Big Girl

This month Lily has grown up so much, and in the last week alone we have had some major developments in the big girl department. Right before we went to Florida I had started to work a little bit on potty training. If she looked like she needed to go, I would put her on her training potty or talk about it with her. I really hadn't pushed it much at all. However, something stuck. When we were in Florida she decided she would start telling us when she had to go number 2. It continued even on our drive home. Now about 3 weeks later Lily has been diaper free for about a week. I even have had her wear her underwear for naps, and she has done great! I can't believe it! In addition to being potty trained she has also moved to a big girl bed. For about a week she was waking up and not sleeping well, and we really could not figure out the cause. On a whim, we decided that maybe the big girl in training just needed some more space to spread out. So we put her in the guest room "big girl bed" and that has seemed to solve the problem. She really has grown up so much...now she just needs to grow some hair!

Easter and Greek Easter

We celebrated Easter Sunday at Mimi and Papa's house with a yummy traditional Easter feast. We totally stuffed ourselves and ended up taking a nap with the babies when we got home. After our nap we went back for leftovers and re-stuffing.

For Greek Easter we traveled to Grandma and Papou's house and had a lot of fun dying Easter eggs and playing Wii Fit. After lots of laughing and visiting, we went to Aunt Stella's restaurant for the extended family Greek Easter meal. The food and company were wonderful. Unfortunately, the babies got pretty tired so we were not able to stay for dessert, but Aunt Stella made sure we did not leave empty handed.

Clint Head

One of Lily's favorite people is now, literally, a figurehead in our house. Clint is really one of Lily's favorite buddies, and he didn't want her to forget it either. So he gifted us a large cutout of his face from his surprise birthday party. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks, Clint!

My Ella, 7 Months

My sweet baby is growing up so fast. I can't believe she is already 7 months old! She still giggles and smiles all the time and loves to snuggle her face into my shoulder. She is sitting up on her own very well and babbling a lot more. She has started to enjoy biter biscuits and baby food. She made quick work of a whole container of bananas last night. Over vacation she lovingly acquired the nickname of P-Dunk and it has kind of stuck. My grandma had been calling her that for awhile and we really did not know where it came from or why she called her that, but we all started using it. When we got home my mom asked my grandma where she got the name from, and she said she really didn't know. So it's totally arbitrary, but we all like it. :)

Mimi and Papa

Thank you for a wonderful trip!

Happy Girl

Ella starts smiling the minute the camera is out!

Beach

I didn't do a very good job of getting my camera down to the beach during the day... I had few other loads of fun stuff to carry down. So I borrowed my mom's camera for these pics. As you can see, Ella was a happy beacher in her bright green shades. She hated having to squint in the sun--so once the glasses were on she was ready to go.

"Come here, come here...Molly, Packie, Ashley."

We had a whole team of wonderful people keeping our girls happy and entertained throughout our stay. Thank you Packie, Ashley, and Aunt Molly for all your playtime.

Always Entertaining

Like Father, like daughter. Silly as can be.

Peazza

My cousin Rachie's birthday occurred while we were in Florida, and we ordered pizza for the occasion. I placed an order for 2 pizzas. One was half sausage and half pepperoni, and the other half CHEESE and half veggie. When I got the pizzas back to the condo we were surprised to find that instead of cheese we got PEAS! Now if you were the person taking the order and maybe couldn't hear me very well, wouldn't you assume I was ordering cheese? Apparently not. At least they didn't cheat us on toppings. Look at all those peas!

Blue Whale

Lily absolutely loved it when Uncle Packie and Ashley rented the "whales" (jet skis). She sat on her dad's lap and watched the whole time they rode, cheering them on for at least the first ten minutes. Probably because it looked the most life-like, she was most fond of the blue whale that Uncle Packie got to ride.

Family