June, off to a great start

June bring us to 19 months. It's been a great start to the month so far. Mila is over her croup/ear infection and she's been our happy, lovey little lady again.

She's still growing and learning so much every single day. I love watching her interact with other kids around her age. We've had a few gatherings with friends over the past few weeks and all of our kids are finally at ages where they can all play together. What a great feeling to send them "off to play" while the adult sit in the background and talk about things other than ABCs and 123s.

She also likes the change in weather because she loves being outside. And when she's not outside, she loves looking out the door and windows and keeps saying "ow--ide?". We took her down to The Sands this week to watch us play volleyball, but that didn't go as well as we planned. She loved running around and playing until we actually got to the sand courts. She lifted her legs like we were about enter hot lava, it was pretty dramatic. Jens ended up taking her home as soon as we started playing because she was really upset about the sand! 



This is Mila's new car companion, Cammy the camel. She was a gift from Uncle Todd and Mila just loves it. It might be the way the camel's neck bobs to her music, or just because its soft and cuddly... who knows. She's got a special place in her heart for Jessie and Todd. Right now, she loves saying "Todd", but "Jessie" isn't as easy to say. It comes out a little different every time!

 Today was a great day for a trip to the zoo. Mila was in such a great mood and the weather was just beautiful. Plus, Jens wanted to go and check out the dinosaur exhibit they've been advertising. Interestingly enough, he commented that this exhibit reminded him of the one he saw in grade school... only it seemed much more impressive then!

This was taken right outside of the dinosaur exhibit. I think she was dancing to the dinosaur roars!



Inside the dinosaur exhibit, Mila's not really sure what to think. But she and dad both say "cheeeese!"



Ok... T-Rex really isn't that cool. Let's move dad!

Hide-and-seek, where did Mila go?

The monkeys kept her attention for quite a while, but they weren't all that active today.

The giraffe was nice and close today!