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wrapping up summer 2016

celebrations, cousins, firsts, jack 5, kids, sister, sisters, summer, vacation, weekend in pictures

 the month of july was the busiest month this year by far.   we ended our summer with saying goodbye to our favorite parish priest.  oh my goodness father justin,  if he only knew how much he was missed.   we headed out for vacation bible school with the cousins.  we had a surprise visit from mamas sister.   we bought our first suburban and had a birthday to remember for granny.  oh yes, and after all of it was over we made a move further out to west texas.

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it was so.  extremely.  exhausting.   but the memories were totally worth it.   so very thankful for all the blessings this summer, seen and unseen.   i look forward to a new fall season ahead.   we have a new house and our very first school year to start!

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as the movers were invading the house, i thought yay! we still have my bed, we can do her last monthly picture.  so as busy as you were i snapped a few.  it doesnt show any of the chaos around us.  this is the first time i thought how much i’ll miss this.   mainly because we were leaving this photo spot behind us too.  when we moved in we found out we were expecting you.   now here you have your first birthday and we are packing up and moving out.  this went way too fast.  this was a very hard move for this mama but i’m slowly learning to detach myself and focus on whats most important.  🙂   sweet girl  at one year, you werent quite walking yet.   you waited until the next week to take a few steps and then you went non- stop.  there was nothing gradual about it.   you are a busy body now.  at one year you still slept in mama and daddys room.  in a pack in play of course :p  but yes guilty as charged, you were our roommate until about a month after the move.  i dont regret it at all.  you are a silly little girl who is more into playing with people instead of toys.  you love food.  you love m&ms.  we still arent sure what you are allergic to but you breakout occasionally having us all scratch our heads.  you still love music and will dance forever if it is on.   it is one of my favorite things about you.  you can say “jack jack” “dada” “mama” and “ya.”   you are our joy.  everyone wants to be around you.  you are the best.  we love you birthday girl.

xxoo