summer is halfway over...

"oh boy! swimming at the loomis' pool. thanks debbie!"

the 4th was great. dad and i swam together...

and we ate lots of food and relaxed with friends.

playing with some of the menconi cousins

the drake girls were in town for a few days...

we played and played...

and ate and ate.

my friend, brighton turned 3. it was my first time at a birthday party.

grammy got me a new fire engine. i think i am pretty hot stuff.

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isaac turned 11 months today which means in exactly one month he will be a year old. it is a bit insane to consider this fact, so we are trying to distract ourselves by pinning our son down long enough to change his diaper. it is not nearly as easy as it sounds and, in fact, the only ways to actually achieve this are to 1) find a toy he will be occupied with long enough, or more likely 2) wrap your legs around him is such a way that his movement is severely limited yet your access to those little velcro tabs is not. apparently he's got places to go and stuff to stick in his mouth so he can't be bothered with things like pants.

his new favorite game is to flip light switches, especially the ones that turn on and off the many ceiling fans throughout our house. he will push the switch with his thumb, then turn around to see the magic of electricity at work. it will immediately put him in a good mood when he wakes up from his nap all grumpy. oh, if only all of life were full of such simple joys.