Kiley's New Purse

Daddie brought Kiley her very own purse from his business trip. She can't wait to put all of her important girl stuff in it. I kept trying to teach Kiley how to hold her purse, but she just wanted to hold it in her hands.

I was cooking dinner and looked over and she had her rattle over her shoulder like a purse. Silly girl.

Our NY Trip!

We went to Upstate New York for a week to visit our family. The weather was absolutely gorgeous (80's during the day and 50's at night). It was such a nice break from the hot weather here and Kiley enjoyed meeting all of her family. The night before we left, Mom called and said that Nonie came down with pnuemonia. She was in bed all week and we didn't get to go stay with her at the lake. We were so bummed, but we knew that she needed her rest. We love you so much Nonie and we hope you feel better very soon!

We left on Wednesday. It was Kiley's first time on and airplane and she did great. Here is a picture of Kiley and I at the Detroit airport where we were switching terminals. This tunnel was so cool. It changed colors.

Kiley was such a trooper in her stroller in the airports. She just chilled the whole way from Dallas to Detroit to New York.

We arrived in New York around 230pm and went to Uncle Paul and Aunt Karen's house to "move in" for the week. All of the family came over to see us and we had a great dinner. We stay with them every year and we always have a blast. There is always at least 10 of us there at one time. Never a dull moment. I was telling everyone that Kiley is in a stage where she just wants to lay down by herself to fall asleep, but not when Uncle Paul is around.

Kiley is all dressed up and ready to go to the Rehearsal Dinner.

Another picture of her standing up.

Everyone watching the fireworks over the lake after dinner.

A close up of Kiley watching fireworks for the first time. She loved them.

Kiley taking a bath in the kitchen sink before the wedding.

A great picture of Daddie and Kiley before the wedding.

A family picture. (I'm not sure what that face is that Kiley is making.)

A picture with the handsome groom, my cousin Josh.

Josh at the Altar. My Aunt Karen was his best man and his son Kaleb was the ring bear.
Mikey had to distract Kaleb halfway through the ceremony with some bubbles. This picture was right before Kaleb got up and threw the pillow in the middle of the ceremony. It is always comical to have kids in a wedding.

Kiley ready to party at the reception.

Kiley dancing with Daddie.

A picture with the Bride & Groom.

On Sunday we went back over to Aunt Kathy and Uncle John's on Seneca Lake. We spent the day by the lake and then ate leftovers from the rehearsal dinner. Seneca Lake is always very cold. Mikey was a trooper and dove in. Here he thinks he is the king of the lake.

On Monday, my cousin's Haley, Molly and Emily watched Kiley while Mom, Aunt Lisa, Mikey and I went wine tasting.

Here is a picture of one of the grape vines. The Finger Lakes has really good white wines.
The girls.

A great picture on Mom and Me.

Kiley got plenty of attention from the boys.

Kiley loves when Daddie plays the guitar for her.

On Tuesday, we went cliff diving at the falls. When we first got there, we just stood on the top and looked down at the falls.

A great picture of the falls.

There goes Mikey.......

Our last night, we all went out to dinner. It is fun when we decide to go out to dinner for the night and we call a restaurant to make a reservation for "Mehlenbacher, party of 22".

Aunt Karen was keeping Kiley warm.

On Wednesday morning before we left, we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's to say goodbye. Kiley was very interested in what Grandma was doing.

Kiley with her Great Grandparents.

On the way home, we had a 3 hour layover in Detroit. We got to know the airport very well and Kiley loved this cool fountain.

She was memorized.


We had a great trip and of course it went way too fast. We love you all and we can't wait to see you again very soon!

Congratulations Aunt T!!

My Best Friend Trisha is engaged! She started her wedding planning by going to the Bridal Show on Saturday. Kiley and I met her and the girls for lunch afterwards. We are so happy for you and we love you so much Aunt T!!

Kiley is getting her 1st tooth!!

Kiley is Eight Months!!

Hot! Hot! Hot!

It is hot, hot, hot outside. We have had 100+ degree temperatures for the past week straight. We have two options: either to be outside and in the pool or inside in the air conditioning. Kiley spends most of the time in her diaper these days.
On Thursday night, we took dinner over to the Moradi's and hung out with Kavon, Anna, Kyston and Kolston. Kolston is a new addition to their family, and is so precious. He was born on June 2nd. Kiley is only 7 1/2 months old and I am actually going to say this. I didn't remember how little newborns are. I can't believe Kiley was that little!


We ate dinner and played with Kyston on his swingset. Kyston is a big help with his little brother. Mikey is a pro at holding little babies now!


On Friday morning, I took Kiley up to Frisco to Grammy & Grampy's house. Katie and I played tennis for a couple of hours and Kiley stayed with Grammy and Grampy. We all ate lunch and then we headed back down to the house so that Mommy could work for a couple of hours.

On Saturday morning, we left to run a quick errand up to the PGA store to look at tennis racquets and we ended up being gone for a few hours. We didn't find anything at the PGA store, so we went over to Dick's to look. I found a new racquet and I absolutely love it! We took Grammy and Katie to lunch and then came home. Mikey and I spent some time out by the pool while Kiley was napping. We went to 5pm Mass. Kiley doesn't really have much of an "inside" voice. She made a couple of "loud" comments at church. Of course it was always when it was quiet and the priest was talking. I told Mikey, we might have to start sitting in the kids room. For dinner, we cooked hamburgers and corn-on-the-cob out on the grill for dinner.

On Sunday morning, we got up early and went to play tennis with my new racquet before it got too hot. We spent the rest of the day working around the house. Do you know that saying, "when it rains, it pours"? Well, that is happening at our house. No, not real rain, unfortunately, but we are going through a phase where everything is breaking. Of course you read a couple of weeks ago, that our car is broken (the back bumper). In addition to that, our kreepy krauler in our pool broke, our mesquito magnet, our blower, and our wine cooler. It seems never-ending. We are taking it day by day to get everything fixed. This weekend, we got a new kreepy krauler ($$) and we did get a lot of other little stuff done around the house. Mikey even cleaned the gutters outside and I cleaned the baseboards inside. We have very few weekends where we don't have things going on and this weekend, we took full advantage.

Kiley loves sitting on the couch and watching movies with Daddie.

Kiley and Daddie being silly.

She gets more and more beautiful every day! As you can see, she has been working on her six pack and her biceps.

Happy Father's Day Daddie!

We had a great Father's Day weekend. Kiley had so much fun bonding with Daddie on his special day.

Let's start from the beginning of the weekend. On Friday night, the 3 of us went to TGI Fridays for dinner. We had a coupon and thought we would give it a try. Neither of us remember ever eating there, but it was fun to get out for dinner.

On Saturday, Daddie spent the day at the lake and Marmee and I took Kiley to Gretchen's surprise brunch at Breadwinners. Gretchen's Mom invited all of the girls and our Moms for a wonderful brunch. The food was great and we had so much fun being together.

All of the girls and our Mom's after Brunch.

On Saturday night, Marmee and Guy came to stay the night with us. Marmee and Mommy were getting ready for Father's Day, so Guy was on Kiley duty.

On Father's Day morning, we had Daddie's "breakfast of champions" ready for him.

The guys played golf in the morning and then we all met up at the Baird's for lunch. Mom and I made Southwest rollups for lunch. Here is a picture of Kiley playing on the couch. She is getting so big and she is so close to sitting up on her own.

Daddie and Kiley working on their high fives.

After lunch, Mikey, Katie and I played tennis and then we went to the pool. Grammy stayed while Kiley finished her nap and then she came to the pool. Daddie, Kiley and I lounged on the couch and watched golf. I went to take a picture of father and daughter and Kiley decided to show me what was under her dress.

For dinner, Connie made pulled pork and it was delicious. Kiley and Daddie shared some kisses to end the night.