my girls.

My girlfriends are incredible women, and amazing friends.

I love them so much.

 

This weekend was about being together with friends and celebrating babies.

Ashley (in the middle) is expecting her first little baby.  It's a boy! 

We celebrated sweet little Owen and his mommy with a shower on Sunday.

 

Okay, so it's hysterical and adorable that we all wore stripes.

 

On Friday, the same group of ladies (my high school gals) pulled our little families together for an afternoon and evening of fun.  When Ashley is in town we put together any time we can all get together.  Between us, we have 5 little munchkins :)  When Owen arrives, the little babes will outnumber the mamas!

 

While the adults all hung out in the kitchen eating food pretty much the entire time, these little tired babies cuddled up on the couch for a movie late into the night.  Quinn and her boys.

These are moments we will always want to remember.

a day at the beach.

Learned something new on our two week adventure in Florida.

This girl loves the beach.

 

It was a cloudy day...

but that didn't matter.

she was in the water as quick as she could get there.

truly magical.

We left the blogging world for two weeks of summer, but we are back.

We were off experiencing something truly magical...

 

crazy precious, right?

 

 

More from our adventures in Florida with Grandpa and Grandma (papa and gmamama) coming soon.



a happy 4th.

Four years ago we were celebrating the 4th like this...

 



And today,
we have this little smiley face...

 

Can't imagine spending our day any other way. :)

 

Wishing you all a Happy 4th of July!



hello summer.

The first official day of summer is just about here.

hello little pink tutu swimsuits and vintage polka dot hair bands.

hello floppy hats, and cover-ups, and dresses.

hello swimming pools.

hello friends and summer play dates.

hello itty bitty girly shorts. :)

hello many walks with baby.

hello sweet sunsets and summer color.

 

and many afternoons in the backyard playing ball.

Happy Summer!

navy pier.

I love Chicago. {sigh}

more importantly I love my husband.
and Quinn loves her daddy.
and we have missed him these last few days.

Todd has been working a 5 day volleyball tournament down at Navy Pier, and Quinn and I have been without him.  For as busy as Todd can be sometimes, he is home every single day.  So 5 days, it's a big deal.  Especially when that stretch includes Father's Day.

So...
Quinn and I hopped in the truck and headed downtown to see Daddy for a special Father's Day.

When we arrived, Daddy was in his last game.

As soon as he was done, we met some of his officiating friends, who just wanted to eat up our little adorable munchkin. :)
Then we headed outside onto the beautiful Navy Pier.
Boat became a new word, and she was pointing them out left and right.
Made me realize that we don't talk about boats too often, which is why these little trips and experiences are so important.

We had dinner with daddy and gave him lots of love and attention.

Then we took a stroll admiring our gorgeous city and all the fun things it has to offer.
We spent the rest of the evening watching this little girl have so much fun doing this....


Navy Pier 2013 .


It was a beautiful night.

Hope everyone had a special Father's Day.