Scituate!

We are SO fortunate to have such a wonderful vacation spot every summer (and the rest of the year too!). The people and location couldn't be better.  This year we definitely missed the other Dallas Birds and the Phoenix Birds, but took full advantage of having the Speiers and Nanny and Papa all to ourselves.

Since there are so many of them, I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking here.

Audrey was in love with Evie! 

First dip in the Atlantic!

 While Fiona's always excited to see all to see all the cousins, one of my favorite parts of our trip was watching this blossoming friendship. 

Sorry, I couldn't pare these down...too cute!

This is the best I could get...and even this was a feat.

I see many of these in the future...

Riding the dragon Jon helped the girls build.

Possibly the best picture of Audrey ever.

Thanks so much, Nanny and Papa for such a wonderful trip!  We are so blessed!

I love this video.

I uploaded it to Facebook quickly after I took it, so sorry if it's a repeat, but it would be wrong to not have it on here.

I love my girls SO stinkin' much.

Marnie and Raya Visited!!!

We were so happy Marnie and Raya came to visit in July!  They were such troopers dealing with the chaos of our life that week.  Moving, not moving, sleeping on floors, broken A/C, etc. 

 

 I cannot get over how talk and lanky Raya is!

Fiona was spoiled with lots of gifts...

and some Shaun the Sheep

Raya was also SO sweet with Evie. 

 

She couldn't stop talking about how much she just loved her...

I don't know what I would have done without such a fun distraction.  Thanks so much for the visit guys!  Come back any time!!

Here they are...

Finally.  Five month pictures...even though she passed six month a couple weeks ago...

Better late than never, right. 

Poor Evie always looks so serious in pictures.  SO glad I finally got one that captures personality!

Chunking out!

And finding her feet...

5 months.

Yes, Evie hit the five month mark a few weeks ago, but guess what was misplaced in the move?  Yep, the camera cord.  I'm sure it will surface eventually.  Maybe I'll find it in time for six month photos.  Or maybe the missing cord will inspire me to break out the 7D and do a nice six month photo shoot...in our beautifully scorched backyard or disaster of a house.  Ok, I'll stop before I get too cynical. 

SO. Far. Behind.

There's been A LOT going on at our house(s), so I'm going to do something unprecedented:  a big dump. 

The Burches came through Dallas on their 2 week long RV road-trip.  We were SO happy to get to spend time with them!--even though it wasn't nearly enough. 

We even got to have Jack overnight for a sleepover!  I think he was in heaven with unlimited Wii access and Star Wars talk with Jon Bird.  The sweet boy even took a break to try to teach Fiona how to play Star Wars LEGOs.

Much to my chagrin, Fiona has started wanting to pick out her own clothes.  A good exercise in letting my control go...

We went to Omaha for a quick trip for the 4th of July (Evie's first plane trip!).  Unfortunately, it was just for the day.  At least we got to see the Deacons (and meet baby Oliver!), Grandma and Uncle Jesse. 

And a few days after we got back, Benjamin Michael Bird was born!! 

We love him so much already, and are so excited to watch him grow!!!  So glad you guys are so close!

Unfortunately, this only takes me to mid-July, so expect another dump sometime in the near future.