Great Grandparent Time

After Washington we headed to Minnesota for some, well, Minnesota time. We got to spend some time with Laela's Great Grandparents and as you can see, she had lots of fun doing so:

4 generations of Petersons: Laela with Great Grandpa P:


We also visited Great Grandma and Grandpa Everetts at their house. Laela used that time to catch up on her rock-on-the-birdbath pounding,

her mowing,
and of course, some piano playing. Is that piano in tune?

There's only one way to find out:

But most of all, Laela had a great time just hanging with GGpa and GGma E:

Laela's 2nd First Birthday

Because of constantly changing circumstances, we ended up celebrating Laela's birthday 3 times this year. When I find the pics from the other two, I'll post some. Here are a few pics from her actual birthdate. We kept it low key with some flowers and of course...cake!

Pre-cake pictures:
Post-cake pictures:

Laela's trying to have her cake and drink her milk too

Family Time

John and Jen so graciously let us crash their spring plans and took us in for most of April and May. We had so much fun, we almost didn't leave. Laela had lots of fun with her cousin Anna. They were kind of like magnets, they just followed each other around everywhere. Every once in a while they would bounce off of each other too.
Laela's first black eye (not from Anna)
She played with Anna's toys
Anna showed her the proper way to drink from a plastic cup... ...and they both kept us entertained (and busy), those girls can MOVE!

Visiting Oma and Opa

Somehow, Laela knew to put that old-fashioned handle thingy to her ear and talk to it....kids these days are so technically advanced. Now she's just showing off.

We had some fun visits from Nana Scott

And BillyBob the toothfairy.

Papa even stopped by for a visit.

Laela's First Easter

Aw, such a delicate flower she is
Laela even wore a dress for a few minutes on Easter morning
She LOVED the plastic eggs!

Laela and her Opa discussing their next Ride

Phoenix Fun

As some of you may know, Phoenix didn't exactly treat us well this time around. Jamie picked up what is commonly known as "Valley Fever". He is feeling great now, but still on the meds and not flying because of it. We hope to get him in the jet soon though. We did have some fun while we were in Phoenix, despite the illness. Uncle Ron, Jamie, and Laela hanging at the Phoenix Zoo.

I was there too...
Would somebody help that girl...there's a ginormous snake of some kind wrapped around her abnormally long body and four arms!

Laela in the tub (obviously) . I couldn't resist a little mohawk action.

Back in March, Laela had full reign of the spoon for the first time with some delicious yogurt.
Who can resist baby and Papa-in-flightsuit pics?
We had fun hanging with Oma and Opa...they helped us skedaddle out of Phoenix when all of our health was in question.

Fun in Phoenix

Laela hangin in the hot February sun...with lots of sunscreen on!


We stayed in a lovely TLF....

A Night at Uncle Ron's

Uncle Ron let us crash at his place on our first night in Phoenix...