The Holland Hamper: July 2015

Look how much Brianna has grown!

9 mos

10 mos (sorry the pic is turned!)

11 mos

12 mos

13 mos

14 mos

This may be the end of these posts...she is nearly impossible to capture! She does not like to lay still...she wants to be up and running off!

June 2015

We are so blessed to live in a subdivision that has a pool here in Fruitland. The girls have been in the water either at the "big pool" as Abigail calls it, the pool and splashpad in our backyard, or the local public pool most days of the week!

Water time!!

Snack time! For Bella too...

I told her I needed to find out what time it was before we did something (can't even remember what!). I found her sitting in front of the clock (this is before we got it on the wall!) asking what the clock said!

Swinging on our new swings!

My little artists!

Of course you are supposed to sit in the suitcase!

Playing in Nanny and Papa's new water feature!

Auntie Lisa found this little baby high chair at Nanny and Papa's! She loves it!

Also found all of these baby clothes from when I was a kid...she is having so much fun with them!

Babby Farms!

A place out between Caldwell and Fruitland that has all kinds of fun, random animals!

Feeding the little deer

Feeding Larry the camel!

Noah wasn't too sure of Larry!

The llama

The baby monkey

She had the best time riding the horse!

Then she got to feed them!

Swimming lessons!

She learned so much in the two weeks we went. She now goes completely underwater, floats on her back, kicks on her stomach, gets out of the pool alone, jumps into the pool alone, and can hold her breath underwater!

First taste of ribs on Father's Day...think she was a fan!

May 2015

May was a month of lots of changes...we moved the first weekend of May (after Brianna had tubes in and adenoids out on the previous Tuesday!). It's been lots of adjustments...I dropped down to only one day a week at work (driving back to Boise), which means that I am home more with the kids (they were used to two days a week in daycare). They also had to say good bye to their awesome teachers and friends at Little Luke's-both have been there since they were 3 months old! But, it also means more time with Nanny and Papa and Auntie Lisa, Uncle Ryan, and Noah, which has been awesome!

Moving Day!!

All of the other kids were moving up to the preschool at Little Luke's just after we left. So we went back so that Abigail could participate in their little graduation!

Giving Miss Tami a hug...what an awesome teacher she was and Abigail just adored her!

Getting her certificate and rose

Giving Miss Stephanie a hug

Couldn't quite get the cerificate and rose in the same picture :)

Abigail's Little Luke's class :)

Pictures and words can't even express how awesome Little Luke's has been...she loved her teachers and classmates and I loved knowing that I was leaving her at a center that she would be loved on and would be learning so much, even just in her two days there. Definitely one of the hardest things to leave behind in the move.

Getting measured for the first time for Papa's wall!

It was not warm, but she wanted to play in the water!

Watching Daddy roto-till the garden

Just hanging out on my bike!

"Helping" plant the garden!

Annual trip to the dentist...she did awesome!

Meeting Coco...Papa's new hunting dog!

Cousin bath night!

Helping mommy blow out birthday candles

Reading with Papa

The other hardest thing about leaving Meridian were Abigail's two little besties and their mommys! We definitely miss Regan and Clara and Elisabeth and Rowan. But we have been able to maintain our playdates...we just have to travel a bit more!

Zoo date with Clara!

Rowan came over to play!

Silly girls!

Dancing girls! Abigail spent the first month we lived here in that outfit...dress-up dress, pink tutu, and dress-up shoes!

This is what happens when you have a blue crayon in your hand and you fall down...

My little rockstar!

Who doesn't say goodbye with an open-mouth kiss?!

On Memorial Day, we decided to take a little (very short!) hike into Jump Creek and have a picnic lunch, with Lisa and Ryan and Noah. And Abigail and Daddy got in the water!