Life of the Party

We celebrated the wedding of Lindsay (Ryan's sister) and Joe Hamlet this weekend with a reception in their honor. And much to my surprise my 2 year old daughter was the life of the party! Once the DJ dimmed the lights and turned up the tunes Lucy was out on the dance floor in an instant - dragging my mother and father-in-law with her! They were good sports really, although I know they did not want to 'strut their stuff' in front of everyone. Lucy has Mimi and Papa doing the twist, the hop, and even the BUMP! PRetty darn funny - if only I'd had the video camera . . . man that would have made for some good blackmail! HA! :) Here are some pics of the party!


Lucy, Mimi and Papa cut a rug!


Shake it!



Lucy even got the groom out on the floor (Joe is Lucy's newest hero by the way)




Taking a break from the dance moves for a little suger refill - cupcakes rock!

He's In The Army Now!

So this post is a little late, but we got to visit Ryan a few weeks ago for his family day at Ft. Benning. Although we only had 36 hours together, we had a wonderful time. Lucy was so thrilled to see daddy, and she was his little shadow the entire time. He couldn't get a sentence out without her interrupting. It was so cute. Here are some pictures from our weekend together. Please disregard Lucy's crazy 'animal face' as she calls it. And in case you are wondering, Ryan graduates in less than 2 weeks - August 28th, Lucy's birthday. So we will be down in Ft. Benning that weekend. Then he returns to Ft. Benning for 3 weeks of airborne training and after that he will be stationed . . .somewhere . . . we haven't gotten orders yet. He is really enjoying the army so far, of course it's right up his alley. Thanks to everyone for your encouragements, thoughts, and prayers!

More Summer Fun . . .

Here are some more pics from the last week or so. Lucy and I have been enjoying August with nightly bug catching, riding in her new 'princess car' (which was a reward for being completely potty trained - insert mother's excitement here!) and just plain old summer fun. I've had a great summer with my baby - but a hard one., doing it on my own. We are so ready to see daddy again! 11 more days!