2012 Summer at a Glance

This summer has been one of the best summers ever! Its just been filled with lots of fun and activities and I do love to be busy especially when its fun stuff with my precious family. I haven't had much time to blog so I thought I would do a fun picture post highlighting some great summer memories...

 

Swimming at the free Minneapolis pools with Gina...

 

Stealing 4th of July kisses and watching fireworks flair with some

good friends a top the Science Museum in downtown St. Paul.

 

Cuddling with sleeping babies in the warm summer air with the fan blowing...

 

Potty Training ... That's a whole blog post to come!

Birthday Parties with toddlers...

 



 

Watching two holy people enter into a holy sacrament a lovely wedding...

(and lots of fun with two of my darlings)

 

Fresh skin... and sibling love.

 

More sleeping baby...

 

 My family came to visit for Gianna's Baptism and we strolled around

Centennial Lakes farmers market a prefect summer evening.

 

"Big Brother Aidan" visits...

 

Discovering our favorite water hole by the river in St. Paul. Augustine loves slashing in the very shallow pools especially during this very hot summer!

 

Chillin'...

 

Waiting for some DQ... (dare I say even patiently?)

 

The kids...all 4 of them

 

 

Water hole... again... we love it!

Lovin' on Aidan...

 

Fresh veggies from the garden... YUM!

 

...and most recently a walk down by the river in St. Paul and

a stop at The Science Museum and an Omnitheatre show!

 

More to come... you can be sure!

3 Month Photo Shoot

Gianna Rae Ann Stanbary

3Months

(Augustine at 3Months)

Gianna 3 month update

I'm sad I haven't been up to blogging much lately but I started my Motivated Mom's ( click here for my blog post about it )cleaning schedule again and I'm so exhausted by the days end. I also haven't been getting great naps and I'm staying up late so I can see my hubby at night... so, even as I write now...I'm so tired. Its been a chaotic day, but I read others blogs and I enjoy them so much and I really want to keep up!

I can't miss out on writing a bit about my little  sweetheart!

Gianna has smiles that will put you on CLOUD NINE! She just smiles and smiles and smiles... she coos and talks too. She is a tender hearted baby... one little bump and her bottom lip pops out  and her eyes fill with big fat tears. Enough to break your heart.

She still goes to bed at 8/9pm and sleeps 8 hrs straight. She likes to be swaddled and its a disaster if I've forgotten to put her swaddle blanket into the dryer! It happened once and blowing it with the blow dryer for an emergency dry will never happen again.

When she is not smiling she is usually fussing and wants to be held constantly. She spits up quite a bit and her Dr. thinks she has some reflux... we aren't sure. I love dressing my little doll and it does remind me of when I was a little girl dressing my dolls. How I have longed for this day to have my own babies! Here it is! What a lot of work and what a lot of JOY!

She is a whopping 15lbs at 3 months at she is a picture of chubby health! No, my babys do not starve! I'm at my lowest weight that I can remember in like 10 years, so I'm pretty sure she is sucking the fat right out of me... too bad the preggo stomach isn't budging a whole lot I was hoping to avoid sit ups all together. Bummer.

She loves being carried in the baby bjorn and I enjoy watching her sleep in it. Her eyes seem bigger than Augustine's did and they are darker blue/grey ish. She has a lovely soft mop of brown hair and a perfectly delightful little form. She is drooling a lot and I think she is starting to teeth... seems early but I don't know what else to say the journey of teething must begin somewhere!

And now as my eyes droop closed... I bid goodnight!

More pictures to come!

Summer Days in Wisconsin

I just recently returned from a wonderful trip visiting my parents home... here is a post from facebook describing a bit of our time there... and pictures to help paint the picture of delight! :-)

"You just can't beat the beauty of my parent's home in WI!! Ahhhhhhh!

The rose and grapevine path, the lushious garden with fresh veggies, bushes of blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, currents and goosberries!

 Where even a hot day is perfect with the breeze off the lake...

Where flowers bloom with joyful ease and colorful birds come to eat. Where little boys run wild and free in nothing but diapers...

...their faces painted with fresh berry stains, catching frogs and playing with the cat.

Where laundry dances happily on the line...

...and mom pulls fresh sweet custard pies from the oven.

Where love and laughter abound...

 ...and peace resonates."

How I treasure these moments and how they fill my heart with joy! Summer Days...