Beside the Poolside

This is my friend, Heidi...

She's moving soon and I can't even begin to tell you how sad that makes me. But I will leave that for another post. In the meantime, we're trying to spend as much time as possible w/ her and her sweet little girls, Hanna and Haley. On this day, we hung out at her neighborhood pool. Nick's been to swim lessons all summer, but this is actually his first time "going swimming". And boy, did he love it. It was also Abby's first time in a real pool. I think she enjoyed it, especially when I spun her around.

We had such a good time. Thanks for having us Kaiser girls!

Love this picture of Haley. It's a perfect representation of her.

Photo Op - Day 86

Nicholas thought these were pictures of him and didn't believe me when I told him they were of Abby.

Cuz

My cousin Khoi and his family, currently living in Cali, are moving here at the end of summer. Yay! They were here for the week to look for a house. It was a productive week, as they found one and made an offer... on the very last day they were here. Great news is the house is 2 mins away from us. Free babysitting! Woo hoo!! All kidding aside, it will be wonderful having them back in the area. Nick is really taken w/ his cousins and is going to love having them close by.

All of the family took this opportunity to hang out and celebrate. As usual, there's plenty of people and plenty of food. Good times as always.

Nicholas with his cousin Khanh

Khoi's wife, Hai, celebrating her 4?th birthday

Pass the baby around for pictures is a very common game in our family.

I love this picture. My mom in the middle w/ her younger sister and older brother.

My brother Steve with his fiance Nguyet

Photo Op - Day 85

Watching Blues Clues together

Father's Day

Well, Father's day came and went. It was nothing special. Just kidding! We love and appreciate all the Daddies out there, especially ours!

We did keep Father's day low key, per Scott's wishes. As usual, our celebrations revolve around food. Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, pizza for lunch and burgers for dinner. And let's not forget that ah-mazing rainbow cake! We just hung out doing nothing in particular, just enjoying each other's company. Part of the day was spent in the back in Nick's pool.

Nick's gifts for Scott this year were a couple of t-shirts, an old school Pepsi logo and a Buddha Sushi (not familiar w/ this.) What he really wanted to get for Scott was an orange Crush t-shirt. But I convinced Nick to let me have that one instead. I think Scott owes me one.

We love you Daddy!!

The Kitchen Sink

Bathing in the kitchen sink going to be a thing of the past. She's getting too big and much too active. I spend way more time mopping up water than I do bathing her.

I think she looks like my Dad in the last picture. It's the expression. I will have to find one of him w/ the same expression and do a side by side.

Eating The Rainbow

My friend Beth made a rainbow cake. She got it from this website. Nicholas and I decided we would bake one for Father's Day.

It wasn't hard, but it was definitely time consuming. Nicholas was driving me nuts asking when the cake would be ready to eat. I thought it turned out well and Nick had so much fun helping me. But I won't be making this cake again anytime soon. There was so much cake left over.

The Office

Nick has an office now. He's too busy to be bothered. He's got work to do.

I had set a little table in our "library" and designated it as Nick's art corner. He liked the idea so much that he decided to convert it into his office. I was feeding Abby, but could see he was quite busy, going back and forth and muttering to himself. I could tell by his tone that he was very pleased w/ himself.

Here he is at his desk. I love all the stuff he used to decorate his desk...


I put Abby in her walker and she immediately set upon his desk ramming into it. Nick could not appreciate the humor in it as I did. He hollered and complained. Then he set about drawing a sign to show Abby where her office was located. His placement of Abby's office was no surprise.

8 Months!

Our sweet, sweet Abigail. Where has the time gone? How is it you are 8 mos already?!

• You are just the sweetest, most easy going baby. Most of time. You do have your moments, although I suspect it's b/c you're teething right now.


• Speaking of teething, you got your first tooth! Just one, but I'm sure #2 will follow shortly.


• You take 2 or 3 naps a day, depending on how long your naps are. I mostly follow your lead, but you have finally fallen into somewhat of a regular schedule. You adapt well to whatever changes there are to your schedule and rarely complain.


• Not sure how much you weigh. I think you're around 17lbs. You've thinned out a bit since you're more active now.


• You were slower to take to baby food than Nicholas, but are quicker to accept table food. You love graham crackers. Still not too good at feeding yourself table food, so I kinda speed things along by feeding you myself. Not good for your self feeding skills, but good for Mommy's time management.


• You're getting pretty skilled w/ the sippy cup managing to spill only half of the liquids in the cup.


• You are the squirmiest baby, ever! You will grab at everything and put everything in your mouth. The complete opposite of your brother.


• You can clap your hands a little and will sometimes lean in to give us a kiss. It is just so sweet.
  

Bathing Beauties

Breaking in the pool. Abby never actually got in the water, but I couldn't resist putting on her suit.

Just look at that bottom lip. We've got no chance.

He needs some water toys doesn't he? He seemed to enjoy himself anyway.