Summer Update

Wow! I can't believe it's already the end of August.  Maybe, just maybe, there's hope for some non-triple-digit temperatures for DFW sometime in the near future.  Do I dare allow myself to hope?

Well, maybe if I get caught up on photos from the summer, then the cooler fall temperatures will head our way.

Here is my little Diva... she is so into sunglasses right now!

 We had a wonderful visit from Pajo, Majee, and Aunt Jacque in early August.

 Their trip overlapped with Chris and Tomomi's trip by one day, so we were able to get all of my Mom's family together for a Sunday evening.

Here is Holton bonding with cousin Tomomi

 Holton with his Grandparents

 Our family of FOUR!

 The cousins (and Aunt Jacque trying to keep them all under control!)

 We have gotten to enjoy the pool at Lifetime some this summer.  Here are photos from Holton's first swimming experience.  He loved it - loves to splash and accidentally plunk his face into the water.

 Little Miss took swimming lessons at the beginning of the summer, but they were somewhat miserable for all involved because she would much rather play and splash in the shallow area than practice her swimming skills.  So we put the lessons on hold for a little while and have instead just been letting her get used to the water.

 This was her first ponytail.  Front:

 And back:

 Holton is doing much better eating, especially thanks to Pajo (and all the family!) for teaching him how to eat and patiently enduring many bowls of messiness!  He loves cereal and is working his way through the rainbow colors of vegetables and fruit.  We are trying our hand at making baby food again too 

(1. Cook apples.  2. Puree apples.  3. Pour into containers)

It seems like just yesterday we were doing this for Adelyn!

Adelyn has enjoyed learning to remove her own clothes, although it is a task Brian and I would rather she not master so quickly.  This was how we found her after a nap recently:

(Note the diaper unfastened too - this is not too fun when the diaper has a surprise in it!)

 On to more fun things... Last weekend we celebrated Cousin Harper's 2nd birthday with a party at a fun park up in Frisco that had a splash park.

 Where's Harper?

 The girls had a blast, as you can see!

 We played with chalk and bubbles at the park.

 T-Pa got to bond with Holton.

 These two are sweet friends!

 Mimi worked her magic and got the Little Man to sleep.  It was slightly warm that day - his pink cheeks are proof.

 Adelyn and Harper have matching outfits.

 These two are gonna be trouble! :-)

I can't believe how quickly these kiddos are growing!

I will post more pictures soon... Adelyn starts preschool two days a week this week - Wow!