Congratulations Adam & Katy

Adam and Katy are engaged!!! During their visit to Florida, they escaped the crazy Schipper household for a little R -n- R in Fort Meyers. Adam proposed to Katy at sunset on the Gulf coast. We couldn't be more excited and happy for the two of them. Katy promised that she would be keep me up to date with the planning through email and Skype. I can't wait to see the details!!!

We had a great visit with Adam and Katy. The weather was not that great, it rained most of the time. We managed to sneak out of the house to swim and gator watch when the rain stopped. The visit was short and sweet....I'm hoping we get to see the two of them before their BIG day! They are thinking next July. Gracyn caught a bug that is going around her school and kept most of us up for the night. Lucky for Adam and Katy, they left the house at 4am to catch their flight. I am praying Wyatt doesn't catch it! That reminds me, we had his 2 month check up on the 19th and he weighs 12 pounds and is 23 inches. I told you he was a big boy!!!

Team Medin

Gracyn has a new BFF, Addison! Our friends Peter, Claudia, Addi (2 years 8 months) and Lincoln (7 months) Medin came down to visit from Minnesota. What a great 6 days we had at the tiny Schipper household. Addi and Gracyn were sooooo cute together. We've never really spent a significant amount of time with another child Gracyn's age at our home. The girls were absolutely hilarious.

Gracyn and Addi slept in Gracyn's room for a slumber party. Even though they are two, they mastered all of traditional slumber party behaviors. Staying up until wee hours of the night giggling, making fake tooting sounds, giggling, holding hands and jumping on beds, giggling, shhhhing each other, giggling and non-stop chatter. Did I mention there was a lot of giggling going on? Too funny! We packed in a lot in 6 days.....visiting the beach, neighborhood pool, Schipper pool, blowing bubbles, sidewalk chalk, making pancakes, lizard chasing, visit to the waterpark, mini manicures, visit to Chucky Cheese, night gown fashion shows, lots of coloring and quite a few melt downs. Gracyn is NOT used to sharing her things. Ahh, what she wouldn't do to get her hands on Addi's Dora backpack! As Addi would say, "Sharing is fun!"

Lincoln is an absolute sweetie. What a good baby. He loved spending time splashing in the water and warm weather. He and Wyatt shared some moments on the activity mat together. Both Wyatt and Lincoln were troopers with all of the non-stop action going on around them. We have Wyatt's 2nd month check up tomorrow and are anxious to here his latest stats!

As for us four adults, we had a great time drinking beers, eating good food and talking non-stop about our kids. Luke and Peter managed to get a round of golf in and a night of softball. Claudia and I managed to sneak away to Target during naptime. A lot has changed since we were 19 hanging out, partying like we were rock stars. We managed to go to bed around midnight every night. We miss them so much already. When I picked Gracyn up from school today she said "Mommy, Addi went bye-bye on the plane to Minnesota." Tonight she came up to Luke and I separately and said, "I miss Addi, Mommy." We are so grateful to have such awesome friends. I miss Addi and the rest of the Team Medin too!

Happy Mommy's Day

Happy Mother's Day! What a great weekend. We celebrated our friend Darra's MBA graduation with a BBQ on Saturday. Gracyn had a blast playing with Baby Katie and the older girls. Wyatt slept through the entire event in the Baby Bjorn. The party was just getting started when we left at 8 pm. Professional beer pong tables were set up and the rules were being argued as we left the party! Ahhh, the days before I was a mother of two.

We had a relaxing Mother's Day today. Gracyn and Daddy made me the cutest card. We also had special bagles and coffee for breakfest. After a major breakdown when Gracyn got sunscreen in her eye, we headed to the neighborhood pool for some rays. It was over 90 degrees outside today! Wyatt chilled in the shade as Luke and I took turns playing with Gracyn in the pool. When we got home we took some pictures with my two babies on the deck. I still can't believe that we have two kids! Wyatt is smiling all the time and Gracyn is still smothering him like crazy. I feel so lucky today to have such an awesome little family! Happy Mother's Day to my mommy and to all you mommies and soon to be mommies out there.

Grandpa Schipper - Smiles - Turning Over

A lot has happened in the past two weeks. Wyatt is now smiling like crazy! It absolutely warms my heart when he gives me a big open mouthed grin! He also hit another big mile stone about a week and a half a go. We had him on the floor activity mat doing tummy time and he turned over!!! I can't believe that he is already that strong. We thought maybe it was just a one time event so we put him back on his tummy and again, he turned over. Grandma and Grandpa Schipper got to witness it on Skype. Wyatt and I also caught terrible colds that Gracyn brought home from daycare. We were both pretty miserable for over a week. Wyatt had to sleep sitting up in his car seat at night so he could breathe more easily. He has also been cursed with a terrible case of baby acne. The doctor tells us that it should clear up within a few months! We took him to the doctor over a week ago and he already weighs 10.6 pounds. He is such a big boy. He is also trying to talk. His vocabulary consists of "ah" and "goo". We are having such a great time hanging out at home together. I'm trying not to think about returning to work in 5 weeks.

Grandpa Schipper came to visit for a few days. It was so good to see him. Gracyn warmed up to him right away and Grandpa officially became "No, mommy, Grandpa do it!" We had a great time walking the beach for shells, playing at the park, planting flowers, oooing and ahhing over the baby, laughing at Gracyn & drinking Coronas. We were so sad to see Grandpa leave.

Daddy taught Gracyn how to break dance. He put an old table top in the backyard and they have been doing their bootie and back spins daily! Gracyn's vocabulary is unreal. She can say anything and the way she processes and puts her thoughts together out loud is hilarious. "Look at that lizard, that lizard is so freaky! It scares me!"