Photo Favorites : June 30-July 6, 2014

I thought June was busy…and then July hit.  We’ve been so busy, yet I feel like we haven’t seen friends much.  I keep telling people “let’s get together soon”, but can’t ever figure out a time to get together.  Oh well, I’m sure everyone is busy in the summer.  We’ve actually been doing better at making dinner – partly because we need to have food for Jenson to eat now.  He typically eats the parts of our meals that are ok for him (protein, produce, grains, etc), but we cut things up and season them less for him.  Often I need to cook steam an extra fruit for veggie for him.  He usually eats earlier than us, so he usually has whatever we had for dinner for lunch or for dinner the next day.  I feel  like I spend so much time in the kitchen just getting meals together for him so that he has variety.  We’ll eat the same thing for 4 meals in a row, but I feel like he should have more variety.

Boof hates that I’m busy.  She follows me around and isn’t happy until I sit down on the couch and put my computer on my lap – which hasn’t been until 10-1030 for the last few weeks.  Poor spoiled baby pie.

So I’m playing catchup.  Here are my photo favorites from the first week of June.  Still need to edit the rest!

1. We decided to go to the Zoo on a whim on June 3 after work.  It was nice and cool out (cooler than we thought, hence the blanket).
2. We got to see the new African safari area – it was really neat and they did a good job at looking like it was all open and like the animals are roaming free together.  The lions were separate from the other animals (for good reason) but the way it was built, you couldn’t really see the divide that well.  The two lions on the left were chilling together and the other female walked over.  I was filming it walking over and greeting the male, and the male got up and mounted the female.  We we got to the area, no one was around hardly…but people had flooded the area right around then, so there were a ton of people around and everyone was laughing and parents were hightailing it out of there.  Awkward lion porn.  The lady decided she wasn’t into him and she walked away.
3. They’re number 14. I was trying to find a quiet empty area to nurse Jenson (the Zoo was almost closed), and as soon as I’d find somewhere and sit down, people would flock to the area and be loud.  He’s so distractable now that I had to just find a bench in an open area away from any of the exhibits.  People were walking through, but they were just passing by and not being loud about the animals.

5. – 8.  Jenson’s first 4th of July Parade.  We went with friends to a nearby neighborhood and they really do it up for the parade.  The streets within the ‘hood build floats and have a competition.  The last pic was afterwards when we ran into a store to get food for a cookout at their house and he passed out.  Parades are tiring!
I know you’re probably jealous of his outfit.  I was glad it wasn’t too hot that day because the night before I remembered that I bought this one piece jumper for him while Christmas shopping and it was going to fit just right for the 4th of July, so I dug it out of his storage clothing bin and washed it the night before.

9. and 10. More parade pics with us
11. He and Ryan were staring each other down.
12. With one of his favorite kids!

13. Kisses from Elli!
14. I love how she’s smiling at Lo.  He was throwing her up in the air, so she was pretty thrilled with him.
15. Practicing faces
16. Zombie-ing mama

17. and 18. His first time in a swing.  Lo hung one in our tree but decided it wasn’t hanging quite right.  He enjoyed it though!
19. and 20. My mom picked up this outfit at a garage sale – it’s so cute!  He wore it for a bit, but it’s too tight in the legs, so I’ll see if it fits Max.

21. – 24.  Jenson is 39 weeks old!  The picture with Boof cracks me up…they are sitting the same and have the same expression!

25. – 28.  9 months old!  Oh man…

29. – 32. Just playing with me after his pictures.

33.  Pretty babypie Boofypants
34. Showing the food in his mouth
35. and 36. Baby yoga!  Upward dog/cobra

37. She doesn’t usually sit up against us, but I guess she was feeling extra lovey that night.
38. Excited for a morning walk on the weekend
39. Um…I guess he gets some faces from me…
40. Bathing al fresco

41. He loves driving his car.
42. In reverse/checking blindspot
43. Yabos with Uncle Chuck (he misses Aunt Kelley desperately)44. Ending the week with a walk in the kinderpack (he was passed out by the time we got back to the house.).