36 weeks pregnant

Violet's words

Violet is almost 15 months now and her vocabulary is growing by the day. Her words are:
1. Mimi or Momma
2. Daddy
3. Nana
4. Papa
5. Hi-lo (hello)
6. Bye
7. Ni-night
8. Tantu (thank you)
9. Ball -- one of her favorite things right now!
I'm sure I'll think of more!

Signs: more, finished, all done!

Happy 4th of July!

 The best "4th of July" picture of the kids. Too bad you can't see how cute their outfits are!

 This is how most of the day was spent... outside, by or in the pool with Grandma Barb and Papa Tom!

 It was a scorchin' 106 degrees today! Cousin William was also outside along with the rest of the crew all day long!

 Grandma Barb and Papa Tom enjoyed the hot day in the pool as well!

 Violet enjoyed sitting on the edge of the pool playing with a cup and dipping her feet in!

 Playing with Grandma Barb!

 The boys with their Papa!

 Watching Papa Tom light a firework from inside the house! Ashton (and Violet) has quite the tan now!

 Violet definitely got dark!

 After the end of a long day, the boys fell asleep while watching a movie!

... and so did Papa Tom and Violet!

Happy 4th of July to all of our family and friends! We enjoyed a great day, despite the heat! It was quite the hot day in Fresno. Thankfully, Grandma Barb and Papa Tom have a pool to enjoy all day long! And while the kids... well, the boys, did not enjoy the fireworks, it was still a great day. Violet, on the other hand, clapped and exclaimed "yeah!"

Planting flowers with Papa Tom

Ashton helps dig holes for Papa Tom to plant our new flowers!

Violet needs to get in on the action too!

This is before they got into the mud!

Violet helps dig some holes too! She eventually was knee deep in mud!

Ashton playing in the mud!

Violet gets some good mud action as well!

Hopefully we get some pretty flowers soon! Papa Tom came to transplant some of his flowers into our flower beds!

Violet climbs up the couch

Tickling Violet

Ashton and Violet's afternoon