Visiting Great-Grandpop

We went to visit Great-Grandpop and Great-Grammy (and Uncle Marc, too)...

Jen's 35th Birthday!

A sad day -LOL- mostly since the research groups put 35 in the 35-50 group, which makes me feel even older! It was a nice day, though. My girlfriends came to "comfort" me in the afternoon and then we had the usual family celebration at dinner time (yummy subs from Super Walmart!).

Father's Day

Autumn "drew" special cards for her Daddy, Grampy, Grandpop, Pop, Grandpa, and Great-Grandpop - boy her hand must have been tired! She's quite the artist though! Daddy had a nice time with his little girl!

Crazy Hair!

Autumn's hair gets super curly after bath time...

Memorial Day!

We spent Memorial Day with Jim's family...good burgers and chicken! Autumn only got pears but later she got to sit and play in the field behind their house. She liked to pull the grass out (kinda of like how she likes to pull poor Zoe's hair out!). We took a ton of photos. Here are a few of our favorites...

Pears!

We fared much better with pears than string beans!

Mother's Day!

It's so hard to believe that last year at this point I was barely pregnant and now I have this wonderful little girl! She's the best gift but we also celebrated by going out to Cracker Barrel.

String Beans!

Not a hit! This photo says it all!

Sweet Potatoes!

I made some organic sweet potatoes for Autumn tonight - they were a hit!

Autumn's First Real Food!

Today we tried rice cereal - she liked it but she has to get the hang of eating - which I'm sure she'll master as a Blasko-Harper.

Shopping!!

It was sooo hot in the house today, plus Jim was trying to work on getting her floor done - sooner or later that poor child will have her own room. Anyway, Autumn and I decided to escape the heat and go shopping. Our very first mother-daughter shopping trip! I got her a few pair of shorts since she didn't have any yet - Kohls - $5 - gotta love it! Then we went and got a new cell phone since mine broke. Couldn't get a phone for free since my $19.99 plan doesn't qualify but I got one for $20 and it has a camera in it - which the sale person said was cool. I only use my cell for emergencies or calling long distance since we don't have it on our home phone but good to know I can take an emergency photo!

Sleeping Beauty!

After a week of letting her cry herself to sleep, we've finally achieved a reasonable bedtime! She's gone from 3am to between 11pm and midnight - Praise God! She cried for 2 HOURS the first two night - which was so hard to hear but then it gradually diminished to less than 5 minutes tonight! It's so nice to be able to get to bed at a reasonable time!

Autumn's First Easter!

We had a lot of fun taking photos today...doesn't she look just precious as a bunny! Abbi got bunny ears, too!

A Momentous Saturday!

What a day! We took Abbi and Autumn to get their photos done together. The process was the best part - they were grabbing each other's dresses and pulling them up, eating their own clothing, grabbing hands, and of course not smiling at the same time. Somehow we did manage to get one good photo but the memories we have of the experience are priceless! Then tonight at Gramma & Grandpop's house she rolled over from tummy to back for the first time! Jim missed getting the first shot on video but got the video camera just in time for the second time!