mia is BLESSED

patiently waiting her turn & wondering what they are doing up there...
wearing her "sunday best" i.e. purple skull tee with pink tutu

after the "blessing" mia and her bff heidi

Mia had the chance to be "blessed" with her friend heidi at a local church. She took her turn and walked up to the front with me. The priest began his prayers and sprayed her with a feather full of water. She reacted with a "what are you doing!" look and hid behind my legs. When he waited for her to return to finish his prayers, she simply gave him the "no way man!" look and walked away. Then the little kids offered her a treat, she ran back up to get it and took off to eat it in peace. Maybe it worked after all.

pumpkin time at The Hollow

hot

pumpkins everywhere

a sea of orange

smell the hay

walking

looking

for the perfect pumpkin

ooh la la CUPCAKES!!

A little creativity in the kitchen and an email from my sister sparked this brilliant idea... Booze-infused CUPCAKES! A quick trip to the liquor store and lots of cupcakes and a huge mess! Here's a list of the flavors that came out of it all with flying colors.

Baileys Chocolate Chip Mint

Raspberry Vodka

Pineapple Cheesecake

Vodka Punch

Chocolate Butterscotch Cheesecake

Coconut Vodka Cream

Vanilla Vodka Sprinkle

and Chocolate Sundae (alcohol free)

THEY WERE SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE!! :)

camping crazy!

Camping attempt #1 at Paradise Cove

Our little campsite, right on the water, soo cute!

Camp site attempt #2! Green Lakes Park, much more comfortable...

YAY! NO MISQUITOS!

And Mia ate some corn...big mistake!

new baby

IT'S A GIRL!!!

BUTZENFEST 2 !

These were the only appropriate photos for the blog! :) Guess that shows how much fun Butzenfest 2 was!!

B I R T H D A Y ! !

Brian did a great job and surprised me this year for my Birthday! We went to KOTO, a new japanese steakhouse/sushi restaurant. It was delish! Then they made me stand up while they sang Shake Your Booty at me for my birthday song... and some more that made me blush... it was interesting.

Family Photo, mia didn't get the memo!

GURLS NIGHT!

WHAT AN AWESOME NIGHT! Thanks to all my friends that helped make my birthday super special! It was by far, the best birthday ever!!

Birthday Dinner

Seth & Emma helped me celebrate my first birthday dinner at Red Robin. They were mostly interested in the ice cream that came afterward. It's the thought that counts! :)

PRIZE!

Brian made sure to win mia a prize while at the fair, she was beyond HAPPY!

Fair take 2

Jordys daddy won her a pink piggie!

The little brown piglets were so adorable! One of them had to pee and kept falling asleep while doing so. I wanted to sneak one into my purse!

How now brown cow?

The never ending basketball game...and by never ending I mean NEVER ENDING!

The Great New York State Fair!

I've learned from local syracuse friends, you can't leave the fair without eating a pizza fritta!

This was right after BK won the pushup contest for the National Guard, he won a tshirt.

The Syracuse Horse

Technically this one is in front of Upstate University Hospital

Camping at Green Lakes

The Ladies at Camp
Jules & Christina "roughin it!"

The view on the walking trail around the lake.

Camp buddies!

While Brian was out of town for an ortho conference, I went camping with some friends. Mia came too! It was so much fun hanging out around the fire, getting goofy together and eating! Too bad the storm came in early and we had to pack up early.

hello!

Just a little note hello from us, seth & emma. :)

Thanks for looking at our blog, don't forget to feed the fishies please!

(to feed just click on the fish square and it will make fish food!)

check us out and our silly adventures at theadventuresofsethandemma.blogspot.com

Horsey LOVE

After trying out a kids movie at the mall, we couldn't wait for our turn on the "horsey!"

more new SUPERHERO models for Babyhoot!

Doesn't get any cuter!

Kona + Mia = TROUBLE

When these two get together, they put all their brains into one pot and see what they can come up with... This was the two of them inside the house while the block party was going on outside. Kona pulled the curtain aside and mia propped herself on the windowsill. Mission Accomplished!

Niagra On The Lake

FINALLY! We had a chance to visit the Niagra On the Lake area just outside of the Niagra Falls touristy area. It was B E A U tiful! And so cute with its little town charm, horse-drawn carriages and all! And there were some very interesting looking fruit/vegetable plants? No idea, looked like a cross between a berry and a tomato but the thorns on the vines were SHARP!

I'm Bringing Home A Little...

BABY BUMBLEBEE! (that eats wood, p.s. !) I had never heard of this kind of bee before moving here to NY. They literally drill holes into wood, these particularly annoying ones are in the steps up to my front door. And not only that, they are HUGE! Like, we're talking bigger than a quarter! And loud as can be, can you tell how much we don't get along? Bummer this one in the photo didn't make it past the drill work!

BLOCK PARTY

A few weeks ago I went to an awesome BLOCK PARTY, the kids were the life of the party! And they were fascinated with having big boy milk in the cooler with the grown up drinks. :)

Pudding ART (aka body paint)

Welcome to pudding art. It's the fun mess you can make and just jump in the pool to clean up afterwards!