Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Paige's Bridal Shower

A couple weekends ago we threw Paige a Bridal Shower at Winery of the Little Hills.  It was a Mulligan team effort planning the party and everything turned out perfectly!





Mary had the idea to have the kids answer questions about Aunt Paige.









This flower girl loved helping MiMi move the tables and chairs around as we were setting up the party.


And she looooved helping Paige open her presents!




This lady will be Mrs. Mulligan this weekend!!
We are heading to Kansas City tomorrow and then to Lees Summit Friday to start the wedding festivities!! Such a fun weekend ahead!




Friday, August 5, 2016

Life Lately

It's Friday, woohoo...but I think I'm getting sick, boo!  But better this Friday than next because next week we will be in Lees Summit for the big wedding!

Life's hard when you get to sleep in every Monday.  I think she is telling me to move out of the way so they can watch cartoons. :)


All settled in for some breakfast...


Until I turn around for 2 seconds to make a cup of coffee!  These two move fast!


Having a picnic with one of her babies.


Ollie loves kicking the soccer ball around!


Ollie walking into the splash pad like he owns the place.


Where's Charlie Bear?


After the splash pad we headed to Pantera's for pizza.  Every kid (including Mary, Will and I) have rode on this horse!


While Ollie was on the horse Elle was racing! Go Sissy go!
Look at her face, so much concentration!


A trip to Target is never complete without a stop at Starbucks.  The ultimate bribe for them to be good!


Taking a swim in the pool. Ollie fell face first one time and I was in that pool grabbing him in .02 seconds. Eric was like, "relax and see if he lifts his head on his own next time." Ummmm, no.
#nevergonnahappen


After swimming they ran around the yard playing and since Ollie's swim trunks were practically falling off his little body we just went without them.

His little belly just kills me!!! 


A fun morning jumping with the Stille boys at the trampoline park.



My two took approximately 500 water breaks.


Sissy mastered the balance beam. 


I don't think she could possibly be any cuter!!
I absolutely adore this girl. 


Kicked back and relaxed.
These couches aren't the most stylish thing to have in the living room everyday but the get so much use!! Elle naps on hers almost everyday. 


Another evening swimming!  
And then the tornado sirens started going off. :(
We were out of the pool and running inside as fast as we could go!


This boy is on the move constantly!!
He loves going in the laundry room or my closet and closing the door behind him and he gets so angry when I make him open the door.
The baby tantrums are in full swing! Lots of throwing his little body on the ground and crying.
He listens and will follow directions (most of the time) and he tries so hard to talk to us!



The boy loves books!! One of his favorite things is to pick out a book, sit in my lap and have me read it over and over and over again.


He tries to climb on EVERYTHING!!!
In this pic he is headed for my drink.


He skipped his nap on this afternoon and at 5pm I took him outside to hopefully run off the rest of his energy.  He was just way too grumpy!

Throwing a fit on the ground because I was making him stay in our yard.


Sissy was not about to let him run out of our yard! 
It's time to start looking at fences.  I can tell him won't be as easy to corral as Elle.


We were shopping for Harper's birthday party and Elle fell in LOVE with this Minnie tea set. I told her we could take a picture and remember it for her birthday.  After the picture she whined, "I wish it was almost Christmas!".  haha

This girl doesn't know the date of her bday but she does know it's right before Christmas!


Sissy does not like heights!



Snuggled up with my baby boy.


I was in the living room and Elle yelled from the playroom, "MOM! Come look at Oliver!"

Of course I wanted a picture before I told this little sweet pea to get down. I asked him to say "cheese" and he actually repeated "eeeesssse!!"

This is the first time he has repeated a new to him word on command!
My baby is getting so big!


Fun at MawMaw and PawPaw's.


We have a fun weekend ahead!  We are going shopping tomorrow for Elle's school supplies (is this really happening?!!?) and Sunday we have Harper's birthday party!

Then next week is Elle's preschool orientation and Will's wedding!!
And then it's almost FALL Y'ALL!!
I already have pumpkin candles and new Fall decor purchased just waiting to be put out!

Friday, July 29, 2016

Summertime

We have had a fun summer so far.  Last year we spent more time inside since Ollie was so little but this year we are out and about! And this is just the way Elle likes things. :)

Baths in the sink are one of Elle's favorite things.  The kitchen always ends up covered in water but I cave and let her take one in the kitchen every so often.  This night Ollie was NOT feeling a bath in the sink...at all. So Sissy got both sides to herself.


This boy. I don't think he could possibly be any cuter!!!
He is starting to shake his head "yes" or "no" to answer questions. He still doesn't say a lot of words (mama, dadda, hi, bye, go, no, yes - are his main ones) but he does listen and understand what we are saying.


He loves jumping in his crib until he thinks you are going to leave the room.  Then...not so fun!


Eric and I took Elle to see The Secret Life of Pets one Sunday.  I swear her favorite part is never the movie and always the cotton candy!

She picked out the headband herself and she made sure to being her purse. :)



My girl!


Any stool in the kitchen or bathroom is not safe around Ollie.  He will find it...and he will climb it!


We are wanting to replace our floors with wood so we went out one night looking.  The kids loved playing with the samples when we got home!


Sharing the iPad.


Just doing some light reading at MawMaw's.



Eric and I decided we should invest in a 2nd iPad so each kid has there own. It's insane but our car ride to Will's wedding should hopefully be smooth with each kid watching a movie.

Elle made sure to tell us she wanted the new one and Ollie could have the old one. haha
Ollie got the new one and they both got new cases. What Sissy doesn't know won't hurt her. 


This little babe escaped the tub and ran around in the living room in his birthday suit before settling on his couch and trying to as me to turn on Toy Story.
#getbacktothetub




He loves standing on his crib and always tries to pry his little hands out of mine so he can stand without me holding on. He is our daredevil.

Look at those toes clamped on!


Aunt Paige to the rescue! She watched all 3 boys while Mary, Mom, Elle and I went to our dress fitting for the wedding.


Afterwards we headed to a birthday party.
Look at how blonde that hair looks!


Elle loved it!


Her and Henry were inseparable the entire time.


After the soccer field they jumped in the bounce houses.


Then time for pizza and cake! It was so cute to see Ollie sitting with the big kids.


On our ride home we were listening to the Justin Bieber song "Love Yourself" and after the line, "Oh baby, you should go and love yourself"
Elle asked me "mom, why does that baby have to love herself?"

This girl. She makes me laugh everyday!