First hair cut

Lanie had her first hair cut last week and she was super duper GOOD!  Lanie sat right on the booster seat and sat as still as any 17 month old could.  I was so proud of her and then afterwards I got my hair cut and she was the hit of the salon.  She was going around talking to all the other people and making friends like she pretty much does every single place we go. 

She cracks me up!

This summer has been so fun getting to soak up all the fun times with a toddler.  I never knew I could have so much fun, be so tired, and so frustrated all at the same time.  Lanie is an amazing gal that is constantly discovering, figuring out, and exploring her world around her.  It is really fun to get on her level and see what she is experiencing on a daily basis.  I love it when she gets excited to do the simplest of task that as an adult I find a chore, but to her it's a fun and exciting way to help Mommy.  Recently she is really into watering the flowers outside and gets excited to do it. 

Lanie is also becoming more independent which is fun and sad all at the same time.  I catch her doing this multiple times a day.



She loves to be read to and look through books, and as I teacher I am excited and hope that love for reading sticks with her :)

I have a couple more weeks off with my little bug friend until I go back for the new school year and I intened to soak up every minute of it.  The number one thing I will miss when I have to go back to work is Lanie's hugs I get 100 times a day.  If you are in need of a hug Lanie is your gal to go to, those little arms squeeze around your neck and I promise you even the toughest heart will melt!

4th of July and HOT HOT HOT

Even though July has actually had us in our house its still as crazy as ever.  We seem to be busy all the time, but last night we got to take some much needed time with our friends! Lanie was super excited to have Will and Norah over to play and Mommy and Daddy were super excited to have their friends over to play as well.  We tend to hang out with Mallory and Jeff at least every other weekend, but their summer as well as ours has been jam packed, but we will take what we can get :) Laura even came over for fun times. 

The fourth was spent how we normally spend it.  The Wade family went over to my parents house for lunch and games and then we were off to the hill for the Dierlam annual 4th party. It was hot and hot and hot and a little bit of rain, and more HOT.  We still had a good time, Lanie was not feeling her best a little bit of a summer cold, but she sure looked cute.

Lanie has also become a little bit of a crazy child! She does not understand the meaning of sitting and relaxing she is either running around like a crazy person or sleeping.  Her new favorite thing to do is climb and get herself into some rather dangerous situations.  The other day this sweet girl got a chair climbed into one of the cabinets and got the food processor blade out like it was a toy.  Keep in mind this all happened in about 40 seconds when I ran down stairs to put clothes in the dryer.  She is quick, has no fear, and it hard headed it really is a great combo!

Several weekends ago we did our annual Ramsey Camping trip.  Yes, I know it was the hottest days in history and that is was crazy to even think of going camping, but we did it and had a great time.  The Ramsey crew knows how to make lemonade out of lemons and even though we could have had better weather and not all smelled to high heaven we were together as a family and that is all that really counts. 

Love these crazy people

Maxheimers talent was "Party Rock" dance (look at Mark being a box head running into the building hahhaha)

Sweet Benny

Uncle Rusty Crew's talent- can't think of the song, but it was funny

Uncle Steve's family talent take me out to the ball game

Beach Baby

We got back from Florida a couple weeks ago, but true to our busy lives as soon as we got back we were back on the road again four days later for the Ramsey Camping Trip.  That is a completely different post in itself because of how crazy hot it was, but if you going to be a sweaty mess who better to be it with than family :)

Florida was an amazing vacation. We had such a good time with the whole family and it was great to take Lanie on her first real big vacation.  The normal drive to Destin takes about 10 hours, but I am pretty sure everyone was going that week so it took closer to 14 hours between the traffic and the crazy food places we had to stop and eat at it made for a very long trip down there, but Lanie was a champ.  We had borrowed DVD players from our friends and we just kept the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on nonstop and that made her one happy traveler. 

When we got there Lanie got to experience the Ocean right away because the house we stayed on was right on the beach.  She loved the sand and the very edge, but going in was a different story a little to big and loud for her liking.  The whole week was filled with fun outings, lots of beach and pool time, a ton of reading, and great Wade Family Vacation memories. 

The only damper on the trip was Lanie's eczema started to flair up pretty bad the second day into the trip and just kept getting worse.  Saturday night we were trying to get some sleep because we were leaving bright and early at 4 a.m. to go back home.  Well Lanie was not happy because she was broken out so bad and itching like a crazy woman.  I had already given her allergy meds and she was just clawing at her skin.  The poor baby was just covered in a rash so I took her to the E.R. that just happened to be like 3 miles from our house and Mark slept because he had to drive.  So at midnight Lanie and I were off.  When we got there the check in lady was ruder than rude, but they did get up back super quick and the doctor got into to see her in no time.  I guess when you have a baby they come first on the list of people waiting.  The doctor was shocked at how bad it had gotten and decided to give her a steroid dose and an antibiotic to help with some of the open areas she had scratched.  I had already made an apt with her normal doctor for Monday so he said it should hold her until then.  We got back to the house at 1:30 and I was super tired and thought Lanie would be to ummmmmm was I wrong.  She was ready to go and I couldn't figure out why because she had hardly slept at all.  She finally went to sleep at 3:00 only to get up an hour later to drive back. Lanie slept most of the way home and I got a couple hours in too.  On Monday we saw her normal doctor and she gave her a topical steroid to bring down the flair up and then went on to explain to be that an oral gives a toddler crazy energy and that is why she always goes the topical route (so that explained crazy Lanie at 2:00 a.m.). 

Even with the little E.R. trip the vacation was blast and we can't wait to go back in a couple years with the Wade family.  Until then Lanie will perfect her love for the pool and hopefully not be so scared of the waves :)



Getting ready to eat at Joe's

Cousins

One cool chick

The Whole Group

Lanie loved the pool

Lanie was also a fan of the sand

Just watching some Doc McStuffins

First time feeling the sand

Soo this is the Ocean

Our  Beach Baby