Wednesday, July 21, 2010

A Quick Look at July... So far

What has happened in the Belville household thus far in July? Many, many things!!! We've celebrated the 4th of July, Little E turned 2 months, Brody is (somewhat) successfully potty-trained, Brax spent an entire week at a wonderful VBS, and Josh celebrated his 30th birthday! Plus much, much more... Whew, I'm tired just thinking about it! So onto the pictures...

We celebreated the 4th of July with the Bronsons. We cooked out with Stew, Angie, Parker and Mimi, then headed out to watch some fireworks. Here is the only picture ever taken of our entire family of five. It's not at all impressive...
The Stone Oak Builders, wives and kiddos...

The Stone Oak offspring... notice how Brody has his hand on Parker's leg. We've got to watch that kid, I'm telling ya!

My three sweet pumpkins in their Fourth of July clothing... compliments of Momo
Ev and Mimi, snuggling on the Fourth...

One day the boys were unbelievably stir-crazy (if I'd heard, "What are we doing today?" once, I'd heard it a million times!) So, we headed over to a nearby park and went 'creekin'. Anything that allows these boys to be dirty is time well-spent. They couldn't be happier than when they're "being boys"! Although it has been a crazy summer in may ways, I have enjoyed these moments with my precious boys. They are growing up so fast!

As I mentioned, sweet little E turned two months old...
At two months she is happy and sweet (most days) and fairly laid back. She sleeps about 10 hours at night and usually give me about 5-7 hours of consecutive sleep. The stats from her two month checkup are as follows:
Ht- 22.25 inches (46%) Wt- 10lb 11oz (47%) HC- 39cm (54%)
So, she is amazingly average. However, she looks like such a little peanut to me! She's only gained 3lb since birth, where the boys had each gained 5.5-6lb by two months. She's growing perfectly, but since the boys were so big, she seems like such a petite little thing!!
She's brought so much joy to our family in the past two months and we are so thankful to God for making us a family of five!
One evening we had our buddies over to play. They all played so hard that a bath was absolutely necessary!
One night we headed over to Crockett with the Hollands, Blankinships and Laytons to enjoy a little concert in the park. Unfortunately, we got rained out about 30 minutes into it, but it was fun anyway. Here's Brax, cheesin' it with Daddy.... This kid keeps me laughing!
This sweet boy loves his little sister! (Well, they both love her, but I don't have a picture of Brax holding her at the concert :) The poor little girl gets smothered with love on a daily basis. I have to remind these boys (quite often) to give her some space!
This girl loves her "auntie Heather!"...
As I mentioned, Josh celebrated his 30th Birthday last weekend. My parents were kind enough to keep the boys so that Josh and I (along with E) could head down to Destin for a short vacation with the Blankinships and Bronsons. Parker joined Everleigh as the only two kiddos on the trip and experienced the beach for the first time....
Everleigh went full-out swimming for the first time. She loved it and immediately fell asleep each time that we put her in the water....
Evie cuddling with Heather at the pool....
The ladies... Angie, Heather and me...
The guys... Stewart, Michael and Josh
The birthday boy with his girls....

Daddy and our littlest pumpkin....

And last, but not least, I finished up Everleigh's room... Since we won't be here long, I decided not to paint the walls, so it's not too fancy.
And that's it for July! We're heading to Ohio next week for a quick trip to visit my grandparents. So stay tuned for more pictures!!

1 comment:

Dee-Dee said...

Busy July!!! Your family is beautiful. I love the "creekin'" pictures of the boys. It reminds me SO much of my brothers when they were little:)