Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Javonte came for a visit this past weekend and we had a blast! On Friday, we met Daddy for lunch at Securian and Grandma and Grandpa got to see where he works. While we all ate sloppy joes and cookies, Summer ate her applesauce and rice cereal--the first time since she started solids that she has eaten somewhere other than our house!
Then, while Paul went back to work, the rest of us drove up to Bethel to see where Auntie Sarah works. We got a great tour!
Summer napped in the car on the way home, and was ready for some hard core playing with Grandma when we got back home, while Grandpa and I took Tucker and Bode to the dog park. Paul met up with us back at the house and we made pizza for dinner. After Summer and Uncle Javonte went to bed, the four of us had an intense game of Skip-bo!
On Saturday, Grandma and Grandpa got to babysit Summer while Paul had a Leadership Conference at church and I got my miles in (I've been training for the Minneaplis Marathon...it was a 12 mile day). We all had lunch together (I've been perfecting my recipe for chicken noodle soup, and Paul said that it was the best I've ever made it...YAY!) and then the boys took the dogs to the dog park while we gals and Javonte went for a walk (it was above 30 degrees!)
Uncle Ty and Auntie Sarah joined us for Chicken Alfredo and Grandma's amazing new honey wheat bread recipe (mmmmm!). It was great to just hang out with everyone and get caught up!
After church and Famous Dave's, Grandma and Grandpa started their long journey up north due to the VERY ice-y roads.
We had a really fun weekend :).
Here are some picture that Grandpa took of Summer. He has always done a good job of capturing her (he took the picture that we sent out as her birth announcement). So here is a little 7 month photo shoot done by Grandpa Tommerdahl.
Here are some more pictures and video from the weekend.
Summer has both her daddy's and her grandma's blue eyes.
Our dear Summer was 7 months on the 3rd (sorry this post is a little late!). In some ways it was hard to see her turn 7 months, as she is now closer to being a year old than being born (CRAZY!). She is growing up so fast! But, if someone asked me if I wished to go back to when she was younger, I would say no...because I love every age more than the previous! She is so much fun right now! To celebrate her 7 months, I chose 7 favorite things about 7 months and chose 7 favorite videos to share. Enjoy!
Photo courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa Kirkwood
SEVEN
She can sit up by herself! It is so much fun to play with her when she can sit up by herself! She can do so much more now.
SIX
She can eat solid foods! It is so much fun to feed her and watch her taste new things. We recently tried a sippy cup with her with white grape juice. It was funny to watch her face! Her whole head shook back and forth as her lips made a sour face, and then she reached for more. Here is a toned down version of her face a few days later after she had had the juice a few times, but it is still funny!
FIVE
She is reaching for everything....earrings, cell phones, crinkly cereal bags, tucker paws! It is so cute! She is observing everything. She sits with wide blue eyes and takes everything in, looking at where noises come from, touching everything she sees, feeling all surfaces, turning things over, shaking things, clapping things together, . She is so curious about her world and it is so much fun to watch her learn! Here is a fun video of her riding on daddy's shoulders before bedtime.
FOUR
She is starting to copy us when we say words and make facial expressions. Here she is trying to say "mama" and "dada".
THREE
She loves to bounce. Over and over and over again! When you hold her to stand, she will bounce her own legs, moving her whole body up and down. One of my friends from MOM'S Club lent us her jumparoo (her kids are older) and Summer LOVES it! Thank you, Katie!
TWO
She has the most adorable two bottom teeth! I thought nothing could top her sweet gummy smile, but those two little teeth are even cuter! You can sort of see them in this video when she was getting up from a nap.
ONE
I love her little personality that is starting to show. She definitely has opinions and she is not afraid to express them! She knows what she wants and when she wants it and can change from crying to laughing and from pouting to smiling just like a light switch. She loves to be moving and doing and touching and looking and playing....she is definitely full of energy--I laugh when I pick her up from the church nursery after Bible study because all the other babies are quietly being rocked to sleep or sleeping and Summer is "making the rounds" with all the toys/jumparoos/exersaucers playing and bouncing and moving the whole time! One of my favorite things she does is when she gets so excited to see Paul or I and bounces up and down with a huge excited grin! No one who knows her would say she is "boring"....she keeps us on our toes! Here is a cute video of her trying on a hat.
