Photo Shoot! (Livy 6 1/2 months Ella 26 1/2 months)

Livy Is Sitting Up!

Olivia has been working on sitting up for a while now, but Uncle Ben was able to get her officially sitting up on June 26th!  Way to go Olivia, way to go Uncle Ben!  Livy is certainly enjoying her new view of the world!

Emma Jo is 5!

Cousin Emma had a back yard beach party this year!  So much fun, pool, sprinkler and best of all, the Slip & Slide!  Happy Birthday sweet girl, we love you!!! 

Ella enjoyed the Slip & Slide - and I mean she really enjoyed the Slip & Slide.  I thought to myself before we left for the party, hmmmm, Ella + Water = Multiple Changes of Clothes!  I must be getting better at this motherhood thing, because I packed 3 spare outfits for her and used all 3!  Every time we turned around she was back in the water!  Oh, Ella Mazzy!

The pool was a bit to chilly for Livy, but she still got her swim practice in.  This is her first tubby in the big tub!  No more tubbies in her baby tub. :(  Another sign of how big she is getting.  Love her thunder thighs!  She was kicking her feet and enjoyed being able to splash around.  Can't wait to take her swimming!

Nap Time!

I still can't resist taking pictures of Ella in wild napping positions.  This one was on a weekend, just after lunch.  I told her she could play for a few minutes before her nap while I switched the laundry over.  I came back upstairs a minute later and found her like this on the couch!

These sisters have something in common - crazy nap positions!  Livy is starting early!  She moved right before I took the picture, but her feet were originally up resting on the bumper in her crib.  You can tell she has been working on getting more teeth by the all the drool puddles!  She popped another bottom tooth through on Friday, that makes two!  She smiles ALL the time to show off her new teeth. 

Happy Father's Day Daddy!!!

These girls love their daddy!

We were lucky enough this year to spend Father's Day with Grandpa too!  Grandpa came out to visit for cousin Emma's birthday and to spend some time with the grand kids! 

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads in our lives!

Ella kept telling Bob, "Happy Daddy's Day, Daddy" and giving him big kisses!  Both Ella and Livy are defiantly "Daddy's Girls" and I love every second of it! 

Bob you are a wonderful husband and father and we would be lost without you!  You provide us with endless love, laughter, security and joy!  We hope you know how appreciated and loved you are every day, not just on Father's Day! 

 

Livy enjoying some play time before bed.  She certainly doesn't have any trouble getting to where she wants to go, she is a professional roller! 

Ella has informed us that she is a "big girl" now and big girls, do not swing in "baby swings"!  That is just fine with Livy, she is enjoying her first swing!

1st Tooth & Green Beans! It's a Big Week!

Livy had her first tooth pop through yesterday!       What a big girl! 

She also started green beans this week.  She didn't seem to have a strong like or dislike for them, which made for an uneventful first feeding, which is just fine with us!  Hopefully she will continue to be a good eater as we introduce more foods over the next weeks and months.  She is growing up so fast! 

Weekend Fun!

On Sunday we went bowling for cousin Dayne's 5th birthday!  Happy Birthday Dayne!  Ella loved her first time of bowling and did great!  She came in second place with a score of 90 only 3 pins behind her cousin Ethan's winning score of 93!

Nana Margie had her retirement party last Friday night!  Congratulations Nana!  After teaching for many years, Margie is ready to spend more time with her grand kids and travel!  In sticking with the travel theme, Megan had this cake made for the party which was unbelievable!  The cake was so detailed with the suitcases and the rice crispy earth on top.  The fondant figurines were so cute of Jim and Margie on top of the earth and of Bob, Ella, Olivia & I on the left and Ben, Megan, Carson, & Brady on the right.