June 15, 2014

Steve's Retirement

Josh's dad, Steve, retired from teaching at DACC back in May.  He has taught Economics there for many years.  We had a nice family party to celebrate at Pizza Inn on Father's Day in June.  Cousins Megan and Susan got a yummy cake.  Golfing was the theme, as that is what Steve will be doing every day now!  He golfed almost every day, even when he was working!

Baby Aleah & Baby Dash
The Downing Men
Aunt Sherry is a baby lover!
Baby Liam
Landon
Smiley Aleah
Steve with all of his kids and grandkids!

June 14, 2014

Landon's B-day Party

Jacob, Hannah, Landon, Casen (Landon's cousin on his mom's side), 
and Dash (our kids' 1st Cousin once removed) with his dad, Mike

 My nephew Landon turned 3 on June 10th!  It's crazy to think that he was the kids' first cousin, and now in  3 years, they have 6 first cousins-3 girls and 3 boys so far!
 Aleah slept through the party; are we surprised?

June 11, 2014

Aleah's 2nd Month

Aleah is now two months old!  At her 2 month (and 5 days) appointment, she weighed 13 lbs. 2 oz.  and was 25 " long.  She is a tall girl!  She started wearing 3-6 month clothes before she was even 2 months old!  This is a big difference from Hannah, who was still wearing NB clothes at 2 months! (But a lot of her 0-3 still fits too.)
The best thing about this month was that Aleah starting smiling!  This may be the best milestone, in my opinion.  Although sleeping through the night is a great one too.  We're not quite there, but she's doing really well.  She only got up once pretty much every single night.  One night, we didn't go to bed until midnight, and she slept until 7 am!  We're back to sleeping in my room now.   
Aleah is a paci girl!  
I started giving Aleah occasional bottles early on because Jacob never did learn to take one.  
She does just fine with it, and the kids love to help!
Grandma Teresa got her this bib before we knew she was a girl.
Sleepy faces....

I think she looks like a Sudlow in these pictures!

She and I have spent A LOT of time in this chair!
All ready for Uncle Tristan's graduation with her new outfit from Grandma Jody.

Hannah and Jacob still adore her!

Her new purple outfit from Aleah Carder!
All ready for church!
She loves her bouncy seat!  This is where she sleeps!

Some cute outfits from Great Uncle Art and Great Aunt Linda!

Trying out the Bumbo for the first time.  She needs a little help with her head.
Sisters!

June 7, 2014

Festivals

Our family got to go to two fun festivals, which were luckily on different days this year-The Homer Soda Fest and The Strawberry Festival!
Of course we had to get cute new romper dresses and hairbows :)
Like every other event, Aleah slept through it all!
Hannah and Jacob enjoyed bounce houses, carnival games, and yummy food!!!


June 2, 2014

Best Day Ever

Grandma Teresa and I took the kids to Champaign for the day, and they declared it the "best day ever!"  We packed in as much fun as possible:
  • We went to a playground we've never been to before
  • We met Papa Ed and Uncle Paul at Monical's
  • We went to the mall and rode the carousel
  • We got ice cream cones at McDonald's
  • We went to Prairie Farm Petting Zoo, where we also got to see Aunt Betsy