We planted some vegetables again this year, but our garden isn't as big as it was last year. Already we're enjoying our cherry tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers... and pretty soon we'll be harvesting our roma tomatoes, honeydew and green peppers.
Father's Day was a quiet event for our little family, but we still enjoyed the routine moments of a morning at church and an afternoon at home. God has blessed Audra with a wonderful Daddy, and I am so glad to be experiencing parenthood with that man!
Audra started rolling over (from back to belly) on June 14th (at 4 1/2 months). She now is much more likely to enjoy playing on her play mat... especially since she can easily get away from it!
Summer weather has, somewhat permanently, hit Southern New Jersey with the humid, stale-air days that are common to this area. For the most part, our days are spent inside because of the hot temps, but I've still been able to dress Audra in some adorable summer outfits. This cute jean dress (with 2 tiny strawberries!) was a gift from "Aunt" Karen, when she came to meet Audra in February.
One of my best friends, Carla Brackman, came for a 3 1/2 day visit at the beginning of July with her sons, Trey and Roman! This has been one of the biggest highlights of my summer thus far. Visits with Carla are far too infrequent because of the many miles that separate us, and having so much time with her was such a treat! I'm already looking forward to her next visit and hoping that it won't be too far into the future.
Because of the Brackman's visit, Audra had a few "firsts". She went to the beach for the first time...
... and went in a pool for the first time. She wasn't too impressed with either body of water, but I'm sure we'll give her many more opportunities to change her opinions. And thankfully, as long as we didn't push the water issue, then she was more than happy to be a bystander.
Carla and I first took the kids to Ocean City, NJ on Thursday, July 5th. David's sister, Marney, and her son, Julian, were able to meet us there. We didn't get onto the beach until after 2pm, so none of us wanted to leave when the day turned into evening! We got pizza together before leaving OC and didn't get home until 10:20pm. It was a long day, which unfortunately ended with an extremely upset and overtired Miss Audra, but all the good moments of the day are enough to overshadow the rough patch that lasted about 45 minutes.
After a day of rest and smaller outings, we went back to Ocean City on Saturday, July 7th. This time David was able to join us! Julian, Trey and Roman all enjoyed having Uncle David there...
... and he was also able to share some sweet moments with his little girl.
I grew up in Upstate NY and had only been to the ocean a handful of times before marrying David. Now it's exciting to be a part of a beach family, and I'm learning to embrace the experience instead of getting annoyed at how much sand follows me off the beach (into my beach bag, into the cooler, into my car, into my house, into the laundry, into my kitchen... you get the idea). If you had seen me at the beach in 2007 you'd realize how much I've grown in this area over the last 5 years!
On July 14th, some of David's family members from Indiana came for a visit. His cousin, Amanda, and her son, Weston, enjoyed meeting Audra. Weston, at 4 1/2 years old, kept telling his mom to "pet her head!" because he liked her mostly bald style.
Aunt Janet was also here that night, and Audra gave those arms a work out! Audra weighed 16 lbs 5 oz at her last doctors appointment (on June 28th), so she gets heavy pretty quickly!
In addition to all the fun visits and outings, Audra got her first two teeth between June 25th and July 1st! They are now clearly visible when she grins (pictured here on July 18th), and it seems like she might be working on the top set now.
Now you're caught up on the events of the last 5 weeks!
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