Water Fun

Julia began to really enjoy playing in the water this summer. We never got out on the boat this summer, we still made some time to splash around. She splashed and swam around in a couple hotel pools, went to the outdoor pool, swam at the beach, and finally even ran around in the splash park a bit (usually she'll just watch.) She's very excited to take swimming lessons this winter.

Above: Swimming in the pool was lots of fun! She kept trying to push Dad away to swim by herself. The second time we went we had the arm floaties along with the belly one, and it was finally enough floatation devises to keep her afloat and she could paddle around by herself a bit.

Below: At the lake at our family reunion.

Above: Sprinkler fun!

Below: Julia's in blue with Dad standing with crossed arms behind her.

Fingers and Toes - So Precious

I love babies' little fingers and toes, they are just so precious and tiny. I could just eat them up!

Above and Below Pictures: Amelia's fingers and toes the day she was born.

Below: Those precious little feet at two weeks. Doesn't this just make you want to tickle them?

Amelia's 1st Week

As I said in my previous post, Grandma and Grandpa S. came to help for a week when Amelia was born. We were really quite spoiled to have them here. Jeff and Grandpa ended up having to redo the connections to our septic drain field. Jeff had discovered a leak and our grass was getting saturated. They spent a couple hot days digging, cleaning out pipes and replacing them - Yuck! Grandma helped me and spoiled the girls. Here are a few pictures from the week.