Father's Day

We had a great day celebrating Dan today. The biggest highlight was going to the Twins game for the first time as a family of four.  Both the girls did really well. Cammie never made a peep and Allie cheered at the top of her lungs, especially for Joe Mauer!  I think these two might have very different personalities.

This was taken at the beginning of the game. Cammie was mesmerized! :)

Allie was in heaven with cotton candy.  We won the parents of the year award when we allowed her to have cotton candy ice cream at Coldstone after dinner tonight.  Oh well, Father's Day only happens once a year! :)

Here is Allie cheering for Joe Mauer.  She would yell GO JOE MAUER at the top of her lungs.  She must have asked Dan about fifty times if Joe Mauer was up to bat. She would also cheer GO TWINS! At a couple different points in the game people in our section joined Allie in her chant. It was so cute. Maybe we have a future cheerleader in our midst!

At some point Cammie actually woke up. She literally never made a sound, but she was taking in all the action in the stadium.

This is what happened about three minutes into our car ride home!

It was a wonderful Father's Day and I am SO thankful to married to such an amazing dad. These girls are pretty fortunate to have Dan as their dad!

We have one month until we move into our house. It is looking great. I'll share just a few photos of the progress.

We had our dock put in yesterday and her is the south view of the lake from the dock.

Here is the view as you walk in the house of the living room, kitchen/informal dining room, and sunroom.

The study. I found a design similar to this on Houzz and had to copy it. I LOVE how they turned out!

The kitchen. The fridge is blocking the other half of the kitchen, but I love it!

This is the view from my kitchen sink. I think I love it more than the actual kitchen.  I don't think I'll mind doing dishes as much with this view to look at.

We are getting so excited to move and have started the official countdown!

Life Lately

Lately life has been a whirlwind. I'm beginning to think this is our new reality with two kids and an active golden retriever!  I am finally feeling like I'm into the swing of things with Cammie.  It took about 7 weeks until I was over all of my issues (mastitis, allergic reactions, illness, serious issues breast feeding, etc.), and now that she is 8 weeks, I am feeling pretty good. I am so thankful to be enjoying my sweet little baby a little more.

Allie continues to be a wonderful big sister. The only issues we have is that she is sometimes too enthusiastic with Cammie and I worry she could accidentally hurt her.  Allie finished her first year of preschool last week. She had a great year and especially loved one of her teacher's, Miss Marylin and also meeting her best friend Claire. I was proud of the feedback we received about Allie from her teachers.  They said she was the best cleaner upper in class, that she was very compassionate with all of her classmates, that she was a very verbal and smart child, and that they wish they could teach kids like Allie every year! It was a really fun year for her and we are sad not to be returning to that preschool in the fall. But, Allie will be going to a school just 3 miles from our new house.

Friday night was uncle Dave's wedding.  We are so thankful he found such a great girl and that Vanessa is officially part of the family!

Here is our little flower girl!

Her cousins, Brennan and Gavin, were the ring bearers. So cute!

How cute is this sweet girl? She is such a mellow and content baby!  Last night she slept from 7:00 PM to 4:30 AM, so she has a mellow and content mommy too! :)

The cheeks! I love her cheeks!  For being such a tiny peanut, she sure has gained a lot of weight. The biggest indications of this weight gain are the rolls on her legs, the big cheeks, and the double chin! :)

I took this picture just after I suctioned a bunch of snot out of her nose.  Allie SCREAMED bloody murder anytime I suctioned her nose.  Cammie didn't cry at all and once I was done she started giggling, so I had to take this picture.

My cousins Christina and Alyssa hosted a sip and see last week for Cammie. Aunt Robbie gave Allie a pink headband (among other adorable gifts). Allie loves it so much that she had to let Bella have a turn wearing it. I'm not sure Bella loved it as much as Allie! :)

We've had lots of fun play dates recently.  Here is Allie with her buddy Murphy.  Murphy is older and wiser than Allie, but they play SO well together!  Murphy's mommy is one of my best friends from college, Katie. We met freshman year and were both Thetas together.  I'm so thankful that our girls are such great friends and that we both live in the Twin Cities. I look forward to many mommy daughter dates with Murphy and her mommy in the future. 

And here is Allie with her buddy Will.  Will lived across the street from us before we moved to Canada and he ended up being in the same preschool class as Allie this year.  It has been really fun to reconnect.

Lastly, just 5 weeks until we can move into our house!!!! Can't wait.  I'll post more photos sometime soon, but for now, here is the view from our basement. Not bad, eh? :)