Hodge Podge of Updates

It's been awhile since I've updated our blog.  You would think with the conclusion of busy season I would have all this free time.  I've mostly been filling it with all the things I should have been doing during busy season but never got around to.  Lily has been developing quite the personality in the last few weeks - it's been so much fun watching her grow but also crazy at the same time.

We spent a weekend at my parents house recently.  They've purchased a crib and queen bed for my brother's bedroom.  While he complains they are taking over his room I remind him that he's better off sleeping in the laundry room anyway - I mean he's always bringing it back home anyway.  Lily hasn't always had the best of luck sleeping at their house.  She wasn't a big fan of the pack and play, hence the crib purchase.  On the Friday night that we stayed there she woke up numerous times just screaming.  By 3:00am, Mike just brought her into bed with us and she was out like a light.  That was the first (and hopefully last) time we will be co-sleeping.  If only I had a picture of the three of us and Diesel in a queen sized bed together.  Promoters of co-sleeping must all have king sized beds.

That weekend Mike put the boatlift in with a new set of magic wheels (I swear I helped push a little).  Both Diesel and Lily loved being able to hang out on the lake for a bit - note Lily's winter coat!

Too bad you can't see the dog on my feet

Helping daddy with the new wheels

Ready for summer

She hated this box

My shopping buddy

I love this of both of them - hoping daddy will let them out to play

Trainwreck

Loving the warm weather

My diva

Snuggles

She loves this bear

Happy hour with Aunt Katie!!



In other exciting news, we finally said good-bye to the orange machine (the grand am) and purchased Mike a new VW Passat.  This transition was long overdue and Mike was actually sad he didn't get to say good-bye.  Friday I stopped into the dealership to have it appraised for trade-in and ended up buying him the Passat on the spot.  It's a manual transmission so I got to drive around a loaner for the day until the dealership delivered the Passat to our house - they are so good to us.  Mike and the boys stuffed it full of their golf clubs and headed up to Crystal the very next morning for it's first voyage.