Time flies

Happy Halloween... a little late! This year was so much fun since it was Mya's first halloween. We don't usually get too excited about halloween, but isn't she just the cutest K-State cheerleader you've ever seen? She had such a good time walking(toddling) around the block with her cousins. I just love the picture above of us walking together. So cute!
Her cheerleading costume is actually a 2T that someone gave to us, but I couldn't wait until next year for her to wear it. But as you can tell, it was a little big. I love this picture of Mima and Jordan! Jordan was a Manhattan cheerleading and she was so cute!
And here's Dad trying to walk with both Dorian and Mya. That is not easy. Especially because Mya kept tripping over her shoes. Silly girl. In her defense, walking is hard!

Dan took this picture of Mya and it is one of my current favorites. We can't hardly get her to sit still these days, which is a lot of fun! She is always babbling, playing, and most recently, walking!
The above picture was taken at my friend Lindsey's house when Cami turned one. I know it doesn't really look like it, but Cami is actually giving Mya a hug and it was adorable. And Mya didn't even mind it. They got along so well! They are going to be best friends, I can tell!
And I just had to add this picture of me and Camdyn all dressed up in her snow white costume... her favorite princess! Isn't she precious?

Well, that's all I've got for now. Just waiting for Mya's birthday and for Thanksgiving... my favorite holiday! What's not to love about family, friends, and good food? And Dan would add football to that list!

So Much to Cover

Things have been crazy busy here lately, which is why I have not posted anything lately, but I promise we're all still alive and doing well. Here is just a snapshot into our lives. Dan and I went to hang out with some of my dearest high school friends and their spouses. Here is a pic of Kristin and her little man, Jacob (and her newest little man Nathan entered the world just a couple of weeks later) and then there's Morgan with her adorable little guy Camilo. We had such a fun time with them and it was so neat to see all of us as moms together.And then we went to see our friends Cody and Amanda with their little bundle of joy, Ryder! He was born by emergency c-section a month early, but him and mom are doing really well. He is such a sweet baby!Then just recently we went to see Mima and Papa for Mima's birthday. The weather was absolutely wonderful and we played outside for a while one afternoon. Mya loved this ball so much... maybe a good birthday present idea? I'll put that one the list of the million things I want to buy my beautiful girl for her first birthday.
When you have one Mima who doesn't like her picture taken much, one nine year old who can't sit still, and two small children who won't smile or look at the camera when you want them to, this is the best picture you can get!
More recent events, Dan got to have a guy's weekend! One weekend a year, him and his college/high school friends get together and... well, I don't really know what they do, which is the way it should be, I think. It just so happened, that his college friend, Craig, was here from Georgia, so we got to see him for a little bit before he left for his guy's weekend. Here's Dan, Craig, "Uncle Josh" and Mya. I love those guys!
So there's just a little update about us. I am going to try really hard to stay updated on this thing. We've got my best friend's baby's first birthday coming up, then Mya's first birthday *November 20th* and then Thanksgiving! And of course, all the little things in between! So I'll try my best to get pictures up of all the exciting things going on!

Mya's world

Right now, Mya is kind enough to let Dan and I be a part of her world. And because we don't really have a lot going on right now, I thought I'd give you a glimpse into it. So here are some of Mya's favorites things.

Favorite silly song: Bingo (was his name-0)
Favorite show: Wheel of Fortune
Favorite words: dada and a-da
Favorite sounds: farting sounds, of course
Favorite toy: anything that plays music or that she can throw around
Favorite thing to do: there's several, so the top three are taking baths, standing(by herself), and playing with the cabinet doors in the kitchen or bathroom
Favorite foods: peas, mandarin oranges, watermelon, cantaloupe, cheerios, and goldfish
Favorite thing about daddy: he plays "where's daddy" (can't explain it, you just have to see it)
Favorite thing about mommy: sings "Free" by Ginny Owens after every bath (she squeals as soon as I start singing it, and it's not because I'm a good singer)
Favorite thing to do with daddy and mommy: read, read, and read! She loves books!

Our favorite thing: being around Mya and enjoying all of the above things with her!

Just a Few Pics

Things have been super busy around here, but here are a few pictures of us recently. Here is me, Mya, and cousin Camdyn at cousin Silas' birthday party. Silas turned one in August and we were so glad we got to be there to help him celebrate. Camdyn loves helping with Mya, which is so sweet!


Here is the birthday boy and his adorable mommy! He is such a fun one year old!Here's my big girl in her cute little shoes. They are going to be too small for her soon and she hasn't hardly worn them, so I have to try to get her to wear them as much as I can! Thankfully she puts up with me.
How can you not love that face? I love everything about this little person! She is such a blessing!

Especially when she looks like this! This is actually a normal face for her when she wakes up, but the hair... that is not normal. It was sticking up everywhere!
Can you believe our little baby is nine months old already? She had her well baby check up and is healthy, growing good, and obviously loving life. She's got four teeth now(and always working on more), stands by herself, walks around by holding onto things, loves bobbing back and forth to music, loves tilting her head to the side, loves crawling after her daddy, loves taking baths, and loves smiling! Dan and I are doing well too. Dan is substitute teaching and has had jobs everyday since school started. Mya is going to a babysitter that we absolutely love and who lives just minutes away from my work so I can visit during lunch if I want. And I am really enjoying my work as I continue to get the hang of it. We are getting ready to celebrate my 26th birthday next week and I am so excited. I love birthdays! I'm going to see how long I can make my birthday last this year. Who thinks I can make it last all week? Wish me luck!

Gotta love summer time!

We have been swimming! Mya loves to swim, so we have been over at Dan's aunt's house taking advantage of her beautiful pool! I didn't get any pictures of Mya in the pool, but here is one before we went. She has such a cute beach body!
Mya really likes to play in her room so whenever I need to get some stuff done upstairs, she gets to play in her room. This day I wanted to see how she would like sitting in her rocking chair, which actually used to be mine when I was little. Of course, she loved it! She was even trying to rock it herself!
Dan took this picture last week! Isn't it just the cutest? She loves to pull herself up on the window and stand there and play! She thinks she's so big.
I just love these next two pictures! Mya pulls out her cheesy smile whenever she's super happy, which she obviously is here!
And here's Mya and Daddy eating Mya's favorite food... cheerios! I wish you could see all of the dress she's wearing. It's such a cute dress that Aunt Sarah got for Mya. And cousin Camdyn has a matching one. I'll have to take a picture of them wearing it at the same time.
So we have really just been enjoying the warm weather, swimming, grilling, hanging out with family, and spending time with friends. Hope everyone else is enjoying their summer and doing things they love!

My two loves

Mya loves to play with her daddy.

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All I can say is...

Wow!  My little family has been in Topeka for almost three weeks now!  It has been so much fun to be closer to family and friends, but I feel like we have just been on the go constantly since we moved.  I can't wait for things to slow down a little bit.  Here is just a snapshot of what we have been doing with our time.   I'll start with how Dan and I celebrated out fourth anniversary.   
Dan took me to Kansas City for a night.  It was our first night away from Mya, it was hard but it was very nice.  We stayed in Overland Park and then went to a town called Parkville.  It was such a cute little place.  There was this huge "castle" in the hills that I just loved.  
Dan took me to a wine tasting, which was so cute.  I have been telling him for the last, um, five years that I wanted to do a wine tasting.  He doesn't even like wine, but took me anyway.  What a thoughtful guy.  We had to snap a picture by the Missouri river.  It was such a nice day!

Gotta love girl time!  My friends: Cassie and baby Ethan, Laurel, Lindsey and baby #2 inside, and of course, me and Mya!  I just love those girls so much!  It's amazing how we can just feel so comfortable with each other when we don't get to see each other very often.  

And here's my sweet girl eating at the table like a big girl!  Guess what she's eating?  Pancakes!!  I gotta start her early eating pancakes because that's one of her mommy's favorites!  She ate hers plain, but when she gets big she can have pancakes with peanut butter and syrup.  Yum.

Now I just have to show you my happy clothed baby in her car seat.  The reason I point out that she's clothed is because of the next picture down below.

Here's my naked girl in her car seat.  Here's the totally embarrassing story.  We were eating at a restaurant with some friends and friend's parents.  Everything was going well enough.  Mya was a little fussy but that's because she hadn't gotten her morning nap.  That's not unusual.  When I went to get her out of her high chair to play with her a little, I spotted it...poop.  All over my child's leg and now on my arm.  Nice.  So I take her to the bathroom to clean her up and only have two wipes.  Even nicer.  And no change of clothes for her.  Great.  She's crying because she has strangely developed a hatred for commercial changing tables and people are coming in and out of the bathroom staring.  I did manage to get Mya cleaned up and wipe the poop off my arm and shirt.  Yes, it was on my shirt too.  Here's the best part: as we're getting ready to leave, Dan tells me that not only had Mya got poop all over her and me, but the waitress had to clean up a pile of poop off the floor.  That's how it was described to me...a pile of poop.  Yuck.  Then we walked out of the restaurant with our naked child.  So there she is.  Asleep and naked.  But isn't she just so cute?