Heidi is 3!

Yes! Heidi is 3! First some stats:

She is coming in at a nice 28 pounds and standing just over 36 inches tall! She is potty trained - with an asterisk by pooping - we are sitting at a 50/50 chance it won't be in her pants. She is growing up fast and is very entertaining to say the least.

We were lucky enough to have Grandma Babs and Grandpa Darrell come visit us this past week and help celebrate Heidi's birthday. We had nice, but hot, weather, and we ran around and kept busy. I was a little better at taking pictures – but quit after her birthday – oops – oh well!



Modeling a new dress...

Macey!

Being Goofy...

I told them to snuggle...ha.

Baseball game! It was kids day - so there was plenty of fun activities before the game. I was just glad it wasn't 35 degrees again...

A robot....doing the robot....in the middle of the street... I told Chris that was enough. :)

Heidi watching the robot...not so sure...

Guess who got to meet again...SLIDER! Heidi loves him and wanted to know where he was all the time.

A big thank you to our neighbor for hooking us up with tickets once again and he always gets us great seats...

Now the birthday girl! Heidi in her PJs admiring the decorations we put up.

Since it was her birthday - why not let her eat skittles for breakfast....um yeah - can we say hyper???

For her birthday we all went to the zoo - the zoo is nice and they do a good job with decorating and themes - just not a lot of animals... kind of weird... We enjoyed it just the same!

You will notice Grandpa Darrell sporting a nice large bandaid... all I have to say:

Badminton: 1 Darrell: 0

(He can explain the rest)

On to the celebration - Heidi said all she wanted for her birthday was pink ice cream, cupcake and a Spiderman umbrella...

A lot of concentration with opening each present.

New purse from Matt and Christina...she loves it!

So - I didn't mean to give her underwear for her birthday - I just wanted her to open more gifts. :)

Aw look - she got what she wanted...A Spiderman umbrella...

We had a great visit and miss them already! I can't believe she is 3!!!!

Memorial Weekend

Why not start off a blog about memorial weekend with a random lady in a hot dog suit...



We had a busy but nice weekend - first we decided to head to the Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Weekend carnival... well we didn't get the memo - I was a little worried when I saw most people in rain boots with mud on them - came closer to the fair grounds and wow - what a mud fest - I was surprised I didn't see ladies in bikinis mud wrestling. Heidi was in a white dress, Chris had his new shoes on and I have flat shoes and jeans that touched the ground - let's just say - we didn't stay long. Heidi enjoyed a nice cupcake and we moved on.

Well just when we were pondering what to do - Chris got a call from the car dealership that we have come to a deal and we just needed to sign the paperwork on a new car. So we spent our Saturday afternoon at the Subaru dealership and I think honestly - Heidi had more fun. She was hamming it up for everyone and having a great time.

Chris' new 2011 Subaru Legacy

The next day - we got to do something very special for Heidi - Thomas the Train was in town and had a whole bunch of things going on. Heidi was super excited to go - I myself - not so much - I can't stand Thomas the Train and if I hear that theme song one more time - I may die - but it was a very well run event - tons of things for the kids. Heidi was in heaven the whole time!!!

Riding on the train - being pulled by Thomas - Heidi was VERY excited!

It was great weekend! Less than a week before my mom and Darrell come! We are super excited and can't wait!

Nice Weekend

YEAH a gorgeous weekend - FINALLY! Chris asked me what I wanted to do this weekend and all I said was be out of the house and outdoors. We took walks, went to the playground, played basketball (No worries - not 1 on 1 or anything - we play what we call Heidi - its the opposite of Horse - the first one to actually make 5 shots wins...yep we're that pathetic)



A co-worker of Chris told us about the Lake Erie nature center and it was nice. Had a planetarium, some animals and its surrounded by a nice forest. Best part - it is FREE! Heidi enjoyed it, plus its right next to Lake Erie - so we got to check out the beaches. believe it or not - people were totally rocking their bikinis and laying out...and no creepy men - I did not take any pictures...

Heidi has definitely moved into that pretend play time - I should record her conversations with her toys - some of it sound a little familiar :P. She loves her dollhouse and everything with it - I haven't arranged a thing - its all her. Funniest moment was when Heidi says they pooped their pants and were taking turns taking a shower. Nice.

Its finally getting nicer here in Cleveland - the trees have bloomed - the grass is green - I'm thinking summer will be nice here - help make up for the crappy winter!