A Little More Fun

I know not many people read this blog and probably even less people leave comments let alone read the comments other people leave. Well, my friend Kristina made a comment on my last post saying she thought the surprise would be that I was pregnant, while it wasn't the suprise for that post, it is for this one!

In true Robbie and Lindsay fashion, we kept our little secret for a long time, so I'll actually already be halfway done by next week!

We went in for our ultra sound this last Thursday and found out our little family is going to add more ribbons, hair bows and dresses to the mix! We're having another little girl, so the pink stripes get to stay up in the baby's room, hooray for not repainting!

We had been asking McKinley if she wanted a brother or sister and 98% of the time she said "bwotha". Lucky for us, she doesn't really know what that means yet! Over the last few days she has become very good at saying "I'm haveen a sista!". We're really excited. Lima Bean the Sequel will be here in November.

We haven't really begun the name hunt, it's something we put off until we knew the gender, but we're excited to find a name that fits this little girl as well as McKinley's name fits her!

Surprise!

I love surprises...well good ones at least...and last night was a really fun surprise!

McKinley and I got home and were enjoying ourselves out on porch in the warm air eating blueberries and grapes while we watched the neighbor boy do some tricks on his skateboard.

I had a meeting to go to, so I called Robbie to see when he would be home and he said he was just pulling into the driveway. McKinley got excited when she heard him say that, so we got off the porch, ran through the house and went to the garage, but it was empty.

So, we opened the garage door and there was Robbie, with his car parked in the dirt, pulling a bike out of the back seat. I've seen him pull his bike out of his car multiple times, so I didn't think anything of is at first, until I noticed the colors were off...that wasn't his bike. Here comes the surprise...it was a new bike for me!

I was so excited! I've been riding the same bike for about 15 years now. It's a great bike, but it's getting a little old and since I don't mountain bike anyway, Robbie decided it was time for a new one. I immediately took it out for a ride!

I LOVE my new bike. It's black and white and they call it hybrid because it's not a road bike or a mountain bike, it's sort of in between. When I rode for a bit last night before my meeting it was amazing...it's so easy to ride I could ride it for hours I'm sure! I swear it practically rides itself and I'm just there to hang out!

Thanks Robbie for such an awesome gift. I'm excited to take it out on a family bike ride!

First Triathlon of the Season

It was maybe Wednesday last week when McKinley was just dying to put on Robbie's goggles. I was pretty sure she was ready for the triathlon, but was Robbie?

Well, Saturday came and we found out that .... Yes he was! This time he opted to do the sprint distance. That consists of a 1/2 mile swim, about 12 mile bike ride and a 5k at the end. McKinley and I were able to see him for a second as he passed us for each part of the race. I even remembered the camera this year, so I actually got some pictures!

This is his age group, just hanging out, waiting for their turn to swim and then taking off. Robbie got kicked in the face, but we've heard of people having dislocated shoulders and stuff, so a little kick to the face is no big deal!

We also saw him after the swim running to his bike, saw him hop on his bike and ride away. Then we hung out and were able to see him bike in to start the run as well.

After this we only saw him just before the finish line. I couldn't believe it, because after all the swimming and biking he still ran an 8 minute mile pace. I'm pretty sure I couldn't do that with fresh legs! When he ran past us near the finish McKinley got a little confused. "Where my daddy goin?" "I want Daddy". I was glad we could go find him after that so she could see her daddy.

He seemed to have a great experience and was pleased with how he finished. Only two more triathlons to go this summer. Way to go Robbie!

Enjoying the Weather

We've been having a lot of fun with McKinley outside ever since it decided to warm up just a little. I thought I would share some of the pictures we've taken. We did take them with the phone though, so the quality isn't that awesome.
When it was rainy, McKinley stomped in all of the puddles outside. She came in soaking wet!

On a less rainy, but still chilly day, we went to the park and she worked on her jumping:

On a sunny warm day we headed to the park and she went down the slides, she loves the slides and can see them out our back door!

This is what happened when Robbie told her to smile:

We're looking forward to more warm weather!

Our Sweet Little Girl Turned Two!!

I can't believe McKinley is two. Two years went by so fast! We had some family over for a party and she was a little bit shy at first, but warmed up when her little cousins got there and she could eat dinner with them at their own special table. We had some of her favorites for dinner, rolls, broccoli and stroganoff.

After dinner, we started off the fun with a Tinkerbell pinata. Robbie and I have a little fire bat, so we let the little girls take swings-and yes, Great Grandpa got hit in the knee with the bat which I can only imagine hurt really bad, but he just laughed it off...thanks Grandpa, I hope there isn't permanent damage. Calista preferred to watch while McKinley and Abi seemed to love hitting it. When they weren't getting through the pinata with the bat, we let them just pull the strings off the bottom and it opened a little "trap door" and all the candy come out.

McKinley has been loving Tinkerbell since about February when got a cool Tinkerbell bracelet from my Grandma. So, after the pinata we pulled out her Tinkerbell birthday cake:

Blowing out the candle with Daddy.

She ate her cake like such a big girl, I couldn't believe it. Although, she does love to use her shirt as a napkin....as you will see in the present opening pictures where there is chocolate all over her clothes!

We saved the presents for last and she had a great time opening and got some really fun stuff from everybody.

It was really funny when she opened clothes, because she would just throw them to the side and keep looking in the box for a toy or something!

Her birthday was great and ever since then we can't get out of the house without coloring, playing in her tent and having a tea party! Thanks everyone for coming and making it such a special and fun day!

Robbie is the Master

...of Health Administration! That's right...he graduated! Hooray! His graduation was on Friday and it was so great. McKinley would randomly point down at Robbie in the crowd, wave and say "hi daddy" all through the graduation. When they called his name and he was walking across the floor to be hooded by his professors she kept yelling over and over and over "That's my daddy!", pointing and smiling and making sure everyone in ear shot knew who he was. I'm not sure who was more proud, her or me!

McKinley and I are really proud of Robbie, it's a big accomplishment to be done with his Master's Degree and we're really excited. McKinley had become really good at saying "my daddy at school", so it will be nice to have him home more.

After graduation we went out to dinner at Olive Garden, the wait was crazy since we had a party of 15, but the food was delicious and they gave us four appetizers for free, so Robbie was loving it.

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated and thanks for the congratulations of those who couldn't be there. It was a great day!

Easter

Easter was a lot of fun at our house. We dyed eggs the day before and McKinley had a great time. It was funny to watch her throw the eggs into the cup of dye instead of place them nicely, good thing we were prepared with covering over the table. The Easter bunny came and hid the eggs and McKinley did a really good job of finding them. We went to another Easter Egg Hunt later that day at Grandma's house. I think McKinley still wishes there were Easter Egg Hunts every day!

Here she is in her Easter Dress with her basket from Nana and Papa. She loves that basket and we still have it out to play with now!

Dying Easter Eggs:

Hunting for the eggs:

Hating her new swimsuit:

My Easter Bunny cupcakes:

Bunny ears and an Easter Basked from Uncle Matt and Aunt Leslie:

Egg Hunt at Grandma's: