July Happenings

Here's just a mish-mash of what we're up to this summer!

Pre-July 4th picnic - love her little face!

Jammin' sisters!

Grandma and Grandpa visit from Panama

Guess who found her makeup from Bibbidy Bobbity Boutique @ Disney World??

Oh how they've grown!  Iris and Annie - what a duo!  Iris is exactly 4 months younger than Annie - yet weighs the same!  How cute are they??

Nanny and Pappy visit from PA

Look @ me!!

Swimming with Nanny

Lucy going to her friend Grace's birthday party - she was supposed to bring her doll to the party with her.  It was pretty amazing - with dress up and a tea party!

Practicing some math - Lucy is constantly saying she misses school.  She's ready to go back.  Look close and you can see she has some makeup on again!

We are so so excited for our trip coming up soon.  Ah, the beach! 

More soon!

Sum, Sum, Summertime!

Oh wow!  It's been so hot here!  Our van registered 111 degrees today - not all that accurate, but close!  Hopefully my east coast and MI friends are staying a little cooler. 

We've been busy here with playdates and a little traveling.  We're about to get a bunch of visitors for the rest of July, so that is a ton of fun.  June was so much fun as well as my friend Kathy came with her kids - more on that later.  So this month we are looking forward to Grandma & Grandpa visiting from Panama, Nanny and Pappy coming from PA, and Cousin Olivia coming in from MD.  The rest of our month is jam packed with visitors and we are so excited!!!

Here are some pictures of our sweet girls:

 Annie's first bath in the sink.  We never did this with Lucy - and Annie just had so much fun!

 Someone's tired!!!  Yes, she has found her thumb and that makes this Mommy so happy!  So adorable!

 These sisters have fun together.  Look @ Annabelle pushing up like that - but don't let her fool you!  This girl is still not interested in crawling at all!  Lucy is such a smiler!

Just getting cool in the back yard

Summer Vacation!!

Before moving we spent 2 wks. in PA - it was a great break! We had a good time on the road - Lucy is a great traveler and loves to stay in the hotel, especially if they have a pool. We were very busy doing...nothing! It was nice to just have nowhere to be and just relax. Here are a few things we did while we were home.

Zelinskie Family reunion - Pap Pap and Lucy

Fireworks in the backyard, thanks to Uncle Mark

Gone Fishin' with Uncle Bobby

Sliding down the rocket @ Knoebel's Grove

Riding the carousel at Knoebels

Little Bakers

Tallie was with us all last week since my sister had to take a class. The girls wanted to make banana bread, and I was just the helper. These sweet, little bakers did a good job! I absolutely love these moments.

Much to Matt's dismay - I allow the girls to eat uncooked banana bread. Aren't all kids supposed to lick the beater/bowl?

Kickoff to Summer

Anna and Lucy - that's a laugh, not a cry!
How cute are we?

Rockford had a small town parade and carnival for the Kickoff to Summer. Lucy had a great time watching the parade and eating dum dums with Aunt Mim and Cousin Tallie. Our friends, Brian, Jen and Anna joined us. Anna and Lucy had fun on the rides!

Summer Fun

Lucy being silly!


We take Lucy to the library for different programs - this week the theme was insects and she did her first art project - the spiders were already drawn on the paper in crayon and I helped her spray watercolors on to reveal the hidden spiders. Definitely some refrigerator art!

holding her picture with Daddy

Lucy and Daddy playing outside

Playing on her roller coaster

What we've been up to......

We thought we'd start off with a few pics of Lucy.....
The best seat in the house! We are not potty training Lucy yet, but she loves to sit on her potty before bath time (and random times throughout the day).

Movin' up to the big girl chair - she has joined us at the table.

Having fun in her pool that Nana and Pap gave her for her birthday. This was crazy to get blown up - thanks Mom and Dad!

Slam dunk! Uncle Eric style!

We are having a nice summer - the weather has been amazing! We have only been to the pool with our friends Danielle, Daphane, Audrey, and Eloise twice this summer. I'm sure there will be a few more really hot days, though.

Lucy is keeping us busy. She is growing up so fast. She loves her pool and cries when we take her out. She is in the library reading program at our library - she loves to listen to books. Every 2 wks. we go to Library babies at the library. We also go to a Toddler Music program at our local children's bookstore. She loves to move and groove!!

Matt and I are doing well. We always say we want another vacation - but then they turn out to be more work than just staying at home. I know it'll get easier as time goes on. We've had some exciting things that have been happening regarding a move. Nothing definite or permanent. But we see God's hand in it all. Please continue to pray for this!! :) We are excited!

Some other things we've been doing: hanging out with Uncle Willy for his birthday, having dinner with our friends the George's - meeting Miss Karah and getting to know her, lots of park time (Lucy is climbing the steps and going down the slide), lots of walks, going to Parky's Farm, dinner with the Ernst's and getting to know Miss Grace, swinging with Carson, seeing Miss Mallory Dennin and hanging out with Carl and Francie, meeting Miss Clara Doss and hangin' with Stacy and Jason. We are looking forward to Aunt Mim and Cousin Tallie's visit next week!!