Playing in the Sprinklers

Too much fun!  We hung out with Lucy and her Mom, Amy, a few times last week, and I think this is our new favorite summer activity.  Kaylie and Lucy were so cute, and loved running around in the sprinklers.  I love these two little girls!  It is so nice to see Kaylie playing so well with someone other than family.  Love it!  (And don't you love Kaylie's swimsuit?  Children's Place for $10...sweet!)

Time for Nursery

Kaylie went to nursery for the first time on Sunday!  And she actually did pretty good!  I have been worried that Kaylie going to nursery would mean that I would have to go to nursery too (since she still clings to me when she is around people she doesn't know very well).  But I think she might be okay, and mainly for one reason...her friend Lucy is in nursery too.  Lucy is the ONLY little kid that she will actually play with and have fun with.  Kaylie never cries when Lucy is around, and I think Lucy is the reason why Kaylie did so well on Sunday.  (Thanks Lucy!!)  I stayed with Kaylie during all of nursery this Sunday, just to be there for her for the first time.  But if she plays as well next week as she did this week, I might try leaving her on her own for a bit.  I am so excited!

Kaylie folding her arms for prayer.  She just learned how to do this last week.  So cute!

Her Favorite Things...

There are some things that Kaylie has loved for a while now: books, singing, playing in the tub, running around outside, swings, etc.  But here are some of her newest favorite things:

1 - Stuffed Animals

Kaylie loves to stack all her stuffed animals on her rocking chair, and climb on top with them.  She also loves to have me put them all in the crib with her when she wakes up.

2 - Eating for a long time

Recently, she has been staying at the table for about 30 - 45 minutes eating/playing with every meal.  Breakfast is the longest.  The other day she sat there eating for almost an hour!  

Current Favorite Breakfast: Waffles, banana

Current Favorite Lunch: Mac & Cheese with hotdogs, apple pieces

Current Favorite Dinner: Chicken & Rice or any kind of pasta, green beans

3 - Brushing her teeth

Sometimes with more than one toothbrush... :)

Done with School!

Mark finished his first year of Business school on Monday! Wahoo! No more school for a few months!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Mark's Good News

Mark received some great news today... he was officially hired as an intern at the Taubman Company this summer in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Wahoo! I am so excited and happy for him. The job just seems so perfect for him, and the projects he will get to work on sound awesome. One is the City Creek Center project in Salt Lake, another is a mall here in MI that is re-doing some retail space, and the third is a new development in Puerto Rico. So he not only gets to work on a good mix of projects, but he gets to use his Spanish too. And the nice thing is that he will mainly work out of the Bloomfield Hills office, so we will get to stay in Ann Arbor together this summer. (I was prepared for the fact that Mark might get an internship in another state, which could have possibly meant that we would have to move somewhere for a few months, or be in different states for the summer. So I am very happy with this news!) This opportunity is such a blessing the way that it has all worked out, and I am very grateful. CONGRATULATIONS honey!

Singing!

I have been trying to get a video of Kaylie singing for FOREVER, but every time I pull out the camera, she freezes up. A few weeks ago when we were driving home, she was singing up a storm, and I finally got it on tape. The only problem is that it was dark, so you can only see her when the lights pass on the road. But atleast you can hear some of her singing. Enjoy!

(P.S. She added an extra verse in the ABC song...)

First Pedicure