Signing Ace's birthday card:
Family picture in front of our new "BCM" letters:
We had our annual welcome event for incoming freshmen yesterday at the BCM. Jolie is thrilled to have all of her college friends back in town & I don't think she minds the attention they give her. I included a picture of our returning students that helped with the event yesterday. As you can see, we have a very fun crew! Many of Jolie's good friends are in this picture. We can't imagine our life without these folks!
We enjoyed having Nonna & Grandpa here the last couple of days. Jolie is a big fan of all of her grandparents. She got to spend the day today hanging out with her Grandpa. Thanks to Grandpa for giving me a break!
We got to hang out with some of our friends from college on Saturday night. We had a good time watching our kiddos play. Josie & Caleb (siblings) are two of Jolie's favorite people (they are the kids to the right in the top picture.) Jolie would be happy if she could "play with friends" everyday. I wonder where she learned to be so social?
Jolie has officially made the move to her "big girl bed." We had a few tough nights during the transition, but she has learned to put herself to sleep again - thank goodness! She enjoys our bedtime routine which includes: reading 3 books, reading a Bible story & saying our prayers. Her typical prayer is, "Dear God, thank you for this great day. Thank you for all my friends. Amen." Very sweet! She now refers to the crib as "baby sister's bed."
Jolie decided to help me mop today. She was very impressed with all the suds in the mop water & thought they all belonged on the floor. Thankfully, her assistance was easy to mop up :)
I took this picture this afternoon after Jolie was finishing up her lunch. Her smile is so natural in this shot. We spent the morning "playing with friends" at the Children's Museum in town. She had a great time. Her favorite part was rowing in a "boat" & watching herself on the screen in front of her. Here she is in action...
I'm sorry that you can't hear her singing "Row, Row, Row your boat."
Jolie's first putt putt adventure...
it was very hot so we ended up inside playing games while the others putt putted.
My favorite picture!
Riding "the circus" at the outlet mall. As you can see, she really enjoyed it!
A VERY rare sight - Jolie resting in the middle of the day!
Playing in her baby pool on the beach.
Our little fish!
When we were playing in the pool on Thursday afternoon some peacocks were visiting our yard. Someone nearby owns several peacocks & they made it all the way to our neck of the woods. The peacock was hanging out on our neighbor's roof in this picture. Also, notice Jolie's fun swimsuit her Nonna gave her - so cute!
Jolie swam right before dinner one night this week so we had an indoor picnic for dinner. Thank goodness for fish sticks - they keep her alive!
We were supposed to wear a shirt to support our favorite team today at VBS. Jolie wore her ULM t-shirt & I sported my Atlanta Braves maternity shirt. You can barely see it, but there is a baseball in the middle of my belly with "future fan" written around it :) Don't we look cute?
Gotta love those ruffles!
Ready, Set...
Splash!
Jolie has officially not taken a nap for two weeks today. I haven't given up hope that she will nap again, but in the meantime we have to stay busy or I will fall asleep! She loved the baby pool & is ready to jump back in tomorrow. The "water slide" was also a hit. Besides skipping naptime she is a joy!
Our family picture at Lambert's. Jolie slept for most of the meal!
Jolie enjoyed being our "elebator" operator.
Thanks to PawPaw for sharing his beach pictures with us!