My Little Foodie

Lilly is more than enjoying her new experiences with food...I just hope she's not writing any reviews of the Kegley kitchen anytime soon! We certainly haven't reached a gourmet level by any means, but she's very much into the new menu around here. It's been a busy week of new choices - baby food is no longer the "special of the day". She's over it and not afraid to let us know. Another milestone of the many that Lilly and Grant bless us with every day!

How did the carrot end up there?!

After she inhaled the mac 'n cheese it was play time!

Sharing a snack with Indy - our canine vacuum cleaner

Yummy pancakes - a hit!

Cuddle Bugs

Spring Flowers

Thanks to a little help from my neighbor, Tina, I did some flowers for Mother's Day over the weekend. I was a little rusty and suffering from a little lack of creativity after not doing cookies for about 2 months...the next post of cookies should be really fun! Stay tuned...

Back to the Museum

I absolutely love going out as a family of four. It sounds so corny, but it's a dream come true for me. I feel so blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children and spending the weekends together as a family is number one on my list! We made another trip to the Children's Museum for the day and had even more fun the this time than the first. Bob the Builder was on exhibit, which Grant seemed to like, and we discovered the basement this time with the huge train! Trains = VERY happy Grant! Love my life!!!!!!!!!

Drummer Boy

We're starting Grant in extracurriculars early in hopes that he can make it big and allow his mommy and daddy to retire early. Ha ha! He had so much fun banging on Uncle Greg's drums last weekend in my parents basement. It was adorable to watch him. He's really turning into a little boy!

Feeling the vibrations!

Whoa!!!

Dusty basement! Grant didn't care!

More Birthdays!

We've had so much fun celebrating birthdays lately!! Last weekend we surprised my dear friend, Anna, on her 30th birthday and then spent the next day celebrating my dad's 59th! The highlight of the weekend was seeing Grant and Lilly enjoy every second with their Nana and Papa. What a joy to see our children get to know them. Before we left on Friday, I told Grant that we were going to see them and all afternoon he walked around the house saying their names, which is SOOOO great to hear. Out of the handful of words he says, Nana and Papa are lucky to be included on the list!We also celebrated the birth of a beautiful little boy to our sweet friends, Patrick and Lindsey. Joshua is such a precious gift and we are so excited to share in his life!

Happy 80th Gran!

Birthday celebrations are the best (mostly because I LOVE cake). We braved the road and drove to Baltimore a couple weekends ago to spend time with my mom's mother, who we fondly call "Gran". She turned 80 last week! It was a wonderful trip because we surprised her by showing up at the crack of dawn Saturday morning. I think we walked in at 7:30am!! We'd gotten into town at 5:30am, found ourselves a playground for Grant to stretch his legs (never thought I'd EVER be on a playground before the sun came up!!), and then had an early breakfast before we headed over. She was shocked and it was so worth the hundreds of miles we put on the car that night!

Grandparents are such pillars in their grandchildren's lives. Some of my fondest memories of my childhood stem from the time I spent, and still spend, with them. Here's a few reasons why:

- I know how to make whipped cream the FRESH way, compliments of Gran, the cold bowl is the key!

- every time my car gets ready to turn over another thousand miles I think of Gran after her and I went in circles around her driveway for a good half hour trying to get her awesome station wagon to turn over to 100,000 when I was younger...why didn't we just go on the road, I wonder??

- I feel proud to have my very own Kitchen Aid mixer, because I've had my eye on her's for years :)

- I've enjoyed entertaining/cooking for others more and more when I saw how happy it made her for years and years during our family gatherings. She ALWAYS went out of her way to make everyone happy!!

Oh, I really could go on and on. Bottom line, my Gran is an amazing woman who has given me BIG shoes to fill when I get to be grandmother some day! I know how much our parents love the time they share with Grant and Lilly and it makes me look forward to those years that Tim and I can do the same with their children...not that I want to get that old yet :) Love you Gran!