July Pictures

Smiles all around!
I was feeding Lily, turned to get something out of the fridge, and when I turned back around I found Kate feeding Lily ( along with helping herself to a few bites!)

Daddy's girls!

White Sands Park

While in New Mexico, we visited White Sands Park. It was beautiful: miles and miles of beautiful white sand.

The girls loved playing in the sand.


Lily could be the little poster child for this park, she is so cute in her diaper covered with sand! By the way, Kate refused to get her picture taken during this excursion, so that is why there are so many of just Lily.

Lily with Grandma Heckert
A view from atop a dune.
Great Grandpa Mitchell

I could have looked at this view all day.

I almost forgot! Some great news.

Drew finally received the green light for his business loan, so we are beginning the journey of starting up a small business. We are hoping to open in about three months. Drew is giddy with excitement, while I am clinging to the last few months of corporate security. Here's to his ambitious, free spirit that I do not have!

Arriving in New Mexico

Coloring in the backyard at Grandma's house
We went on a tour of the pistachio farm in Alamogordo. It was so cool.
She really wasn't that excited about the pistachios
But she loves her bottle!
Yummy strawberries

This is Lily's new crawling style. She hates hates hates to put her knees down on anything hard. What a princess.
We went to Mcdonald's to wait for the zoo to open.
Making all the Zoo animals jealous with my cracker.
The girls and Grandma Heckert at the park in the Zoo
Cheese!

Husband tag

1-What is his name? Alan Drew
2-Who eats more? If I am not pregnant, him
3-Who said "I love you" first? Drew
4-Who is taller? We are the exact same height
5-Who is smarter? In all humility, me:)
6-Who is more sensitive? Hands down, Drew
7-Who does the laundry? Me
8-Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
9-Who pays the bills? Drew
10-Who cooks more? Me
11-What meals do you do together? None, but Drew always does the dishes
12-Who is more stubborn? Me, definitely!
13-Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Drew
14-Who has more siblings? Me
15-Who wears the pants in the relationship? Depends on the situation.
16-What do you like to do together? Watch movies, go on walks, read.
17-Who eats more sweets?Me
18-His guilty pleasures? Dungeons and Dragons
19-How did you meet? A CES broadcast
20-Who asked who out first? Drew, even after I interrupted him three times while he was in the process.
21-Who proposed? Drew, with the help of our entire Young Singles.
22-Who kissed who first? Drew, ever after I dodged him his first attempt
23-His best features? His smile
24-His greatest quality? He is very ambitious

I tag all who want to participate

In chicago's airport

On our way to New Mexico, the girls and I had a four hour layover in chicago, but luckily there was a playground. We took full advantage of it.

Lily waiting to be hit by some kid going down the slide.
"one scoop or two?"

Lily can talk? Oh dear.

While on vacation last week in New Mexico, Lily surprised the heck out of me by saying "uh-oh" when she dropped a crayon. I told her talking was not allowed until she turned one, but she has since expanded her vocabulary to "Whoa," and "ball ." What is a Mama to do? This is a video of her cute "uh-oh."

While Daddy is away, the girls will play.

The next few blogs will cover what the girls and I did while Drew was gone first for High Adventure and next for a gaming convention. A whole week and a half of adventures!
A pool in Evansville has this great splash park that we just had to try out. How cute is Lily in that hat?
Kate wanted to be in the big pool so bad, but it was so cold in there. She kept saying "Get back in there!"
I brought Alisha along to help organize the troops.