Potty Training!

Taylor has been doing so great with potty training!  We had (for months) been trying to get her to go pee pee on the potty with no success.  I went out to the movies with mom and Sherry on July 3rd and Zack sent me a text about "big news...call me".  I had no idea what it could be!  I called him after the movie and -- voila!  She had gone pee pee!  Woo-hoo!  She was so proud of herself and we were so proud of her!  Since then she has been doing pretty great.  We started her off right away with her underwear.  The first few weeks were a little rough with accidents, but overall, she did really well pretty quickly.  

Her first poop on the potty was on July 8th and it was sort of a fluke!  I couldn't believe she had done it! 

She's been doing so well and is now in underwear all day long, except for naps and bedtime.  She has been pretty good about telling us when she has to go, or at least listening to us when we tell her she has to try.  Her tell-tale sign of needing to go is grabbing her butt - haha!  We can even take her in public and she's not afraid of the public restrooms (I just have to try to keep her from touching the toilets - YUCK!!).

So proud of our big girl!

Fireworks!

We went down to the boat house for Whitmore Lake's fireworks this year.  Kevin, Meghan & Celia came along for the fun.  We had front row seats for the awesome show!  Taylor loved all the colors and had a blast!  And Ava wasn't scared at all!

Owen is 3!!

We had so much fun celebrating Owen's 3rd birthday!  His party was Sesame Street theme and was on June 30th.  Sherry & Ian made some delicious food, as per usual.  The party commenced with some swimming pool fun since it was freakin' hot that day!

Balloon Fest 2012

We went to the balloon fest in Howell this year for the first time.  We had so much fun on Friday night (without Daddy) that we decided to go back on Saturday night with him!  Fun was had by all!  I can't believe Taylor and Owen were big enough to go on rides by themselves.  They are getting so big!!

7 Months Old!

taken 6.21.12

1st Combo Bath

The first bath with both girls was on June 18th.  Aren't they cute together?!  They do pretty good for the most part (when Taylor is not trying to steal Ava's toys!).  One bath time makes things easier on mama!

Father's Day 2012

I have been horrible at my blogging lately.  I'm going to attempt to do some catch up :)

For Father's Day this year, the girls and I took Daddy to the Tigers game!  It was Ava's first game and Taylor's first game that she could remember!  It was a hot and steamy day and we even had a nice rain delay in the middle.  Taylor had a blast riding the carousel and ferris wheel!

It was the perfect way to celebrate the perfect Daddy!