Wednesdays with Grammy {and Gigi and Millie}

We are so lucky to live close to Grammy! Millie and I get to have fun with her and Gigi on Wednesdays. Not every Wednesday, but every one that we can! Sometimes we go to the Woodlands, sometimes Grammy comes here. Either way, we always have a great time. Our outings usually include lunch and errands or shopping. Any excuse we need to get together!

They have a great indoor playground at the Woodlands Mall, which Millie loved playing on a few weeks ago.

Riding the carousel in the mall. Millie loved it!

An old picture, not on a Wednesday. But it has all 4 of us in it!

I feel really lucky to have married into a family that I truly love and get along with! I hope Millie sees someday how loved she is by her extended family and how special it is that she knows her great-grandma. We have so much fun together and I'm glad we live close to them.

Lately around here

I feel like I'm losing some of my blogging mojo. Whatever that means. Here's what we're up to:

Millie: She tried french toast the other day!! Progress. She's still a stinker when it comes to eating. I'm trying to just accept it and let her be a baby and continue eating baby food if she really wants to! Millie has quite an attitude these days. She'll have full on, lay-on-the-ground-and-kick-and-scream tantrums and I'm learning how to deal with that. I'm surely not the best at it, but we're learning together. She is climbing everything these days and it's not uncommon to find her on top of the coffee table or kitchen table! Millie gives me a few heart attacks a day. Along with all her toddler challenges, she is so sweet. She tries to copy what we say and she asks for two naps a day when she's tired. She still loves being outside, and I'm sure she would prefer to have a mom who just sits on the bench and reads at the park instead of a hovering helicopter mom, which is what I am. At least until she's a little older. Millie is afraid of anything that makes a loud noise, which means she runs to me and lays her head on my shoulder until it stops. I'll take my snuggles however I can get 'em!

Tyler: He's just a rockstar. It's amazing, all that he does. I feel really lucky to be the woman by his side. Work is still pretty busy for him, but after this week it should really slow down and he'll have normal hours. I feel like I'm always saying that, but really- this time it's true! We're looking forward to some days off with him this summer. Tyler's birthday is coming up, which I think I'm more excited about than he is! He is a great dad to Millie and the best husband I've ever had. (Ha!) 

Me: Life is pretty busy these days. Our ward has a big Young Women camp fundraiser coming up, and there's been a lot of time spent preparing and planning for that. I'm still running 3x/week with two women in the ward, and that's been great! It's amazing how much fun I have getting up that early in the morning and running, both of which are normally pretty hard for me. I had a goal this month to finish 2 books, and it's going to be tough! Other things always seem to get in the way of reading. I'm still having fun with the etsy shop- definitely learning some things, especially about what not to do.

Life is good! And now, some pictures.

Reeeeally into stickers right now

Helping water the plants

Letting Daddy lick her chocolatey fingers

Crepe night=success! But only because they were chocolate crepes, of course

She tries to put on every pair of pants she comes across

Millie and I had a rough night on the couch- Tyler tossed and turned about it, from the looks of the bed the next morning!

Pre-bedtime play

Oops!

Very independent at the park

Zube Park

There's a park not too far from us in Hockley that has live steamers! One Saturday a month (during the warm months) they offer free rides to the public. This last Saturday we went! Doug and Julie and their cute kiddos came too and we all had lots of fun. I don't have a picture of both our families together- bummer. Millie wasn't really sure what was going on- she wasn't super-excited, but she wasn't scared either. Tyler and I loved it so we went on two rides! I definitely see a train birthday party in the future for one of our children, if only for me. 

Hi Audrey!

Gator Crossing. Still not sure if that was real

Mini houses and train stations

Everyone was taking tons of pictures

Finger in mouth

It was really funny to see a bunch of adults squatting on a tiny train!

Later that day while running some errands, we decided to walk around a pet shop. Millie's been a little bit obsessed with animals and their sounds, so we thought she'd love it! There weren't nearly as many animals as we hoped there would be, and it was just gross. Oh well.

Millie loved touching the glass and watching them scatter

Grossed out

Our week, in pictures

*Some are from instagram, some are exclusive to the blog. Lucky you.

Millie and I accidentally matched

We worked on drinking from cups

And sometimes it wasn't successful

I taped a lot of book pages

Millie fell asleep on my shoulder- first time in probably a year. All my anger towards the long wait at the Wal-Mart photo department immediately went away!

We ate lots of yogurt

And peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

Filled my cart to the brim (and then some) at the dollar store

We had Iron Chef at our house, forcing me to clean (whoa!!)

I attempted a bear hat

Found this (and had a heart attack)

I cut these from the rose bush right outside of Millie's bedroom window

Almost bought this (but I resisted, honey! Though it was 50% off. Hello.)

I had a car full of balloons after a Young Women activity

Millie didn't mind one bit

We played with princesses and sang the Ariel song (aaaahhhhhhh)

Our 3 hibiscus bushes (shrubs? plants? I don't know) bloomed and our house looks tropical!