Wrapping up July

We had such a fun and busy July that I never got around to posting until now! So, here is how we wrapped up July.

Ice cream, playing outside, chalk & a haircut for Jade!

Some special and fun time with my sister and the girls' cousins at an indoor playground, wild west town, train museum & a girls day at the mall where Jade and her cousin Cora got their ears pierced!

Spending the weekend in the Buffalo Grove area with the extended Obermayer family playing at parks, splash pads, eating and even some kid free time! Thanks for planning everything, Dad!!

..... and if you made it to the end, I will leave you with a few last pictures, because they are just too cute! :)

Jemma - 11 Months

Where oh where is the time going? How can my sweet baby girl be turning one in a month? Eek! 

Eleven things I want to remember about you at 11 months:

1. You learned to clap

2. Your favorite song is If You're Happy and You Know It

3. Your favorite foods are yogurt, macaroni and cheese, veggie sticks & graham crackers

4. You are obsessed with phones and remotes

5. Your chubby cheeks and big blue eyes attract attention everywhere you go

6. You pull to standing on everything and now cruise around it

7. You stayed overnight in a hotel for the first time, and did great

8. You can drink from a straw and have been enjoying smoothies 

9. You still have only 2 teeth

10. When given the opportunity you would climb the entire flight of stairs

11. Your favorite toys are the rock activity table, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse figurines and baby/cabbage patch dolls

Fourth of July

For the first time since having kids, Nate was off work for the 4th of July. In fact, he was able to get a few extra days off so he was home from the 3rd through the 7th! We had so much fun just hanging out as a family. The girls looked adorable in their matching 4th of July dresses, although Jemma's had to get bubbled up because it kept getting in the way of her crawling.

The girls spent the afternoon playing in the kiddie pools! Obviously this is Jemma's pool, Jade has a larger pool not pictured!

Jade also got to test drive her new Viper. This was a hand-me-down from Nate's cousin Michael.

We even kept the kids out way past bedtime and tackled the fireworks! We found a spot to park at a nearby high school where we had a great view. Both kids were pretty unimpressed, haha. I think by the time the fireworks started (after 9:30) Jade was pretty exhausted.

Nate and I even got to spend a night out at the Naperville Ribfest which included a concert by one of our favorite country groups, The Band Perry! Good food, good music & GREAT company! :)

Jemma - 10 Months

Ten things I want to remember about you at 10 months:

1. You have two teeth

2. You are constantly in motion and now crawl on all fours, very fast

3. You can pull yourself to standing and try to do so on just about anything you can reach

4. You tried and liked some new foods this month including pizza, spaghetti, green beans, peas and bananas

5. When not after Jade's toys, you love playing with your baby dolls & the play kitchen food and dishes

6. You are very vocal (screams and babbling) but no real words other than an occasional mama when you're sad

7. You love swinging at the park

8. You enjoy when I read books to you

9. You don't like getting dressed and roll over when getting your diaper changed

10. You still have the most beautiful blue eyes

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