Summer Time

We started to celebrate the Dog Days of Summer by playing in the backyard. Dublyn got a kiddie pool for her birthday and she loves to play in it everyday. She does have to share it with Roscoe and occasionally with her parents depending on the heat. I'm sure there will be many more pictures from the pool this summer!

First Birthday

It's really hard to believe that a year has gone by already. Most of all we all made it through the first year of parenthood and live to tell about it! One of Dublyn's favorite songs when she was first born was "Lollipop", which was the idea for the cake. It took some time but she did enjoy her cake and lollipops and even put her feet in "her layer"! I will post the after-bath once I download the pictures :)

Florida Trip

In April, we took our first plane ride as a family (at 7:00 AM!) to go to Marco Island. Dublyn had her first plane ride, boat ride, and dip in a pool during that trip.

Is there such a thing as being caught up?

Ok...so I know that I haven't posted anything on this blog for several months (since March to be exact), but I'm sure I have good reason. I'm just not sure what that reason is except to say, "Where does the time go?" I thought it would be easy to keep up with a blog even after having Dublyn, but to quote an article posted by a fellow mom (thanks, Kim), "What normally should take 15 minutes takes 45 minutes instead!"

Since March, Dublyn has gone to Florida, turned 1, remained in a rear facing car seat because she only weighs 17 pounds, and gone to Wisconsin and back for the summer. Other highlights include swimming lessons, a pool in the backyard, and visits to the playground.

I'll start posting some of the pictures here (yes, she's sleeping now which is a huge accomplishment in itself as well as giving me a few minutes before she thinks she needs to use the computer!) but this may take awhile to "catch up".