4th of July

We had a great 4th of July and I hope you did too! We had some friends over for a BBQ and then watched fireworks from the back of our car since it was raining. Not much else says America than Hoffman hot dogs, Heluva Good dip, macaroni salad, fruit, beans, and of course apple pie. Julia wasn't in the mood to have her picture taken but I managed to get a few worth sharing.

If you've never seen Julia do her dance while holding the Elmo camera then it's something you must see. Maybe I'll try and have her do it and take a video of it because it's so cute and it puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

Julia and Liam enjoyed playing together at our BBQ.

This photo cracks me up. I took a ton of pictures of the four of them and this was the best one and nobody is even looking at the camera. Liam is holding his little sister Lyla and Julia is holding her little brother Andrew. So cute!

Andrew is the All American Baby and he's out cold from all the festivities. Happy 4th of July!

Hanging Out at Home

Julia continues to love her brother Andrew. She still gives him kisses on his head and wants to hold him. The other day in the car he was crying and she was telling him 'we're almost home.' Sometimes when he's crying she'll say 'it's okay' or 'calm down.' It's really very cute! Don't they both look so cute in blue?

Julia and Andrew lying on his blanket right before tummy time.

Andrew has been doing great with tummy time. He'll turn his head both ways and lift his head up for a little bit. He's a strong little guy.

What a handsome little guy...we're quite lucky!

Concert

On Sunday evening we went to see Miss Gail and the Jumping Jam Band over in Duluth. We first saw her play at Pottery Barn Kids back in December and she was great. I enjoyed it so much that I bought her 2 CD's and we listen to them all the time in the car. They were giving out free beach balls at the concert and Julia and her friend Caroline from down the street each got one and had lots of fun playing with them before the concert started.

The girls look so cute playing with their beach balls. They both did lots of dancing during the concert. Caroline is about 2 weeks older than Julia and we love that she lives only a few houses down the street.

Pink Toes

While Daddy was taking Papa to the airport on Saturday I painted Julia's toenails for the first time. Julia has said something about my toenails being painted a few different times so I thought I would paint hers. She did a great job of sitting still while I painted them and even sat still for a little while for them to dry. I look forward to going to get our nails done at the salon someday.

Close up shot of Julia's cute toes!

Visit from Papa

This week we've enjoyed having Papa visit from New York. He came into town on Sunday to help us out and he leaves on Saturday. Julia has really enjoyed having Papa around that I'm sure she'll be sad once he leaves.


Papa was a big help when we went to the Sawnee Town Center water fountains. He watched Andrew for a bit while I was with Julia and then we switched. I definitely would not have gone on this excursion on my own just yet with Julia who is almost 2 1/2 years old and Andrew who is just over 2 weeks old.

Just hanging out and relaxing at home. Julia and Andrew kept us pretty busy this week. Julia was too busy reading her new Dora book to even look at the camera.

Just the boys...Papa and Andrew are looking good! Andrew looks great in his onesie that Nana gave him for Easter.

Pigtails

While I was taking a nap yesterday Thomas decided it was time to put pigtails in Julia's hair. He had great intentions but he had some difficulty making it look good. I had to take photos and share them since I thought it was so funny.

It didn't look so bad from the front but the back was a bit of a mess. Julia liked her pigtails so I'll have to do her hair like that soon. I must say she still looks cute even when her hair looks crazy.

One Handsome Little Man

Well Andrew is 2 weeks and 1 day old. He's such a cutie and we're having fun having him as part of our family. Julia continues to do well with her little brother and kisses his head many times a day. He's mostly been sleeping and eating and of course pooping but actually in the past two days he's started staying up for a little bit after eating rather than falling right back asleep. Hope you enjoy the photos of our handsome little man. His face actually reminds me a bit of Julia and his expressions do too.

He's awake...it's been hard getting photos where his eyes are open and he's actually awake.

Such a cute little onesie..Handsome like daddy...isn't that true! Looks like the start of a smile. Love, love, love his blond hair especially after it's been washed. Once his umbilical cord falls off he'll be taking a real bath rather than a sponge bath. I'm thinking that may happen soon...it took about 20 days for Julia's to fall off.