Great Granny

We were able to visit Great Granny on our vacation.  It was so fun to see her and meet all her friends!  We brought pizza and enjoyed lunch together!  Paige loved all the trinkets in Granny's apartment...it was hard to keep her from touching everything!  We had fun and it was great to see Granny!  Paige is one lucky girl to have such a sweet Great Granny, she's a young 95...and doesn't look a day over 29 :)!

Bay Lake 2011

It feels like forever since I've posted.  We spend the week at Bay Lake with the Ottenstroer side of the family, Grandma and Grandpa rented a cabin for all of us!  It was great to spend time together and worth waking up 2-3 times a night!  Paige loved waking up and seeing Grandma in the kitchen drinking coffee every morning...she loved knocking on Grandpa's door and waking him up too!  Andy and Alice always made her smile when they came down the stairs.  They had lots of good cousin time together, walking, feeding the fish, playing with toys, playing soccer with Andy and swimming in the lake.  She was spoiled by all!  She didn't like her first boat ride because of the life jacket, but the second time was a little better, she wasn't as crabby about it...she must have known she'd get some ice cream after.
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for making more fun memories this year!  We love you!

Top 10 List

Here are Paige's top 10 things to do these days!

1. WALK!
2. Wave
3. Dance
4. Wiggle away from her mommy during diaper changes
5. Play outside
6. Giggle
7. She loves to be chased
8. Play in her pool
9. Eat crackers like a "big kid"
10. Suck her thumb

I love you Paige, you're getting so big and you amaze me everyday!

Hanging out with friends...

Paige and I met Mandy and James at Como zoo today, it was a beautiful day which explains why it was so crowded.  We met them for a picnic lunch and in my opinion that was the best part!  It was nice to sit in the shade, feed the kids and catch up...the kids had fun watching each other and all the other kids walking into the zoo.  I'm embarrassed to say that I forgot to take a picture of James and Paige!  We didn't last long at the actual zoo, it was hot, crowded and the kids were tired (I think Mandy and I were tired too :).  We parted ways and walked what seemed like 5 miles back to our car.  On the way back Paige and I stopped at the carousel, she loved watching the people go "round and round" and listening to the music.  We sat and watched for about 5 minutes and she was upset when we walked away.  There were lots of beautiful flowers on our walk back too, so of course I had to take her picture.  She was a very good girl and fell asleep on the way home.

A weekend at Nana and Grandpa's

We took a trip to Bigfork this weekend, we had a great time and Paige even took a dip in the lake!

Paige put her toes in the lake...then decided to take a swim in the buff!  She had fun with her buddy hunter who was on vacation too!

She's walking more and more.  She still isn't standing up on her own, but now she's willing to let go of furniture and venture to the other side of the room.  She puts her arms straight up in the air for balance and her little tongue sticks out while she concentrates.  Pretty darn cute!

Nana and Grandpa took us to Arcadia for dinner (where they filmed the "hams beer" commercial), we sat under the covered patio and watched the rain while we ate...it was really pretty!  The food was great and Paige has a new love for saltine crackers!  Thanks for a nice weekend Nana and Grandpa!

More Walking

I can't believe how much she's walking now!  She'll walk all the way across the room by herself!  I'm going to be one busy mommy!

Sleep-over

Paige's cousin Sam came over on Monday and spent the night!  Chris and Sam spoiled Paige and I with a birthday lunch and cupcakes!  Of course Paige loved having Sam around and I got one of her famous pedicures with some cool "crackle" nail polish.  Paige has pink toenails now too!  Paige has been working hard on walking and Sam was a big help!