Coming to Utah!

Hey Utah blog stalkers out there, Julia and I are coming to Utah this week. We are having a "Come and Meet Julia" Open House at my sister's house in Lehi on Tuesday, July 17th. If you would like to come by just let me know and I will give you the details!

Go 4th!

We love the 4th of July in Peachtree City! It all begins with the parade in the morning.

And this year we wised-up and brought the Sportsbrella. We became part of the parade because every other float participant would give us the thumbs up and say, "Great idea!"

Julia loved the parade too. I love that her feet don't even touch the ground when sitting on the curb.

We had Rich Marsh join us too since his family abandoned him for Europe.

My two favorite people!

Yes, it's true...I don't know what's happened to me. I put bows in my daughter's hair and I buy matching shirts for me and Greg. It's almost embarrassing!

My wonderful friend Susan made this adorable 4th of July tank for her!

I always love me a good marching band! 

This golfcart won first place, I think. 

And this golfcart was "Christmas in July"

Julia got lots of candy, which we stole from her, but she did like these beads someone threw at us. Can't you just see the intent studying of all the crazies in the parade? She loved it so much she refused to take a nap.

After two barbecues, we went to West Point Lake to see the fireworks on the lake.

"I'm Popeye the Sailor-baby!" How did she know to do this right when she got on the water?

What you can't see underneath this lifejacket is that Greg forgot Julia's pants. So now she had a wife-beater tank and no pants. I think if we'd given her a beer she would have fit right-in in LaGrange.

Okay, so now its obvious that she was Popeye because the lifejacket was too big. This is Aaron, Alicia's little boy, and I think he imprinted on Julia. Seriously.

Beautiful sunset

Boats were all lined up waiting for the show

Too cute to be embarrassed by the matching outfits!

Watching fireworks on a lake was definitely spectacular. Unfortunately LaGrange's fireworks show wasn't even close to being as amazing as PTC.

Julia LOVED the fireworks. It was like her favorite Baby Einstein toy that has flashing lights times a million!

And today we tried swimming again. She sure looks adorable, but she sure hated the pool. 

Now I have a husband and a baby that I can't get to go swimming with me. It's like they're vampires or something!

Cutest Post Ever! Bows, Bows, and more Bows!

Yes, there are no repeats.

No, I do not know who this person is that keeps putting bows in her daughter's hair!

She's a lean but not green, musical, moving, kicking machine

 This is where she started out at the beginning of her nap (notice the excitement about the mobile)!

And this is where she ended up after the nap.

I think she knows she did something wrong...

 Cutest outfit ever...

Thanks, Susan!

These rubber duckies are awesome because they light up in the water. 

One duck in the water - she smiled. 

Three ducks - she cried. 

 She knows they're coming to get her.

Luckily she's an excellent kicker and can keep those glowing ducks away!

Not quite a social recluse yet...

I was ready to be a social recluse, but Julia is such a party animal that she invited over all her friends on Saturday.

Julia, Jonah and McKenzy

These girls like the younger boys....3 weeks younger

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This is what we like to call "North Point Singles Ward - The 2nd Generation."

All of their parents knew each other from the single ward days.

 We're such good friends we had our babies 4 hours apart!

Almost exactly a year ago, Yvonne and I sat on this very couch and lamented about our infertility. Life can sure change quickly!

Ashley (not pictured Jacob and Savannah)

Brandon, Ashley and Aria

Crystal and Dalan

Technically Crystal is the only one who wasn't in the North Point Singles Ward. Alan managed to import her from Idaho via marriage!

Heather and Jonah, Yvonne and McKenzy

Watch out for the McKenzy - she has already got her eyes on Jonah!

Hailey LOVES Greg and wants to marry him, but since he is already married to me she has decided she will just dote on our baby instead.

And we took Julia swimming for the first time. Although she loves the bath, she didn't seem to be a huge fan of the pool. We'll have to keep working on that.

Greg dressing Julia up like a boy/Univ. of TN fan

Socialites!

Julia and I got bit by the social bug this month. Next month? We are going to be social recluses to recover from all the visiting we've been doing!

First stop this month was to Snellville to hang out with Yvonne and McKenzy (her 4-hrs apart BFF). McKenzy has far surpassed Julia in height and weight, but as you can see from the picture, Julia is not offended and still loves McKenzy.

Julia also met one of her many future boyfriends, Bennett, who is 6 weeks old and is the same height and weight as 3-month-old Julia.

Since Julia is so good in the car, I figured why not exploit this excellent opportunity and headed to Kentucky. On the way we stopped in Oak Ridge to see her Papa and Tya and cousins.

Here is Papa making Julia smile. (PS I have no idea why this picture is so big!)

Julia's cousins Natalie (who is practicing to be a stripper fairy) and Kaitlyn.

Uncle Tommy

 Aunt Krista and Cousin Miles

Tya and Cousin Quinn who is madly in love with Julia since she spent a week with us in Atlanta

Our final destination was Richmond, KY where Elizabeth is currently packing up her house to move to Louisiana. Since she has visited me SO many times in Atlanta, I decided it was high time to get myself to Kentucky!

Julia and Elle are 6 months apart. They are also destined to be BFFs. (We have already got Julia engaged to multiple boys and BFF's with a bizillion girls. Is that bad?)

Julia LOVED this exersaucer, especially after we put a box underneath her feet so she could reach. Aloysia liked playing the big sister and helped little Julia find the mobiles. 

Meanwhile Elle kept going straight for Julia's feet. I'm not sure if she wanted to eat the socks or the toes, but I didn't let her eat either. Do you see the fear in Julia's eyes and the determination in Elle's?

While I was visiting Elizabeth, our friend Julia and her family also stopped through Kentucky. So Julia and Julia finally got to meet! Julia is the 3rd Mormon oboist to get a doctorate. Yes, there were 3 of us all in the same house. If a bomb had hit and killed us all, it would have definitely had a statistical impact on the world.

Julia's daughter was named Elizabeth. Talk about confusion in the household! One of them has to name their next daughter "Lara" to round it all out.

The day I got home my cousin Ashley, her hubby Mike, and their daughter Lizzy arrived from Mississippi.

We went to the aquarium, and I somehow got Ashley to feed my baby for me.

Greg and the HUGE fish!

I die laughing every time I look at this picture. Is this a face only a mother can love? I kept taking pictures of her with the flash on in the darkened aquarium room. Her face obviously says, "Mom, stop annoying me! Jeez!"

Lizzy is 2 1/2 and she also loved the aquarium. I think she's trying to find Nemo.

We celebrated Lizzy's half birthday with a Princess Party! Her birthday is on Christmas Eve, so her parents like to make a big deal out of her half birthday too! It was good practice for me too because I am sure I have plenty of princess birthday parties coming up...for Greg, of course! :)

And here's just a few bonus pictures because I think they're cute.

Bundled up in her towel after a bath

She's totally got this ball thing figured out