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Summery Summary

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Oh my goodness, folks.  I have done a horrible job documenting what we’ve done this summer.  Blame the blog book; it sucked up all my time.  Let’s do a quick catch-up post.

Madison celebrated her first Fourth of July in style complete with a glow stick crown and patriotic outfit:

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We all had fun watching the city fireworks show:

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I enrolled Brooke and Caroline in a craft class through the city to keep us busy for a couple of weeks during the summer.  They loved it.

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This little guy’s head was full of grass seeds.  We watered him and watched his hair grow.  Then Brooke got to give him haircuts:

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Brooke did this one on her own at home:

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We thought her little Perler bead people were so cute:

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Spencer was proud of his Perler bead creation:

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We went to a parade.  I have a great idea!  How about if we take a family picture with no kids looking at the camera?  Done.

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Grandma joined us for the parade:

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Good thing, too!  She got Madison to sleep:

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We went to a Real Salt Lake game.  The kids looked so cute waiting for Dallas to catch up to us after parking the car:

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Our team lost.

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But we got ice cream after, so we’ll count that as a win:

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We had a family dinner at my aunt and uncle’s house.  The chickens were as entertaining as ever:

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My cousins from out of state were visiting and Brooke and Caroline had the best time playing with them:

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Madison started doing this funny thing where she’d pucker up and poke her tongue out of her mouth.  Shortly after this we noticed a little white spot on her gums.  Teeth!  Then we waited a month for the “teeth” to emerge and they never did and the white spot is now gone.

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Madison started doing this other funny thing where she’d grab her foot, pull it close to her mouth, and suck on her toes:

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What’s that you say?  It’s not unusual for babies to suck on their toes?  All of your babies did that?  Well, excuse me.  I’ve never had a baby do this.  It seems my and Dallas’s extreme inflexibility has rubbed off on most of our offspring and they were never able to get their feet anywhere near their mouths.

Our neighborhood had its annual summer barbecue and fireworks show.  Dallas exiled our children to the outer regions of the park when the sparklers came out.  He’s permanently scarred (literally and figuratively) from when his sister jammed a sparkler into his hand and now forbids the children from getting near them.  I think they were secretly happy to have an excuse not to participate.  They are a little nervous around those things anyway.

 

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A family in our neighborhood organizes a bike ride/breakfast that we love to participate in every year:

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And that is a basic summary of what we have done the past couple of months.  It’s hard to believe the summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner!

Comparisons

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I remember finding a picture of both Brooke and Caroline on their tummies at about 3 months of age wearing the same pink striped sleeper.  I knew I wanted to photograph Madison in the same outfit and pose.  Here are all three babies.  Can you tell who is who?

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What the heck – we’ll throw Spencer into the mix also:

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That was so much fun, let’s do another one.  When I was in the hospital after having Brooke, Dallas took a picture of me holding Brooke up to my chest.  I loved that picture so much that I made him recreate that picture each time I had a baby.  Can you identify the baby?

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Memory Grove Park

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I sort of feel like I should retire from blogging after my last post.  Every single one of my siblings commented which was unprecedented.  If you know my Dad and haven’t read all the comments from my siblings for that post, you should go revisit it.  Hilarious stuff.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago the weather was so mild that we decided to take advantage and go explore Memory Grove Park.  We left and realized we were driving into a rainstorm.  I was a little nervous the rain would ruin our plans, but Dallas stayed the course and by the time we got to the park there were only a few rogue raindrops falling.  We ended up having a great time hiking the trails.

Right off the bat Brooke caught a snake and he was our hiking companion the rest of the evening:

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Madison was so bright-eyed looking around at everything and taking it all in:

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Spencer was wearing his “gloves” during the hike.  (They’re really socks that the kids use as gloves when they’re playing Frozen.)  As we walked we frequently heard Spencer mumble, “Conceal it.  Don’t feel it.  Don’t let it show.”

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As we were leaving a nice man said, “You guys look like you need a family picture.”  How did he know?  Behold, I give you only the second picture we have in existence of all six of us together:

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Three Months

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How has it already been three months since this little lady was born?

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I’ll use this three-month milestone as a good excuse for me to post all the pictures of Madison that I’ve taken lately.  Here we go!

Caroline continues to love her little sister fiercely:

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I gave Madison stick-up hair one day to see how long it was:

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It’s long enough for a hair clippie:

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Shall we talk about her sleep habits?

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She has officially slept through the night on a few occasions.  Hallelujah!

In addition to sleeping in longer stretches at night, Madison also usually takes about a five-hour nap after lunch (in addition to her other shorter naps in the morning and evening).  It’s a beautiful thing.

We can tell she’s really enjoying her nap if she starts foaming at the mouth:

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Pretty impressive spit bubbles if you ask me.

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Lately Brooke has started grabbing the camera and shooting pictures without my knowledge.  One day I saw she had given Madison two of her ponies as props for a picture:

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Another day Caroline decided Madison needed to be in the company of babies her own size:

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Madison is smiling, cooing, almost laughing, rolling from tummy to back (yesterday for the first time!) and discovering her hands:

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We just love our little girl!

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