LB aquarium is coming to a close...

For us anyways... our passes expire soon so we had to fit in at least one more trip...

The girls seemed to have more fun playing outside by the docks... playing chase and climbing all over the benches... then they thought it would be fun to lay on the ground....

They are so stinkin' cute together!

Our last night with the Melaras! (boo hoo)

Friday night was our last chance to see cousin Ryan, so we headed to Dland after dinner... after one ride in the park we went to Downtown Disney to meet my parents and my Aunt Wendy, Uncle Randy and Cousin Laura. It was 9:30pm here and Mattie got a second wind when she saw gramma and papa!

Yes, Ryan really is chewing on Mickey's tail and saying cheese at the same time :)

Seistors and cousins....
Mattie stayed up till after 11pm (which was a miracle in my opinion) and woke up at 8am asking for La La. She has continued to ask for her all day :( So sad they had to leave!

Opinions about clothing...

This is what happens when your toddler gets an opinion about what to wear... Hmmm, how about a dress with some polka dot capris underneath? Sounds great!

Or how about a new PJ shirt that shrunk in the wash and is now a belly shirt, with some too small pants and sneakers? Perfect!

Just too cute to not post!

I'm sure most of you mommys have a little "mini me" like I do. But this was the best "mini me" moment yet... I started straightening my hair again, since I finally got it cut and Mattie wanted in on the action. She dug around in the bathroom until she found this old "crimper" that looks sorta like the straightener I was using. She wanted to do her hair just like me, and even brought her comfy chair into the bathroom so she could sit and relax while doing her hair!

Pool party!

We celebrated cousin Ryan's Bday with a pool party on Saturday. Here are a couple of great shots, compliments of my uncle Larry.

Mattie and her cousin Ryan and cousin Kate, really were 3 peas in a pod... so cute together and all about the same age ;) Kate almost kept up with Mattie's screaming... almost.... :)

2 Days of Dland in the heat!

On Monday, the men attracted Minnie at Cali Adventure, where we tried to stay cool in the shows....

On Tuesday, it was even hotter, so we hit up Small World to be in the air conditioning, and a few more rides, then went home...

Can you tell that Mattie LOVES Small World???

The beginning of a whole week with Cousin Ryan!

We play hard! We have already been to the mall, the spectrum, and the zoo and it is only Saturday afternoon!

Hard work deserves a treat! How 'bout some cold stone ice cream cones?!

Cheese!.... More to come.....

Two new baby friends!

Mattie is so excited that she has two new baby friends! She got to visit baby Wes and his parents in the hospital the day after he was born and has been saying "Wes, baby" ever since....

Mattie took dada to meet her new friend after he came home from the hospital and baby Wes saved his first big "explosive poop" just for the visit!

Mattie also got to meet baby Christine, 10 days after she was born at her mommy and daddy's house. She loved playing with all of her stuffed animals and she wanted very badly to help Steve while he changed a dirty diaper! Mattie can't wait for her new friends to get old enough so they can play with her!

Fourth of July 2009!

We started the day with a walk in a parade with the Silveris!

The middle of the day was spent at the Woodbridge Lagoon, where the kids had blast in the sand and the water....

And we ended the day back at the Silveri's where we BBQ'd and headed to the field by IHS to watch fireworks! Mattie didn't even fall asleep on the way home and stayed up till past 10pm!

Cousin La La comes to town!

Cousin Ryan had to make a last minute trip to Cali for a very unfortunate funeral of one of her mommy's friends.... but Mattie seized the opportunity to bond with her cous and snuck in some play time while she was here... They went to the pool together...

And they went to Wahoos together... twice....

And they had ice cream cones together... twice! They already miss each other immensely!

Concert in the Park

You know it is officially summer, when the concerts in the park start! Mattie was very excited to have dinner at the park, with Tatum, while listening to live music.

She even boogied while laying on the blanket with daddy... what fun!