In the Garden

This summer my mom was here for a while before Alma was born and we spent a lot of time on the yard, especially this one flower bed in the front yard. You should have seen it before, the only thing in it was the rose bush. I thought it would be fun to take some pictures of all the new flowers we planted and show them off. (Mostly so my Mom knows we didn't kill them all after Alma was born and we stopped taking such good care of the lawn!)

Alma's Swing

Alma loves her swing more than anything. Most of the time she will fall right to sleep when you put her in, unless of course she suspects that you are trying to take a nap.

Warning: Watching this video WILL make you dizzy!

Hippy Baby

I can't imagine why, but several of our friends/family gave us baby gifts that were tye-dye themed! You all may be wondering, where on earth does one find a pair of tye dye baby socks? Well look no further, because Moscow actually has a store called Tye-Dye Everything and when they say everything, they mean everything. You could even buy tye-dye underwear if you wanted to. We love our tye dye onesie because it's not only organic, it's really adorable!

Dan's New Pick-Up

This weekend Dan finally went out and bought the new pick up he has been talking about for as long as I have known him - a Chevy Colorado. I thought he wanted an orange one, but it turns out that silver is just as good! Note the tiny yellow house across the street. My Dad actually lived there when he was in college.

Cute Overload

Sunday night Dan and I busted out the camera and started snapping pictures of Alma, and we just couldn't stop. She was being so adorable stripped down and cuddled up in her blankies. I decided to post a bunch of them so that everybody else could experience the cute overload that is known as Alma. Dan told me the other day that he thinks people should pay us for reproducing because we make the most beautiful babies around. Feel free to leave lots of comments telling us how cute she is . . . we never tire of the compliments!

A Family Self Portrait. It's not always easy to take a picture of yourself with your arm!

She was having a fussy moment!

She makes the sweetest sounds when she is sleeping!

Great Grandparents

Last weekend we thought Alma would enjoy a trip to Deary to visit her great grandma Pat and grandpa Fred Funke. It only took us an hour to get her loaded up and ready to go but we made it in one piece. Grandma and Grandpa were realy excited to see Alma - they have only seen her once since she was born so she has grown quite a bit since then. This side of Dan's family is lots of fun, his Dad was the oldest of six and they all had 3 kids so Dan has 15 cousins. As of right now Pat and Fred have 5 great grandkids including Alma and there are two more on the way. One of those will be Alma's first cousin - Dan's older brother Mike and his wife Heidi are expecting in January. We are very excited for them! Once they have their baby Alma will have a total of 5 cousins, since both of my sisters have two kids. Cousins are lots of fun, so the more the merrier!

Fourth of July!

This year we were especially excited about the fourth of July because it was Alma's very first holiday! At the same time we weren't really feeling up for anything big. So, we decided to invite our good friends the Jarolimek's over for a barbecue. Brian and Gretta have a new baby, Neil, who is exactly two weeks older than Alma, and a 3 year old boy Harper. We were also joined by our friend Nate who just graduated from nursing school. Everybody came over in the afternoon and we had a delicious barbecue of polish dogs and sauerkraut, with some dutch oven beans, carrots, and potatos. I also made my mom's recipe for eclair cake which was delicious! We dressed Alma up in a cute red outfit, but then she threw up all over it, so we put her in a fun blue one. I love this picture of her because her hair is so red! It is still changing colors, but I am becoming more and more convinced that she is going to be a ginger kid.

Alma was awfully pooped after such a long day of playing with Harper and Neil!

Alma had a really nice time cuddling with everybody! She can't have too many compliments! This is a picture of Alma and Nate.