1st Birthday Party!

We made it, Leah is officially One! We lucked out that it was on a Sunday so we could have her party on her actual birthday. It also was Father's Day this year so all the men in our family were generous enough to share their day with Miss Leah.

Our big girl 

Fail - I forgot to take a picture of her cake before we cut into it. Love Costco cakes! 

She was a little hesitant about her cake at first but once we helped her out she seemed to really enjoy the frosting. 40 pictures later and I still couldn't get one of her smiling though! 

Leah got lots of great presents that all her cousins helped her open

 Family Pictures for the day. The Meyers side refused due to a picture the day before :)

Anniversary Celebrations

On Saturday we had a big Stallman side gathering to celebrating three big anniversary milestones this summer; Mike & Dorthy have been married 45 years, Andy and Mary Rita for 40 years (on July 4th) and Sandy & Gary for 35 years. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful celebration out at the pond. Father Vu even came and blessed all of their marriages and did a mini Mass for us.

The whole Meyers clan

 Leah loves to be outside. She kept wanting to go back out but it was hot and very windy so instead she had to gaze longingly at all her cousins playing for most of the afternoon :)

The Dells

We spent the last weekend at the Wilderness Resort with the Meyers clan and had a great time. Leah is finally old enough to enjoy the water and did very well all trip, sleeping great on the drives and at night in the room. 

    

                               

"Jumping" in the water to Dad after watching Reagan jump to Matt. It was adorable.

                            

So excited about the water :)

             

                             

Family picture (plus Ava)

                             

Singing songs with Harper. 

Another fun filled weekend of family time, we are so lucky to be able to go on family vacations like this. Special thanks to Andy & Mary Rita for making it happen! 

Rachel & Ava's Birthday

Today we traveled up to Cedar Falls to celebrate Rachel & Ava's birthday. We lucked out with a beautiful day to sit outside, relax, and of course eat good food. We got a great picture of Grandma and all her grandkids.

       Poor Peyton is outnumbered! 

We also made a pitstop at Sailu & Kaitlyn's as they live just down the road and got to meet their beautiful baby girl Lyla who is 2 months old. 

11 Months Old

Leah is now 11 months old and turning into a toddler. As I watched her learn to walk I can understand where the term came from as she was very unsteady for a bit! She is still a very happy baby, a great eater and a great sleeper. At daycare she has starting doing only one nap during the day to help her prepare for her transition to the next room, mostly because she doesn't want to miss out on anything so refuses to take her morning nap! She is still eating two bottles during the day but I am officially done pumping at work. I have enough frozen to get through the next month and am still nursing in the morning and at night so we don't have to deal with preparing and washing any more bottles than we need too. Eventually I will need to come up with a plan to reduce/cut out her bottles but I am not quite ready for that and while she isn't the best nurser, she sucks down her 6 oz bottles during the day. She has been using a sippy for water the past several months so I am not too concerned about the transition.

Our goofy girl that can't sit still. She also loves to try and push everything

All smiles :)

Disney - Magic Kingdom

We spent basically all day on Wednesday at the Magic Kingdom. While Leah is still too young to really enjoy any of the 'rides' she did like riding around in the stroller all day and being outside. A lot of the rides there are made for lap children so she did get to come along on a few, I think 'It's a Small World' was probably her favorite with so many things to look at that were making noise and moving. It was a very long day for Leah and she hung in there great, taking a few naps along the way but was a trooper staying up until 10:30, WAY past her bedtime.

Leah and Hannah had the cutest matching Minnie outfits from Grandma Deaner

Taking the ferry over 

Morning nap 

Enjoying the beautiful day

On the train 

Tuckered out on the way back to the hotel for afternoon nap

Meeting Princess Ariel

Family Picture 

Can hardly stay awake at the end of a very long day. Poor Peanut! 

Florida!

We were fortunate to spend the last week at the beautiful Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando with my parents timeshare. The Meyers, Schmidts' and Salweys' all made the trip down and it was a great time. We got in late Monday with enough time for dinner and a quick dip in the pool that was right outside the tower at the resort we were staying at. Leah was a little hesitant at first but warmed up quickly and was soon trying to run back and fort between Brian & I. It was a zero entry pool which was great for the little ones. Tuesday & Thursday we also spent the days lounging at the resort, checking out the different pools and activities and soaking up some sun.

Warming up

Leah wasn't a big fan of the floatie :)

Playing with Dad in the water

 Eating a snack on Papa

Taking advantage of the babies napping to catch some sun and drink some Sangria

Where we spent most of our time, sitting in the shallow part of the zero entry pool

Getting brave! 

Playing (eating) in the sand

Out to dinner on Thursday. Brian's beer might be bigger than Leah :)

It was a great trip and Leah did so well being off schedule and most importantly, on the plane. Which is a good thing because as worried as Brian was I didn't know if he would let us plan another trip if this one wasn't a success :)