Afternoon at the park

Fourth of July

WARNING!!!!!............Picture overload


We decided to have a last minute 4th party at our house (our first official BBQ besides the kids' b-day parties) and we had a great time. Manny and cuz Matt had a ton of fireworks and were like little "big" kids all day shooting them off. I wish I had captured lil Manny's expression each time one was lit....he thought it was the best thing in the world!!!

My little J (not so little anymore...looking more and more like a big boy)

I wish they were always this sweet :)

New favorite of the 3

Taina is such a little mother to him

Great Grandma Dorothy with Julian

Thinks he's hilarious for climbing up there

some sparkler fun

once Manny got over his fear he enjoyed it too (thanks Matt)

more sparklers into the night

one of the many that Manny (big) and Matt put on

Manny and his BFF Caitlin

Food

Julian LOVES to eat. He was never a fan of baby food and to this day won't eat anything of that consistency (mashed potatoes, applesauce). His favorite things to eat are veggies and fruits. He also enjoys pasta with sauce...pictures explain for themselves :)

J's favorite little place to sit

falling to sleep still putting food in his mouth

CHEESE

this is Julian's new cheesy grin!!

lots of happenings

Manny's preschool moving up
Grandma and Manny

Manny receiving his "diploma"

my sweetness

Julian enjoying his foodCHEESE!!!!

LOVES the bath!!

brotherly love

my favorite time!! too bad it wasn't in the house for a full 2 hours

So it seems that all I have time for are misc pics...hence things are crazy right now with work winding down for the summer, Manny finishing his 1st year of preschool and trying to get things done around the house....I will post all those pics on here

Sweetness

This is what I saw when I went to put Manny to bad last night....I LOVE that he is cuddled with his bear and he can't sleep without either of these blankets....Sleep tight my angel

Misc

So much has been going on to keep us all very busy...and I haven't had my camera at each event. We went to the circus and the boys had fun...Julian would have liked it better if he wasn't confined to my lap!!

Niko and Manny

Julian

Grandma and Pop have been up at the house a lot

Manny and Taina have enjoyed water gun fights :)

My littlest man ready for a nap

I've been planting galore and trying to make everything outside look beautiful!!! Only a few more weeks of work then I have a list a mile long of things to complete this summer...