Girlfriends

So, we had so much fun this past weekend! Saturday we went down the shore to the Seafood Festival in Point Pleasant, and spent a nice afternoon with our cousins and friends. Not only were there tons of vendors, but great music, awesome eats, and a nice cool night on the boardwalk! It's pretty awesome to see Leah and Lilly hanging out, calling each other by name, playing with balloons, and sharing a seat with a juice box. They are so close to being big kids, I almost can't wait to see what kind of trouble they get into soon.

Summer has come and gone quickly here in NJ, and with the hot weather we are all ready for Autumn! I got some new shades that are super-cute! And turns out - dirt tastes not so bad...

So, it's been way too long since I've last posted. I'm committing to keeping this up... Since I'm integrating this with my knitting (and other craft) projects, I decided to do a quick recap of this year so far...

We'll start with Easter and the pretty pretty dress I made for Leah. It was a little big back then, but still fits this Fall. And for my first dress, I'm kinda loving it!

 
This is the craftiest I've been in a while. I think it turned out great!

Birthday Party!

 
Mmmmmm, cake!

 

I'm One Year Old Today!

 

Daddy fun!

 

Xmas lights and snowman...

 

We just had to take a pic of the house this year, all decked out with holiday lights. The foot of snow ended up being great for a snowman, but Leah wasn't as amused. At least he made it to Christmas!

 

Who knew infant sang Christmas carols?! We played a game of "Where's Leah?" and finally found her under her elf hat! As chaotic as the pageant was, all the kids were adorable. And, Leah had a lot of fun playing around with all her new friends from school.

Christmas Pageant 2009

 

Getting Ready for Halloween...

I'll wear it, but I really don't like this hood!

I can stand, all by myself (well, almost). Just this past Thursday, Leah started getting herself to sit up (from a lying down position), and now likes to do so over and over and over again! She is also perfecting her standing, and likes to cruise along the edge of the couch stealing the remotes. She is so much like her mommy!

Swimming is such serious work! This is us at our weekly swim class. Today, our instructor, Mike, told us that Leah is very advanced with her kicking - at 9 months she's swimming and kicking like a 15 month old! Now, I wish I could say she was skilled, but really she just flops around in the water. Splashing is a lot of fun too!

I don't know which she likes more, the pumpkin or the bib?

Leah's day on the farm!

We didn't ride this guy, but he was very interested in Leah... or at least she was interested in him.

There here...

So, yes. This day has finally arrived. Leah has not only one, but two new teeth on there way! All of these months of fussin' and crying are now paying off. I finally felt a sharp little tooth breaking through on 9/10/09. Though it's hard to get a peak, I did spot two little bottom teeth making there debut.

My girl has teeth!

My cousins and Mimi!

This is just a nice picture of when my California cousins came to visit. We all had a blast with the thunderstorms that night, and miss them terribly every time they go home! Soon, we'll have to go on a trip to visit everyone (including Auntie Lauren) out there.

First day at the beach!

For those of you not in NJ, this summer has been terrible! It rained for 23 days in June, adding up to 9 inches of rainfall (compared to our usual 3 inches). So, needless to say, we didn't get to the beach until well after 4th of July. However, we finally made it, and this is Leah's first day on Point Pleasant beach. Since then, she's been do the beach about 3 or 4 times. Though, initially she was pretty scared of the sound of the waves, she now is quite relaxed about it. It seems she really likes to watch the other kids go screaming up the shore when the waves come in. Since she really does enjoy being outdoors, she was able to take a nice long nap and relax in the sand!

this one is cute too!