We Love Key West

Gianna is doing well with Grandma and Grandpa, and we are enjoying vacation.
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No Nap

Because she was too busy standing in her crib, spitting on the ledge, and smearing it around.

Trouble!

‘Lil Mexicana

Uba and Grandpa brought Gia this adorable, hand-made outfit from Mexico this spring. 

Fun With the Froman Girls

Molly and I got to chat while Gianna and Genevieve played.  The girls got all dressed up with Gia’s clothes, shared blankies and babies, went for a walk, and Gena even pushed Gia on the swing. 

Thanks for visiting girls.  We had a great time as always.

Picture Request

Some people have asked for this picture of Gianna on her first birthday. Here it is...

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Chew Your Food

Gianna never seems to have problems when it comes to eating.  Stuffing her cheeks as full as a chipmunk’s sometimes concerns me though, so we work on chewing our food…

Soaking It All Up

Gianna is a little sponge!  Seriously, I think I need to watch what I say around her.  She is doing a great job mimicking us, and I am just amazed at what she picks up on. 

She imitates an elephant, a monkey, a fish, and barks like a dog.  If you look carefully, Gia is on the fish page of her animal book, and she was doing her fish lips. 

Gia is all about babies too.  She carries them, gives hugs and kisses, and even calls Vito “baby.” 

Tonight, she learned to “open up” and show Ryan that her food is all gone in her mouth.  I can’t get over how fast she is picking up on things.  Every day, she shows me something new she can do.

Graduation Weekend

This weekend, we got to spend time with Uba, Grandpa, Dziadzia, Grandma, Grandpa, Great-Grandma, and Great-Grandpa.  They all came up to celebrate my graduation with us.  After the ceremony, we ate a delicious dinner at the Freight House, my favorite.We also spent lots of time playing! It was so nice to have them all here to visit, celebrate, and relax.

Montage

Gianna, Keenan, and the top of Konley’s head.  They were too busy playing for pictures.

Who’s in Vito’s crate?

Big girl is trying to stand while pulling books off of the shelf.

Gianna likes to try to put clothes on.

They fall off though when she starts to crawl.

So, if you shrug your shoulders, according to ‘lil monkey, they might stay!

Hello July

Hot and sunny sums up last week.  Humid and rainy sums up this week.  Gia and I managed to sneak outside by our colorful flowers in between rain drops yesterday though.

Yogurt

Maybe we need two spoons.

Friends

Gianna and I have had lots of visitors this week, and we love it!  The weather has been beautiful, so we all spent some time outside too.  Anna and her son, Reilly, came over yesterday.  Gia wasn’t the most cooperative one year old, so we didn’t get a picture. 

Suzanne and her baby, Kalani, and Lex and her girls, Ella and Quinlee, were here to play today. Here are the four cutest girls I’ve ever seen (looking in four different directions, of course)!

Visiting Uba & Grandpa

Lisa Jarrick married Jim Rosema this weekend, so Ryan and I were in Michigan celebrating while Gianna swam and demanded to be pushed around on the fire truck.  I think she had a GREAT time!

  Thank you Uba and Grandpa.  Congrats Lisa and Jim!