July Part 1

We had a really busy July full of wonderful pictures. 

Look at that ponytail!  How did she get so much hair?  A year ago she was bald!

 

 Leila loves the kitchen set she got for her birthday.  Gavin and Leila play with it almost everyday.

Swimming has become a necessity at our house.  We swim a few days and then dump the pool and start all over again.  Daddy even rigged up the wash tub with a hose attachment so we just fill the pool with hot/warm water. 

The 4th of July.  I tried getting a picture of the two of them together, looking at the camera and smiling but its hard!  This one is pretty cute of Leila.  Gavin was just too excited that he was on the couch and just wanted to crawl away and play with the light switches.   

We decided we needed a little getaway so we booked a room at "The Lodge" in Brainard for the night.  They had a waterpark and the kids really enjoyed it.  Leila slept on the fold out couch bed and Gavin slept in the pack n play.  On the way home we stopped at Paul Bunyan Land to look.  Leila loved "Babe the Big Blue Ox" and she just stood there staring at Paul.  Maybe next year we will actually pay to go in and see Paul.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gavin turned 11 months on July 5th!  He is into balls right now and it's one of the few words he actually says.

We spend the day visiting my mom and Leila wanted to sleep in my old bed.  I thought it was kind of funny that she decided not to use the pillow to sleep on!

Making cookies :)

I did a mini photoshoot with Gavin for his birthday invitation.  I thought I got some pretty good pictures that show off his personality.

We had to get a new pool.  Brittany decided she wanted to go for a swim in the old pool and popped the top ring :(  I really like the new pool.  It's bigger, holds more water and Chad drilled a hole in the side so I could just pull the plug to drain the pool!  The kids love the new pool too.  Leila's new thing is to go down the slide into the pool.

Gavin

Are you sure these kids are related?  Everybody tells me they look alike but I never could see it.  Leila was always a string bean and Gavin was always plump.  Leila was bald and Gavin had way more hair.  I can totally see the resembalince in this picture!

Leila

Leila was hooked on m&ms so we made a potty chart.  When she peed she got a sticker to add to the chart and when she pooped she got a sucker.  When she filled a row we went to the dollar store to pick out a prize. 

Her first sucker...so proud!

Her first prize!

 

 

And thats the first part of July...