The weather is warm and we are enjoying our time outside! You would wear a summer dress every single day if I would let you. In fact, you get in trouble for crying when I tell you that you can’t wear a dress on any given day. It’s crazy and it’s definitely a girl thing. You also love our swimming and splash pad days. You have SIX bathing suits this summer. SIX! But you have had lots of chances to wear them all. We go to the swimming pool at least once a week, to the splash pad once or twice a week, and we have a little pool in our backyard for you to play in when we’re home. Summer has been really fun so far!
May 5 - The illustrator of the Fancy Nancy books (Robin Priess Glasser) was at Barnes and Noble today. You were able to hear her speak, meet her, get her autograph on one of your books, and look inside her tour RV. Tatum came with us and we met Natalie and her family there. It was really fun and you loved wearing your fanciest dress!
May 11 - Today we told you that we are going to have a baby! You have been praying with us every evening for a very long time asking God to give us a baby. You were very happy about the news! Then Grams and Pops and Uncle Caleb and his family came over and we shared our news with them. They were all so excited and happy for us! Especially Grams!
Then you put your tiny baby doll under your dress and told us that you had a baby in your tummy too! It was cute!
May 12 - Today was Mothers Day. We told Grandpa and Nana that we were expecting a baby. The really neat thing is that Aunt Jessica is expecting a baby at the very same time! We are both due to have babies on or near December 11th. We made a special book of photos for Nana to open as a special way to share our news with her. She was very surprised and excited! It was a very special day.
Here are some of the photos that were in Nana's special book.
And here are some photos that I used to share the news with our friends online.
We are so excited to finally be able to give you a baby brother or sister! You can't wait until the baby arrives!
May 15 - Today was Parents Day at your gymnastics class. I had a great time watching you do all the things you have learned! It's fun to see you and Zuri enjoying yourselves together in class.
May 16 - Today you when we talked about eating at McDonald’s you called it “Old MacDonald’s.” I thought that was so funny!
May 17 - Today you called dandelions “Daniel-lions.”
May 22 - You said, “It’s an enormous tiny little book!” I love how you try to use words you have heard us say even when you’re not quite sure how to use them.
May 27 - More cute Penny sayings! You call your goggles “gobbles” and a hula hoop a “hula scoop.” How funny! Today was Memorial Day and we spent the day with Grams & Pops in Claremore. We ate burgers at their house and you played in the sprinkler. Then we went to Claremore Lake and had a great time together! You were a busy girl and kept us all on our toes!
Found a turtle at Pops' house!
All wet after some sprinkler fun.
Grams lets you have lots of cookies!
Fun with Daddy at the lake
You and Pops found lots of turtles while looking over the bridge!
June 4 - Here is the video of you singing a made up song to your baby Lucy. Looks like you're practicing being a great big sister already!
June 7 - You already love to kiss the baby!
And you are practicing taking care of a baby. You tell me you can change diapers and hold the baby and help give the baby a bath. Here is a photo of you practicing giving a baby a bath. So cute!
June 8 - You told your daddy, “I hope you’re the best daddy in the world!” Hmmm... is that a compliment?
June 10 - Today you were playing with a measuring tape and you measured me. I asked you, “How tall am I Penny?” and you replied, “Fifty-six pounds!” Later when you measured me again you told me I was “eleven-sixty pounds.” I love your math skills!
June 12 - We love to teach you new words and what they mean. And there is even a game you like to play on my iPad that is designed to build your vocabulary. That’s why it was so cute today when you said, “Nosey; that means for when your nose is running!”
June 17 - Another vocabulary lesson from you today: “Excluded means you’re really really cluded like clue.”
June 27 - You thought wearing my bra was pretty cool. I thought it was hilarious! After this, you striped down to your underwear, put my bra on again, and said, "I'm ready to go swimming now!" Haha!
June 28 - Today we had a "Gender Reveal Party" at Nana's house. Aunt Jessica and I had the party together to tell our families whether we were having a baby boy or a baby girl. Her family was there, my family (the Starrs) were there, and of course the Palmer family was there. (Samuel and Andrew both had to miss it though.) We had special cakes made to reveal our news. Grams cut my cake open and saw that the icing was... PINK! We are having a girl! You are going to have a little sister!
And guess what?!? Aunt Jessica is having a baby girl too! This December will be very exciting!
Here we are with our pieces of cake. They each have pink icing in the center to reveal that we're having girls!
Then I got to tell you our baby's name. Her name will be Ariana. You were so excited to find out that our baby is a girl!
Here are some photos we took to share the news with our friends. You are going to be a great big sister, I just know it!
Before you found out that our baby was a girl, you changed your mind all the time about what you wanted. It seemed like every time someone asked you what you were hoping for, or what you thought the baby was, you switched from boy to girl and then back again. Fortunately, on the day of the party, you were hoping for a girl. So you were very happy!
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