Strawberry Picking

A little drizzle didn't stop us form having a great morning at the strawberry patch! Jade was so excited to pick strawberries, and actually did a lot more picking than eating this year! :)

Jade loves strawberries and enjoyed eating a few, Jemma enjoyed her few tastes!

The girls with all our strawberries! Jade was so excited to show the worker all the strawberries she got.

Group selfie! Not the greatest picture, but we are all in it! We had a blast, thanks for the fun day Mom!

Belated Father's Day

Just realized I never posted my pictures from father's day! We had a great celebratory dinner at Carson's with my parents and Grandma the Thursday prior to Father's Day!

Nate is ready to dig in!

THE absolute best dad and Grampy!

Jade! Too cute not to share!

Jade was very into the presents. Grampy and Nate were super sweet in letting her basically open them all!

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Nate got stuck at work the day before Father's Day until 3 a.m. so he spent most of his Father's Day sleeping! I took the girls to church and when we got back around 11, we woke up daddy! We had a low key lunch and spent a few hours together before Nate had to leave for work again!

Proud daddy and his girls! Jade loved sitting in the drivers seat of the police car!

Our girls are beyond blessed to call you daddy! Thank you for working so hard for these girls and our family! We love you! <3 

Swimming Lessons

Finally got Jade enrolled for her first round of swimming lessons at Sea Lion Aquatic Park in Lisle! She was really excited and got right in the water with her class without a problem. She had a little trouble following direction the first day, but did much better on day two!

Just snapped a few pictures during the lesson. They aren't great because they ask us to sit back a bit so the kids aren't distracted. 

I can't wait to see Jade improve. Right now she is very timid and a little unsure about this whole floating/putting her face in the water thing! :)

Gymnastics

This week was medal week at gymnastics. Jade was so excited about getting her gold medal and is convinced that wearing it makes her stronger. Today she greeted me at the door when I got home from the store, so I asked her if she could help carry a bag in for me. She paused and said "wait mommy, I need to get my gold medal first." Too cute!

I love seeing her improve and get stronger each week. I was hoping by the end of the session she would be able to do a somersault on her own and sure enough, she did it! 

I will continue to do the parent-tot class with Jade through the summer and then I'm hoping she will be ready to move up to the 3 year old (non parent) class!

Jemma - 9 Months

Nine things I want to remember about you at 9 months!

1. Your first tooth finally popped through

2. You love taking baths in the big bathtub with Jade

3. You are no longer stationary, and army crawl and scoot to get what you want

4. You cry and babble mama just about every time I leave the room

5. You are finally interested in finger foods and have enjoyed cheerios, puffs, watermelon, fruit loops & black beans

6. You're a little bit mischievous

7. You can wave, sometimes

8. You love your paci

9. You weigh 19 lbs 12.5 oz and are 28.25 inches tall