Where did June go?

I know, I know....we have been totally falling down on our postings over the last 2 months. I'll give you the short run down and then get on with the business of posting a few new cute pics from the last 2 months!

In May: we put an offer in on our first house and it was accepted. We'll post before and after pictures soon...we have a little more settling in to do before we are ready to release images of the new house to the PD fans. As well, Ty and me went to a friend's wedding in the Hamptons, helped Tyler's sister and her husband move into their new house, and attended Tyler's other sister's college graduation in Iowa. Intense! Thus...you'll note....there are very few pics from the 2nd half of May/1st half of June.

In June: we closed on our house and Eleanor began working more or less full time hours to try and get it into shape. Ty helped when work allowed. Greta spent the month bouncing around from daycare to family members' care all month. So you'll notice...not alot of pics from June. A June bright spot: cousin Evelyn's baptism in mid-June! Luckily Uncle Dan took some pics of the girls together in Alabama.

And July....really....is it July? We moved in the last weekend in June and 1 week later Eleanor took off for Kentucky to work at an ASP sight with the Lake Harriet Youth. Great fun, but it made for a nutty week for the Preacher back here at home who kept Greta all week (yay daddy!). So here we are. We'll catch up eventually.....

A few Greta firsts over the last few months: her vocabulary has literally exploded. Everything has a name- from watermelon to airplane to her yellow crocs to mommy's lap. She's even venturing into verbs like walk, eat, jump ("bump"...but the context helps us out!). It's totally amazing to watch. She's beginning to count and loves it when you give her a countdown to go down her slide in the backyard. Gboo LOVES Elmo...and will drop everything at the sound of his voice. She's fairly agile now and runs everywhere, loves to spin "round and around", climbs on EVERYTHING...she's generally fearless which is both awesome and scarey for G's mommy! She is very into other kiddos and loves to follow big kids around (daycare is great for this!). Gboo also is making her preferences known...she names the books she wants to read before bedtime, she insists on particular shoes (the crocs are the current favorite), and of course there are some foods that fly and some that don't but now she vocalizes her distaste/enjoyment which is a real hoot. Gboo also is much more prone to give lovies (an extended hug more or less) without being asked and gives kisses too (before they were mostly "blown kisses"). We have ventured into tantrum land, which is less fun. However, the new stuff that 18 months has brought generally outweigh the challenges of this age so we are cool with it.

The Preacher and his wife are tired and ready to feel settled into the new place, but we're making it and excited that the light is at the end of the tunnel. We are already enjoying backyard barbeques (like every night because our kitchen is torn up!) and evenings spent on our back patio...and Jerz is thrilled with his backyard too! So all in all we are doing well and promise to get back to regular blogging soon! Thanks for being patient with us and now enjoy a few photos!