Tutu playdate at Ruby's house

Last week we had a small tutu playdate at our house.

Here's Ruby waiting for her guests to arrive at the front window.






Taking a morning stroll outside.










Ruby and her friend Maddie show off their cute tutus!

Evening walk with Mama and Daddy

Since it was a bit cooler, we took an evening walk around the neighborhood pond. We haven't done this in months because it has still been nearly 100 degrees, even at 7 pm!


Ruby enjoyed her freedom walking the sidewalks.



She got to see the neighborhood ducks.





Such a happy and beautiful toddler.

Unseasonably cool trip to the zoo

Last week it was overcast with a high in the eighties...so we headed to the zoo! It was so much more enjoyable without the heat!

We got to get up close to the monkeys.





And the alligators.





I love watching Ruby watch the fish and turtles in the aquarium.

Ruby Reading

Ruby enjoys reading. It is especially entertaining to see her read magazines. She points out all the babies, cats and dogs. And once she was reading one of my celebrity magazines and there was a woman wearing blue lipstick (who knows why!)...Ruby recognized this was odd and exclaimed something in jibberish.



Sometimes you just need a closer look.











She loves to sit on the sofa and look at her picture books.

Grape Harvest and Stomping at Delaney Vineyards

This past weekend Alex, Ruby and I met my friend Lori, her husband and daugher Maddie to help with the grape harvest at Delaney Vineyards. This was where Alex and I were married several years ago.



I sewed Ruby a dress just for the occasion. Doesn't she look beautiful here?!?








Ruby and mama.





Ruby did NOT like stepping in the grapes AT ALL.







Ruby and her friend Maddie had a blast playing with the grapes.

Visit from Aunt Mollie

My sister Mollie came to visit this past weekend. She got to spend some time with Ruby.







And we went out to a movie and dinner with our baby group for our ladies' night.




Lots of fun!

Lunch date and ICE CREAM!

After our playtime at Paradise Pond, Ruby and I went to lunch with Nicole and Kaylee. The girls were treated to mac and cheese and chicken tenders (Ruby never eats this kind of stuff usually!!! Normally it is lots of veggies and fruit...but what are you going to do when you spontaneously decide to go out for lunch?!?) She gobbled it down.

After lunch, Nicole asked if I had ever given Ruby ice cream. I haven't. So, I got Ruby a small cone with a (very) small scoop of ice cream. She absolutely loved it!





Now that is a happy kiddo.