{summer} and i just couldn't help myself.

she is loving being up and able to see whats going on!

i love these b&w because of the shadows, but i also love the color version because the colors were so bright! hard to choose.




looking at her daddy.


i call this one la tigra.
I call this one blue steel.













and it was somewhat tricky getting these, she is still slightly wobbly sitting upright on her own, and so i had to juggle getting back far enough to get her in the picture, and not getting too far back and having her topple into the dirt, and the grass what somewhat dewing and cold so she was being a good sport. but i still chopped off the little feet in a lot of these pictures....

i like these brother/sister ones.

i just should have taken off the shoes on andrew. bare feet would have been much cuter. note taken...

sorry for the people in the background in this one, it makes it look a little junky, but i like the picture. and since i had both kids, it wasn't worth trying it again. i barely got andrew to stand still long enough for this one ;) . the gardens are a big place and andrew LOVES to run and burn off some energy there!



andrew "posing". i thought it was cute that he remembered how a good pose goes.
me and andrew at the smelly garden.. oh i mean fragrant gardens;) actually they had REAL mint plants and they were SOOOO good. i couldn't believe how good it smelled. i want one!
i loved the dome here.

gorgeous auntie jen...


abby coming home from the hospital above. and below, 5 1/2 months later. WOW!!! what a swim! i can't even believe how much she's grown in just 5 1/2 months. i think she has almost outgrown her



andrew just looked so cute sitting by the pool.



So we went to the gardens again on tuesday, and on wednesday we took the kids to the pool at the gym because dan had a free pass! they loved it. i am going to miss going to the pool when fall sets in. i feel like i didnt get nearly as much pool time as i would have liked. its one of my favorite things about summer, going swimming. next summer i really hope we can go to a beach somewhere. so here are some pictures. i am very happy with how they turned out. and just to let you all know, if you are looking for a great camera, i think the one i have decided would be great for me (because it has video, and i like to have that handy at times), and it has 15.1 megapixels, and its a dslr, its the canon rebel t1i, and costco has it for $799 WITH a free printer until the 30ths of sept. wow! what a deal! anyways, life is good. i think today we may hit the pool again with another free pass, and then go to bbq with dans dad and the jacobson crew. and i got a bowdabra. and some ribbon yesterday, micheals had some clearance ones that were WAY cute, so i got just a couple. and i got 2 big flowers to try making into clips for her headband. now i just need to get a bag of little rhinestones to put in the middle. how exciting!!! anybody want to do bows with me...LET ME KnOW!