May 2010 Update

This post is going to be long and have LOTS of pictures - so be warned! I have become the worst blogger lately so maybe I just need to become a once a month blogger....

Anyway - we've been busy and having lots of fun lately! I haven't managed to catch all of it on picture yet but a lot of it.

We've had some good times just hanging out at home. Chloe started crawling at the beginning of April (right at 6 months old) and is into everything and pulls herself up on anything that she possibly can. This has resulted in lots of bruises and head bumps and teasing of her older sister! Nothing is safe in our house anymore. And she LOVES paper. It's seriously crazy how she can race across the room for any piece of paper - she's not picky! And throws major tanturms if paper is taken away from her. She has 3 teeth on her bottom and one more coming in. Teething makes her really cranky! But she loves being able to eat baby food and joining us at the dinner table (and tries to steal anything she can from Ellie's hand).



My old roommates and friends Jen and Nicole both came into town in the last month. But I apparently didn't bring my camera with me when I hung out with either of them - or didn't pull it out to take pictures I guess! Nicole and Broc and Bric came over to play at our house one day and then we met them at a park for Broc's birthday party another evening. Jen invited us up to her hotel to go swimming one day and then I took Ellie with me to meet her and her husband Larry and some of their friends at a Diamondbacks game that night. Ellie loved going to the game with me and is still talking about how we went with Jen to the baseball game and saw fireworks. I did take a few pictures of her after the game and stole the other picture from Jen's blog!






We went to the Museum of Natural History in Mesa as a family using the Cultural Pass from the Library. Ellie loved to see the dinosaurs and panning for gold (but was completel bored by the rest of the museum).





And we can't forget Ellie's dance recital! She has been enrolled in a Princess Dance Class with Miss Laura (and Ellie's best friend Brooklyn is in the same class) and she has loved it. It's so cute to see her prancing around the house and throwing out dance terms! And we love Miss Laura! They had a final dance recital where parents and grandparents could come and watch them and it was adorable. My friend Amy made our girls matching tutus, bracelet and flowers to wear. And the dance was just too cute. You can watch the video on YouTube if your need some entertainment:






And if that dance recital wasn't enough fun - we got to go and watch the girls during dance class! (Usually Amy and I dropped them off and went to Target during their class time since we weren't supposed to stick around). I loved watching the class dynamics. So funny! I'm happy that my child listens to her teacher though - at least for the most part.





That's enough updates for one post. Next update - my 30th birthday celebration in Disneyland!