Fun at the lake!

On Memorial Day weekend, we went to the Lake of the Ozarks Jody and Terry's new lake house. We had such a great time and are so lucky that Courtney will have such a great place to visit as she grows up! We went out on the boat, laid out while she slept:), grilled out, and explored! And, of course, we all celebrated Dan's 30th birthday the whole weekend, too!

I love this boat!

Asleep at the wheel! The boat has quite a sleepy, calming effect on Courtney. She fell asleep way before her regular naptime, but we were in quite a relaxed mood and let her sleep away!

Grandma had this fun little pool. We filled it up early to try and let the water heat up, but Courtney couldn't wait. The water was so cold, but she didn't mind at all and played in there for a long time!

Our pretty view of the lake!

Combining the two best things: the pool and the boat!

Having a snack.

Courtney loved to ride on the golf cart. It was a savior for the killer hill to their house!

Courtney helping daddy open his presents for his big 3-0 birthday!

Visits with all the grandparents!

Courtney has seen a lot of her grandparents lately!! Grandma Frances stayed with her all last week while Dan and I finished up school. She watched a sick, fussy Courts as she is cutting between 4-5 molars...ouch. We hope they pop out so she can go back to sweet Courts. We set up a little sand box for her to play in and grandma bought her a pool! They had lots of fun even though Courtney was a bit fussy.

My little escape artist!

Last night we went to a BBQ at Gma and Gpa McClains. Courtney kept trying to pet the kitty.

Yeah! Got ya!Playing by the pond.

We also had two brief visits from Gma and Gpa Hicks. I never got out my camera since we were visiting quick! When they come in a few weeks - I promise more pictures!

PAT play date, wedding and flowers!

Last week, Ashley and Lyda invited us to their Parents As Teachers Sensory Fun Night. We were prepared for giant messes since they advertised paint, water, bubbles and more...Courtney just left wet! The girls had such a great time together and Courtney did not want to leave! Playing in the sand.
Trying to catch fish in the water!

This girl loves the swings!

On Saturday night we went to a wedding. Courtney must have hated the reception becuase all this girl wanted to do was run out of the banquet room and outside (of course all doors were propped open). Needless to say we were all exhausted from chasing our little runner!

One escape was with grandpa to look at the fish pond.

With Leighanna and Mindi. Their little sister was the beautiful bride!

Courtney helped me plant some flowers I got for Mother's Day. Dan got her a shovel and rake to match mine for my birthday and we finally got to use them. She loves to play in the dirt, so this was very fun for her!

Pretty blue eyes!

Happy Mother's Day!

What a happy mother's day it was - but more like mother's day weekend! On Saturday we had a picnic at Burr Oak Woods, I got to lay out while Courts napped and then we all went shopping at Legends and ate out. Courtney was such a good shopper since we were out and about for 4 hours.

Our Mother's Day tradition is to take a picture by our blooming lilac bush. Both it and Courtney grew over the past year:)

Check out that hair from last year!
Opening my card.
I didn't think Courtney would sit still to eat...but we all got to finish our lunch without any running!

Burr Oak has such a great kids area at their nature center!

She so wanted to get in that pond.

While shopping on Saturday, at Forever 21, Courtney modeled some giant headbands for me. How cute are these?

She knew how funny she looked even without a mirror:)

Another fountain she wanted to get into!

We finally got some of Courtney's words on video! EIEIO and outside! Enjoy!

A little bit of everything

I have been way overdue on posting some pictures, so here is a very random mix of things over the past few weeks. Courtney has really started becoming a toddler lately (the good and bad:). She is saying lots of words: eat, outside (iside), eieio (which she now leaves the o off of), hi, thank you (daycoo), dada, doodee (which we aren't sure what she means - not poop - but it is cute). She has some little ornery things that she is doing such as turning on and off the tv while looking at us and smiling, running either to the street or to the neighbor's dogs when we go outside, and general screams (not sure why)...but she is also doing some things that are super sweet like giving us rocks she finds outside instead of putting them in her mouth, helping put away her toys, gives kisses, dances, likes to wear momma's jewelry, running in place and just learning and absorbing everything around her! Playing at Grandma and Grandpa Whitmer's.
Swinging with grandma. She wanted to sit by herself and did not want grandma to hold on to her. She is quite independent.

Sitting nice while grandma opens her Mother's Day present.

She couldn't wait to stand up, though!

Courtney and Kaitlynn: future shoppers! Courtney's fave new toys: chairs.

A visit from Uncle David and Aunt Cindy!

We went to a carnival at the school across the street and this was the only game Courtney could play. She won two tokens.

Such a big girl, using her spoon.

Courtney likes to get into the fridge any chance she can get. She can open the bottom drawer and she likes to take things out and pretend to eat them or lick them (like oranges). One day she got out a pear. I thought she was just licking it, but she was taking little bites! She ate most of the pear over two days. It was hilarious!

After day two.
Ashley got Courtney these matching dresses for her birthday. Of course there was a photo shoot!!
And yes, her and Ashley wear clothes sometimes when they get together.

Playing with mommy's old jewelry. She loves to walk around with it on.

We have some big weekends coming up with lots of fun things to take pictures of, so hopefully I will be able to stay on top of these posts!