18 Month Pictures

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day we went to my parent's house. Kelly and Jon came into town on Friday so we were basically over there all weekend. Tami made a really great dinner for everyone on Sunday. As most of you all know, Megan's flirty-ness has started to run rampant. She could not get enough of Jon. This picture below shows her positioning herself just perfect so that she could see him sitting on the stairs. She was all about Jon!

Megan in her pretty dress having her first recital. Not really.
Asking Mommy to play Twinkle Twinkle again.
Grandma and Granddaughter
and of course, Mommy and Megan!

While Daddy's away.....

I've been racking my brain on ways to entertain Megan while Josh is gone. It's not as easy to keep her home all day when he doesn't come home after work to help out! We had a busy day on Saturday. First we went to the World's Largest Yard Sale at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Nothing real exciting there except they did have a little 'petting zoo' a.k.a. goats inside field fencing. After that we went to the Hillsboro Farmer's Market. I started going last year and love it! They have all sorts of arts. crafts, food, plants, fresh fruit and veggies and lots of flowers. It's fun to be outside and walk around. Then we went to Coastal Farm and Ranch where for a few hours they were doing a kids planting event. Megan got to plant her own flowers in a pot and she gave them to Grandma for Mother's Day. Pretty cute. And this was all before noon.
Here are the pictures of the petting zoo. Megan loves all things furry.

Gabriel Patrick Lahr

I'm a little late in welcoming the newest baby to the world. Gabriel Patrick Lahr was born on May 1st. He's as healthy as can be and everyone is doing well.

Jaxon is being a good big brother!

We Miss Daddy!

Josh is in Arkansas for 2 weeks! He left last Sunday and will be back next Saturday. I think Megan has really been thrown off by his absence. Plus we've had to stay at my parents for a couple of days so that while I worked they could watch her. Thank goodness for Grandparents! I think they even got to see a bit of her 'not so cute' side, but I don't know if they'd admit it!

Such a big girl!

Megan LOVES to brush her teeth. She has a new giggle when she gets really excited and she does it every time I ask her if she wants to brush her teeth. Now when it's time to stop brushing her teeth, it's not such a joyful experience! You know her famous scream? Yeah usually right in my eardrum. She's getting better about it now. I have to do a 10-9-8.....countdown.

Out of This World Pizza

Josh's cousin Jeff heard about this new place in Hillsboro so we all met up there on Sunday. It was pretty cool, lots of room for the kids to run around and play and they serve pizza to eat. They let the parents help the little ones on the bigger toys so that's nice - they aren't limited to the toddler area.

Loves Her Swing!

When the weather started taking a turn for the better (the first time), I started taking Megan to a local park. She loved it and really loved the swing. We inherited a swing in our home purchase so we went to Home Depot and got a baby seat attachment. Now, she points outside constantly wanting to go outside and swing. She loves to be outside just like her daddy.

Front Yard

So, we've been racking our brains as to how to salvage/change our front yard. It may have looked great when it was originally planted but it wasn't planned very well. Lots of crowding and overgrowth and lot of ground cover that ended up looking like weeds. So...we ripped it out! Lots of stuff - gone! If anyone needs a non blooming rhodedendron that took no effort to pull out, it's sitting by the side of our garage. It looks so much better now. Much cleaner and manageable. We're going to replant but we're trying to figure out what. Also, WE BOUGHT A ROCK! That's right, I said it. BOUGHT a rock. Growing up, we had more rocks than we knew what to do with, in fact, for a while we were sent out to 'pick rocks'. Good times. Well, I thought a boulder would be a nice addition to the yard and so we went and picked one out. 858 lbs later - we had a rock. Nice timing with the tractor too and Josh was able to place it perfectly sparing my far too few tulips that are just starting to bloom. He did a great job. Of course when we saw the shape of the rock, we knew Megan would love to make it a seat as she does anything little and low enough.

The mailman just left and she had to blow him a kiss goodbye.
Sniffing our far too many daffodils.By these pictures, you may have thought we got ourselves some cats. No, we didn't.

On the Tractor with Daddy!

Last weekend we got a lot done in the yard. Josh rented a tractor and leveled out the RV parking area of our backyard. We're going to lay gravel and then plant something, probably bamboo to keep it a little hidden. Contrary to our neighbors beliefs, we don't necessary like seeing cars, etc. parked in the yard. Anyhoo.....Josh used the dirt to fill in the raised bed that we made last summer and now we just have to get it ready for planting. It looks really good though. We also did a lot of work on the front yard but I'll talk about that in the next post.

Here is Megan on a ride with Daddy. He was a little shocked when she started moving the tractor more than he was prepared for. She had a great time! Daddy's little girl - definitely!

The Park with Grandma and Grandpa

Josh was out of town for a few days so we spent a lot of time in Tualatin. One day we decided to go to the park and ended up at both the Tualatin Park and Jurgens Park. She had a really good time and walked all around the ball field at Jurgens Park.

First Eggs And Toast

I think this is a Wyland family recipe or maybe a Minnesota recipe, I don't know - but I grew up eating it for breakfast and sometimes dinner. Yummy!

I really want to take a nap.....

But some 'anonymous' commenter gave me a hard time about not posting. At least, I think that's what they meant. Anyway.....I better get started!

Locks of Love

With all the stuff going on with Lesly, I've been trying to rack my brain on ways I can help. Depending on the treatment they decide on, she could possibly lose her hair...again! That made me think of the massive amount of hair that I have that I find quite annoying and complain about all the time. So I thought, why not put it to good use! My cousin Trisha did the cutting and here's what it looks like now. We got two ponytails about 12 inches long and thick enough for TWO people it seems like. No person should have that much hair! Anyway, I love the new cut and it's so easy to do. Thanks to my pregnancy, my hair is really naturally curly now. I think you can call me a "Wash n' Go Girl!"

Who Knew?

We've had this in the garage for some time, thinking she wouldn't be interested in it anymore. Who knew!

From January 2007