family dinner

jimmy's stepdad's 60th birthday was last week so we celebrated here at our house. it was a bit of short notice due to a confusion of dates, but somehow managed to get a little sumthin' sumthin' together. we had jimmy's mom, stepdad, his stepbrother justin, his cousin and his wife all down from saginaw. the guys went out for 9 holes of golf and we had a lovely dinner all together with cake and presents following.


the spread (minus the steaks):






the guest of honor and addison, who cannot go without helping blow the candles



family pic minus stepbro, steve:
(please refrain from looking at me in my fat 9-month preggo glory! blech!!)

a fun summer day...

we had a very fun-filled day yesterday. as i get closer and closer to my due date (5 more weeks if i can make it that long!), i'm really trying to make the most of jimmy's days off by doing fun activities with the three of us. it is getting harder each week as i'm not able to walk as quickly and too much activity (or should i say, any activity!) can wear me out pretty fast. but yesterday, we went to the zoo in the morning. we haven't been there in a while. the detroit zoo is pretty good. i wouldn't say that it blows me away or anything... but we got to see some animals, walk around, have lunch there, and ride on a train. i was surprised to hear that in all the years that jimmy has lived in this state, he has never been to the detroit zoo. so it was a treat for both of them. :)



i love seeing monkeys clean each other.. it just cracks me up for some reason!
it's so endearing and funny all at the same time.












she's really into "posing" for the camera these days...



pretending to be a rhino



just being silly












on the train



ahhh, that was a good time!


and then later on in the day (after a good nap, of course!), we went to this little event that we signed up for called "pee wee olympics" through our local park/community. it's just a little hour long event for ages 2-5. they had different games and a trike/bike course and snacks. and the playground was right there so naturally we hit that up too!



"yay! pee wee olympics!.. wait, what are olympics???"



"i must pose again!"






the bike course... she was all over the place.. didn't quite get that you're supposed to stay within the cones. :)



the "m 'n m on the spoon" race



keep it steady, girl!! don't drop any!!



and the prize was eating all the ones you kept on the spoon!
she enjoyed that thoroughly!



the paper plate discus throw



"hmmm, that didn't go very far."



the 10m toddler trot..
starting with a bunny hop for the first leg.



next, the bear crawl for the second leg



and then finishing off the third leg with a sprint!
look she's going so fast, the shot is blurry! :)



"eat my dust, kid!"



and then collect your reward...
a plastic beaded necklace! hehe



miniature golf



"must get ball through the penguin's legs!"



daddy trying to help with her form



"whew, this is hard!"



and in the bike parade... pee wee olympics was fun until daddy pinched my neck by putting my helmet on! :*( see my tear stained cheek!



"God bless America!"