[ more pictures ]

I might as well post the rest of the pics before I forget and while Jenny is sleeping! Everyone taking turns holding Jenny! And our first family photo! Enjoy!

[ Big Sister ]

So Angie is pretty excited about being a big sister and has been very sweet with Jenny! Here are a few pictures of her helping out! Anytime Jenny cries, Angie always runs and gets a blanket for her, apparently that's what Jenny needs to calm down in Angie's eyes- blankets make everything all better! I took this first picture today when Nana was helping her hold Jenny and Angie thought it was great that she could put her finger in Jenny's pacifier and that it she could feel her mouth move and that it kept her from crying.

We're starting to settle in a little bit, last night was so nice because Jenny only woke up once to eat! It was so great to catch up on some much needed sleep! We'll see if this becomes a trend!

Both our families have been a huge help right now as we figure out our new life with Jenny added to our family! She is such a sweetheart already and we are so thrilled to have another beautiful girl to make our family complete!

[ She's Here! ]

Our little Jennifer Paige finally arrived early Saturday morning weighing in at 9 pounds even and measuring 21 1/4 inches long. She's completely healthy and doing great and we're so excited she's here safe and sound! Here are a few pictures of her...(courtesy of her Aunt Lauren of course) and check out her red hair! Who would have thought we'd have two red-headed little girls!

[ Mom's 50th Birthday ]

We celebrated my Mom's 50th birthday with a picnic in the park the day after John's birthday. It was a fun day even though it was blazing hot! I was so excited to give her my gift which was a photo book I made from Shutterfly of inspirational letters from all her friends and family members. I worked on it for about 2 weeks and had it shipped just in time for her birthday! She was so surprised and very excited when she realized what it was and how many people wrote her so many wonderful letters! She started reading it right away too! So thanks to those of you who added to her special day! Hope you had a fabulous birthday Mom... because you deserve it!

[ Having fun! ]

Alright, since I've been so bad at updating our blog lately, here are some random pictures of Angie and what we've been up to. Having fun with friends and enjoying the sunshine, although I don't have many outside pictures because I kept forgetting my camera! We went to a concert in the park with friend Avery! We enjoyed some fun music and tasty snacks!



Just snuggled up after a nice bubble bath!

Visiting a good family friend who also used to be my babysitter! She now has two beautiful girls and It was so fun to meet the newest addition to their family! Great to see you Kandi!

Playing in the dirt at the park! It's amazing how quickly kids can get dirty! She probably could have played there all day if we let her! She's such a girly-girl, and yet a tom-boy all at the same time (if that's possible!)

Angie started drawing smiley faces and the letters "A" and "H"! It's so fun to be able to recognize some of the things that she draws! Especially without any help! We're so proud of you Angie!



Story time with Dad... she loves reading with her Dad every night before she goes to bed! She's learned to say just the right words to get Daddy to read one more book... "Just one more, last one Dad!"

[ John's Birthday! ]

On July 10th we celebrated John's birthday, the big 2-9! We went to Kidd Valley for dinner, because that's John's favorite place to get burgers and Root beer milkshakes! YUM! Then we took a walk along the beach across the street- what a beautiful summer evening! Lastly we went home to open presents and eat some grasshopper pie! Happy Birthday Johnny!

[ 4th of July ]

For the 4th of July we went to Port Townsend with my family for the weekend to do some camping. It was quite the experience with me being 7 1/2 months pregnant and Angie coming down with a cold the day before we left. So we only ended up staying for one night, but still had fun getting together with some family friends of ours and when we got back home we set off some fire works with John's parents. John's favorite holiday is the 4th of July because of all the fireworks, so he lit off his own stash, which was quite the show! Angie loved the ferry ride and beach and thought the fireworks were great, just a little bit noisy! Oh and we also celebrated my father-in-law's 60th birthday on the 5th, what a fun weekend!