It's a GIRL - Jaida Louise Garland

It's a Girl!!! CONGRATS to the Garland Family who welcomed Baby "Girl" Garland last night at 9:52pm. It's hard to believe that just 2 weeks ago we had a surprise shower and were anxiously awaiting Baby Garlands arrival - anxiously awaiting if it would be a girl or boy!!!

Being experienced in the baby making area, with #3 on the way, Amy was definitely not expecting a baby shower. She was very surprised and I think annoyed...annoyed because she of course did not want anyone to go out of their way for #3 but more so annoyed that we were able to surprise her....because goodness knows it is VERY hard to get anything past Amy Garland!!!

Here we are "hiding" and getting ready to say SURPRISE!!!

Yep she was surprised...and of course she spotted the Baby Shower decor immediately...

We made sure to have lots of yummy food for one very pregnant mommy :):)

The surprise was a success...and a great opportunity for the Garland Family to sit back and relax before #3....

And a PERFECT opportunity to get all the kids together...the day got off to a rocky start with Lyla being a bully. We think this is a way of showing her true love for Tyson by pulling his hair and really getting his attention (Sorry Tyson....)

Thank you Natalia for entertaining the little ones...

And what's a BBQ/Baby Shower without a kiddie pool...

Thank you Ty and Amy for giving us #3!! What a joy Kade and Reese are - we can NOT wait to see what personality comes out of #3 :):):)

Thank you Aunt KC for entertaining...I hope you will come back again ;) The day concluded with everyone leaving to get their kids home for bedtime :):)

The next day- Sunday -we took Lyla to the Shedd Aquarium...holding out hope it would go better than zoo animals....

YES YES YES!!!!

We sat here for a very long time. A baby seal provided lots of entertainment for Lyla by swimming around and doing lots of fun tricks and flips!

Clapping for the baby seal...

I apologized to Lyla for not trying this sooner because she had so much fun riding on my back and of course I asked Michael a million times "What is she doing?"

The Polar Playzone is complete and it is fabulous. There are so many interactive activities for kids. We agreed we would get Lyla an annual pass for her 1st birthday!

And unfortunately this is when our camera died. We also took Lyla to the Planetarium and a long long walk along the Lake. I was able to get one picture on my camera phone before it died as well - my goodness what timing :(

And finally just a couple of pics around the house... Here is Lyla playing peek-a-boo with Dada... I see you!!!!!

Coming up next: LOTS of fun filled 4th of July weekend festivities. I hope everyone enjoyed their long holiday weekend.