Our Life: July Week 3

July 17-23

*There are WAY more than 7-10 pictures this week... 25 I think...

but I'm SO far behind blogging and sorting photos after our month long vacation that I don't have time to pare these down.... so... sorry, and enjoy!

Sunday.

I took a couple pictures of Em after church today...

...so then she wanted to take a few of me...

...and Peter :) "say cheeeeeese!"

Monday.

Emily's second dance recital :)

little miss attitude ;)

...when it was time to change from tap shoes to ballet, Em was the first one ready so she went to 'help' her teacher with her shoes. After class the teacher, Ms. Pat, told me she does that every week and that Em's so helpful she'd like to take her home! {yikes} ;)

her pliés may not be beautiful yet...

...but they're at LEAST as good as her classmates!

(Ha... I probably shouldn't say this, but I think the little one on the right looks like she's about to do something else!)

The teacher invites us to bring treats for the girls, so I made fruit kabobs.

Tuesday.

Noah turned four months old on Sunday.

He's growing so quickly!!

My handsome little guy. :)

very thoughtful...

We love you baby boy!

Wednesday.

Noah's first "solid" foods!

He had his 4 month well baby check on Monday, and the doctor said we could start him already. Tonight we gave it a whirl... he seemed a bit confused. :)

the obligatory messy face photo

Noah woke up from his morning nap crying...

(usually... I kid you not...

he wakes up giggling or at least happily babbling--

happiest baby EVER!)

so his big sister asked if she could join him and cheer him up. :)

Thursday.

Emily & I went for a swim @ Leneé's

Em had a play date @ Jocelyn's in the evening

Pete & I (and Noah) went out for dinner @ SuperMex and then came home and packed

Friday.

We flew to Iowa!

(Well, Omaha, NE to be precise, where my parents picked us up and drove us to Iowa City to start our summer vacation in the midwest.)

Our Life: July Week 2

July 10-16

Sunday. 7.10

Today we checked out of the hotel, dropped Pete off in downtown San Diego and then I drove back to Long Beach with the kids. We went straight to Cami's first birthday party. Our house was a hot mess and it was a bit of a stressful evening, but we survived.

Monday. 7.11

Happy 7th Anniversary to us!

7 years ago we were married.

11 years ago we first met.

2 kids later... love you more than ever babe.

Tuesday. 7.12

Pete worked long hours at home.

Noah tried to eat his bunny.

Wednesday. 7.13

Emily had a play date with Jocelyn.

Pete worked more long hours at home.

These are some of his busiest days (...and nights) for work.

Thursday. 7.14

Em and I went to see Kathy.

Noah enjoyed sitting in his Bumbo seat.

I visited with a couple friends late tonight after the kids were in bed, while Pete worked.

Friday. 7.15.

Chiropractor (last appointment for awhile!)

Farewell BBQ @Andersons

Noah's wearing his daddy's old outfit.

It was cute to see him in it but he did NOT like it--I tried to snap a few pictures but even with his sister distracting him, these were the only ones when he wasn't crying.

Saturday. 7.16

Garage sale @ Andersons.

A semi-successful mini photo-shoot with Noah (that Emma decided to join in on).

Love. these. kids.

Technically, he's still in his 3rd month... until tomorrow... but the month by month stickers just arrived today, so I decided to get a few quick photos at '3 months'. :)

Isn't he adorable?!?

Our life: July Week 1

July 3rd-9th

2011

Sunday:

Pete's brass trio played pieces he wrote for church today.

They were great. :)

(I finally took photos of Noah's finished quilt, even though I finished it awhile ago.)

Yay! It's done!

Monday:

Happy 4th of July!

We had a low key holiday, picnicking at home :)

Tuesday:

Steve & Cindy flew back to IA.

Pete drove to San Diego.

I stayed home and took care of the kids during the day, then Lenee and I drove to SD to see Pete play in "Shrek" while Michael & Jill babysat for us (again!).

We had a fun night getting dinner at "Al Teatro", we avoided crisis when the bathtub faucet broke back at home and then we drove back home (in 2 cars) after the show.

Wednesday:

Laundry. Pack. Drive to SD. Check in to AMAZING hotel. Swim at hotel pool. Eat dinner at the manager's reception hour--spaghetti--yum!

Thursday:

SD Wild Animal Park--now called the SD Zoo Safari Park

We paid $7 total for entrance fees and the African Tram!

I was expecting close to $100, so this was a fantastic surprise due to our zoo memberships that we bought last summer.

When we were leaving (around noon), the temperature gauge in our car read 100 degrees! Yeow!

The above photograph features the very rare and endangered: wild ass.

I love this picture of Em looking out of the tram at the park and all the animals!

The heat was miserable, but we had a wonderful (and short) morning visit.

My boy has nicer sandals than I do! :)

Chillin' in the shade of our poolside cabana!

(Did I mention that we had a fabulous hotel?!?)

See you next week!

Our life: June Week 5

June 26-July 2

Sunday night we called Uncle Michael & Aunt Jill to join us for a game of mini-golf.

Aunt Jill had to work but Michael came and we had a great time!

Monday:

Costco with Becca @ 10am

Scrapbook with Kelley @ 11:30am

Em's dance class @ 4:45

Michael & Jill over for dinner, boys night out at the movies, girls (+Noah) out for ice cream.

Tuesday:

Lunch and an afternoon spent swimming at Leneé's

Pick up Connells @ LAX in the afternoon

Hang out at home in the evening

Wednesday:

Emily was sick. :(

Thursday:

Pete went golfing with his dad.

I went to visit Jamie, Hendrick & Annaliese!

Isn't she beautiful?!

Tonight we took Em out for a Mommy, Daddy & Emily date, complete with Chick-Fil-A and "Cars 2". Noah stayed home with Gpa & Gma Patches.

Friday:

I was up all night with a migraine--yuck.

I went to the chiropractor in the morning and felt much better.

Tonight we went to hear the Long Beach Municipal Band play their first of the Summer Concert Series in the Park.

No photos today.

Saturday:

Family day at home.

We had fun playing in the backyard, swimming in the kiddie pool and drawing with chalk.

I made a very patriotic lunch :)

Noah hung out in the shade.

We tried dipping his toes in the pool and despite how much he loves bath time, he hated the pool!! Poor little guy.

Saturday night we went to a Drum Corps show @ Mt. SAC.

We were all planning to go and looking forward to it, but it was over 100 degrees out and we weren't comfortable putting Noah through that so I hung out with Noah at a nearby mall and waited for everyone else while they went to the show.

My sad little guy after his toes were dipped in the pool--nothing some snuggles with Mommy can't fix!

Our life: June Week 4

June 19-June 25

Sunday: Happy Father's Day!

I'm absolutely blessed to be able to celebrate both my wonderful hubby and my own dad who are both amazing men and fathers. I am so thankful for you and your roles in my life.

Happy Father's Day :)

Em's new favorite book is the one she gave to Pete today: "The Tickle Monster" (It even came with the furry blue Tickle Monster gloves Pete is wearing--fingerless for better page turning & tickling!)

The 'card' our kids made for their dad. I love how small and chubby Noah's handprints are!

Sometimes I wonder what he's thinking. . .

"Does this diaper make me look fat?"

Friday @the Huntington Library for one of Pete's quintet gigs

There were 700+ people there picnic-ing & listening to the concert. It was a gorgeous night.