Still trying to get caught up on these posts! We were VERY busy in July...as usual :) We celebrated birthdays, a baptism, & of course the 4th of July! All the celebrating sure did make the month fly by, but its always on of my favs! Especially this year since I was on maternity leave :)
First, we celebrated Gwen's 1 month birthday!
Just for fun, here is her brother and sister at the same age :) I'm thinking she's a pretty good combo at this point!
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| Gretch 1 Month! |
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Grady 1 Month!
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Next up on the calendar, we celebrated the oldest sister in the family's 4th birthday!! On her actual birthday, July 13, we took her to a store that I feel may have been named after her...Sweet & Sassy :) She had a blast getting her nails, hair, and makeup done! We of course started out the morning with "balls of poop" (aka donut drive-in)...and ended at her fav restaurant...Chris's pancake house!
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| Birthday Breakfast! |
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| Grady joining in too. |
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| PRESENTS! |
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| Opening of the presents :) |
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| Grady shopping at Sweet & Sassy :) |
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| Nails... |
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| Hair... |
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| Makeup... |
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| Gwen really enjoying the day :) |
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| And the finished product!! |
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| Nothing like ending the day with Chris's Pancakes :) |
Then of course we had a fam celebration at Gigi & Pops! Of course...more sweets and more presents!
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| Pink sparkle Toms! |
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| Princess art box :) |
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Pops entertaining us all as John Truit from Meet Me in St. Louis.
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Next up on our calendar for July was the baptism of little Miss Gwen. With Mary being the Godmother...and living in KC, we were limited to a small window to get this gal baptized. It worked out perfect on July 15...my 31st bday :) We had the baptism at 2pm at St. Clement with a reception following at Nonna and Grandpa's. It turned out to be a great day! Gwen wore the same gown that the other two have worn, so now all I need to do is get their initials monogrammed in it...and the dates they were baptized.
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| Getting ready. |
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| Proud Godparents :) |
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| Baptized! |
After we settled down from the baptism party...we continued the celebration of our 4 year old with a "friends" party at Des Peres park. The weather ended being fairly nice...at least it wasn't 107! I think fun was had by all! Unfortunately, I did a really bad job at taking pics, but here is what we caught of the festivities...
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| Wouldn't have been a party without Donut Drive-in! |
Finally...finally, and in no particular order here...we celebrated the 4th of July this month! Of course we hit up the annual Peterson 4th of July Party. Of course, it did not disappoint.
On the actual 4th of July, we hit up the Johnson's pool and visited my friend Kelly while she was in town.
Ok...that briefly sums up our July! We had a lot of other fun, but I'll end my post here! On to August...
