It's potty time!

Today, Remi went on the big girl potty for the first time...at daycare...so we weren't there to scream and shout when it happened.
HOWEVER...her teachers stood in for us and handled the "praise" portion of potty training. So - it's on!
Another HOWEVER...they also said that she acted like it was no biggie, so we'll see if she remains interested or not.
We're going to try, but we won't force her.
I just thought this was a "milestone" and wanted to share our little video with our blogger friends and family :)
I must also share that I can't believe this is here...my baby...peeing on a potty! Where did the time go?!?!? Sniff Sniff!

May Flowers

I spent the day soaking up the sun...and soaking up my sweet little girl! Remi is changing so much and I laugh at her so many times a day. Today she wanted to "help" me garden, so we did just that. We planted some flower seeds...hopefully they'll make their appearance later this summer :) She seemed to think that was pretty cool! And then, when I showed her the purpose of the watering can she received from the Easter Bunny...oh my! "more! more! more!" until I had to rescue my poor plant from being waterlogged!

Here are some sweet pics from our gardening.




Now - to brag on my sweet husband. I LOVE gardening and getting my hands in the dirt! It's very relaxing to me :) So - for Mother's Day, my hubby took this....


And made this GORGEOUS Garndening Bench for me...as a big surprise!


A friend was going to throw out the fencing. Randy is very creative and is always thinking about how he could make things that we see at top dollar places. He designed the whole thing! He stayed up late nights - some even until 2 a.m.! And after Remi and I would leave in the a.m., he would work on this masterpiece before he went to work. So sweet!

Isn't it lovely?!?!?! I have wanted one for eva!!! Every single piece was his plan...his idea...his design! I love it and can't wait to get it dirty tomorrow after our annual trip to the Flower Day festivities at Eastern Market :) YAY!!!!


Love you, Randolph! I'm the luckiest girl in the world :) MMMAH!

Oink...Baa...Cluck & Moo, Remi Roo is 2!

Friends and fam celebrated Remi Roo turning 2 with a Barnyard Bash on Saturday! No "real" animals, but some SUPER cute cupcake animals ;) thanks to Christa! {thank you!!}

The weather was not as expected, but we Michiganders hope for Summer so badly, that we braved the elements and played outside anyways! It was supposed to be 70 and sunny, instead...was 60 and cloudy :( But, we made the best of it!! The day she was born...85 and sunny! Maybe next year, right!?!

We had pizza and cupcakes, per the birthday girl's request. YUM! Activity: a super cool bounce house. After the parents agreed, we bent the "2 kids per" rule since our kiddos are still wee ones and they had even more fun. Thankfully only minor head bumps and nothing major! There were some tears, but when you put a bunch of 2-3-4 year olds together - tears are bound to happen, right!?!

Remi received tons of great gifts and now, we must make room for more in our family room. We may have to start using stuffed animals as throw pillows just to make room ;)

Thanks everyone for spending the day with us and making our little girl smile!

Here are some pics...