Alexandra's 7 month at-home photo shoot :)

We had a lot of fun taking pictures outside! :)

Mama's (Nonna) trip here

Nonna came to visit for a week. We did as much as we could, despite the rain! Every chance we got to head outdoors, we did :)

Stuck indoors because of all the rain.... Kylie says "No!!! I'm not eating the paint!" hrmmm.... do you believe her?? I'm not sure... ;)

Allie hanging out, happy as can be, as always :)

We spent an afternoon at the park..both girls in their ASU gear! I wanted to get a good picture of them together, but Kylie was being a bit uncooperative ;) As you can see in the picture below, she was too cool to have her picture taken! haha :)

 

This was Allie's first time in a swing and she absolutely LOVED it!! It was so cute :)

 

That Saturday, we headed to the Farmer's Market to buy some vegetable plants. I decided to do some container gardening since we have so much wildlife around. I know any vegetables planted in our yard would be eaten immediately! We have flattened grass from the deer sleeping on it at night, and a nasty raccoon who comes by all the time..not to mention all the other stuff around... So we picked out a bell pepper plant, grape tomatoes, spinach, and zucchini. I know some of those spread pretty wide, so we'll see how they hold up! Hopefully this works. Our tomato plant last year was awesome and really helped Kylie eat her veggies!

Here's Kylie helping me plant.

Sunday we had a blast at the zoo and then dinner with Ryan's family.

Nonna leaves tomorrow morning... We'll miss you! Can't wait until August when both my parents (and hopefully my brothers and Robyn) will come out for Allie's baptism and a "beach" vacation!

Cow Farm!

On Monday, we visited a Dairy farm... Kylie LOVED seeing the cows outside! She even let one lick her hand and she was so excited :)

Then we went inside and a large cow kept sticking his head through the door and mooooing very loudly. This really freaked Kylie and I had to hold her for the rest of the visit, as she clung to me for dear life! My arms were soar the next day... ;)

After the visit, we got to eat some ice cream. It was so so so good!

So much talking!

Kylie has been talking more and more.. and in sentences now! It's so much fun :) You can see how much she's thinking about stuff too..

Earlier in the week, Grandma asked Kylie what her fish's name was. Kylie answered "Kylie LastName!" (our last name, which I'm not posting on a public blog ;)
We told her, no, that's your name. What's your fish's name? She thought for a moment and then answered very proudly,
                    "Fish LastName!!!" 

Kylie's current favorite thing to do is paint on her easel.

Another wonderful week :) After a ton of research and indecision, I finally got a new stroller that will be great for both girls! We took it out for a test drive.

Look! We found a butterfly on our walk! 

We then continued walking to the pond at the entrance of the sub. Kylie saw some rocks and sticks bunched up together and was so excited! "An alligator! Look! An alligator!" I tried to explain that it was just sticks and stones, but she insisted. Kylie then grabbed Alie's face and turned her head and shouted "Look Allie! An alligator!" Ahhh to have the imagination of a child :)

Have I mentioned that we also have a monkey in our backyard?? There's a loud chirping bird who, according to Kylie, is really a monkey. Because it sounds like a monkey... :)

Then we had some fun outside.

 We went inside to wash up. I was getting some stuff done while the girls were playing in Allie's room... came up to find them exploring...something.... Too cute :)

Kylie has been loving playing dress-up lately! She also loves including her little sister :)

I love that every time Allie sees the camera, she gives us a huge smile! She knows just what to do ;) Kylie has been hiding from the camera lately, along with a loud "NO!" Haha :)

Happy 60th birthday Grandpa Paul!