25 weeks, Nels and family visit

 I like their sitting positions in this pic! Ha! :)

 Pretend running pose

 Real running pose! She has been enjoying running with us so much!!

 playing with Uncle Nels at Lina's cousin's house

 ...while Remy and Genevieve do their own thing

 Hot pot for dinner!!

 25 weeks

Getting stronger every day! She is loving pushing up from tummy time, and sitting next to her play mat while while holding on for a little extra support. Before we know it, she won't be holding on any more! She loves her time in the double stroller while we run, just watching the world go by with a little bit of a breeze along the way. She had her first bites of sweet potato and banana off of Mama's plate this week! Not too sure about either, but processing both well!

 Juni after eating a lentil soup sample at Costco out of a little paper cup. I don't know the detail you can see, but more of it ended up on her clothes and her face than in her mouth. The response from my little girl who doesn't like to to get dirty, "It's just so so yummy I don't care if I get all dirty! Can I have another one?"

 

 Remy's hiding spot around the tree, at the park

 I scream!

 You scream!

we all scream for ice cream!

 no pictures wanted, always :)

 feeding her sister little smooshed bits of sweet potato

 somebody is LOVING her swimming pool!!

 my rose is blooming!!

 Genevieve likes the color I picked out for her! Now, I just need to find the perfect apricot rose for Juni to plant next year!

 showing her new swimming pool to Uncle Nels

 breakfast time with cousins

 getting stronger!

and stronger! (proud sister too! :>)

24 weeks, Mama turns 31

 Happy Birthday, Mama!!

We went to a movie all together in the morning, and then came home for lunch. I got a pedicure while the girls napped, and then we had a yummy homemade pizza dinner together before I met a friend at a Shaman led drumming circle that night from 7-9. Genevieve was asleep when I got home, and Juni was in bed with the lights off! Go, Papa, GO!! :) Especially considering the fact that Genevieve is STILL not drinking out of a bottle despite continued attempts.

 Ready to swim at our friends' pool!

Some stray toddlers being neglected by their nanny came up and were talking with Juni. The girl was trying to hold Juni's hand and Juni firmly told her not to touch her. The girl came to me to talk about it, and I sent her back to Juni. I'm so proud of her for setting clear boundaries and using her words to appropriately discuss it. So, so proud. And her vocabulary has been growing to correctly include words like amazing, incredibly, actually, evidently, disappointing, interesting.....and the list just grows and grows!

 Genevieve too!

I was nervous about having both girls in the water without Zach to help, but this pool club has a saline filed 3 ft pool with big stairs going down into it, so Juni could play around and I could easily keep them both safe. It was great for all of us and nice to spend fun time with friends too.

 Juni is ready for some California artichokes! She's been making some pretty great requests for dinner lately.

 Juni kindly gave Juicy a pillow for her nap :)

 sleepy nugget

big girl, filling up her co-sleeper

 the girls enjoying the carpet scrap :) I always thought I would love wood floors, but I will never feel that way again.

 24 weeks

Getting close to sitting up on her own. She can hold it for a few seconds and then falls over to the side. She is SO ready for FOOD! She is grabbing at our plates and our bites trying to put it in her mouth. She's been licking my apples and gets so mad when I take it away from her. Less than 2 weeks until she is SIX months old, so I'll prep some puree over the next couple of weeks to start giving her and she how she does. Juni had no interest in puree, but I think this girl might be different!

 So sweet, sitting on Mama's lap :)

 Zach always comments on how expressive she is with her eyebrows. I can't believe how high they are in this pic!

23 weeks ...today

 22 weeks, still giggling at her sister, still chewing on her toes, still killing me with those blue eyes

we've started going to bed a little earlier and it seems to really be working for her

she is back to sleeping 3 hours at a time at night, but we're functioning well with that!

 Papa got a little scrap carpet out for her to lay on. She rolls a lot when we are in Nebraska or on carpet, but not so much on the wood floor at our house. She didn't waste any time on this carpet, even though it is just a little scrap :)

 her haircut didn't take away her curls! They only got curlier as the day went on!

 sister love

 Juni asked me to get out my measuring tape so she could measure her towers :)

 she's just so cute! ;)

this girl too!!