Worst Blogger...Ever.

 Awful, awful, awful at keeping up with this blog, but here's my attempt at catch up.

This is us playing "tourist" downtown at the bean.  Such a great time!

Emma's first day of preschool.

Jillian doing what she does best.

Claire and her most favorite thing to do ;)

Finally, Emma and her ultimate pass time.

Claire and Jillian LOVED their first trip to Pump it Up! 

Happy Birthday GIrls!

My baby girl are a whole year old!  Hard to believe this picture was taken a year ago!  This has to have been the fastest year of my life and, aside maybe from the first year of college, the blurriest!  Just kidding, but seriously it has been such a whirlwind. Thankfully, after 2 months of waking up every 1 1/2-2 hours, followed by 8 months of waking up every 3 hours, we are FINALLY starting get some solid sleep these nights and we are welcoming it with open arms!

Celebrating their big day at Grandma and Grandpa Radde's house!

 The adorable onesies from Theresa

Here comes the bride flower girl!  Emma was lucky enough to be the flower girl in not one but TWO weddings this summer!  It took a little convincing to make sure Emma new she wasn't the one actually getting married, but Em was stoked.  She had the time of her life.  She practiced her walk and holding her flowers, she practiced her dancing and showed me exactly how she would smile for the camera.  She did a great job at both weddings and is still talking about how much she enjoyed walking down the aisle!

Here she is at our good friends Chris and Kristen's wedding at Lake Belaire, ready to get the show on the road!

Walking down the aisle!

Primping for her big walk down the aisle and Theresa and Rob's wedding.

August

Don't you just love digital cameras? You take loads and loads of pictures because you aren't paying for film, and therefore doesn't matter how the pictures turn out, and then the pictures just sit on your camera for months. I FINALLY just uploaded 200+ pictures from summer. I need to get my act together or I will never be able to catch up!

Yummy! Nothing beats fresh Michigan corn and peaches!

 Helping Grandma Jean with her flowers

 Such a big girl!

 Think this was officially the last time we could squeeze the girls into one swing together.

 Not to worry, Emma still dresses up in tutus and ballet outfits Every. Single. Day.

Summer

Ahh. Loving life right now. Summer has been so much fun. The little girls are at such a fun age and Emma is really starting to have fun with them...for the most part anyways ;)

A month in Pictures

Happy Birthday Daddy!