July... Continued

Okay, I'm going to have a blogging fit. I am going to get fully up to date. This is July, however the pictures loaded back words and my mouse doesn't work to click and drag so, start from the bottom and read your way up. :)



So this was our July. the only thing missing is that i babysat trevor ariana and amelia for two days as Barb made plans to go to washington. That was a lot of fun and we all miss having them around.



one of her gifts was a bubble machine that she and jacob both loved, and that we were able to share later with barbs kids before they had to go.

she was of course flooded with gifts from the entire family. little girls are so fun to shop for!

Jessica did a number with the cake, though it took her a while to "dig in". this is her hammy scrunchie face.

Then closer to the end on the month we decided to have Jessica's 1st birthday party. This was decided so that her aunt and cousins could be there since they were leaving for washington the actual day of her birthday. it was a good decision.

Baby Evelyn Jane was born bright and early July 11th! Mommy and baby did great. Evelyn looks a lot like jen. and jen acts a lot like evelyn. (JK)

Then on one very special day (july 11th) she decided to crawl! I think she realized she was no longer the baby of the family and needed to do some growing up. yes that's right... there was a new baby in the family on this day as well!

Jessica continues the art of "scooting" and we were starting to wonder if she would ever decide to crawl.

we all attended the 4th of july parade with Barb and the kids. This was jacobs first parade and he loved it. He was a little too nice about letting all of the other kids get to the candy first, so barbs kids were nice enough to share their spoils with him. His favorite part was the accession of 18 tractors that came down the road. Jessica loved it and waved to each float as it went by. Then the firetrucks came. Jessica cried and cried as they blew their horns, but was still waving!

but then jessica wanted a ride just like jacob, so jessica got her first tractor ride with daddy and cried when i took her back into the house.

July started with hammy girls and boyish boys. While daddy and jacob were mowing the lawn, jessica kept me entertained.