Chicago and summer fun

• So- as most of you know...we are moving to Chicago when our house sells. I was up there a couple of weeks ago with the girls and Logan loved it. We drove to see all the "big buildings" and Lake/beachfront. Logan thought Chicago was one of the skyscrapers and was ticked when we didn't actually go in "Chicago". She loved spending time with Grandma and Pops and Uncle Nate. She cried when we had to leave.



• Lilly started using the phrase "I do it" (not even 2 yet). Somehow she can pull out a really cool Italian accent as she says it. She is currently obssessed with brushing her teeth and jumping on things....couches, beds, people. She recently fell off our recliner chair that they were climbing on and landed on her head. I was concerned that she had a concussion since she was walking around dizzy and nearly falling over for a few minutes. She of course was fine.



• I threw Logan's "princess shoes" away today. They were her Easter shoes that she insisted on wearing everywhere and with everything (bathing suits included). I have tried to buy her new shoes but they were not princess shoes according to her (they didn't have a heal). The velcro wore out and that made her so frustrated everytime she tried to put them on herself. I am such a bad mom for secretly tossing them in the trash!



• Logan has also had a wonderful summer with Oma and Opa and spending time at their place. She has learned how to plant seeds and water them and watch them grow. Today she learned how to pot a plant. She loves spending time at the "farmette" as they call it. Lilly likes to swim over there but mostly stand in front of their juke box in the diner and sing "big girls don't cry" and shake her hips!

Back seat drivers

So Kirk taught Logan what Red,Green and Yellow colors mean on stop lights. Now we will be driving and she yells at me to stop whenever she sees red or tells me to go fast when she sees green. Clarification was needed as to the specific locations of stops (like at the line and not a mile away from it).

Lilly has also chimed in. She points out hay bails and airplanes. She also has too many boy friends because she started claiming to see "bad guys" in the back seat. Logan promptly informs her: "Lilly, those are not bad guys, those are hay bails".

We are also on the look out for fire hydrants and "daddy's car".

Driving at night requires us to see fireworks. We were driving home when the fireworks were going off around here on the 4th. Now Logan thinks that when we drive at night fireworks should be going off.

We are driving to Illinois today for a follow up dr. appt. I guess we will see what car disscusions deserve a post. Love you all!

Surgery

Hello All :-)

Thanks to everyone for your prayers for my knee surgery yesterday in Chicago. Third time is a charm right? He cleaned up a lot of scar tissue that was under my knee cap. This will help me tremendously he believes.

Last weekend we went to a wedding of a dear friends' in Birmingham. It was so much fun to hang out with everyone and dance previous to surgery!

Unfortunately, while we were gone over the weekend Lilly started getting sick and found out the day of surgery that she has a double ear infection. Poor thing. I feel bad for our dear sitters caring for her since they are listening to her cough all night. This is her real sickness. We are driving back home today. Looking forward to seeing the girls :-)

Thanks again for thinking and praying for us....love becca