Beach Day

We spent the day in St. Joseph, MI. Our first stop was pizza for lunch. 

Claudia loved waving at all of the dogs she saw passing by. 

Then we rode the carousel. 

Finally to the beach. 

Enjoying some ice cream. It was a messy and loved treat! 

Happily playing in the sand. 

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Our first trip as a family of three to Shedd Aquarium. 

Claudia before a quick tear duct surgery. 

Play date with her friends (and Piglett, her new BFF). 

Cool chick.

Checking out a local butterfly house. 

She loves grocery shopping because there's always food samples. 

Best friends enjoying a snack. 

Meeting her children's book hero, Llama Llama. 

Asleep during a walk. (That's an empty container that she has insisted on carrying around and playing with for months.)

Trying to soak up as much of the end of summer as possible. 

More shopping...this time with Piglet. 

Pigtails! 

Gotta have mom's coffee for those early morning park dates. :) 

Impromptu game of t-ball at the park. 

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Playing in the backyard with our bestie, Ellie.

Petting the lambs at a local farm with one of our friends. 

Playing in the water at the Arboretum. 

We saw some amazing Lego statues at the Arboretum on exhibit. Truly mind-boggling. 

Date night - celebrating seven years! 

Pushing our friends around like a big kid. 

A fun meet up with my friend, Kate who lives in Texas. We always have so much fun together. 

Park fun! 

Fun at Blackberry Farm riding the carousel, a pony and train! 

Who know Froyo could cause so much cuteness? 

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Fun at the park!

At a baby shower for one of mommy's old coworkers.

Playing indoors on a rainy day. 

More fun at the park.

At the petting zoo watching the ducks.

Girls night out to see Kinky Boots. Such a great production! 

The girls - Jennifer, Menda, Wanda, Amy and me. 

Playground cool. Every girl has to love a great jumpsuit. 

Mommy baby playdate at Claudia's house. 

Eating goldfish at the splash park. 

Weekend Getaway

We had four days planned at a resort in WI. We took an under-the-weather Claudia to the doctor the morning we left and the Dr actually thought she had pneumonia! Yikes! Thankfully the chest x-ray confirmed it was a nasty virus instead. Our Dr. was hopeful she'd be over it soon since it had already been a few days. Too late to get our money back so we went thinking we'd go but lay low in our suite until she felt better - which just so happened to be the next day. 

 

Our sick little munchkin sleeping on the way there. 

Day 2, listening/watching a band play music on the beach. 

Riding on a pontoon boat around Elkhart Lake. 

Playing on the beach. (And, yes, every time I remove her pacifier, she finds it and takes it back.) 

Smiling for the camera. 

Swimming in the pool. 

A view of our awesome resort from the water. 

Our sleepyhead - too tired to get up. 

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Our first pigtails. 

Grandma came for a visit. 

Play date with our friends. 

Enjoyed the carousal at the hot air balloon festival.  

Attended our first parade on the 4th of July. 

Finally went swimming!