17 months old!

I am 17 months old today! Mommy says that means I am almost a year and a half old! To celebrate we had french toast with cream cheese topping for dinner. YUM!!

Just in case you were wondering...

...Mommy says I'm still cute!

Fun with Bada

Bada and I had so much fun this weekend! We had a great day on Friday when it was just the two of us and had a lot of fun on Saturday and Sunday too. I love all of my grandparents!

Apples and pumpkins and corn, oh my!

Today we went back to Crane's Orchard with Bada to look at the pumpkins, get some more apples, and eat at the yummy restaurant. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time!

Daddy and his music

Mommy says, "I found this on-line while I was making the last entry. This video is from almost two years ago but it shows Dan and Sara singing "His Eye is on the Sparrow" together. Click here to watch!"

Wedding and visit from Bada

Mommy says, "This morning Dan's mom arrived at our house to spend the entire day with Lillian while Dan and I traveled to Alma for our friend Sara's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and very worshipful. The real excitement of the day, however, were the live butterflies that were released as Sara and Jarod left the church. Here are the butterflies after being taken out of the refrigerator (!) and placed carefully in the baskets."
"After taking the butterflies out of the refrigerator it was only a matter of minutes before we could hear them waking up! They were troopers, though, and almost all of them made it to the big release. Dan's butterfly tried to escape a little early."
"Once the butterflies were released some of them preferred to stay close at hand for a while."
"Dan was sure to bring his into the sunshine until it gathered it's strength to fly away."
"The reception was a lot of fun with great live music. Here are the happy bride and groom."
"Back at home Lillian and her Bada had a great day together!"

Chili

Mommy says, "Dan found this recipe on allrecipes.com and we made it tonight. It was great! Very fresh and just the right seasoning. We added one can garbanzo beans, one can black beans, and 1/4 cup brown sugar, per the suggestion of the top review. I don't usually get overly excited about chili but this was great!"

Ouch!!

This afternoon I was playing outside with my mommy and daddy and I found a cool looking bug. I reached out to touch it and it hurt me!! Mommy says it was a yellow jacket and it stung my hand!!
I cried an awful lot at first but Mommy and Daddy took good care of me and I calmed down. They said I was very brave and a tough little cookie.

Dressing

Mommy says, "Today while I was getting some cleaning done Lillian decided to try on my shirt. She is getting better and better at helping with the dressing and undressing process each day. As you can see she's not quite ready to do it completely on her own yet."

More yum...

Mommy says, "Tonight we redeemed the coupon for a free dinner at Thai Palace. The food was excellent, our waitress was friendly, and the ambience was nice. The only bummer was that when we went to pay and use our coupon the waitress pointed out that the coupon is only valid when used in a party of 3 or more. Argh. If only we had ordered a kids meal! Oh well. She put a note on it that we can use it anytime in the future, not just the week of my birthday. I'm sure we'll be back!"

Yum....

Mommy says, "We bought one of those coupon books a while back and it turns out it has lots of fun freebies for the week of your birthday. Tonight we redeemed our free pizza coupon from Domino's. Lillian ate one and a half slices all by herself. She ate it layer by layer - pineapple, cheese, crust. It was entertaining."

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today is Mommy's 27th birthday! Since Daddy had to be at class today we went to Jenison to spend more time with my cousins (and Grandma, Papa, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Trisha too!).
While we were together we celebrated Jacob's birthday.
Later Mommy, Daddy, and I went out to eat yummy Mexican food for dinner.
Okay. Mommy and Daddy ate yummy Mexican food. I ate crackers.
Then we went to Till Midnight to pick up some dessert.
I went to bed when we got home but Mommy and Daddy said the desserts were delicious!!

Cousins!

Daddy had his class tonight, so Mommy and I met up with Grandma, Papa, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Trisha, and my cousins Ian, Jacob, and Elsie. We ate dinner and played in the play area at Burger King.
Here's my cousin Elsie having a good time!

Lunch date

Today Mommy and I did something we've never done before - we went out to lunch all by ourselves! A nice lady at McDonald's gave me my own toy!
Later on we had a lot of fun playing outside.
Look at our pretty tree!

Lillian's day

Mommy says, "Yesterday was such a busy day that I felt like I wasn't able to play much with Lillian. Today I decided to do my best to make it her special day. We started with a bubble bath, which Lillian loves."
"Then we went to the mall to play at the play area. Since we got there before the stores opened Lillian had the entire Happy Harbor to herself!"
"Lillian brought some friends along."
"We took a snack break before walking around the mall."
"Then we went home, ate lunch, and had lots of playtime at home. It was a very good day!"