our first guests

We had James' mom, grandmother and uncle to stay at our house for a week during the 4th of July holiday. We had lots of fun but Hadley had the most fun of all. She LOVED playing with everyone and was just so excited to have her family play with her toys with her. Hadley warmed right up to everyone and they were fast friends.

We brought them to a favorite Italian place of ours 

Hadley (all accessoried up) with her grandmom 

They even all got to go build a minion scooter together (david and max too)

the builders

practicing selfies :)

We enjoyed a wonderful neighborhood block party (minus an incident which we won't discuss) with my sister's neighborhood. I am not sure when they'll realize we don't actually live there.... they've adopted Hadley and us and we love it there :)

Here's Hadley with some neighborhood kiddos, Her absolute bestest friend is the girl in the hat. She's a great big friend to Hadley and I am thankful for all their patience and kindness for Hadley.

my brother with my mom (chris and marla came up too!)

now THAT'S a block party!

Cousins

kid pie eating contest!

family photo!

Hadley and her bestie (and what number juice box is that?!) Hadley needed a LOT of wipes that evening haha ;)

With great grand-mom

The family all got to see Hadley live in action at her swim lessons. She did pretty well but I think having a big audience made her more nervous since she cried a bit more than usual. We only have 5 more lessons to go!

Walking the neighborhood 

checking out the huge drop off hills we have around the hood

the group lounging around watching movie.... after movie....

The ladies all went to get pedicures and it was Great- grand mom's FIRST time, she loved it! (who wouldn't) 

Hadley even took them to the big pool and had a blast!

She was so spoiled by everyone with their time but they also got her a new baby doll, carrier, and a book! 

have to carry baby together :)

another angle for the fam photo 

we even got to go OUT with a big group to a piano bar

We had a great time with family visiting and Hadley loved it!

the whole gang

the ladies

fun times

Twin night out plus other fun

I will get to 4th of July week fun but before then let's catch up on June! Hadley got to go on a nature walk and learn about lady bugs. Here she is making one with raisins and crackers.

My sister and I went to see Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper. If you don't know who they are, well you should. But to summarize, Andy is the king of all Bravo (the channel) and Anderson it just so darn entertaining on his CNN news haha. I LOVE both of these two fellas more than anyone else on TV and I couldn't pass this chance up. We had a good time at dinner and laughed through the whole show.

twin car selfie

The two gentlemen 

We have been attending church (which is not even close to what you think about when you think of church. this ones like a full on rock concert with lights/smoke then like a motivational speaker). Hadley has been enjoying herself and we have been taking advantage of the free opportunity for her to interact with kiddos.

They pick them up right out of the car in a fun wagon and she can ride in one on the way back too. It's been a motivating factor to get her in there happily.

We had a father's day dinner with my cousins and a family friend. Here is a pic of all the kiddos.

and thanks to Heather 's (front left) selfie stick, we got everyone in for a group shot! So fun having everyone in this picture within 15 minutes of me. We've been super busy in June and it carried into July. We've had James' family in town visiting for a while so I will catch you up on that soon. 

Oh and BIG ANNIVERSARY SHOUT OUT TO MY HUSBAND OF 8 YEARS! I did a big blog post 2 years ago where I recapped all of our photos (which is hilarious, so go click that link to take a trip down memory lane).  <3 i="" james="" love="" p="" you="">