Ward Lake Walk 5.26.14

We went on a family walk around Ward Lake.  We've had some beautiful weather this summer, mixed with LOTS of rain.  And yes, we consider the month of May part of our summer.  It's one of the nicest months of the year.

We parked by the frog pond to start our walk.  The first part of the walk is over a bridge.  It makes me feel like I'm in the Midwest.

Halfway through our walk we stopped by the Ward Lake "beach".  Jeralyn had fun playing in the water that was full of pollen.

Splish, splash!

Here she is holding up a lily pad.  She said they looked like hearts: right on!

Mommy and daughter (and son).

I love these family walks.  It's so fun to see the world through Jeralyn's eyes!

Blowing Bubbles 5.18.14

I'm backing up a bit to post some of Quent's photos.  

Jeralyn and I were blowing bubbles at each other.  It was a lot of fun!  She's hilarious!

Flowers in her hair 6.26.14

She's pretty amazing!

Mmmm... 6.26.14

Licking peanut butter off the spatula.  Mmmm...

Emma 6.25.14

My friend Valoree and her daughter Emma came over for dinner.  Emma enjoyed holding Joshua.

Little Guy 6.25.14

Marker Face 6.23.14

I guess the markers just get away from her..I have a lot of pictures like this now.  Silly girl!

Go Tigers! 6.19.14

This is for our Michigan family!  Go Tigers!

Upset Tummy 6.17.14

Jeralyn wasn't feeling too well the evening of this day.  Not sure what it was, but it didn't last long.  Here she was eating crackers and watching Frozen.

Something cute that came out of this was that she asked for a Band-Aid for her tummy.  So she got a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Band-Aid on her belly. Ha!

3 Months 6.17.14

He was 3 months old on June 18th.  And I realize that I haven't shared much about what he's like (so far).  He's really smiley (but serious for the camera still).  He coos and squeals (we recently gave him the nickname of "Joshasaurus").  His other nickname is Mr. Moo (Jeralyn is Missy Moo).  And he's drooling like crazy.  We can see his two bottom teeth just under the gums.  One tooth is closer than the other, but I have a feeling it will be here soon!  He's a lot more "reactionary" than Jeralyn, but he's getting better at going with the flow.  He's finally starting to tolerate riding in the car (which is weird since most babies like riding in the car, but he did not).  He's been sleeping through the night since 12 weeks (thank you, Babywise!), but his naps could be better (he will get there).  He's very sweet and loves to watch his big sister.  His smile lights up the room!  At first I thought he looked a lot like Quent, but now I'm seeing more of me in him.  Some people say he looks like me, and then some say he looks like Quent, so I guess it's the eye of the beholder.  He's probably 14-15 pounds now. We love this little guy oh so much!

Little Pool 6.16.14

Our neighbors found their little kid pool in their shed and set it up.  Jeralyn thought it was pretty cool!

Jeralyn and Olivia

Little Beauty 6.15.14

Tigger Love 6.15.14

Jeralyn has recently been even more interested in Tigger.  She thinks they should play together.  A few days ago I heard her say to Tigger, "Don't do dat Tigger.  Dat not nice.  I go play with Shadow now."  He is pretty tolerant of her and she just loves him! 

Growing 6.14.14

Joshua is growing and changing fast!

Silly Girl 6.13.14

Jeralyn has been helping put some of the dishes away.  She put this Tupperware colander on her head and said, "Take a picture!"  It was the first time she asked me to take a picture of her.

Concrete 6.12.14

We are currently working on turning our carport into a garage.  Quent and his friend RJ worked on the footer and stem wall for the foundation.

Working fast as the concrete was being poured.

Jeralyn was helping too.

Deck Happenings 6.11.14

I would say we've had a pretty decent "summer" so far.  Really beautiful days with long stretches of sunshine, peppered with some rainy days.  We will take it!

Joshua is spending some time out on the deck as well.  He's getting stronger!

Jeralyn was having fun blowing bubbles!

I love how she still has a little bit of her "baby face".

She helped me shuck some corn.  As you can see, it's serious business!

Train Puzzle 6.9.14

Jeralyn is really into putting puzzles together.  She needs my help with some of them, but basically she's on her own right now.

Something new that she's been doing recently is when we refer to her by her name, she says, "No, I Shelly's mommy."  And then she will quickly add, "No, I a princess."  Oh dear!  I blame this on her watching the movie Frozen.  She will often ask to wear dresses, too, which is fun!  Now she is asking about doing a Frozen puzzle--which we do not have, yet!

Bath Boy 6.7.14

Joshua finally started to like his baths.  It wasn't too bad, but he had his moments.

Homemade Ice Cream 6.7.14

Jeralyn and I made some homemade vanilla ice cream.  She had fun "helping".

My Babies 6.3.14

This picture was taken before the kids went to bed.  This was just before I put Joshua to bed and then read Jeralyn a book.  After we read, we turn on Jeralyn's "octopus light" and then we pray, give hugs and kisses.  And then I ask her what her favorite part of the day was, in which for awhile, she would answer, "Close the door."  In other words she meant, "Mom, it's time for me to go to sleep!"  Ha!  But now she will answer me with a laugh and then ask me what my favorite part of the day was.  It's so sweet!

Baby Pool 6.1.14

Quent and I celebrated our 12th anniversary this day.  We went out to dinner a couple of days before while our neighbors watched the kiddos.  On our actual anniversary we had friends over for a barbeque.  Our friend Samantha brought a little blow-up pool for Jeralyn and Abby to play in.  The water was cold, but they loved it!  Jeralyn doesn't seem to mind cold water at all (which is why she likes to try to swim in the ocean when it's 40* out).  On this particular day it was maybe 60*.  That's what happens when you live in Alaska.  It's like summer!  Ha!

Oh baby! 5.31.14

We are working with Joshua on turning his neck both ways.  He has developed what is called Torticollis and Positional Plagiocephaly.  It will get better on its own as his neck muscles get stronger, but we are also going to take him to a physical theraphy session to learn how to help it along.

Coloring 5.31.14

One of Jeralyn's favorite things to do is color.  On this day she asked if she could color in her bedroom.  I said that would be fine since it's the Crayola Color Wonder markers.  They are clear markers but the colors come out on the special Color Wonder paper.  Perfect!

Hair 5.28.14

Jeralyn had this same funny patch of hair on the back of her head when she was this age.  I wonder if his will all fall out like hers did.

Love Her 5.27.14

I will ask her to put her cheek next to mine and I will hold out the camera and take a picture of the two of us.  I love that she likes to do this with me!

I really think this is such a fun age!  She is starting to say some pretty funny things!  Like, she will ask me things like this: "I yike chocolate in my yunch.  We do dat, Mom?  We do dat?"  She's starting to ask to wear a dress when I pick out her clothes in the morning.  I think the movie Frozen is influencing her in that way.  And she's been singing "Let It Go" from Frozen and if she doesn't have a dress on, she puts a blanket around her and pretends that's her dress.

Puzzles 5.24.14

Jeralyn is getting really good at putting puzzles together.  She will often have one out that she is working on.  I'm impressed!

Friend 5.23.14

Jeralyn loves being around people.  And she loves when friends come over to play.  Her friend Abby has been coming over to play more often and they are so cute together!

Mr. Blue Eyes 5.21.14

Isn't he handsome?

Upside Down 5.18.14

Daddy is so fun!

Blowing Bubbles 5.18.14

Jeralyn is really into blowing bubbles right now and she's getting pretty good at it!