sicky sick

I was sick for 3 days with a stomach bug... over the weekend... when Meg & my parents were in town... for Abby's graduation party.... Basically a rotten time to feel pukey. At least I wasn't yet sick on Friday. We went to the zoo with Meg, Bryce, and Mia and Abby, Bryn and Paige and ended the day with a cookout at our house. I don't have any pics though. I didn't have my memory stick in my camera. Yeah, just one of those weekends.

I attempted to go to Abby's graduation party on Sunday. I made it about 2 hours. It is hard to believe that my first niece has graduated high school! I made her an afghan for a gift. My aunt made me one for my graduation and I still have it. I love hand made presents though.


Here's to Abby! And a trip down memory lane when she thought I was the coolest aunt.

Up North

Hmmm... I feel like I'm trying to play catch up with everything lately that I can't even get my thoughts straight to write here! This past weekend we had our first trip up to Legend Lake for the summer. We drove up Thursday night and almost didn't make it there. More flooding caused Hwy 41 to shut down, the detour road eventually detoured and another detour after that! It was an extra hour on the road and a very stressful drive not knowing where we were half the time and driving through flooded streets. We should have waited until the next day to make the trip, but we had no idea the bad conditions further north.

These are pics of the high Fox River waters at Frame Park downtown Waukesha.
Anyway, we made it there in one piece and had a nice time. The lake water was cold. Carlo went in swimming, but Bella, Lucy, and I just dipped in our toes. We went into Shawano on Saturday for 25-cent hamburgers, tacos, Sundrop, and strawberry shortcake! What a deal :) Bella had her first try at fishing and caught a fish. Took all of a minute or two and then she was done with that! I gave Bella her second haircut because I have been getting sick of all the crying/whining when I comb and fix her hair every day. I don't have a good pic of the haircut yet!


We treated Carlo, Dad, and Mom (belated Mother's Day) for brunch at the golf course. The girls stuffed themselves ;) Lucy even had some brownie for dessert. Carlo got in some naps during the day too.

This is just a cute picture I took last week:
Bella had to get a picture next to Blue Baby too:

Rain and naps

Well, I feel like I have to mention our storms since they did play a big part of our weekend. This was our view from our backyard late Sunday afternoon. This was the second set of 'big' storms that rolled in. The first was late afternoon Saturday. I was supposed to go to Abby's graduation that night, but it got moved inside with limited seating. Carlo had to take an alternate route to work this morning since a road he normally takes is underwater! Downtown Waukesha is partially flooded too. I am thankful we live on top of a big hill so no water in our basement.


Luckily the weather held out for us Saturday. We had Carlo's company picnic at the zoo. It was hot, but still a nice time. The food was excellent and Bella liked seeing all the people/kids there. Lucy got a little tired out though! Bella got her arm painted and took 2 turns on the carousel:



Speaking of Bella, she is driving me crazy with her naps (or lack there of). She needs her naps, but refuses to take them. This means that some afternoons she is just a pain because she is cranky and tired. Yesterday she was falling asleep on her sit-n-spin! No joke.
I got her upstairs 3 times after she'd fall asleep on it and she'd just wake up once I put her in bed, refusing her nap. The good part is that she goes to bed earlier, and without any trouble! Here she is sleeping after reading her millions of books:)


And just because I feel like I've been neglecting Lucy on this post:She still loves those stairs, but now she is pretty good going down them. She also has stood on her own now! Those first steps aren't too far off!

Doctor visits and summer fun

Bella & Lucy had their year check up last Friday. I was a little concerned that most of Bella's pants fall off of her and need to be pinned. Turns out that Lucy is off the bottom of the chart weight wise. She is just 17 lbs at 1 yr. I really have to keep track that she drinks enough milk in a day. Bella's in the 5th percentile, but at least she's on the chart and she's been consistently a little thing her whole life. Maybe I should keep track of how many crayons they eat in one day...


We had a beautiful weekend. Bella was in need of a zoo fix so we made an outing there, complete with a picnic lunch. At the zoo, Carlo & I decided that Lucy's hair is definitely the same color as Orangutan fur :) Sunday we mostly stayed around home. I got out the baby pool and we spent a lot of the day outside.

Lucy patting a goat in the goat yard.

We picnicked by the little lake at the zoo.

Bella's been getting creative in getting us to come up to her room after we put her to bed. One excuse she's been using frequently is to ask for different books to read. The kiddie bookshelf is in our living room, so we'd bring her up a few books to read if she'd ask. I was getting sick of her getting up after we put her down that I thought I'd just move the bookshelf with all the books up to her bedroom, problem solved. I carried the shelf up to her room, and Bella helped me carry all the books up there. That night, she was crying for us, so I go up and ask what's wrong. She is asking for more books! I tell her that all the books are right there in her room and she can pick out any one she likes. She then starts crying, because she knows she can't use this excuse anymore. I wonder what she'll come up with next!