Hoppy Easter!

Yesterday Mila participated in two egg hunts.  

The first one was at our favorite grocery store, 

Mariano's, in the River East neighborhood.

There may not have been many eggs for the children at Soldier Field 

last weekend, but there were TONS of eggs here!

 Our lucky little girl even found a special egg

 and won this great prize basket!

 Later, we walked over to the wonderful Smith Park for crafts,

time with the Easter bunny and another egg hunt. 

Mila was NOT a fan of the Easter Bunny!

She was a big fan of all the candy though!

 Happy Easter!

Egg-Stravaganza at Soldier Field

Last Saturday we braved the chilly air 

and spent the morning at Soldier Field

so Mila could participate in the annual 

spring candy grab.

 After waiting in the stands for quite a while,

with LOTS of other eager kids and parents...

...we finally got on the field.

 Everyone made a crazy dash to the candy!

Mommy quickly grabbed some for Mila,

 and threw it out for her to pick up after the commotion was over, 

otherwise she might have only gotten a piece or two.

 In the end, it was fun to be on the field, but from now on we'll

probably stick to our neighborhood egg hunts.  

We have a few lined up for next week...stay tuned for pictures :)

Key Lime Cove Birthday Girl!

Since she enjoyed it so much last year,

 we took Mila to Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, IL again

to celebrate her 3rd birthday...she loved it and so did we.

 So happy together.

 Enough pics, let's hit the water park!

 Mommy is 20 weeks! Halfway there.

Wet and wild girls.

 Pulling Daddy's heartstrings bathing suit.

 Weeeeee!

 Mila loves when the giant, water-filled pineapple tips over.

 Chocolate ice cream, Mila's fave.

 Mila on her favorite slide.

Birthday gifts and a cupcake were waiting for Mila 

when she woke up on Sunday.

 Make a wish!

 Cupcake for breakfast...only on her birthday!

 Just what she asked for, new play dough!

(Mommy won that giant ball for Mila in a claw game!)

 A special jewelry box for our little fashionista.

 Mila wanted Daddy to read her new Chipmunks book right away.

 Thanks for the cute bathing suit, Grandma Lynn!

 Daddy's girl.

 Mommy's girl too.

 Feeding all her ripoff arcade tickets into the machine.

 Making her birthday crown.

 We can't believe our baby is 3!

Mila had her picture taken for the Birthday Wall 

in the arts and craft zone.

 The big 3 year old saying "Bye Bye" to KLC

And of course, a stop at the Jelly Belly factory store

 on the way home :)

3 Years of The Mighty Mila Quinn

Copy and paste this link for a slideshow of sweet Mila Quinn:

http://youtu.be/2vPL1LksCuQ

Happy, Happy, Happy 3rd birthday, MQ!

We couldn't love you more,

Mommy & Daddy

3 Year Old Pictures

Amazingly, Mila is just a few weeks away from her 3rd birthday.  

Here are a few shots of our little baby in all her big girl glory:

The Big Star Rock Star

As Mommy & Daddy discussed where to grab dinner Saturday night, Mila decided for us: Big Star.  

We think it's really funny that she loves to go there so much as it's pretty much regarded as the hippest hot spot in Chicago's 

Wicker Park, if not the entire city.  

It can be terribly busy, but as parents living in the city, we know the times to go when we won't have a long wait (on weekends that means just when they open or right before all the cool, scarf-wearing non-parents come in for dinner). Our timing was perfect and Mila acted like a ham the whole time we were there--munching on chips, sipping her limeade and taking pictures of herself.  

Our girl knows how & where to have a good time! 

Sweet Saturday

Yesterday, while Mommy waited in line at the deli counter, 

Daddy took Mila to the bakery just to "look" at the cupcakes...

 Guess he couldn't resist getting a sweet treat 

for his sweet girl.

 Even though Mila LOVES chocolate and told us

 it "makes my tummy warm"...

 ...she shared her cupcake with Mommy and Daddy.

A day filled with sledding, cupcakes and 

watching The Little Mermaid for the 

first time together = A very sweet Saturday.