Pony Ride!

Madeleine & I headed down to the Saturday Farmer's Market for some yummy fruit and some treats this weekend. They had pony rides too and Madeleine enjoyed riding Rusty!

Sitting, Giggles, First Tooth!

Braden is growing up so fast! He just popped his first tooth this week! He's been jamming his little hands in his mouth for a few weeks and drooling like a champ so we wondered if he was teething. Sure enough, one of his bottom front teeth has popped through. He was quite the little rockstar through it though...a little tylenol, some baby oragel and he still slept through the night. Mommy & Daddy were very happy :-)

Braden can also sit for a split second. I wouldn't count it as him actually sitting yet but Jeff's thinks we should :-)

And, we love to hear our little guy giggle! He loves kisses on his neck from daddy, mommy and sissy...it makes him giggle and giggle. So cute! We will have to post a video soon.

Weddings, Weddings, Weddings!

July has been the month of weddings for us! 3 weddings total for us this month and last night was our last wedding. They were all so much fun! I love weddings! We celebrated Rav & Vanessa in the beginning of July just down in Renton. Jeff's family was in town so we had a full on date night. The reception was a lot of fun and a lot of creativity was put into it.

Next we celebrated Matt & Mindee in Bellevue...at Maggiano's! Not only did we get to celebrate our friends getting married but we got another date night AND all of my mommy friends were there WITHOUT the kids so we actually got to TALK! Imagine that?! Mindee looked amazing and, as usual, planned their wedding perfectly! It was so much fun and the food was delicious! A very special moment to celebrate a very good friend!

Finally, we celebrated Bryce & Lynn in Olympia. We saw all of Jeff's friends there and got to catch up with everyone. The reception was held at the Olympia Flight Museum (pictures below). Very cool venue! Braden came along with us and Madeleine went on her very 1st sleep over at a friends house - the twins, Amanda & Sophie. So far, so good...it's 7am and I haven't heard anything yet so I am assuming they slept well and everything went okay. We'll see!

Congratulations to all of our friends...we really enjoyed celebrating with you all at your special event!

Braden danced with us during the "Anniversary Dance"!

Artist for a Day

Madeleine completed her first week of summer camp, "Artist for a Day". She had so much fun! I am so that mom who is going to frame the artwork - ha! She seriously came home with some pretty cool stuff!

Summer Camp!

Madeleine is attending her first summer camp this week - Artist for a Day! She is really enjoying it and is quite the big girl going all by herself! Each day they learn about a different artist, from Picasso to Michael Angelo. They read books about the artist, look at what kind of art they created and then do that kind of art themselves. She is bringing home her "portfolio" on Friday :-)

Jumping, Jumping, Jumping!

Braden is getting so BIG! He's over his bouncy seat and onto the fun stuff...his jumperoo! He loves to jump around and will do it forever. This is his new favorite place to be!

Good-bye Papa & Mimi

We had a fun-filled, busy week with Papa & Mimi. Madeleine will miss her playmates and Braden will miss all the snuggles! Hopefully we'll all be able to get together again soon!