Watch me grow!!

Quinn is growing like a weed and it makes me sad and happy at the same time. I get sad because she is getting big and the little tiny baby in her is changing every single day. I also get excited because she is more interactive, is interested in her toys and what we are doing, is starting to roll everywhere and makes all kinds of sounds. Every once in a while during snack time she will give a sign approximation for "more" if I sign it to her first. I am blown away by how quickly she learns things and that she is communicating with us. I just can't wait to hear her little voice talk and see what her personality is going to be like. She is already showing us some of it and I think we are in for a treat : )

Here are her monthly pictures for the first 5 months. She is getting her 6 month pictures professionally taken next week so I am going to get her with her 6 month sticker on then.

I decided to start with day 1. Look how precious she was (she still is)!! 

1 month old 

She makes the best faces. I think she is going to be hilarious. 

Wow..... I love these pictures. The last 6 months have been the best 6 months of my life. I can't wait to see how much she changes in the next set of pictures! 

Quinn is good..... life is good!! 

More summer happenings

I am catching up on the last few months of our lives. Dave and both dogs are sleeping in our bed and Quinn is finally sleeping in her crib-YAY. We will see how long until she wakes up. I thought it would be a good time to go through pictures, catch up on my blog and pin some things I want to buy for fall while the house is sleeping.

In June my best friend since 5th grade got sworn in to be a police officer. I am so proud of her for working hard to achieve her dreams. She is such a great person and I am lucky to have her in my life, her babies (except they aren't babies anymore!!) are super cute also : )

Also in June we had my brother's graduation and going away party. He graduated from The Ohio State University (just typing that makes me excited for football season!!!! OH-IO) and then headed to South Korea to teach English. He is the best little brother ever and I love him so much! I miss him like crazy but I know he is having a great time and making some unforgettable memories. I just hope after this year is up he decides he missed me, I mean our family, so much that he moves a little closer to the United States. 

His cake with some South Korean treats. I refused to try them... I mean octopus flavored potato chips do not even sound good (they did not smell good either). 

The dessert spread. 

Buckeye cupcakes. 

The patrick siblings. 

achieving your dreams is good.... life is good! 

Nolan and Quinn's Baptism

In May we had Nolan and Quinn both baptized at the same time. It was a great day and we were able to celebrate with great family and friends. It was neat because they were baptized at the same church my grandparents, parents, and sister were all married in. The Priest that did Danielle and Zane's wedding did the kids' baptism also. He is old and likes things to be fast, so it lasted approximately 5 minutes. We were a little rushed to be out of the church after they were baptized, so the pictures aren't the greatest.

I like how in this picture with Quinn's godparents, my sister looks like she is married to Dave not me. 

My sister and I realized after we got home that day there were no good pictures of the kids together in their outfits. A couple of weeks later (because we kept forgetting) we tried to get pictures of them together again for their baby books. This is how the photo shoot went: 

Danielle and I were laughing so hard. I swear these kids are going to look back at the pictures we have of them together as babies and think we were the worst parents ever. I think we got some baby book worthy photos in there : ) 

Babies are good, life is good!! 

Have a great day..... we get our new couch (well part if it.... long story) delivered tomorrow!! YAY 

Pinterest Party

Tonight while looking at Pinterest for a fall wreath to make I remembered about a little party that we threw in April and I never blogged about it! Dave and I (well I, but we will give him some credit) threw a "Pinterest party" with some of our friends before we moved. We had each of our friends bring a food item that they "pinned" for everybody to try and then played a game I found on Pinterest. The game was a spin off of the TV show "Minute to Win it". We had SO much fun and laughed so hard. It was a great night with great friends that we miss very much! Here are some pictures of our evening: 

Liz made "healthy" cheese sticks... she won the award for Pinterest fail. They were not very good. 

Rupal won for having the best food of the night. I think she actually made it up so now she will have to "Pin" this picture and write about how she made this yummy-ness. 

These two are always eating : ) 

I love this guy! 

Rohin being a creeper. LOL 

Dana's dessert was SO good. 

This picture just made me miss my granite countertops (sigh). **Side note.. there is a countertop place by our house in Utah and the sign reads "buy her the rock she really wants" and I think isn't that the truth every time I drive by.**

Rohin trying to stack the cups. 

Charlie wasn't sure what was going on. 

Liz stacking cups. 

Watching a "blue print" video on the computer so we know how to play the game. 

Liz and Chris trying to get the oreos. 

Dana and Matt's turn. 

Dave cleaning up the oreo challenge mess. 

The tie breaker. 

Aftermath of tie breaker. 

Winner! 

And the winners are..... military discount!! 

It was a great night and we had an absolute blast. 

Friends are good.... life is good!