End of May/most of June

Sorry I have not posted in a while (I feel like I start every post with that…).  We have had a very end of May and month of June so I am going to try and fill in as much as I can remember and then hope that the pictures make up for the rest.  

We'll start with a random picture of Emily

The first highlight I would like to recount is the visit from Dave’s parents, Abuelita and Abuelito (often pronounced weeto and weeta).  I believe they arrived on Wednesday, May 28^th and stayed until the following Monday.  We had a great time catching up with them and introducing them to Libby.  Sheryl showed me how to get Libby’s crazy hair to stay down with a couple of tricks and they both read dozens of books to Haley and Emily who were sure that they the visit was for the sole purpose of playing with them (especially Haley).  

We put them to work immediately holding babies and reading books

They did read a lot of books...

Abuelita brought a bag of clothes down from Aunt Adj that we went through with the girls.  It was like Christmas!

Here is Emily trying on a dress and a winter coat

Then she pulled out a Wedding dress that she had found somewhere, I forgot to ask her where!  Anyways, Haley and Emily were both thrilled.  Haley was throwing her clothes off to try it on even before it was completely opened.

It's actually a flower girl dress (obviously I guess) but it is perfect for playing 'wedding'

The original flower girl may have been a bit older than Emily, or bigger at least.

  Abuelita and Abuelito came to Wednesday night church with us, went on several outings to the park with all the girls, went to the Canton flea market on Saturday and went to church with us on Sunday.  We also had breakfast on Monday morning before they headed out.  It was a pretty packed visit but we had a lot of fun catching up and introducing Libby.

Libby and Abuelita

More books.  Emy looks funny in this one

I feel like the pictures make it seem like all we did was read books!

After the Canchés left, we didn't really have anything going on until our visit to PA later in June.  We spent the middle of the month trying to stay cool, usually at the splash pad.

Emily wearing a bucket

One day when we were there she stood like this for about fifteen minutes

And then when she was done standing like that, she did this for a while.  What a weirdo

Routinely we would wake up, get breakfast, and then head to the gym for an hour while I ran and then took a shower and got ready for the day.  Libby regularly takes her morning nap after being awake for about an hour so I timed it so she would be sleeping during her time at the gym and they really have yet to see her awake.  She would typically fall asleep on the two minute drive to the gym and then still be sleeping when I picked her up.  She goes down for her morning naps the easiest.

Emily hanging out in one of the cubbies at the gym

On our anniversary, David and I got a baby-sitter for the big girls and ate out in Shreveport.  Libby got to be our first baby to come along on an anniversary date.  I was glad we brought her along because she was going through a serious growth spurt that day and was eating every 1 - 2 hours.

Mommy, Daddy, and sleeping Libby

We got one without her too

Speaking of Libby, she is getting huge!  We went to her 2 month well-check at the end of June and got her stats.  She was 9 obs. 10 oz which put her in the 25% for weight and I don't remember her height but it put her in the 50% percentile.  She is definitely my biggest girl.

Big girl Libby

Haley and Emy are pretty pleased with her.  I love Emy's arm around her in this one

And of course we spent more time at the splash pad.  We went a couple times in the evening before bed to get the girls nice and tired.  Also then there is usually a higher chance of David getting to come along.  When I take them by myself I sit with Libby and they play together.  When David comes they are pretty excited because he will play with them while I stay with Libby.

Dumping water on Daddy's head

June also brought Father's Day!  David was home for Father's day so that was nice.  We hung out and took naps after church and lunch and then had two families over in the evening to grill steaks.  The Feenstras and the Fergusons came and brought sides and dessert.  The Fergusons brought dessert which consisted of homemade ice cream which they made in our backyard.  It was pretty cool to watch and tasted so good.

David with his three girls

As you may notice, Haley is smiling nicely in the previous picture and Emily is smiling nicely in this one.  You can't win them all.

Haley dictated the card and I wrote it, she had some interesting things to say including, "I am glad that you are at my house."  Um, okay.

So that was our end of May/beginning of June.  My next post will include pictures and details of our visit from PA which spanned June 20 - 29 (including traveling).  Actually the week before the 20th was pretty much just spent packing and cleaning for our trip so it's probably good I didn't include the details from those days. 

Reading our Bible story before bed.  If all of the laundry is clean, those are the jammies that Haley picks out for her and Emily to wear.  They are both princess jammes but Haley prefers the size 18 month pair and she gives Emily the 2T.

Haleyism:

I got my haircut one morning in June and my friend Kelsey was coming over to watch the girls while I was gone.  I told Haley that Kelsey was coming over to play with her and Emy while I got my haircut and she seemed happy with the arrangement.  A couple minutes later she asked me, "well, is Calla coming too?"  Oh my, I had to explain to her that adult Ms. Kelsey was coming over, not 5 year old cousin Kelsey.  

Emilyism:

Emily likes to say "Go away Anna" which is a line from the movie Frozen.  She says it quite often and it sounds really rude if you haven't seen the movie.  

Libbyism:

Libby sleeps like a champ.  I am usually up 1 time during the night and her first stretch is generally 6 - 7 hours.  Haley and Emily were maybe 6- 9 months before they slept like that.