9.15.2012
8.04.2012
She is loved
In the short two-week span of Jenna's life, I think this baby girl has been put down a total of 16.25 minutes. No joke, someone is holding her virtually every minute of the day! And personally, I see nothing wrong with that at all. You can't hold and snuggle a baby too much! Maybe knowing that Jenna is our last child makes we want to hold her and cherish her babyhood all the more. The older 3 are wonderful with her! They ask to hold her all the time. I've let them hold her to their heart's delight. I have especially been touched by Jayden's adoration for his baby sister. He is so gentle with her and whispers to her that he loves her. Ok, his rocking of her bouncy chair can be a tad bit on the forceful side, but I can tell that his intentions are pure! :-)
Jayden fell asleep while holding Jenna. And Jenna's hungry and trying to eat her fingers!
Even Josh is taking part in all the snuggling action.
Hey, it takes a real man to wear a moby wrap. And a purple wrap at that! He doesn't know I'm sharing this picture with all of internetdom. The perfect blackmail picture. Oh. Wait. I can post it on facebook too! haha
7.28.2012
7.05.2012
Joanna's ballet camp
Joanna floated on a cloud all last week. Why? Because she got to take a week-long ballet camp. You should have seen how excited she was each day; even just putting on her new leotard and tutu made her giddy!! Joanna learned dances from various countries, like Japan, Germany, and Spain as well as standard ballet steps and positions.
On Friday they gave a short performance to show off their killer new moves.
The performance also included a 3 min. choreographed dance.
6.26.2012
June
June has been one of the busiest months on record for our family. I've just been trying to keep my exhausted, 3rd trimester mush brain on top of it all. ;-)
Joanna graduated from kindergarten. (So do they 'graduate' from every single grade nowadays? Remember when the only time we graduated from anything in public school was the 12th grade?!) It was fun to see how out of control excited she was to sing the songs they practiced and receive her diploma....from kindergarten. I enjoyed her showing me a stack of projects they'd worked on over the year and seeing how much her writing and drawing have improved since last September.
Jaclyn 'graduated' from preschool. Yay! Big kid school here we come. Her teacher told me that Jaclyn has blossomed as a student this past year. She gradually participated more and more in classroom activities and has become more outgoing and willing to try new things. (We still have yet to see her get up in the front of the chapel at church and sing with the other primary kids whenever they perform, but hey. Baby steps.)
Jaclyn's preschool took a field trip to the Surf n Slide water park in Moses Lake. Josh took the day off so we could go as a family...and also so we wouldn't lose any kids that day. Heaven knows I needed an extra set of eyes to keep track of 3 kids. And if Jayden ran off (which he did many times) I wasn't about to waddle my fat butt all over the park to get him. ;-)
I had a blast!! Kids did too. I came back a lobster because guess who thought to put sunscreen on the kids but forgot to put it on herself. It's been nearly 2 weeks and I'm still peeling. We couldn't have asked for more beautifuler weather that day.
And the cherry on top of the month is...drum roll please...we bought our 1st house!!!!!! Josh and I signed a 3" stack of paperwork last Thursday to make the deal official, a dozen saintly men from church helped us move Saturday, and now we are settling into our new digs one unpacked box at a time. Packing up for a move has never been fun until this time. Honestly, as chaotic and stressful as this past month has been, it's been so awesome knowing that we were packing up to move to our very own house! I feel incredibly blessed right now. This house is wonderful in every way.
Joanna graduated from kindergarten. (So do they 'graduate' from every single grade nowadays? Remember when the only time we graduated from anything in public school was the 12th grade?!) It was fun to see how out of control excited she was to sing the songs they practiced and receive her diploma....from kindergarten. I enjoyed her showing me a stack of projects they'd worked on over the year and seeing how much her writing and drawing have improved since last September.
Jaclyn 'graduated' from preschool. Yay! Big kid school here we come. Her teacher told me that Jaclyn has blossomed as a student this past year. She gradually participated more and more in classroom activities and has become more outgoing and willing to try new things. (We still have yet to see her get up in the front of the chapel at church and sing with the other primary kids whenever they perform, but hey. Baby steps.)
Jaclyn's preschool took a field trip to the Surf n Slide water park in Moses Lake. Josh took the day off so we could go as a family...and also so we wouldn't lose any kids that day. Heaven knows I needed an extra set of eyes to keep track of 3 kids. And if Jayden ran off (which he did many times) I wasn't about to waddle my fat butt all over the park to get him. ;-)
I had a blast!! Kids did too. I came back a lobster because guess who thought to put sunscreen on the kids but forgot to put it on herself. It's been nearly 2 weeks and I'm still peeling. We couldn't have asked for more beautifuler weather that day.
Joanna tried the surf simulator.
She attempted to get up on her knees but she wasn't quite strong enough to pull herself up. Maybe next time!
A few of us tried to convince Josh to try surfing but our peer pressure wasn't strong enough to get him on a board.
And the cherry on top of the month is...drum roll please...we bought our 1st house!!!!!! Josh and I signed a 3" stack of paperwork last Thursday to make the deal official, a dozen saintly men from church helped us move Saturday, and now we are settling into our new digs one unpacked box at a time. Packing up for a move has never been fun until this time. Honestly, as chaotic and stressful as this past month has been, it's been so awesome knowing that we were packing up to move to our very own house! I feel incredibly blessed right now. This house is wonderful in every way.
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