The life of new parents

It had been ages since my girlfriends and I had a night out together w/o the babies.  We went to the Power & Light district last night to celebrate Jo Ellen’s birthday.  We had dinner at Gordon Bierch and then went to Howl at the Moon, Big Sky (no, none of us rode the bull) and Flying Saucer.  We had a lovely time and it was great catching up on how everyone is doing.

Jo Ellen & Lora

Lissa & Nichole

Here we are outside Lissa’s building.  We got a tour of her office, the place is gorgeous.   Her view of the city is amazing.

We went to Wonderscope, a children’s museum in Shawnee tonight.  Grandma Rosie & Grandpere came with us, but daddy had to stay home and mow two houses.  Maya had a great time and loved playing with the toys and the other kids.

Uncle Lee was in town last week and we all went to breakfast…we were pretty tired but Maya was excited to see her Uncle and put on her MU gear to support the team.

We headed to Wichita on Wednesday, Kaitlin came with us this time and we had a great time.  We had dinner and then did some shopping and walking.

Baby girl loves to look at the ducks.

We met for breakfast at Eggtc. today on 51st & Main.  The food was great and Maya had a nice time with her grandparents.

but where’s Aunt Niki?  Maya decided to chew on Kate’s Barbie’s while she waited for the guest of honor to arrive home with the yummy DQ ice cream cake.  We headed over early because the power was out at our house.

Its so much fun to play with your cousin’s toys when they’re not there to supervise!

We got a shot of the cake (guess who helped pick it out?), but no picture of the b-day girl!  We’ll have to get some pics soon to post!

We went to Tamara’s house yesterday for an afternoon playdate with the crew. Here’s Maya wishing she was smaller so she could ride in the bouncy seat.

We tried to get a group shot of the babies, but as it turns out, they weren’t into cooperating.

The twins Faye & Evelyn are standing in the back and next to them is Sawyer & mommy Jill. In the front L is mommy Stephanie with son Liam, Eva, Keira & Maya.

We went over to hang with the Amberson’s a few days ago.  M was quite fussy so we had to get out of the house.  Once we got there, Uncle Dennis took over and started playing guitar for her.  Instantly, she was a happy girl again.  She was having so much fun we ended up staying until after 10!  Daddy was still working so we called him to meet us at home after our fun night.

Somebody adores her uncle!

Cousin Griffin played for her too.

We haven’t seen our friends Misty & Dan for awhile. Bryton & Misty came over for a play date last week and we had a great time catching up.  We hope to see Dan soon, maybe at the housewarming?!

The boy’s got talent!

Drummer boy

Bryton is just beautiful (or handsome, can you tell I have a girl?) and has the sweetest personality.  It was such a pleasure getting to meet him!

We were installing new light fixtures in our bathroom last week and Maya wanted to help.

She kept pulling up on the ladder to try and climb to Daddy.

Baby was too much help, she got banished to the tub with her new T-Rex from her Dad.