4th of July

As per our usual lately, we hosted a little gathering at our house for the 4th of July. There were a lot of the normal people missing which made it a smaller more intimate gathering, but we had a great time just the same!

Just a few pics from the day!

Edward and Dad

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Kortnee and Me

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Edward and Devin. He is really coming around with her and is even holding her in a position that doesn't look like he might drop her soon.

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My super silly husband

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Beautiful KoKo

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My dad and Aunt Sally

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One of the crowd

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I love this picture. Edward was pretending to grill, but he picked up the grill brush instead of the tongs. Isn't he funny?

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Devin has just woken up from her nap and was a little shy at first so she sat with Gerry for awhile.

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Devin and my mom

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Devin and her daddy

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It was a great day with lots of great food, family and friends!

Sisters

These two girls

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sure do adore each other

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it makes my heart go pitter patter

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watching these two together

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I think that Chris and I

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might be two of the luckiest parent's in the world!

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Friends

Last week while I was off, we decided to go to the museum! I texted my friend Kelly the night before and she and Jacob were able to join us! We all had a great time and I am pretty sure we went to every exhibit there!

These are all from my phone since I was chasing a toddler around with no stroller...there was no way I could take my nice big camera with me!

Devin always loves the blocks...she is all about building these days...

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Devin and Jacob holding hands...they are so stinking cute!

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And a video of the two...

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At the Big Bird Show...we made the mistake of taking them earlier to another show that was 3D that was really really cool. It had lots of cool effects and both kids were whining through it, but as soon as the dinosaur roared and spit in our face they were both DONE! They were both a little worried when we went into the Big Bird show but luckily really enjoyed it!

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Then there was the dinosaur dig

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Then we headed on to the water play area

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What a wonderful afternoon we had with the kids!

19 Months

Here are some of the things that Devin is now doing at 19 months! This is more for my own records than anything so I will probably keep posting these monthly updates since my girl is changing so much every day!

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*She wears size 2T clothes but I often buy 3T just so you can wear things again next Summer!
*She wears a size 4 diaper.
*She wears size 6 shoes.
*Devin has had a language explosion lately. Here are some of her favorite words: ball, bird, wa wa (water), sissy, na na (grandmama), diddo (grandaddy), shoes, ball, doggy, kitty, tee tee, poo poo, potty, ma ma, da da, yeah, me me me, my my my, baby, did I say ball? She is also trying to say some of the animals names at random. She will often repeat a word when you say it so I always try to tell her what things are.
*If I sing the ABC's to Devin, she will sort of sing along. She doesn't say the actual letters, but I figure this is a good starting point for learning them all. She does sort of hum the tune with me though.
*Devin can point to most of her body parts now. She mixes some of them up sometimes, but for the most part she knows them all.
*Devin has been sleeping through the night more and more nights now.
*When we leave school, she always points at her hands because she wants a sticker which they often give to them as they are leaving. She loves stickers as a reward for things too.
*We got a new doll and stroller for Devin that she has been pushing around constantly. The doll has a bottle and Devin likes to feed it and love on it.
*Devin is starting to work on potty training. We have only been doing it for a few days, but so far she is doing great! She had a her first poo poo in the potty on the second day! What a party we threw!
*Devin is such a little helper. She helps sort the laundry, unload the dishwasher, pick up her toys, put things away for me like taking her shoes to her room.
*Devin has really developed an attachment to her lovie. She has to leave that and her paci in her bed, unless it is bedtime or naptime, but she loves them when it is time for sleep. When she gets up for the day and it is time to go out of her room, I tell her to put lovie and paci away and she puts them both in her crib before leaving her room.

Dress Up

Sissy has arrived! The other day I got a text from Kortnee that said, Devin is going through my jewelry box and trying everything on. You gotta love a big sister that lets you know about these cute things without disrupting the cuteness. :)

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What a great big sister...that Devin is one lucky little girl!

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Messy

Devin, meet your good friend spaghetti! Here is the aftermath on this particular evening!

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Look at her hair...EEEKKK!

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How can you not adore that dirty little face!

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Lazy Afternoon

We have had quite a few lazy afternoon's this Summer. This particular day, I decided to put Devin in her swim suit and let her play in the sprinkler. My child of course hated it and wouldn't go out in it without me there too so I didn't get any pictures of her in it since I was fully clothed and soaking wet! ha!

Here are a few pics of Devin and mommy afterwards though!

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