'Lil Bit of Cuteness

Milan is really getting into dressing herself....here she is with a pair of pants and 2 pairs of legwarmers on top.....green polka dots and pink stripes. She also really likes to put swim diapers on over her pants....I will have to get a picture of that too!


The other morning, Dave and Milan were playing on our bed......Dave kept throwing her into a pile of pillows and Milan could not get enough! Here she is taking a breather.

Seattle

Dave and I just got back from Seattle....it was our first romantic getaway since Milan and it was W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L! On the way to the airport, Dave said that this trip was a "Bermuda Triangle" of all things he hates......traffic, rain, allergies, crowds, and weddings. Of course Dave was a good sport and we had a lot of fun! The best part was just hanging out together....and sleeping in. Here are some highlights from the trip.....

Friday afternoon, the girls had a High Tea and I got to meet Jen Wiley's other friends from out of town. They serve sorbet and cookies before High Tea....I could definitely get used to dessert before a meal:)

My picture with the bride

On Saturday, we went downtown to walk around at Pike's Place. We had to park far away then lost our rental car and ended up walking around in the rain for a while. Here we are all drippy :)

Dave's grandma and aunt live in Seattle and we enjoyed meeting them for dinner. (Dave's 1/4 Japanese even though you can't tell at all.)


On Sunday we went to Jen Wiley's wedding and it was beautiful! We drove 15 miles out of Seattle and we were suddenly in the country....the wedding was simple and elegant.

Jen and Lee played a fun Chinese game where they answered questions using one of their shoes (i.e. Who's the better cook.....Jen or Lee?) It was pretty funny.

Cute couple. We had so much fun at the wedding! We met some fun people and had a blast dancing!

We really had a great time and we also missed Milan like crazy. We could hardly wait to see her when we got home :). We were so lucky to have great friends to watch her and when I got home she was weaned from the bottle and responding well to time-out.......maybe we should leave town more often :)

Cute Fall Pics

Here's some cute pics of (you guessed it......) Milan!

THE Big Yellow Cow

Grandma Kat gave us the Big Yellow Cow a couple of months ago and Milan has seen it off and on since then. Just last week, Dave and Milan discovered that the big yellow cow was the coolest toy ever. Milan loves to be thrown on the cow over and over and and ride the "bucking" cow! Now when Dave comes home from work, Milan drags the cow to the middle of the living room so that Dave can't miss it :). Thanks Grandma Kat for the hours of enjoyment!

GO COWBOYS!

Saturday Dave and I had an awesome date! We got up bright and early to ride the 'Cowboy Fever' Bus to Laramie for a Wyoming Cowboys game. The bus has a VERY LOUD train horn that made the drive and the cruise through town a BLAST! We tailgated and had GREAT food then watched the game (thanks Deejay for the grape salad....yum!). Even though we lost, we had fun and learned the cheers for next time. We stopped for dinner on the way home, then pulled in the driveway at 10:30......definitely a long day. THANKS to the Sorensens for such an awesome time!
Here's the group who rode the bus.....

The Sorensens, the proud owners of the Cowboy Fever bus!
Some of the boys at the tailgater

Aw, what a cute couple :). Dave's sporting his new sweatshirt :)

We Miss Jen Wiley!

Back in 1999, I was a park ranger for Honeyman State Park.....it was not the most glamorous of jobs since I had to wear forest green high-waisted, tapered-leg pants everyday and clean bathrooms. However, I did meet Jen Wiley and even though we have both lived all over the country, we have been friends for almost 10 years!! I completely forgot how much fun we have until she came to visit us for a week! Milan LOVED Jen Wiley's visit and refused to take naps because she was having so much fun hanging out with the "big girls!" We have missed her, but luckily Dave and I will be flying to Seattle for her wedding in 2 weeks...yea!

Milan and Jen Wiley at the Park (Look at that styln' blue visor :)

Playing in the yard

We all took a trip to Green River to walk along the river and we took some pictures along the way.....

SPLISH SPLASH!

Since fall is here, I thought I'd post some of our latest swimming pictures before it starts to snow.........

Milan's hiding in the tower of water :)