Playdate at the Park

Today was beautiful and sunny, so we met some friends at a nearby park.


This park is so cool, it has all kinds of fun stuff for the older kids to play on. Ingrid liked to just crawl around, check stuff out. I made those owl pants for her today, check them out :)


She really seemed to want to use the climbing wall. Maybe when you get a little older, dear.

It got to be past naptime, though, and the swing nearly lulled her to sleep. She did end up falling asleep in the sling on the walk home and seemed very comfortable there!

Ingrid's First Easter!

Ingrid got an Easter basket with fun toys. Brendan said he'd eat her jelly beans and I just looked at him--you think I got our 10 month old daughter candy?? Oh, he was joking.
She got a shaker like the ones we use at story time, which she thought was cool.

She also loved the plastic grass.

We went to Corie's for dinner. As always, Ingrid loves to play with the kids. Keilah and Camden won't leave her alone, it's sweet.

They had fun finding Easter eggs.



Ingrid had fun, too, until it was late afternoon and she was overtired and feeling sick. Isn't that the most pathetic looking kid you've ever seen??

But we left and she slept almost the whole way home. It was a long day.

Gallup Park

Saturday we got up bright and early to take Cody and Ingrid to a nearby park.

It has tons of trails, one of which goes along the river. We saw a swan.
It was sunny and some of the trees even had buds on them!! Spring is here, I think!

Jungle Java

Friday we met some friends at a play place. There is a nice padded toddler area with things to climb and slides to go down. Ingrid was fearless--she was trying so hard to keep up with the big kids. I helped her climb up and let her go down the slide by herself, and she LOVED it! Once she is walking I am positive it will take her ten seconds to figure out how to run. Away from me.

Ingrid Does Laundry

Ingrid has this weird obsession with laundry, whether clean or dirty. She loves to tip over the basket and sit amidst the clothes. She'll grab something, feel it, wave it around. She has been known to sit for 20-30 minutes at a time completely engrossed with dirty clothes.



We just love our funny baby!

Fun Thrift Store Finds

More fun things for Ingrid to wear when she gets bigger. The one dress even still had the original tag on it! I so wish you could just walk into any store and find dresses like these for sale!

Sick Day #2

Ingrid and I have had bad colds the past few days. We haven't left the house in some time. Which means Ingrid gets into trouble while I try to rest on the couch. She got into the pantry and can amazingly get to the upper shelves, and the spices. Gotta move those :)


She stole Cody's tennis ball...He doesn't like that so much.

And she tried on her sun hat. Not that we need it now, as it has snowed for two days.

Ingrid's New Toy

Gramma left her umbrella stroller here and it's become one of Ingrid's favorite toys. She loves to climb on, in, over and through it.

My Urban Toddler

Today we went to My Urban Toddler, a pretty cool place that has classes, playtime, food, and a store. The play place is really neat with different areas like a library, a dress up area, a house, a market with fake food. Plus they have a fully padded infant area that Ingrid got to roll around in. We had a lot of fun!

Ingrid didn't like it but I thought the cowgirl headband was so funny!

Here she is playing with Ben.

And here she is with some fake food. They had the coolest fake food, I'll have to get some for her when she gets a play kitchen.

New Curtains

I hate vertical blinds. I can't believe how long it took me to get rid of them in Ingrid's room! But now she has cute new pink and green curtains that I made for her. They make the room kind of glow a nice pink color when the sun shines.

We got Ingrid some new jeans the other day. They are quite the fashion jeans. She also has a pair of shoes given to us by a family I used to nanny for. I love them, they are so adorable! However, when looking for a similar pair I found they are quite expensive. Best to just let people give us their leftovers :)