forward to being pregnant again...not just yet though. The reason she asked? Because Sally smiles all.the.time, at anyone and at no one. She even smiles in her sleep. :)

**Sharing a popsicle after nap, outside in the shade on the lawn chair. We were giggling so hard when the juice would run down our chins and drip all over us. Stickiness is part of summer...even for neat freaks like me!

**Sally has been saying Daddy and Da Da for quite some time now. She even says "Hi Daddy" when he walks in the door from work, or in the mornings when she wakes up. It melts his heart....okay, it melts my heart too. I can't get mad, 9 times out of 10 she prefers me over anyone else. BUT, the other day I was making dinner and she was crawling around, crawled to my leg, pulled herself up (love when she does this!), patted my leg and said "Mamamama." I can't imagine how I'll feel the first time she says 'I love you.'

Celebrating Life!

No, I don't have dirt on my face, it's a mosquito!

The one-the-only, Aunt Kathy! We were being silly (what's new?!) and dancing. It must have been an "old school" song!

She needed some cheering up...

Sally missed the nights, in that, she slept through them. She was down at 7 and was up at 8 (I know, we're lucky). Here she is one morning happy as can be, eating her breakfast. Queen of the thrown!
Here are a few videos, if you'd like to see more you can go to my you tube page here.

Grandma Nancy celebrating life, but not aware she's being recorded doing it :)


Maddie enjoying her dip off her leg, she's got the cutest little voice!



Lastly, Grandma Peggy celebrated life by taking it to the extreme. She did the tire swing. My creative cousin thought of the idea of using another rope to pull up the tire swing...FROM THE DECK! Check back to a previous post where I took a picture of "the cabin" and you can see how high it went up! Most of us went on the swing and I got most of the videos that you can check out at the you tube site! Way to go Grandma!

A whole lotta photos!

Loving the water!

She would have dove in if we let her!

Tons and tons of Loons!

Someone's a little sleepy

Captain Jim!

Drinks at Moonlight!

Staying Hydrated!

Sparklers...more evening pictures to come tomorrow!

Good Morning!

"Can I jump in?!"

"No, but we can get our feet wet!"

Tired and Lazy...

It was a fabulous weekend! A little too fabulous that I'm feeling a little sluggish today. The pictures in today's post are just the ones from my phone, more will come throughout the week!

Life is good-Cheers!

Maddy is a little snuggler just like Sally!

Ashley was a rockstar fisherlady-learned to take her own fish off!

Music was rocking, and so were we!

She wasn't a huge fan of her life jacket, but she was a big fan of snuggling with daddy!

Perfect night for a bonfire!
Picture perfect morning. Grandma soaking it all in with her morning coffee, probably saying a few prayers of thanks that she didn't fall off the tire swing last night (videos to come!)!

A little slice of Heaven!


Sally is a good car rider, but she doesn't like to fall asleep, this took her two and a half hours and it only lasted 30 minutes, and we still weren't home yet because it took us almost four hours because of....



...THIS!

The "Cabin!" where all the fun happened!

Thank you DeChene family for all of your wonderful generosity! We love you!

Now, I'm off to do a few loads of laundry and itch my mosquito bites :)

Happy 4th of July!

We'll have a few of these in honor of Grandpa Joe! (Can't believe it's already been 16 years!)

We'll remember where we were at a year ago and being very thankful for hopefully not having to spend a few nights at Children's Hospital due to a UTI!
But mostly, we'll be doing a lot of this!! Celebrating life!

and relaxing!



It's our favorite weekend of the year! We're headed up to the beloved Crosslake, MN, thanks to our Wonderful! relatives!

Bye for now, we'll see you on Tuesday!

Learning

Sally's Learning:

~*~Gravity--so fun to drop things and watch mommy and daddy pick them up. She'll hold something high in the air look at us out of the corner of her eye, drop it, and giggle

~*~When we hide the remote under the pillow she knows it's there...

~*~Peek-a-boo, whether it's actually hiding behind an object or a blanket, or just turning her head one way and whipping it back, sometimes a little too hard, getting dizzy and tipping over

Lastly, Sally is learning how to be a sun goddess like her Mama