Men at Work!

Daddy and grandpa took on the task of "baby-proofing" the outside of the house today. We have a huge egress window that Paige, or anyone could fall into. Ryan and Grandpa did a great job of coming up with an idea of keeping kids out but still letting the sunlight in. Thanks to them we don't have to worry about Paige falling down and getting hurt.
We ended our night with Uncle Pat, we had dinner at Chipotle and took a walk around the pond. Paige talked about Pat and Jack (his dog) the entire way home...she loves her uncle Pat!

The final product!

Feeling better!

I think Paige is finally feeling better, it's been a sleepless week! It's so sad when you're baby is sick.

This shows that she's feeling better, she climbed up on Ryan's lap and said she wanted to "eat". She took his spoon and fed herself, I was thrilled because she hasn't eaten much in the last couple days.

Paige and daddy enjoying some breakfast together.

Bike!

Paige got her first "bike" today. Thanks to craigslist we got her this little bike for only $15! It's has a little "steering arm" so we can keep an eye on her and push her in the right direction. Within 2 minutes she had her feet on the pedals and was trying to do it herself, it won't be long and she'll have it all figured out.

Pizza and Drums!

Paige and I went to my cousin Chris's house for dinner tonight. It was great to hang out, catch up and spend some time together. Of course Paige loved playing with Sam and was a little shy around Cole. Sam and Paige made a little pizza for Paige (thanks Chris!) and Chris had some yummy snacks and pizza for the "big kids" too!
Paige was up from 2:45am until about 5:30 this morning and then only slept another half hour...she was up for the day at 6am! Needless to say she was one tired girl, she had 2 short naps and was pretty crabby all day. That all changed when we got to Chris's house, it was great to see her smile and have fun...she kept everyone laughing by "tooting" at the dinner table (she takes after her dad).
After dinner we went and looked at all the instruments in the basement, Paige was in heaven and Sam let her play the drums and the piano!

 Making pizza with Sam :)

It's RARE for Paige to fall asleep in the car, but she was asleep by the time we left Chris's neighborhood. She stayed asleep and even transferred to her bed without waking up, I can honestly say that has NEVER happened before. Here's to hoping the drums and pizza tired her out enough to sleep all night, her momma needs a full night of sleep as well.

78 degrees and sunny

It was 78 degrees and sunny today, not to mention a little humid too. Of course we soaked up as much time outside as we could, Ryan had Paige outside by 9:00am! We took a trip to Gma and Gpa's house and  were lucky enough to see Alice, Andy and Uncle Mike. Paige has been practicing and can say "Alice" now, it used to be more of a growling noise...I think Alice was excited to hear her say it. Paige was glued to Alice's side, Alice took her for walks and Paige was obsessed with looking at the 4-wheeler. Andy was busy playing basketball and beating Ryan in a game of P-I-G. After Alice & Andy left Paige turned accident prone, she bumped her head and then about 10 minutes later fell and got a bloody knee. It all comes with playing outside I guess, it didn't seem to faze her for long...many more bumps and bruises to come.

Andy's big smile after beating uncle Ry-Ry!

A wonderful saturday morning...

Thanks to my amazing husband who was willing to go for a walk in Elk River this morning. He was awesome in helping me get a few good pictures of Paige and it was fun to me to practice with my camera. Paige had a blast checking out the ducks and having nibbles of our donuts from the local bakery.

We are loving the warm weather and I'm even embracing the humidity, we did up putting our sweatshirts on because it was a little breezy by the river. What a great way to spend a saturday morning!

March = Warm Sunny Days

I honestly can't believe this weather, it's amazing! It's given me a new energy and we've been spending a ton of time outside, they days are flying by! I ended up in a tank-top and jeans and paige was down to her onesie and pants! I put the little slide together for Paige yesterday and she's having a blast climbing all over it.
After lunch we took her baby for a walk in the stroller, she walked down the sidewalk with her little stroller and loved it! People drove past and waved with a smile and a couple little girls stopped on their bike ride to say "hi", Paige was in heaven!
She's down for her nap now, I should be ironing Ryan's shirts but instead I'm looking at all the pictures I took of Paige today and reflecting on how lucky I am to be her mommy. Here are a few: