Diana's Pumpkin Patch

We made the biggest parenting mistake ever. Watch us on the next evening news. We had been driving for 3 hours on our way home from Glenda's. Pickle had been in the car seat way too long. We were on a mission to find this famous pumpkin patch. By the time we got there Pickle was crabby and wanted out of her seat. F and D unloaded and shut the doors to realize that D had dropped his keys. CRAP the doors were locked and we were in the middle of no where and to top it off........Pickle was in the car. We were in po dunk no where! AHHHHHHH, we freaked out. We called 911 in a panic. Oh my god, we locked our infant in the car. Pickle was silent but huge tears were rolling down her face. She was scared and quite as can be. Sweat was rolling down her forehead. Tears were rolling down my face and I was boo hooing. Within 5 mins a police officer was there to calm us down and within 10min a lock smith was there to save the day.

The pumpkin patch ended up being wonderful! Our two pumpkins only cost us 60 bucks(including locksmith fee's). Not bad I guess, we actually thought it would cost more. We learned our lesson! Carry a spare key!

Happy 63rd Doda.

We all drove down to help Doda celebrate his 63rd birthday. The guys were put to work building a loft for Doda while the girls hung out. On sat, Lily woke up in the middle of the night and cried for an hour straight. She had never done this before. About an hour into the crying we had people at our door to try and rescue us. By this time Lily was so frustrated. Doda walked into our room and Lily reached out with her blankie. Doda scooped her up and she instantly started to settle down. His magic touch was what she needed. By this time we had the whole house awake at 4am so we just woke up and brewed a pot of coffee (all except me, I went back to sleep). She was getting her molars in and was a BEAR! She spent half the time crabby and by the time Sun rolled around she was back to her fun self. Evan and Brody spent their time riding golf carts around and messing around with the guys. Glenda and Doda were happy to have their family all together. Unfortunately, we don't get out to see them very much. It ended up being a cold weekend. Burrrr! We had a great time!

My man, Riley.

These two little ones are buddies! They are only 7 days apart. Celebrating together! Pickle is a little bossy!

Happy 1st Birthday!

All I have to say is PHEW. Having a party isn't easy. These are practically the only pics I got of Pickle on her big day. Not sure what happened but.......I have to say, I'm a bad mom. 1st cake and digging in, I can check it off my list. All other photos......oops, slipped me by. At least we had a Arizona birthday party too. Between the two parties I can manage to make a scrapbook page. Sorry to those of you who didn't get photographed, my bad.

Big news!

We have Big news in our house.........It's a BOY! Lily is going to have a little baby brother. There were no problems spotting out his little penis (unless he has 3 legs). There it was, smack dab in the first photo. Little Baby G II is very healthy! The ultrasound went great. We also got a photo of Baby G II sucking his thumb (the last photo). Lily was also captured sucking her thumb. We are both very happy and most importantly the baby is healthy. Donny said "one for one.

Boy or Girl

Where has the time gone? As most of you know, I'm 5 months pregnant. Yes, it's already been 5 months. It's funny because there is a huge difference in your first pregnancy vs. the others. You know what to expect and you spare the people around you of all the pregnancy stories.

The babies will be 16 months apart. I go through a million emotions a day. Excitement, fear, joy, stress and eagerness to be done. A lot of people have asked why we didn't wait longer. Well, we figure might as well have them close in age so they can grow up together. We both have siblings 8 years+ older/younger.

A lot of days I have felt guilty about cheating Lily by having another baby so soon. Then again, the 2nd baby never gets the time with you that your first does. So, is she really being cheated?

Tomorrow is the big day. We can find out if it's a boy or a girl. With Lily we didn't find out and that was the best surprise in the world. I always thought Lily was a boy. Surprise, surprise! This time we have decided to find out what the sex of this baby is. I think it's another boy. But last time I was wrong. We will post the big news a.s.a.p.
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The Wig Wam resort, Arizona.

We were invited for a weekend getaway at a resort outside of Phoenix. Donny was playing in a 2 day golf tournament. The entire AZ gang was also hanging out for the weekend. When I say the entire AZ gang, it's all of Donny's parents family friends. People Donny played baseball with since he was 8. Needless to say, it was quite the eventful weekend. Somethings are better left unsaid........

Lily's Phoenix 1st Bday Party!

We celebrated Lily's first birthday in Phoneix a few weeks early. The whole Arizona gang came together to celebrate. We both have family that live in AZ. It was fun to get everyone together. Lily's favorite gift were the books! Our little book worm. She wasn't fond of her first cupcake. Lily's first cupcake

The AZ gang.

The girls

The girls are so cute together. Lily is a little bully and Dessa is as sweet as can be. I had Dessa for 2 days and loved playing Mommy to two little ones. It was like having twins. Lily gets a little teritorial of Dessa however; Dessa has learned to stand up for herself.

Switzerland update

Chloe has adjusted well with the girls. She looks just like them!

I had to have a sister intervention. She became "that mom." The mom that you talk to on the phone and story after story about her new little one Chloe. She would "Chloe this, and Chloe that, blah blah blah" I couldn't get a word in to save my life. No actually it's been nice to see the dog lover in my sister come out. She was never a big dog person, didn't hate them, didn't love them. Now she has gone dog crazy. It's all about dog playgroup, dog chit chat, dog friendly parks, dog friendly restaurants. The dog is so Swiss that it has even taken the trains into the city with them. There is even talk about the dog coming to the States with them next year. Daisy will love that!

High school reunion

We don't look like we aged a day! Right? We got all the girls, their husbands and kids together for a bbq reunion. We were all inseparable in high school and now 16 years has passed. A lot of us haven't seen each other in about 10 years. Were does the time go? It was great catching up!

1st camping trip

We took Lily and Riley on their first camping trip. Our friends from Chicago also came for the fun. It was Kim's first time camping too! We just went away for the night to test out the waters with the little ones and we didn't want to shock Kim for her first time out. It was going to be quite the adventure with the 10 month olds and Kim was also going to be fun to watch. Kim is your typical Chicago city girl. She is totally new to the great outdoors. Not knowing what to expect she came prepared with her totes of gear in tow. Not knowing where to plug in her flat iron and realizing that we don't camp where you can shower she handled it like a trooper! She was quite the stylish one with her matching sweat suits and we had to die laughing when she pulled out her fuzzy pink hat and matching gloves. I felt like one of the boys when I wore the same outfit the entire trip.
The boys spent a few hours attempting to catch a fish but came back to camp empty handed. Us girls were left to take care of the kido's and the 3 dogs. It ended up being a down pour of rain the entire night. We spent 3+ hours stuck in our tents and trying to keep them from leaking. The tents smelled like wet dog and we ended up in puddles of water. It was not your typical camping trip but let's just say it definitely was a way to test out the waters or puddles at least. And most importantly, Kim said she would do it agian next year!

Lily's Grandma and Grandpa come to town

D's parents came to visit Lily for the weekend. It had been 6months since they had seen her. They couldn't believe how she had changed. She warmed right up to them. We had a great weekend catching up.

The little ones

Lily and Dessa, 9 months old. Looking cute; like twins. Lily is such a bully when it comes to Dessa. She is so sweet and Lily likes to do anything to intercept Dessa being near me. I babysat Dessa for 2 days and you would have thought Lily was going to die. She became very clingy! Dessa would come stand by me and Lily would be busy playing. As soon as Lily saw Dessa with me she would come cruising over and come up and pinch Dessa. Dessa would break down in tears and then it would make Lily cry. They are a riot with each other. I managed to master 2 kidos and even had them at Baby Boot camp with me. I even got them on the same schedule in only 2 days. Yes, call me super mom!