introducing...

baby eleanor manning!! she was born june 4th, just like her big sister, jackie. congratulations kathleen and colin!! she is precious! xoxo

water baby

dillan spent an evening with grandma and grandpa johnson's house. they swam at great grandma mullin's pool, pushed her new cart around, and played in the sprinklers!

summer's 5th night

thursday night concerts @ utica square are my favorite thing about summertime. that, and the pool! dillan has a blast people watching and dancing.

happy 32nd birthday da-da!!

father's day weekend!

friday night we went swimming, playing with the puppy, and fireworks at the new ballpark downtown. we, of course, ended the evening with a phenominal episode of friday night lights!



saturday was a heat advisory day so we went to pete and kathie's pool and then came home and played on the front porch. that evening, we met mike and patty at charleston's on brookside for father's day dinner.







on sunday (yay father's day) we all loaded up and headed to see grandfather wizard and papa over at aunt bo's. they made chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, and green beans.






that evening, we picked up some to-go food from el rio verde and took it to abuelo. dillan got him some mint and double fudge milanos. yum yum.


needless to say, dillan was exhausted after all of our father's day activity. she cuddled up with her dora book and called it a night!


happiest father's day to all of the wonderful men in our lives!

"i did it!"

dillan is doing some amazing things at 18 months and 3 weeks old.



she can count to 15 in english and from 1 to 10 (almost) in spanish.
she can request to watch tv. maybe a little dora or some "yabba"
she says "no" quite a bit. she has recently learned that she can have a say in things.
she can climb the steps to the slide and go down all by herself. we catch her at the bottom, of course.
she can say her a-b-c's up to G.
she loves to sing twinkle twinkle little star and do- ra - mi
she eats grown up food now. she mostly likes bananas, mac and cheese, quesadillas, apples, pickles, MA-Tos, mixed veggies, and chicken.
she can draw with her magna-doodle and holds her pen correctly.
we know that she is right-handed.
she loves go out to eat and color with her crayons while we wait for her food.
she has learned that the sprinklers are her friend! and she loves to swim with daddy.

some of her newest phrases include:
"i did it!"
"why did you DOOO that?"
"oh no, sorry"
"wwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!"
"where's the bee-bee?" (baby doll)
"where da mama?"
"where da dada?"
"where da kaya?"
"sliiiiiddee!!"
"thank you"
"peas please"
"cheese please"

dillan is so smart and so inquisitive. such a doll!!

out on the town

friday night dillan and i met with nanny and poppy for a steak dinner at fleming's. dillan had a great time coloring and eating mac and cheese. she only threw a few pieces onto the ground :) poppy did a magic trick to entertain us all while we waited for our food. "where da faork??" "where da faork??"
fantastic start to a great weekend!!