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!
Jolie was quite cozy this morning eating breakfast. She looks like such a big girl propped up on the couch.
Jolie's pacifier has been on it's last leg for a couple of weeks now & I've been warning her that when it finally broke there would be no more paci. When I went to get her out of bed this morning she was holding these two pieces & said, "uh oh, paci broken." She mentioned it when we put her to bed tonight & I reminded her that it was broken & she said "all gone" and we went on with our bedtime routine. It's bittersweet to see her grow out of baby things, but I think it'll just be sweet when we say good-bye to diapers. Potty training here we come - maybe!
I'm not sure exactly when this picture was taken, but I had to share it. One of our students took it of Jolie watching TV at the BCM with her best bud Mr. Parker. It must be fun to be loved by so many people!
Jolie LOVES blowing bubbles! It's been fun to watch her master doing it all by herself this spring. I always tell her "good job" when she does it so today when I was participating she kept telling me, "good job, mommy!"
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!