This is a long one again… but I’m happy I’m all caught up now 🙂

July, July, July… where did you go?! I have never had time move so fast since having Magnolia!

July was busy for us (as usual!).

We started off the month with the big 3M Open PGA tournament down the road from us (I’m talking less than a mile!). Logan volunteered all week and was SO excited to be so close to the players and even got to chat up Phil Mickelson 🙂

We did a little day date for a practice round while Magnolia was at daycare.

And then went with my Mom and Dennis on a weekend with Magnolia!

Logan was a bit nervous bringing her… and we kinda thought she’d only last an hour but she lasted for 7 and was a rockstar!

Magnolia enjoyed starting baby led weaning at daycare and sitting with all the “big” babies at the table!

She enjoyed her little pool more outside this month while we had some warmer temps!

We went to the farmer’s market downtown Minneapolis with my brother and his family and just about melted 🙂

We headed down to Oshkosh to my inlaws for my SIL’s high school graduation party…

We stopped in Eau Claire for the night to break up the drive and Logan worked from there…

then onto Oshkosh for a long weekend!

We enjoyed queso while sitting with Mimi..

and seeing her Aunties and Uncle Tanner.

And then we celebrated Auntie Cam’s graduation!

We played outside some more…

and mastered the art of crawling!

We went on just a few walks…

and really liked eating some strawberries and foods again!

Magnolia turned 7 months already somehow!!

Then we headed back to EC for a weekend to spend time with Grandma (my Mom) while Logan was in a golf tournament!

We went to one of my favorite wineries and they had a small animal area and Magnolia was in heaven!

I’ve never seen her giggle so hard at just the llama eating (y’all, that was it! It didn’t move otherwise and she couldn’t stop laughing!) and everyone around was looking and smiling/laughing at how sweet she was!

She was REALLY excited to see Daddy after golf (as usual!).

And Logan and I snuck away for a quick dinner featuring margaritas and queso! It was our first time without Magnolia (since the hockey game at 3 months) and even though she was with my Mom and in great hands, I still checked in and we were only gone about 40 minutes max….

Poor Logan was ready to stay for a bit but I was ready to get back to Magnolia and bath time 🙂

Logan finished up his golf tournament and we spent time at the park before heading to Great Grandmas for a little bit!

We saw Uncle Alex a little bit more this month.

And I worked on my photography and editing skills 🙂

And Magnolia made Logan a late “Daddy’s Day” present so we could have more than 1 hole 🙂

And that sums up the busy month!

If you’re still reading then props to you!! This was a long one but I think we’re finally caught up in the lives of us!

Now let’s do some more fun posts 🙂

What fun thing did you do in July?!

Kristi

It’s already Monday, y’all!

But thankfully, I have a short work week this week since we have the State Fair on Friday with my in-laws for our annual tradition!

My weekend recap starts back on Thursday! I had originally asked off work for a trip with Logan’s family that didn’t end up working out; but I kept it off anyway because it’s basically the last week of summer and I only have so many with Magnolia Kate!

We started our weekend off with our first trip to the zoo…

Magnolia LOVED seeing the llama and pony at the winery last month (you’ll see that recap Wednesday!) so I thought she’d be ALLLL about the animals at the zoo!

Mom fail because it was SO busy with “kid groups” (it’s the end of summer so I’m sure?!) so it was hard to get Magnolia close enough to see the animals!

But she sure was excited about seeing all the kids 🙂 Ha! Ever since daycare, she LOVES seeing kids!! She lets out squeals and giggles with kicks when she sees any!

We ended the night with Magnolia Kate’s first Packer game (she was asleep the last preseason game!).

She looked so sweet with her Packers onesie!

If you can remember, Logan finished the basement back in January and hung the tv in February (the one he bought on Black Friday)  but we FINALLY just decided on and got our couch about a week ago so we’ve been enjoying the area!

She LOVES having a sectional to crawl all over!

Friday was a little bit more laid back with Magnolia’s first lunch date to Olive Garden with Jess!

She is sure her Mama’s girl…. loving on those breadsticks!

Then we met Daddy for a quick margarita before he headed to the golf course!

Saturday was a big day for us – we headed to Chetek, WI for a day on the lake with my family!

We weren’t sure that Magnolia would enjoy the boat or even last an hour so we were a bit worried that the longer drive wouldn’t be worth it but guys…

she did SO well and loved the boat! The more waves the better for her!

We were missing two of my nieces (Trinity and Sydney) and it makes me so sad when we get together without them! 😦

We all just hung out on the boat and rode around a few hours…

before docking at the sandbar! Surprisingly, Logan was the first to jump in!

And again… we weren’t sure Magnolia would like the water much but she was such a fishy! She loved being in this floaty and would kick her feet with excitement (especially if she went over a wave!).

She kept laying in her head on it too and we all thought she might actually fall asleep!

No such luck… she was also on a no bottle strike as usual….

She’s the only baby I know that is happiest when she doesn’t eat!?! Ugh, it’ll be nice to be done with those in a few months!

Before we headed out, Logan and my sister did some water skiing on my Uncle’s boat and shockingly enough, both were able to get up after 10+ years!

Magnolia zonked out almost immediately when we got in the car!

Yesterday, we just ran a few errands (Costco, Target) and enjoyed a quick lunch at Dino’s Greek Mediterranean.

Magnolia sure enjoyed the fries and all the seasonings!

Every day is something new with Magnolia and I’m loving all of it! I’m so excited for her to do the fair with us this year – I think she’ll love the people watching and trying some foods!

I’m sharing what our July looked like on Wednesday and then we’ll be all caught up finally!

Kristi

 

 

Like I said on Monday… I want to document Magnolia’s life for ourselves (I can’t tell you how fun it is when I look back at blog posts and see what we were doing random weekends!) so I’m going back a little bit… grab some coffee or wine – there’s a lot of pictures!

It was my golden birthday this year so we decided to both take off work and spend the day together with Ms. Magnolia Kate!

We headed to the arboretum with a picnic and looked at all the gorgeous flowers!

It was the first day that was almost 90 degrees (and we had a barely 5 month old!) so we tried to do our best to keep her cool and keep her on nap schedule!

It was such a simple day but so perfect too because we finally had our little girl and I was with the people who matter most!

The next day, I headed on over to my brother’s to celebrate a little bit with my Mom and my brother’s family.

We went on a longer walk and just hung out (and grilled out).  It was nice to be able to relax outside a bit.

We finished the night with the park (Magnolia’s first time on the swings!) and ice cream at Selmas!

Magnolia and I both got sick with the flu this month… at the same time! ugh! Talk about rough!

Magnolia enjoyed her first time in her little “splash pad pool”.

And we took our first official walk to the park as a family!

Logan’s not a big walker (I mean he doesnt quite enjoy going on walks a lot around the neighborhood) so don’t let this fool you in thinking we go all the time! Ha!

Logan went on his first work trip to Denver so we were solo girls for a few days!

My brother, SIL and niece came over to keep us company one night!

She was definitely ready to see Daddy after those three days!

She learned how to crawl backwards in June and was getting ready to move forward!

We celebrated Logan’s first Father’s Day with a trip to the outlet mall…

and play time outside!

Did I mention she likes to be outside?! 🙂

We had our first girl’s brunch out and she did GREAT!

We went to our first Strawberry Festival and Magnolia LOVED the strawberries!

First time she tried them and she was hooked!

She wore some cute outfits…

And even decided she might want to be Daddy’s Caddy!

We made a road trip to Eau Claire for a night to be with the girls!

Magnolia sat in a “public” high chair for the first time at the mall!

And rode in her first cart as a big girl!

She was obsessed!! I mean, literally squealing with excitement that people kept staring and smiling!

Magnolia turned SIX months in June and i’m amazed at everything she has learned to do!

Goodness, this was a good month! I wasn’t thinking we did a ton when I thought back but wow, we were busy!

Onto the next month…. 😉

Kristi