Beginning of July

It only took Christian one week of being home from work to agree that we need to have the yard done. Jeremy is watching them put in the new patio.

Who can take a nap when we have our very own cement mixer?

Go Cards!

We had a serious heat wave--record breaking temperatures. This is one hot baby!

Showing off another sweet outfit.

Singing more songs to his sister.

Strawberry surprise! Thanks Aunt Stacie!

Strawberries up close!

Grie and Jeremy baked cookies on the 4th of July! 

Still so hot! We went swimming at Jana's to celebrate the 4th.
PS Dada brought this outfit home after shopping one day :)

Jeremy and Elise in their 4th outfits.

Jeremy refused to put down the new truck that Grie got for him and his new sandbox.
 

Elise after her wardrobe malfunction on the 4th (thanks Jana!)

The triceratops might eat his sister!

Happy 4th of July!

Baths and Big Brothers

This sweet bunny is still hating her baths!

Looking sooo cute in this outfit from Aunt Beth and Uncle Josh.

The weather turned crazy hot--this is how Elise sleeps in the heat.

Siblings checking each other out.

Jeremy said, "I wanna hold that!"

Jeremy likes singing her songs, especially the ABC's.

Jeremy showed Levi his rocket and then said, "he needs a hat!"

Elise snuggling up with her big brother.

Reading with Grie--Jeremy LOVES books, so this is just one of many that Grie read while she was here.

Nope, she doesn't like this bath either.

Since her stump finally fell off, we got to do a real bath.

Dada makes it all better.

Momma and Elise--Jeremy was excited because Elise was wearing space jammas.

Elise's "oooo" face. She makes it all the time!

Sandboxes and Spaceships

Jeremy playing with Elise.

He very carefully selected each toy and brought it over to her to play with.

Siblings!

Elise and Grie "cooking" in the kitchen together.

This sandbox is just too small for our growing boy and all his friends!

Between play time, feedings, and sleeping, Papa and Christian built a giant sandbox!

Dada, Papa, and Jeremy digging the hole.

Sandbox is 6 X6 and holds over a ton of sand!

Jeremy "helped" stain it, by drawing all the chalk pictures around it.

And when he woke up from nap, it was full of sand and ready to be played with!

Very excited!!!

Do you think we have enough toys to use in the giant sandbox?

Grie and Jeremy hanging out in the backyard and eating some snacks.

WOW! Aunt Stacie sent the coolest space shuttle ever to Jeremy!

Jeremy's whole life revolves around space and rockets right now--this is a happy boy!

Thanks Aunt Stacie for hours and hours of "blast offing"

Checking out the underside.

The next morning, Jeremy brought the shuttle in the house--notice 2 penguins and 2 bags full of supplies for the journey.

Papa takes a break from working to snuggle with Elise.

Jeremy and Papa

Grie plays in the sandbox too!