Happy 4th of July

Since Seth had to work today, we celebrated with friends and family on Saturday.  We had a barbecue,  good conversation, lawn games and relaxation.  We are so thankful for this country and all the men and women who sacrifice and serve for our freedom.

  Jack took a little time to swing with Grandad but most of the time he was doing this...

directing,

"Hold on Dad, let me come show you how to do that!"

Seth had it under control :-)

running,

snuggling with Grammy,

stealing people's croquet balls,

 and a LOT of sweating!

Thankfully, he took a break to come drink all of my water and then he was back to having fun again!

4th of July Weekend

The holiday weekend was full of family, friends, food, fireworks and fun!  On Saturday, we had lunch with Seth's parents.  It was such a yummy lunch and I'm so thankful for the leftovers :-)  

Yum!

Jack seemed to enjoy all the festivities.  He always likes it when someone is paying attention to only him!  After his nap, we braved the heat to check out Grammy's garden.

 

Saturday night after Seth and I put Jack to bed we headed out to the backyard for a fireworks show.  We saw the city's display and then we saw the ones over the mountain!  We kept joking how being just a few feet outside of the house without the baby felt very much like a date!  Hey, new parents will take them in any form :-) There was no church Sunday evening so our friends Joe and Sarah came over for our second cookout of the weekend! We are so thankful for Christian friends and we always enjoy their sweet fellowship.

"I'm just hanging out!"

Summer Wedding!

Lately, we have been doing our best to beat the heat with plenty of fresh smoothies and watermelon!  The past couple of weeks have been super hot with temps in the high 90's and the real feel in the 100's!

Jack loves watermelon!

 There was one event we were looking forward to even with the heat and that was a friend's outdoor wedding.  It just so happened to be on a farm and the views of the mountains were breathtaking! 

 The bride with her Dad

 The reception in the distance

Grammy giving kisses with a good shot of all 4 of Jack's teeth!

Such a goofy kid!

 Family photo

Jack handled the heat by drinking LOTS of Grammy's water!

Jack was quite the hit at the reception with his random bursts of laughter and expression of hunger with twirling hands and feet!  That is until the heat and tiredness took over and we had to head for home.  All in all, it was a wonderful day celebrating a new marriage with the bride and groom!

7 Months!

Jack turned 7 months last weekend!  All of a sudden he seems so big to me!  I'm sure it has to do with the fact that he is sitting on his own, eating food and now has 4 teeth!  He also is getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth.  Sometimes it feels like they change overnight!

Laura, my friend from college, came for a visit last Saturday too.  She brought her sister, Lindsay and daughter, Lorelai who will turn 3 this month.  We had a great time catching up on each other's lives and laughing about the old (and new) days!

(On a side note... Lorelai broke her leg this week and will be in a cast for 6 weeks!  I'm sure they could all use your prayers!) 

A little motivation

These last 3 months have been amazing! We have enjoyed getting to know this little member of our family. So much so that I haven't been doing much but feeding and cuddling with the little guy! However, with company coming this house needed some sprucing up. Nothing motivates me more to clean all the corners of my home quite like visitors! With that said, I scrubbed away and realized it is not quite as easy with a baby to entertain, feed, clean, etc. but I think we are ready! Due to sickness, sadly our friends couldn't come to lunch...feel better Joe and Sarah!  But at least, we are ready for my Mom, Kari and Audree to come next weekend! It should be crazy lots of fun with 2 babies in my little townhouse as we try to do our annual craft! Can't wait to see you!

 

Playing with his favorite alphabet chart!

 

Jack loves all of his Dad's pins and patches!

Here is a little sequence of part of Jack's day while I cleaned!

 

"Talking" to his bunny bear

 

"When can you play, Mom?"

 

Gnawing on Sophie! Seth got his 1st baby teeth at 4 months!

 

"Maybe Mom will be done when I wake up!"