Summer Highlights

Obviously the main highlight for our family this summer was the arrival of our sweet Norah!

Her belly button cord thing fell off when she was 1 week old, so that meant she got her first real bath!

She didn't mind it. We just gave her a bath last night, and oh my goodness she looks so tiny here in comparison to now! She is growing way too fast!!

4th of July!!

Norah was almost 2 weeks old! Adam had a super busy day at work, getting pizzas down to the river front for the Clinton 4th of July Festival. So this would be my first major outing on my own with all 3 kids. Whew, that's tiring! The heat and humidity didn't help much either! 

We got some pizza at the festival and then watched the 4th of July parade.

Parade shmarade. But doesn't she look festive?

We gave our double stroller its inaugural spin! My wonderful friend Natasha gave this to us since she's done with it. It is SO nice to be able to corral the girls (well, Hope, basically) and J can walk. (And no, Hope is not naked, but she is shirtless because of a snowcone incident).

From July 6-10 we had family in town! Grandpa and Grandma Wiers came to Clinton, as well as Matt, Cheryl, Josie, and Evan (who were beginning their trek back to California). It was so fun to have them all here!!! And the cousins had such fun playing together! 

We went to the Sawmill Museum (Jeremiah's request).

Train ride!

4 cuties having ice cream at DQ

We spent a day at Malone Park, which is about as close to a beach as we could get. The kids didn't seem to mind that it wasn't a REAL beach!

Jeremiah and Josie spent a lot of time trying to catch a fish! Jeremiah was slightly obsessed with this and had a slight meltdown when we tried to explain that it might not happen.

Success!!!

I believe Uncle Matt was the hero of the day.

Fun with sparklers!!

Matt, Cheryl, Josie, and Evan had to continue on towards Cali on the 10th. It's always so sad to say good-bye!!

Thankfully we only had to be sad for about a day, then Auntie Abby came from Chicago for the day to meet Norah!

July 14- our 10th wedding anniversary!!!

And thanks to friends who watched J and H, we even got to go out on a date! (Our 3rd wheel came along, of course).

Trying to get out and enjoy our summer weather as often as possible, since it will be gone all too soon! And trying to get a bit of excercise, too (I should have very strong arm muscles after pushing these 2!).

Norah started smiling at about 3 and a half weeks old. We love to see her sweet smile!!

1 month comparison- Hope on the left, and Norah on the right.

Jeremiah went to another VBS in July- this one was Mega Sports Camp at the E Free church. This was his favorite part of the second to last night- it says "accepting God as my Savior." So precious!

I took the kids on another adventure- this one was to Learn and Play Day at the John Deere Pavillion in Moline. They had all kinds of fun activities for the kids to do! They had a super great time! (And Norah did me a favor and slept the majority of the time).

At our school auction last spring, we got a family pass to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. We wanted to make sure to use that this summer, so last week we spent a day there, and my parents drove from Brookfield and met us. It was a really nice day!

Norah was so happy to see Grandma and Grandpa again!

Someone loves her Daddy!

Got a new baby toy out for Norah, and it was quickly taken over by these two!

Norah truly is such a sweetheart- we all just love her to pieces!

It's hard to believe the summer is winding down- so sad!! J starts school in a week and a half already, and I just can't believe it. But, we have some fun ahead before that happens. Adam has next week off (!!!!! It's a miracle!!!!!!!), and we are taking a little trip to Des Moines to see our friends, and then we're continuing on to NW Iowa to see Adam's family. We are so excited!!! It will be a great way to end the summer- we can't wait! :)