Play date: July 6th

We had Michelle, Sonya, and Caleb over today for a play date. We took a walk to the park. The kids had a blast. (and so did we)

Lincoln cried a lot of the time, poor thing

pushing the kids on the swings

Slides!!!!

We then had lunch and the kids ate a cookie while they watched Veggie tales.

It was a fun day!

4th of July

We had a weekend full of fun fun fun!!!!

Sunday we had the Steele/Schmucker Family party. It was a fun filled day!

Marissa did bubbles for the kids:

This is Lincoln's 1st 4th of July. He was awake most of the day. Crazy boy!

Everyone went swimming

Boating on the "MAC"

Volleyball

Fireworks concluded the night!

Great Aunt Tammy meeting Lincoln!

It was such a fun day that Jonathan never took a nap! He finally crashed on daddy at 10 pm.

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We had a BBQ at friends of the family on Monday. They played volleyball and softball. I sat around chatting with family and friends, and chasing Jonathan around. He was FULL of energy that day.

Lincoln's 1st 4th of July!!! (bib from Great Aunt Tammy)

Spending some quality time with Aunt Liz! Look at him take her in!

My dad took a lot more pictures on his camera, so I didn't get very much to post here now. But it was a fun evening. We skipped fireworks, it was just getting so late, and we had a BUSY weekend, and Jonathan was tried and crabby. We'll take him to fireworks at Fish day in 2 weeks.

Lincoln: 1 Month old

I can't believe that it's already been a month since Lincoln has arrived. It's been a blur however.Sleep deprivation can do that to you! :) Sleep in improving, so that's always a blessing.

I took Lincoln's one month photos at my parent's house, and I think I did a pretty decent job! I also got a good one of the boys together!

Highlights:

*we had Lincoln's baby dedication

*he is 8 lbs 11 oz, 21 inches long. he is still wearing his newborn clothes!

*He doesn't mind tummy time, and he's doing well at holding his head up.

*he rolled over from his stomach to his back (at 1 month, 2 days old). I doubt he'll do it again, but it was still neat. he cried after he rolled over!

*He's sleeping 3-4 hour stretches and then 2-3 hour stretches the rest of the night

*He sleeps a lot during the day, but he is starting to have more alert times

*First outing: Pirates Fest.

*First babysitter: grandma

*he has started to focus on our faces

*he can follow an object with his eyes

*he'll stop crying if we pick him up

*he's starting to "coo"

He had his first play date this week at well. This is baby Malachi, he's exactly one month older. I look forward to these two precious boys to grow up together!

Cleaning Boy

Jonathan Loves to help with cleaning. He helps put his dishes away, sweep the floor, vacuum the carpet, pick up his toys, and he likes to stand on a chair while I'm doing dishes and "help" wash them. He makes more a wet mess than anything, but I figure he's learning how to help and keep things clean, so that's a good lesson. I don't have pictures of him doing all the chores, but I did get him vacuuming. So cute!

Weekend Fun

This past weekend was a very busy weekend for us. Saturday was our 6 year wedding anniversary! Where does the time go? God has truly blessed us these last 6 years. Obviously, our highlight moment this year was the birth of Lincoln. But so many amazing things happened this year. Nathan enrolled in school (he starts in August), we became an aunt and uncle to sweet baby Lily! We have another niece on the way (Ava Rose), our sweet Jonathan is growing and learning, and has brought so much laughter and fun in our home. These are just a few of the highlights from this past year.

To celebrate we rode the motorcycle to Bayshore Mall and went to the Mongolian Grill for dinner. It was yummy. We will have to go back and try it again sometime. We didn't fully understand the concept of the restaurant, so this time we will load our bowl with more food...lol

This was an amazing shrimp appetizer! yummy!!!

Saturday morning we went to Breakfast on the Farm with Nathan's mom. The food was fantastic. Jonathan loved looking at the cows. It was a fun morning. I look forward to taking the boys to many activities like this in the future. I don't want to be one of those families that stay home all the time. I want my kids to look back and remember activities like this and to say they had a fun childhood, and enjoyed family time.

Breakfast: Eggs, pancakes, cottage cheese, milk

there were a TON of cows!

checking out all the activities with daddy

Dancing to music with Nonna

Family Picture

Sunday was the day we moved Kevin and Liz into their house. Of course I forgot to take pictures.. bummer. But is a beautiful house in Port. I am so happy for them. And I look forward the birth of their daughter in 3 weeks! God has blessed them so much in the year that they have been married!