Christmas 2016

As usual, the Christmas season was a busy and fun one! We made our annual trip down to Monument Circle to mail our letters to Santa, attended the tree lighting festival in Broad Ripple, enjoyed cold evenings in front of the fire and spent lots of quality time with family!

Hanging out in Broad Ripple

Fun times at the Broad Ripple tree lighting festival

There's nothing better than spending a wintery evening in front of the fireplace!

Monument Circle for the Circle of Lights

Our annual visit to the South Bend Chocolate Cafe for a treat

Mailing our letters!

Christmas Eve at my brother's house

Lots of presents to open!

Christmas morning excitement!

A few of our fave toys from Santa

My little Skye and Chase

Presents, presents and more presents!

Halloween 2016

Once again, Halloween was a great time! We did Halloween at the Zoo and lots and lots of trick or treating with neighbors on Halloween night!

Skye and Miles from Tomorrowland

Zoo Boo!

My little puppy and astronaut ready to collect their Halloween stash!

Georgia Kate is 2 Years Old!

We celebrated Georgia's 2nd birthday with a very low-key party with a few friends and family. No big party this year. Big girl got checked out by the pediatrician, got Chick-Fil-A and cupcakes for her birthday dinner and had cake with friends.

Georgia at the Doctor.

She got an Elmo balloon animal for her special birthday dinner at Chick-Fil-A.

Eating our traditional birthday cupcake.

It's cake time!

Yum Yum

Of course, Oliver needs to help her open her gifts!

Stylish girl.

Our 1st Visit to the ER

One night while Oliver and I were Christmas shopping at Target, we got a frantic call from Don saying that Georgia had fallen and probably needed to go to the ER. We rushed home, despite the fact that Oliver wanted to stop and buy a Paw Patrol watch first. Ha!

We headed to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital where we ended up spending the next 5 hours. In running across the basement, she tripped and fell into the rocking chair and busted her lip. Turned out, she needed stitches, and they had to be done by a plastic surgeon. What I initially thought was a not very bad injury turned into one that required sedation, stitches and follow-up appointments. Shows what I know!

Georgia was such a trooper, though, for everything she had to go through! She's one tough girl!

Poor girl looks like a crime scene!

She was quite the trooper, though!

Her busted lip

Waiting for the IV

All hooked up and ready to go!

Waiting for the sedation to wear off

 

Georgia's Big Girl Room

In November, Georgia began waking up screaming each and every night. The only way to get her to calm down was to bring her into our bed with us. Obviously, this became a vicious cycle so we decided to convert her bedroom. This way, we could climb into bed with her when she woke up and attempt to keep her in her own bed.

I've had her bedding for quite a while now...I've just been waiting to pull it out! I'm so happy with how her bedroom turned out. I still have some work to do on decorative elements, but the big things are done.

I'm loving the pink and gray bunnies, and I think it's safe to say, Georgia likes it too! As a bonus, the kids are having a spectacular time playing in her new room. They especially like crawling under the bed and using it as a hideout!

She has my old bed and dresser. :)

I think she approves!

 

Saugatuck, MI - Summer 2015

After the CRAZY summer I had attending classes, we were overdue for a getaway! We settled on heading to the beach in Saugatuck. We had the best time! 3 days of doing nothing but laying around on the beach, shopping in town and eating yummy food! It was the best end to my busy summer!

These two had a blast playing in the sand.

Love these two!

Beach baby

The best kind of view

Sibling love

I climbed Mount Baldy one evening by myself...guess I didn't know what I was getting myself into!

At least the views were amazing!

Beautiful sunset

Enjoying a peaceful sunset on the beach by myself

Lighthouse in South Haven on the way home

Swinging at the beach

My girl and me

I love harbors!

Enjoying a little treat in the sun

A cupcake and a new boat...doesn't get much better than that for this boy!