A Very Special Birthday

We had another birthday at our house....Eden turned 1 on Friday, September 3rd.  Here's our cute little girl on her big day!

Eden was completely spoiled with gifts from our families.  Milan showed Eden how to open presents; Eden caught on pretty fast and really got into opening presents....I love all of the different looks on her face.....

This was Eden's favorite gift....it's a ride-on-car (which she loves)

and a walker (which she is completely confused by).  Well, she likes to push her new toy out in front of her....we'll have to work on moving her feet later.

Last, but not least, Eden LOVED her birthday cupcakes.  Milan and I were going to decorate the cupcakes with sprinkles then I had big plans to light a candle and sing Happy Birthday.  Eden saw them on the table, knew she had to have one, pointed and said, "eh-eh-eh-eh" until Dave gave in :)
It was a very special birthday for a very special little girl!

Happy Birthday Dave

 Dave turned 31 yesterday. Dave has never really been into birthdays, but Milan had big plans!

First thing in the morning, Milan called Dave on his way to school and sang Happy Birthday (I'm sure everyone on the bus could here it!)  Then we made Dave a princess cake complete with pink frosting, sprinkles, and princess figurines and decorated the house all princessy!

 After Dave did his school thing, we enjoyed 3 hours with Eden while Milan was at preschool.  I'm not sure if there is a better way to celebrate your birthday then playing catch with a happy little Eden.

 

Then I made a yummy dinner, we enjoyed some very special birthday cake, then Milan helped unwrap some gifts.  Here's Milan giving Dave a big birthday hug.

Hope you have a great year Dave!

First Day of Preschool

Milan is growing up WAY to FAST!  I dropped her off at her first day of preschool yesterday.  Some of the other kids were crying and almost everyone was hanging out with their parents.  Milan just marched right into her classroom and when I asked her if she wanted me to say, she just said, "no."  Of course, Milan has been talking about preschool for a year now so I should have been prepared.   Look how grown up my little girl looks! 

I had heard a couple of people rave about this preschool, but it was already full when we moved here.  It was sheer luck that we were visiting with the teacher when she got a cancellation phone call from one of her students.  After we were signed up, I realized that it is every day for 3 hours....I'm going to miss Milan but I know she'll have a great time!

Exploring

Dave LOVES to drive and see pretty things.  Fortunately, Laramie has some pretty things within a relatively short distance so it's perfect for all of us.  Eden is a happy little traveler as long as we bring snacks and her blankie for naps.  Milan loves driving with us because she has our attention for her many many questions.

Saturday, we headed up into the mountains and practiced our jumping skills....

found some pretty flowers.....

played fetch with a random dog.....

posed on a rock just like Aerial and sang very loudly.....

and just hung out with dad....

A fun little adventure

Last Saturday, we headed about an hour outside of Laramie and did a little exploring. We took a picnic and intended to go for a hike, but the girls found this little stream and didn't want to leave. The girls ended up soaking wet and pretty dirty so we ended up driving home with a naked 3 year old and a diapered 1 year old. Next time we head out on a little adventure, I'll pack some extra clothes :).

We Made It!

This is fair warning that this a completely RANDOM post....I am sitting in my truck in the Hastings parking lot because I have been without Internet for 1 1/2 weeks and I'm going through withdrawals.

The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic and now we feel pretty settled. So far, we are really enjoying Laramie. Dave has started classes and is getting less stressed out about his grades....it will be hard work to earn high grades, but not the 100+ hours he was originally anticipating. He is sleeping about 8 hours a night now and has decided that makes him a nicer person :). Dave gets to hang out with our family every day and we love it. Milan has become a "daddy's girl" and loves to quietly play Polly Pockets next to Dave while he does homework. Milan gets to maintain her fun park schedule so she randomly meets new friends almost every day. I have started running again which is great! I have also been cleaning our rental extensively so I now feel like it's fit to live in (and the floors are fit for a little crawler.) Yep, Eden mastered crawling on August 15th. She's pretty cautious, but still has a couple of sad little bruises. Her favorite areas are bathrooms and doors.

Before we started this moving craziness, we had a fun little get together with our friends. My friend Cammie made me this sweet shirt. It was obviously cooler than any shirt I was wearing, so I put it right on.

Me and Morgan. Good thing we still get to talk every other day :)

For some reason, we had a boy side and a girl side.....I guess the boys weren't too interested in talking about girly stuff.

I will miss these girls!! I truly loved living in Rock Springs and it was all because we had such great friends. (It really could have sucked without these ladies!) Laramie's pretty cool, maybe all of our Rock Springs friends will move here!?!? Or stay on a super deluxe air matress in our living room for a visit?!?!

A Fun Date.

The weekend before we moved, we went on a super fun date with friends....dinner, ice blocking, kickball, football, and Drumstick Ice Cream Cones! A friend of our friends was visiting from out of town....he happened to be a photographer and decided to snap some pictures instead playing 12 year old games like the rest of us. I just got these pics and I love them! Dave and I don't have very many pictures of us (although we have about 12,000 undeveloped pics of of the girls) so it's fun to have some candid pictures of our fun date!