Just playing around with the camera.  My two little helpers insisted I take their photo, too.  Maddie was even imitating Jolie.

Clearly, these are not the most attractive pictures, but I think it will be fun for the girls to look back and have a laugh at how big my stomach got.  The last shot is about an hour before Jolie was born.

Jolie had her one month checkup yesterday.  I had our babysitter come watch Maddie and Lena while I took her.  I can only imagine how they would have reacted when the doctor gave her a shot!  They would have both started yelling at him to stop.  Jolie took it like a champ though- just a few seconds of crying and she was fine.  I think I would have fussed more than she did.  She is doing fantastic- she eats well, she sleeps well, and she loves to cuddle.  She is growing like a weed.  It is unbelievable how much bigger she already seems.  Time is moving way too fast!  Here are her stats:

10 pounds, 3 ounces (75%- 90%)

23 inches long (98%)

Maddie and Lena are really into making funny faces...and eating ice cream.

Happy (really belated) birthday, Grandpa P!  Since Chris's parents were here for the weekend, we finally got around to celebrating his dad's birthday- we were only about a month late.  It was a good reason to have cake, give a gift, and celebrate life...and our kids just love a party!

Can you believe she was in there just four short weeks ago??

 

...our new deck...one of the members of our birdhouse family...outside summer time...