JuneBug

Long time no see....

2009-07-31T07:11:00.001-07:00

Well, they're kind of out of order, but I figured the important thing was to get them posted (before Lorna kills me!!!!!!).

We've had an eventful last two months. June turned 2!!!! Yeah June! We had a nice little family gathering at the house and June was majorly spoiled by her grandparents and aunt (as usual).

At the beginning of July, Jeff, June and I took a little family vacation in the RV(thanks Carl & Lorna!) to Door County, WI. It was unseasonably cold (go figure), but we still managed to have a fun time. We stayed two of our nights at Jellystone Park, which June enjoyed very much! We'll have to go back. She got to see lots of animals, feed goats, skip rocks, have an ice cream or two, and ride on a ferry.

Last weekend the three of us drove down to southern Minnesota to see some of Jeff's and June's cousins. There is a picture of June with some of her younger cousins, whom I hope she has a chance to see more of in the future.

Sunny Weekend 2

2009-06-02T08:17:00.001-07:00

Riding the lawn tractor with Grandpa.

Recovering from our fall (all smiles)

The turtle looks really annoyed huh?

A tete-a-tete with Mr. Turtle.

More pictures from this weekend.

June with the Turtle at Como Zoo. There was kind of a line of people waiting to have their picture taken, so we had to make it fast. That little thing was super hot too from the sun! Hopefully we didn't burn her little buns! Maybe that's what they're discussing?

We went to my Dad and Dianne's after Como and tried out the new rope swing he put up for June. It worked great, that's not why we fell off, I'm just that graceful. We're OK, no injuries. It's like 1 foot of the ground. She also got to ride the lawn tractor with my Dad. After they were done, she hopped back on and turned the key and shifted (don't worry it won't turn on unless you are also pressing down the break, which she can not do.....yet). So she's pretty observant, especially about how things work. Jeff always points that out about her.

Sunny Weekend

2009-06-01T08:20:00.000-07:00

June checking out a duck at Como.

Giving the carousel horse a try.

WOW!

Stylish sunglasses my Mom bought her on Saturday.

Hailing a cab.

I had a really fun time with June this weekend. Saturday we met my Mom and Charlie for lunch and then walked around the Arbor Lakes Shopping area for a while.

Learned two things about June that day.

1) She loves generic 80's rock. Seriously. We were having lunch and the restaurant was playing something like generic Motley Crew and June started rocking out and banging her head. Scary.

2) June can be fooled into eating her food if you serve it h'or dourve style with a toothpick. I've decided to carry extra toothpicks with me now, for emergencies.

On Sunday, June and I went with Dawn to Como Park. We had a picnic and went to look at the flowers and plants at the conservatory. We also tried to ride the old 1912 carousel. We were fine until the thing started moving, then June got scared and wanted to get down. We ended up standing next to our horse to finish the ride. We'll go later in the summer and give it another try.

Out and about

2009-05-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

A couple of fun pictures from the last week or two.

June and Jeff enjoying the sprinkler on our first 90 degree day. (Please pardon the dandelion graveyard)

June hanging out in in her tutu at Grandma and Grandpa Montzka's house.

And my favorite, the screen window shot. I was standing at he kitchen sink and June and Jeff were checking on me. Luckily she stayed there long enough for me to grab the camera.

Weird.

Fun With New Camera!

2009-05-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

Story time under the apple tree.

Beautiful (more wind please)

"Ha, Ha, Ha, It's so funny when you wedge me into a tree Auntie Gayle"

Pretty Girl.

Woo Hoo!

Life is good.

We had a fun week with June AND the new camera. It is just so nice to take pictures now.

Dad and Dianne's apple tree was in full bloom, which was so beautiful to see. Grandpa Hyde hung out with June on Saturday, while Gayle and I had kind of a girls day. Manicure and movie. We decided it should definitely be a monthly thing (I "accidentally" typed weekly first, go figure)

Mother's Day (New Camera!)

2009-05-11T07:41:00.000-07:00

Enjoying the view.

Trying to talk Archie out of jumping.
(I just noticed, Rosie is seriously close to the edge! Don't do it Rosie! We love you!)

Enjoying the fruits of her labor! (Thanks Auntie Gayle)

I had a great Mother's Day this year! We went to my mom's and had lunch and made cupcakes with Auntie Gayle.
Then we went out to Carl and Lorna's and had a nice dinner.
I love being June's mom, I'm so proud of her. How did I get so lucky?
I got a new camera for Mother's Day (probably should be for Birthday and Christmas too), so I was excited to take some pictures of June! I love how crisp everything is! Big improvement wouldn't you say? I have to thank my friend Mia for recommending the camera and lens, I wouldn't have thought to do it if she hadn't set such a great example!
Thank you for the camera Jeff!

Easter

2009-04-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

June and Gavin after the big hunt (June needs a nap)

Colouring eggs with Daddy

The finished product

Action shot

Well, I think June is sold on the whole Easter idea.

She loved the candy, the eggs, the baskets, the hunt.

This was her first real candy encounter, so needless to say, any other food is way down on the totem pole now!

I never understood what the point of Hollow Easter Bunnies was. Hollow? What a let down.

But as a parent, you look at it completely differently! Thank goodness for hollow bunnies! Who needs a solid chocolate bunny in addition to all of that other candy?

Jeff and I had to sneak candy away from her as it is! No, you always had only 3 jelly beans in your basket June, you're crazy.

We did an egg hunt over at my Dad's on Saturday morning and then we did a second at my Mom's on Easter. June really understood the concept of finding them, which was cool. She had so many eggs, she was dragging her basket along behind her! Every once in a while, she'd lose an egg from her basket, and turn around and see it, thinking "Cool, another one!"

She didn't like her dress or shoes much, she kicked and screamed and rolled around on the ground. I suppose we all feel like that some days.......

Gale Wood Farm

2009-04-08T07:08:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago I took June to see the Farm Babies at a farm near our house.

Unfortunately, we were a wee bit early and there were no babies yet, just some VERY prego pigs and sheep.

Two big pigs lying there, panting, looking about ready to pop! I feel your pain ladies!

So no pictures of the pigs, out of respect. Interesting bit of info, they build special crate/beds for the pigs to keep them from rolling over and squashing their babies!

June did enjoy the chickens, they let her pet one, and she got to feed the sheep.

Another bit of info, sheep don't have bottom teeth, which they told me after my question about potential bite on little soft June hands! Don't worry lady, just let her feed the stupid sheep!

It was a gorgeous day, before the weather turned sour on us again. They had a maple grove where you can drink sap fresh out of the tree. We didn't try that, maybe next time.

Yeah Spring!

Who needs directions?

2009-03-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

Jeff and June put together a little closet storage system last week. June was so eager and happy to help, Jeff and I considered taking it apart that night, just so we could do it again the next day with her. It went pretty well, but she kept wanting to climb in and on the silly thing, which was unfortunately not built to handle even her petite little frame.

I never really saw it until now, but it kind of looks like she's the missing 5th Beatle or something with that hair. At least it's long enough for some pigtails now!

Oh June......

2009-02-23T12:02:00.000-08:00

We had a fun week, an unexpected snowfall, an unexpected self-motivated potty training attempt (she just started pulling her pants down and wanted to go sit on the toilet. She wanted to walk around the house with her pants around her ankles, must be because she sees Dad do it.

Netflix anyone?) And hanging with her friend Gavin yesterday. She followed him around all afternoon, trying to do everything he did. That's our girl!

AZ 2009

2009-02-19T12:53:00.000-08:00

Jeff, June and I really enjoyed our short (much too short) trip to AZ this year to see Boppa and Bama.

I hate to say it, but I think Ginger was the highlight of the trip for June. She still talks about Ginger, although I'd be willing to bet that Ginger does NOT feel the same way! She's probably never slept so well, after all of the running from June.

The weather was beautiful and June got to play outside without 50 layers on! We went to an Olive Mill, where they grow, harvest and process olives. It was very pretty and the food was great. We always get to do such fun things while we're down there! Thanks Guys!

A few pictures of June, on the borrowed tri-cycle from a neighbor (can't quite reach the pedals, but truly understood the potential for fun), throwing rocks (not at anyone, besides AZ has a LOT of rocks), hiding behind an olive tree and trying to not have a horrible cactus story to tell one day with Dad.

Catch up

2009-02-10T06:35:00.001-08:00

Just a few cute pictures of June from the last couple of weeks.

She helped Gayle and I make rice krispie bars one weekend. She really enjoyed making (and eating) them. We did it the old school way with REAL marshmallows, which is probably how most people do it anyway, but the creamy stuff in the jar is easier to work with I think, not that marshmallows are hard...the jar stuff is just easier to spread out I think. Maybe not, maybe I'm just that bad at baking. If rice krispie bars is baking....OK, I'm just being neurotic.

Anyway, it was fun. I had to hide them afterward, she kept going to the counter and pointing up at them.

Another photo is June helping Grandpa Hyde lower her crib mattress. The last setting.....next stop big girl bed. She's actually been pretty good about not climbing out of her crib. We've only caught her once, balancing on her belly on the railing. It was scary...for me, not her. She seemed to think it was quite fun. That's when I put in a call to my dad, Jeff was out of town and I didn't want to run the risk of waiting for him to get back before we lowered the mattress. And I couldn't do it, I'm a girl.

It was a good excuse to have Grandpa over anyway. (This was actually Rice Krispie day too)

The other photo is June this morning. She made herself a little picnic in the bathroom (gross, I know). She grabbed her blanket and laid it out, all by herself, and then grabbed her cheerios and milk and sat down with Rosie, while I dried my hair and did my face.

I have another picture of her, on my phone, sitting at the toilet like a table with her little stool, eating her cheerios. It was so bizarre, I only had time to grab my phone and take a picture.

I have to find other ways to occupy her time in the morning I guess. I just think it's cool that she wants to hang out with me. I'm sure that will soon pass. Tear.

Sledding

2008-12-22T07:52:00.000-08:00

Well, we braved the cold, cold temperatures and went sledding this weekend. Once it hit 7 degrees (the high for the day), we thought we should just go for it and after about 20 minutes we thought we should just get back inside! My mom, Charlie and I all took turns going down with June, I think it might have been too much for her though. I think the snow flying in her face was a little scary. Maybe just the bunny hill for the rest of the season, Mt. Everest next winter.

By the way, if I look super dorky like this on any other occasion, please let me know. I was nice and warm, but I don't know if looking like a conehead was worth it. Did everyone notice Grandma Joy is wearing a hat! Obviously it was pretty cold if she threw one on. Remember, we must all be a good example for June!

Holiday Program

2008-12-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

June had her first Holiday Program last night at her daycare center.

We had practiced her song for a couple of weeks, but I think all of the toddlers came up with some major performance anxiety because they all just sat there while their song was playing. Pretty cute. June got plopped right in front (by chance), much to our delight! She just kept her fingers in her mouth looking around, but managed not to cry like a couple of the other toddlers did. The theme this year was "The Mitten", based on a children's book. Their songs had a mitten theme and the kids were supposed to wear mittens and hats. You'll notice June isn't wearing either, still not sure what happened there. Jeff and I actually labored over what mittens and hat to bring too! Bummer.

You can see in one of the pictures, a little boy crying (to her left in the stripes). That's Cooper.

I guess he and June hug and kiss, which oddly enough makes me a little queasy.

When we bought her dress and shoes, we looked at them and thought "No way, these will be too big", but sadly they were not and our little girl is growing up.

She kind of tap danced around the house in her shoes last night with Jeff. We tried to show her some Riverdance moves, but I think she just thought we were nuts. She'll learn to accept that sooner or later.

Hollidazzle Holiday Parade!

2008-12-09T11:45:00.000-08:00

Jeff and I took June to the Hollidazzle parade in Minneapolis last Friday. It was our first big snowfall of the season and it was really pretty. Traffic was a nightmare getting there, rush hour + snow storm = grumpy mom, but once we were there and found a spot on the curb, we enjoyed the snow and the pretty parade lights. We couldn't tell if June was having fun or not, but once she started leaning out as far as she could go, stretching, trying to see the floats and lights; we knew she was enjoying it. Her poor little cheeks look so red, but so do Jeff's, so she must get that from her dad. I on the other hand look as pale as usual; not even a snowy, 12 degree evening can give this girl a glow darn it.

My mom and Charlie met us for the parade too, they said they had a good time too; but I think that was mostly about watching June and not the parade!

Boooooo!

2008-11-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

I suppose I loaded these in the wrong order(but I'm not knowledgeable enough to switch them around), we started out making our Jack-o-lanterns, earlier in the week, then we went trick-or-treating (2 houses!). She enjoyed seeing the kids show up at our house more than she enjoyed being out there. Maybe next year when candy is an actual commodity to her.

June seemed relatively comfortable in her costume, I think maybe the hat part bugged her, but she was a pretty good sport and left it alone for the most part.

She was a skunk, but people kept asking her to say mooooo, so I guess the tail was the most important component of the costume. One of the older little girls at daycare kept telling June to stay away from her because she didn't want to get sprayed. So, there's probably a story there, poor girl.

Very fun Halloween this year, Jeff and I got to eat all of June's candy, makes us all the more excited for next year.

Lead by example.

First Haircut!!!!! (or the de-mulleting ceremony)

2008-10-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

Before.

(It never did look this horrible normally, they brushed it down and she put on a perfect "I'm so miserable, my hair is a fright" face. )
She was so good, she sat quietly, taking it all in.
She couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror!
Closing her eyes, she's such a pro!

She looks like she's feeling like a new woman!
Ready to take on the world with her new haircut!

After.

(I can't believe it was such a dramatic change, I felt so awful waiting so long in the first place!)
Just beautiful!

Fabulous Fall!

2008-10-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

I think her head needs to grow a little more, or this just might be for large-faced freak children!

It really was not a large slide at all, but for some reason June and I are acting like it's a huge roller-coaster or something. Weird.

June picked out some nice pumpkins. These smaller ones were the Archie and Rose pumpkins.
She was ready to bring them all home I think. (That's Dawn's foot there, Hi Dawn!)

We had a fun day on Saturday, picked out some pumpkins with Dad and Auntie Gayle. My friend Dawn's work was having a fall festival type thing, so we went to check it out. Still hoping we have a chance to do a Hayride this year and pick some apples, but at least we have pumpkins now.

Jeff is convinced that Hayrides are super dangerous (apparently he knew someone who fell off and was run over, by the trailer-not the tractor) Dad is a little paranoid and protective. No way! Boys can be paranoid and protective too? Of all the things to be paranoid about........Oh well, we love you anyway sweetie!

Sweetie.

2008-10-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

On the 21st June and I flew up to Anchorage to visit Jeff (trip pictures to come); and we didn't make it on the first flight that day, so we had to wait around for the next flight some hours later.

Mom picked up June and I at the airport and took us to lunch, we also stopped by the National Cemetery to visit my grandparents.

Somehow June decided that headstones should be hugged and she proceeded to walk around giving the white marble a quick cuddle.

I'm sure she made whomever was looking down on us that day smile!

No Way! A post!

2008-09-12T12:58:00.000-07:00

Last weekend June and I went out to my mom's house and stopped by the park near there. She had a really good time and it was a lot of fun to watch her. She started on the "small slide", but I think she's a little adrenaline junky, so we had to upgrade to the bigger slides after a while. She's getting so big I can't believe it. Our little girl is growing up!

Bravely walking the plank. She's soooo excited to do it on her own!
June swinging with Grandma Joy.

A Beautiful June Day!

2008-06-16T11:46:00.000-07:00

June and I enjoyed a beautiful day at the Memorial Gardens this weekend. She really hasn't had much opportunity to walk about outside, the gardens are perfect because they have pretty, paved paths and it's quiet.

She did a great job walking around, such a pro already! She ate some dirt, smelled the flowers and was much admired by other folks out and about that day.

We might have to make this a regular outing; it's so close to the house and it's so peaceful!

Cosmo Girl

2008-06-10T13:27:00.001-07:00

June sings the Blues!
Jeff and I had to do some birthday shopping for June (shhhhhhhh), so Gayle and June had a girls day out and had lunch downtown with Mom, Charlie, Sara and Terry at Brits pub (hence the pint, which I was assured she did not sample!). The Blues Festival was right across the street, so they enjoyed a few songs and June got a couple of Downtown Cool Girl tips from Auntie Gayle!
Look out Mary Tyler Moore!

2008-06-02T13:29:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Hyde and June just taking it easy this weekend. She really loved just sitting there and swinging. She just needed an ice tea and she'd be set!

Is the Bug a Bully?

2008-05-23T07:28:00.001-07:00

Jeff and I had a "parent-teacher conference" at June's daycare last week; and as we were arriving, the kids were going out for a stroll. I've never seen her in the big 4 seater before, so we stopped and got a couple of pictures. She's the oldest in the bunch now, so I guess she got the prime spot in the front seat! Kind of like a roller coaster, you sit in the front for the most action.
The little girl next to her is Bridgette, in one shot she's super grumpy looking, in the next her hat is pulled over her face. This is because June kept trying to pull her hat off, she just kept reaching over and terrorizing poor Bridgette. I think they managed to have an OK time despite June being a little bit of a booger!

Muffins with Mom

2008-05-15T12:57:00.000-07:00

June's daycare hosted a 'Muffins With Mom' brunch on the 8th, to celebrate Mother's Day. My mom and I went (it was Grandma's birthday too!) and enjoyed seeing some of the others kids with their mom's and some of June's artwork. We had some muffins and made a crumby mess.

I enjoyed my first Mother's Day very much, June and I spent the day with Gayle and my mom; Mom made a great brunch at her house (still feel bad that she made us food on her day), June was running a fever and didn't want to take a nap, so I really had a chance to do some real "mommin' " for Mother's Day!

The Highchair Chronicles

2008-04-25T13:39:00.001-07:00

For some reason we have a lot of photos of June in her highchair. I guess it's because a majority of her time at home M-F is around dinner time. She seems to do the silliest things at this time, so we always have the camera ready.
This is a crazy "J" pancake, she's obviously mad that we don't have the "J" facing the right direction.

These two are "Happy, Messy, Shepards Pie Face" and
" Messy, Don't make me eat anymore, Shepards Pie Face"

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She skipped a nap on this day, so she was really tired at dinner time.

One second she was crying and the next she had drifted off to sleep (still holding her spoon!)

We were going to try and get her into bed (we weren't sure how we would do it), but luckily Rosie barked and woke her up, so we were saved from putting her to bed covered in food. I suppose we would have really regretted it come morning (if she let us make it that far!)

Happy Birthday Gavin!

2008-04-16T13:49:00.001-07:00

June was a guest at Gavin's 2nd Birthday party this past weekend. Gavin is the son of some friends of ours, Tricia and Keith.

It was an Elmo themed party, so Tricia asked everyone to come in red for Gavin, which was a really fun idea I thought. June got to play with Gavin and his friend Moira, who just turned 1 a couple of weeks back. June might be younger, but she could sure hang with the big kids.; runnin' wit' 'da big dawgs! Very fun now, but probably not so much later on.

A very fun day, but we found out on the following Monday that June has pink eye; so I feel horrible that she exposed the other kids. Hopefully they all manage to avoid it.

June's been a real sport about the whole thing though and it only takes 5 adults to hold her down for her eye drops!

Little Helper!

2008-04-07T10:36:00.000-07:00

June was a lot of fun this weekend and such a big help! We had the refrigerator door open to put some groceries away and she just waltzed over and wanted to touch everything in there!
She found the cauliflower particularly interesting, but I'm doubtful if she'll enjoy it as much when it comes time to eat it! Jeff got this on video too, what you can't see in these pictures is June going for the cup full of cranberry juice, spilling it all over the shelf, the floor, the food, herself and me saying &*#! It did make us notice how dirty the coils under the refrigerator were, so those got cleaned too. I told you, what a helper!

All Hail The Starfish Queen

2008-03-25T06:31:00.001-07:00

Howdy June!

2008-03-25T06:15:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of pictures from daycare yesterday. I love if I can sneak in and watch her while she plays, but she caught me this time. She crawled over and said hello. Very cute. Made Mom feel really good.

Easter Fun

2008-03-24T09:36:00.001-07:00

Easter was a lot of fun this year, obviously.

June had a pretty new dress and shoes, a lady at church said she really looked like Easter, so that can't be a bad thing.

We went to Grandma Joy's house and had a nice Easter brunch and tried to have an Easter egg hunt. Wasn't so much a hunt as it was a sacrifice; we basically laid them out in front of her, hoping she would be interested. She did enjoy the cheerios' inside, as did O'Malley!

Nothing topped the jello eggs that Grandma made though. June thought jello was pretty fun, she giggled and slurped and was pretty stained at the end. Luckily the red food colouring came off in her bath that night; I would have been so embarrassed to bring her in to daycare with a bright chin and cheeks! They probably would have thought it was a crazy rash and sent her home for the day!

Our Charming Lass

2008-03-21T09:25:00.000-07:00

I warned everyone that I would lose some steam on this blog, but I'm back more determined than ever!

We took June to the St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Paul on Saturday. I'm convinced that this is probably only fun if you're very intoxicated. Which is our plan for next year! It was very cold and we probably didn't have June dressed properly, hence mommy's mittens on June's little hands (and arms!). I'm not sure if she saw much, Jeff said she was in a kind of coma, sleeping with her eyes open, trying to conserve heat and energy. She caught some beads (didn't do anything naughty to get them! ) and she got to show off her shamrock t-shirt, which seemed awfully small for being 12 mos., but I suppose she had all of those layers on underneath, it's not her fault she looks like Chris Farley (may he rest in peace)! It was just nice to be outside with her and I think we're all looking forward to fun adventures with her in the future!

Arizona

2008-02-21T09:44:00.000-08:00

June and I flew down to see Grandma Lorna and Grandpa Carl on Saturday! Jeff had to stay home to get some work done, but he helped us to catch the flight (the very last seat!) and made sure that the we made it off okay. It was pretty exciting because it was June's first flight and she was just wonderful. Everyone around us kept saying how happy she was and how great she was doing. Some people didn't even know she was there, so that was a big relief.

Carl and Lorna got to show off June to some of their friends, The Larsons, The Lhotkas and The Parriots. She even got to meet her Great Aunt Kathy for the first time. Luckily the weather was just great and we got to take the RV up to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum . They have a beautiful variety of gardens, and thousands of plants. Lorna got to do some off roading on her scooter! Definatley worth a trip back. It was cool to just have June outside in some fresh air! It was such a fun weekend and I'm so happy that June finally got to hang out with her grandparents. She was pretty goofy; growling and chewing on tables, scaring poor Ginger, riding on the golf cart with Grandpa, making a mess with her food.

We had to leave on Monday evening to be able to make it back before Wednesday, so a pretty short trip, but I think we managed to pack a lot of fun into it! Thanks Carl and Lorna!

Bond, June Bond

2008-02-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

We bought this little tunnel plaything at Ikea a couple years ago for Rosie. I got it out last night to see if June would be interested or not; and she was so courageous, she just crawled right through it to get to me on the other side! It even took some coaxing to get Rosie to run through it again, so I was really impressed that June was so adventerous! It really did remind me of the James Bond credits though! Who knows, maybe she's a future Bond Girl!

Sleepy Girl

2008-02-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

Kind of a dark picture, but was taken with my cell phone today at lunch. I went home to let the dogs out and on my way back I stopped by daycare to visit June really quickly. Wouldn't you know it, she was taking a nap! The only child taking a nap!

Everyone else was running around playing, but our little Junebug was sawing wood like a lumber jack (she must get that from her Dad! or Grandpa Carl from what I hear!)

It was so hard not to wake her up and give her a little hug, so I just snapped a picture instead.

Cutie Pie.

Auntie Gayle and Polka Dots!

2008-02-05T11:19:00.000-08:00

June spent Sunday afternoon with Gayle, Mom & Charlie.

They got to see her crawling skills in action and she can really zip along now! This little polka dot coverall is super cute, but we knew Grandma Joy would just hate it, so it's now offically the "Grandma's House Outfit"! Jeff and I are so cruel! Auntie Gayle helped stave off Grandma's attempts at changing her and when the day was over she came home in her polka dots! Victory is ours!

Poor little June has such a stuffy nose, luckily these pictures don't capture the goopy, drippy, sticky mess that seems to collect on her upper lip! Not for the faint-hearted.

Playing Hookey and Eating Broccoli

2008-01-31T06:13:00.000-08:00

I had to take June to the doctors yersterday, she's had a cough and a fever and her daycare called me at work yesterday to say she wasn't doing too well, so I picked her up and we made an appointment. We called Grandma and asked if she could meet us for a last minute lunch since we had some time before hand. June got to "eat" broccoli for the first time. She really hasn't tried anything other than baby food, rice cereal, some banana and pasta; so this was really fun. I don't know what I was thinking, broccoli can be very messy. I wasn't prepared either since we came right from daycare and I didn't have her bag, hence the table napkin Little Rascals style. She needed something to gnaw on and distract her, it was either the broccoli or a coaster, luckily Grandma had her camera. The doctor said it was just a cold, she still had a fever this moring, so she stayed home with Dad (who's sick too!), so hopefully Archie and Rose take good care of them today!

2008-01-23T07:02:00.000-08:00

A very determined June.

2008-01-23T06:58:00.000-08:00

June enjoying a good book!

2008-01-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

June and Archie taking a nap.

June in the Mornin'

2008-01-23T06:39:00.000-08:00

June really enjoys her daycare. She smiles so big when she sees the daycare ladies and the other kids in the morning. This is her today, watching her little friend Jack coming in. I always give her a little hug and kiss when I go, but she's too busy to notice; "Mom, don't embarrass me!"

Gran's House

2008-01-21T10:45:00.001-08:00

June had a sleep over at Mom and Charlie's on Saturday night. Looks like they put her to work doing some dishes, but let her rest to eat and show off her little belly. She also got to model a new outfit that Grandma bought her. Jeff and I went to dinner and a movie, but we're so out of practice at the whole "Date Night" thing, that we tipped our waiter twice and were in bed by 10. We did manage to get some quality sleep, but we both woke up a couple times thinking we heard June! We're a sad lot.

I'm a Junebug too!

2008-01-18T10:34:00.000-08:00

Junebug is in good company. Jeff said he already knew about the airplane (Mr. Smarty Pilot Man), but there are some really fun Junebug's out there. Dawn gave her a hosta 'June' last fall and I know there is a daylily 'Siloam June Bug'. Beware of the movie "JuneBug", it's horrible and depressing and I made the mistake of watching it while I was pregnant, just take my word for it, no good. Mom and Charlie found out the hard way, they bought a copy. Too bad the actual bug is so darn ugly.

Scrunchy Nose

2008-01-17T05:35:00.000-08:00

June has discovered how to make little faces now. She loves to crinkle and scrunch her nose, which turns into an adorable smile. Gayle got this great picture of her doing it the other day, this is her in the little hospital gown at Children's ER. The only thing we could do to entertain her was blow up one of the rubber gloves and let her play with it. We were worried the hospital would scold us for wasting/stealing a glove; but that's nothing compared to the hazmat bags that Jeff and I took for her poopy diapers!

Crawling

2008-01-16T08:07:00.000-08:00

June is still working on crawling, she's not doing an actual crawl, but I'm still amazed that she figures out a way to get to where she wants to be.

On The Mend

2008-01-16T06:08:00.000-08:00

Well June is feeling much, much better. She had a great day at daycare yesterday and was really pooped by the end of the day. I think she must have been really starved for fun (and food!) after the long week at home with boring old mom and dad. She was a little glutton yesterday and ate more than she ever has in a single day. When I dropped her off in the morning I gave them a warning that she may be a little fussy and refuse to eat, but I picked her up and they said how great she did and how happy she was; so she must have been milking it at home with me and Jeff.