A lot of "firsts"

It's been a BIG week for Quinn Marie! On Tuesday Grandma Nan came to visit and she got to stay home and play with Grandma all day Wednesday. Then Thursday was the day we said goodbye to Monroe Court and moved into our new house!

Quinn had been so excited about the moving trucks, and her new room, with new toys and a big girl bed, BIG kitchen and a BIIIG bathtub like GG's! The first night in the new house was also the first night Quinn didn't sleep in her crib. (The movers couldn't put the crib back together for liability purposes so she slept on her little mattress on the floor -- like a champ I might add!)

Then Friday Papa, GG and Eric came to help us keep getting settled in. While Quinn was at school we set up her big girl double bed to go with her big girl room. She did awesome sleeping in her big bed and looked so sweet!

And for the last "firsts" of the weekend...first trip to the West Des Moines ER and first sprained elbow. Friday when we picked Q up from daycare she ran to us and hit her arm. She complained about it all night and barely used it, but could still move it so we didn't think it was a break. This morning she woke up (in her big girl bed) crying and asking for ice. She wouldn't move her arm at all so we decided to head to Urgent Care (which was closed) so we went to the ER instead. An hour and a half and two x-rays later our little champ left with a bandage and a note to see an orthopedic doc later in the week.

The bandage and ibu really helped a lot because she had a great day playing with Uncle Eric in her Rose Petal Cottage house from Aunt Kim and even gave us her take on the 2012 election. (video to come once our Internet is hooked up!)

So what's our girl doing after all that activity? Sleeping soundly in her new, brightly colored room!

C is for Cupboard

This evening Quinn was hiding in the cupboard where her babies sleep, aka where I store them to keep them off the ground. It was pretty cute.

Also tonight we were reading an alphabet book and I found out she knows the first letter of all her classmates' names. She would point to the H and say "that's for Hendricks" or "T is for Troy!" So fun!

And lastly, she is now mimicking things Daddy does. The cute: putting in her contacts. Awwe! The not so cute: spitting. Oh dear!!

Kansas Fun

Jay had a golf weekend last weekend, so Quinn and I hit the road for a visit to Kansas. She got to break in her new DVD player from Papa and GG. Also, popcorn has become a roadtrip staple for Quinn. Whatever works right?

Our first night in Topeka, we got to experience one of my favorite things about growing up in Topeka: ice cream trucks. Unfortunately they are out-lawed in the Des Moines metro area, but luckily Quinn still gets to experience the fun in Kansas. 

Another novelty about visiting Kansas are all the Jayhawks we get to see. Quinn points them out everywhere she sees them. We even stopped at the Kansas Sampler to pick up some new goods for her including this new Jayhawk stuffed animal  and Jayhawk band-aids. (This girl is obsessed with band-aids!)

And a trip to Topeka wouldn't be complete without baking with GG! 

Look closely and you will see that Quinn's face is covered in brownie batter. Yum!

Georgie Porgie

Quinn loves to recite her books and one of her favorite nursery rhymes is Georgie Porgie. I'm pretty sure I could listen to her "read" all day long. 

The Lion Playground

We've been getting good use at our area playgrounds this summer. Last Saturday we took a walk to Lions Park aka the "Lion Playground." Quinn gets more and more daring every day. This time she saw some boys playing on the monkey bars, so of course that meant she had to do it too. 

Now that she's a little older, she can play with the other kids. Here's a photo of Quinn on the teeter-totter with her new friend, Kathryn. Kathryn was about 4 and the two had a ton of fun bouncing on the teeter-totter, climbing the rock wall and going down the slide together. (Kathryn even helped Quinn up the wall and "caught" her coming down the slide. It was so cute!)

Here's our happy girl in her "Jake-hawk" t-shirt. This is definitely one of her faves. (If only she knew what it said on the back!)

And a trip to Lions Park isn't complete without a visit to the Lion!

Q-U-I-N-N

Quinn is in the "Sophomore" room at daycare now. And since she's such a big girl, I thought it was time to teach her how to spell her name.

Quinn is Two!

QUINN MARIE AT 2:

Milestones:   She can count to 13 and say her ABC's (although sometimes Y & Z get left off)


Favorite cuddly things:   Big Bunny and Pink Blankie


Favorite food:   Macaroni & Cheese


Favorite songs to sing:  "Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee," "I had a Tiny Turtle," "Jesus Loves the Little Children" and "You are my Sunshine"


Favorite toy:   Baby Doll


Favorite place:   Secret Playground


Favorite movie:   Tangled, followed closely by Lion King 


Favorite book:   Curious George