Another batch of pictures

Holly and cousin Ayden playing at Grandma's house on 4th of July.

The beagle is Rocky, one of Grandma's doggies.  There in the background is a small tire hanging from a rope from the tree that Holly just LOVED playing with.  "It's a swing!"

She kept pointing at it and telling us all about it for much of the time.

Holiday and Johnny, she like to pet him gently like a puppy.

Mommy eating birthday cake.

Dog pile!  Johnny just looks good in orange to me.  It's a happy color.

Sweet baby boy.

"Bro"-ing out.

Little strawberry swimsuit.

Holly liked the playground too.

Splishy splash with Daddy.

Johnny is doing better with his bottle feeding lately, still room for improvement.  Holly likes to try and feed him too.  He's kind of a snacker so when I nurse him it's for about 15 minutes on average.  Because of that I'm feeding him every 1.5 to 3 hours.  I don't mind that so much since he sleeps so well during the night.  During the night I'm still waking him up to feed him and then he falls right back to sleep.  He smiles at the walls, and apparently the ceiling fan is hysterical because he laughs at that a lot.  There's a concert poster in his room that he likes and he smiles at the turtle on his curtains while he gets his diaper changed.  Holly is doing so well with potty training now.  She wears panties all day except for nap time and bed time.  Once in a while she has an accident, usually because we're either stuck in traffic too long or she's distracted with what she's currently doing.  She's better about telling us she needs to go but we still ask her frequently.  If it's been a while we pretty much declare a potty break.  She's gotten a lot quicker with the whole process too.  Get on the seat, go, wipe, hop down, pull up undies, flush, close lid, get up ladder to sink, wash hands, dry hands.  She's pretty fast now and that's a lot of steps for a 3 year old.  Holly is getting better at undressing and dressing herself now.  She wants to do more for herself and help out others...you know "I can do it!"  We're still working on the sharing and bossiness.  She gets excited about a toy or an activity and she'll not want to break away for any reason.  It's all a learning process.