Callie's Four and Anno's One!

Happy Birthday Callie and Annalea!

 

Parties at Uncle Dylan and Aunt Britney's are always a blast, and this time, the theme was an unslumber party, so we had breakfast treats and wore pajamas. Emily and Addison discovered the old jeep in Uncle Dylan's shop, and had a great time pretending they were 16.

 

 

 

 Elizabeth had a great time being her sweet self and bringing smiles to many faces.

 

Father's Day Swimming

On Father's Day, we ventured up to the pool with all three girls. Elizabeth had her first dip in the pool, and Emily and Addison showed off their swimming skills to Dad.

 

 

Happy Father's Day to a fantastic Dad!

 

Happy Father's Day and Three Month Birthday!

For Father's Day, I took Chris to an art exhibit he was interested in called Organism Mechanism. We brought Elizabeth with us, and she thought the whole thing was quite amazing.

 

Our Father's Day date night landed on Elizabeth's three month birthday, so when we stopped at a park for an evening stroll after dinner, we took some pictures of our beautiful baby girl.

 

 

 

 

 

June Videos

Elizabeth Grace

Our grass was seeding and Elizabeth was smiling, what a great recipe for a photo shoot!

 

 

 

 

Diggin' In the Garden

Feel like digging? Come to our garden, where there are many many raspberry plants, three tomato bushes, and a basil plant growing, along with some open dirt space perfect for Tonka Truck dumping and insect hunting.

What a nice way to spend an evening. 

Addie Sets the Table

Addie is quite the little helper around the house, and has recently started helping get ready for dinner by setting the table.

I usually set out the place mats and then she comes to me for the plates and then the silverware. 

I'm most impressed and amused by the napkin-wrapped forks. I'm thinking she picked this up at a restaurant. 

 

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow....

 

 

Trees say hello and shake your hand!

 

 

 

Sweet smelling flowers are always in bloom,

 

Spruce trees play tickle games, 

 

 

 

And Aunties come to visit.

 

 

 

Snacks are served outdoors,

 

 

 

Baby sisters are doted upon,

 

 

Babies get to watch the trees,



 

 

 

 

While big sisters try out new styles.

 

 

 

And right over this rainbow...

 

 

 

Baby smiles warm your heart.

 

Hello Bumbo!

Last month the bumbo made its way up from the basement for Elizabeth to have her first go in the little seat. Emily and Addie were about the same age when they first tried out the seats. Flashback! It's so funny that I thought they looked so old at this age. 

 

Addie was so excited to see her little sister sitting up. She was even more excited a few minutes later when Elizabeth was done sitting because she got a turn in the Bumbo. Shortly after, I needed to put it away in the laundry room because brawls broke out between Emily and Addison over whose turn it was to have a seat.

 

These Hands Can Hold!

At the beginning of the month, Elizabeth's reaching turned into grabbing. Her favorite animal in the jungle seems to be the giraffe, whose long legs are pretty fun to hold onto!

 

 

Sunday Morning

How would you like to have Sunday morning breakfast with this little dear?

And how about these two? As their hair has gotten longer, the bed head has gotten more and more amusing. 

 

 

 

A Special Quilt for a Special Baby

Back in February, my mom and sister in law hosted a wonderful baby shower for me. It was a little different than the usual shower because there was crafting involved. My friend Wendy captured the day in pictures, and then posted those pictures on her blog, here.

Starting out with twenty-six letter squares made by good friends back in February, I told myself I would have the quilt finished by the time Elizabeth (back then going by "Olivia") turned three months old.

Well, at the very end of May, just two weeks before her three-month birthday, I did finish this quilt. On the first day of June, I took advantage of a chunk of time Chris was spending with the big girls to take a few pictures of the final product with its new owner.

 

 

 

Elizabeth had just started smiling when I took these pictures, and I was so excited to capture this cute little smile. I also just noticed that this picture captures her with her initials, too!