9 Week Recap

For the last 9 weeks we've been busy, busy, BUSY!  I spent all of my time at school or softball.  The little time I got to spend with Nola was not enough, but now that softball is over I'm excited to spend my weekends with this cutie:

Rather then writing out a bunch of stories to catch you up on the last few weeks I'm just going to do a photo dump.  Hold on tight, here comes a lot of pictures of an (almost) two year old!

She loves flipping through an empty photo book.

Mother/daughter photo shoot.

We've already used a sick day!  Luckily, she felt better quickly.

Loving the samples at Sam's

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Second haircut, a cute little bob.

I'm loving these GIFs!  She is the cutest!

The JV softball team after our last game, we won 12-9.

The back of our oven.  We are on week 3 without a range!!  It's getting fixed on Friday... hopefully!

Driving back from our weekend spent with family in Wichita.  Post on that coming soon!

We've got a big day coming up- Nola hits the big 0-2 on Friday!

Boca & Gramcy

My parents came to town last weekend to spend time with me Nola.  Nola loves Grandpa (she calls him Boca) and Gramcy.  

Let's eat Grandpa!  Let's eat, Grandpa.  

Punctuation saves lives.

My Mom brought Nola's Halloween costume with her.  When my twin sister and I were 18 months old my Mom made us dinosaur costumes.  My younger sister and brother also wore them when they were little.  This year, Nola is going to be a dinosaur just like her Mom, Aunts and Uncle!  She liked it?

Well, she got use to it.

She is going to be the cutest dinosaur ever!!  

Mom and Dad were nice enough to hang out with Nola at the house while Robert and I worked in Lincoln (me at a softball tournament, Rob at the office) and then went and saw a movie.  It was nice to have a break.  

They also mentioned something about buying us a shed but I haven't heard anything else about that.....

Love you Mom and Dad!  

Day at the zoo

A few weeks ago my brother and his girlfriend were in Omaha.  We met them at the zoo and had a great time!  Nola LOVES her Uncle Kyle.  When she sees a picture of him she actually says "Uncle Kyle!!"  It's cute, and I think Kyle really likes it too.

Uncle Kyle even got some kisses.

If Uncle Kyle wasn't holding her then she wanted to be held by Allegra.  Thankfully, Allegra loves kids and was happy to show her around the zoo.

They were pretty cute together.  Did you notice Nola's shoes?  Before we left for the zoo I tried on some cute wedges that her Aunt Cathy got her.  She already had socks on so I slipped them on over her socks to see what they looked like.  She wouldn't take them off.  All day.  She wore socks with peep toe wedges.  Fashion faux pas.

We had a great day!  The zoo was fun and the company was awesome!

Last Day of Summer

My 6th year of teaching has officially started!  We started with a few teacher days last week and will start seeing kids on Monday.  I'm looking forward to this school year but I'm sad to see the summer end.  I've really enjoyed spending time with Nola and getting some stuff done around the house napping.  I wanted to start a tradition with Nola so Robert took a day off work and we spent my last day of summer together as a family.  We went to Lincoln and spent the morning at the Children's Museum.  I've never been and wasn't sure what to expect.  It was awesome!  There were different rooms set up as local grocery stores, banks and stores.  There was also a space area, farm area, water area and much, much more.  Nola had a blast.  So did Robert.  Get ready for lots of pictures....

Hanging out in the 3 and under area.  It had games for toddlers and a tree house that Nola loved.

Sam and Louie's employee.

Riding a horse in the Farm area.

Grocery shopping at Hy-vee

Father/Daughter time on the Lunar Rover.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles.  Nola's favorite because of the steering-wheels.

In the kitchen.

Her favorite part- the water room.

Nola was sooooo good the whole morning.  She was so excited.  We will defiantly be going back.  I think it will be even more fun for her as she gets older.  We spent the rest of the day running errands and had a nice dinner.  The next day I went to school and Nola went back to daycare.

When Robert dropped her off at daycare he said she immediately started giving hugs to all the kids.  That makes me feel a little better about going back to school!!

Chairs for boys

It's the last week of summer!??!??  That seems impossible.  Instead of completing anything on my summer to do list I'm using my last week to paint a doll house, relax and do a little bit of shopping.  Since there is nothing exciting to report I'm sharing two chairs I painted a couple of years ago.

The first was for my college roommate when she was pregnant with her first son.  Kaley wanted a unisex chair so she could use it for her son and any other children she might have in the future.  I decided on a nursery rhyme theme.  After learning the nursery would be farm theme I decided on Hey Diddle Diddle.

The stars have "Dad" and "Mom" written in them.  After her son was born I added his name thinking that she could add names of other children along the way.

I think the dish and spoon are my favorite part!

Me and Kaley at her baby shower.

Kaley's sister loved the chair so much that she wanted one for her son.  I was happy to paint one for her and decided on a planes and trains theme.  Even though I've painted several chairs since then, Caden's chair remains one of my favorites.

Two cute chairs for one of my favorite families!