Watch out world!

June got her second tooth only a week after the first one popped out. That was on March 24th, but I figured I would wait a few weeks to post a picture where you can actually see the teeth.

 Look at those beautiful pearly whites!

This is June's favorite sleeping position: face down and toosh in the air.

This is the only way you will see Sincola anywhere near June.

Here is a picture of my first attempt at re-purposing old clothes. This is an old, out-of-style shirt of mine that I turned into a cute little sun dress for June.

Little monkey likes to use all fours while drinking her bottle

June has been practicing finger foods. She has gotten good with cheerio sized foods. We have only tried cereal and rice rusks so far.

June with her Baby Mum Mum

Here are a few pictures of June checking out her Easter basket. Can you guess where we will be going this weekend based on the theme of her Easter basket?

Here is June sporting her new shades!

June has also been working on pulling herself up. She is not quite there yet but she is getting there.

Practicing standing on her own

She can hold herself up for a little while

Using her stool to help her up

She really loves her exersaucer...

and playing with Mommy

This is June's most recent accomplishment. June has been rocking and pushing forward for several weeks now. She would put her hands forward and then pull back into a sitting position. We have just been waiting for her to take off crawling.  

her first crawl 

Well, last Sunday, April 15th, June finally got up the nerve to go more than two hand steps forward and she hasn't stopped since. The first time neither of us actually saw her crawl. I left her by the closet in the computer room and came back to find her in the hallway only a minute later. The second time, I set her by the door and she crawled toward me. We wanted to see if she could actually crawl before wasting time trying to get it on video. The third time, I got it on video and the poor girl was tired of having to crawl to mommy so she was a little crabby. Since then, she has discovered the ups to her new ability. She can get into so much more fun stuff!

              Like taring apart the newspaper

And getting into drawers

And crawling (getting stuck) under furniture!       

June turns 7 months

June turned 7 months on April 8th. She is really growing too fast. On the 7th, after two nights of no sleep for mommy or baby, we decided to take June in to see the doctor. She wasn't very fussy, but she had a slight fever and wasn't sleeping well. Our poor girl had an ear infection. Even though I know ear aches are painful, I was glad to know what was wrong so we could fix it. June went on antibiotics and within 24 hours was feeling much better. June is still battling that runny nose. They weighed her at her appointment and she was 18 lbs. 5 oz. which means she is up two pounds since her six month checkup. That's almost enough to move up to her 'big girl' carseat (must be 20lbs.). I'm looking forward to this so that I don't have to carry her up and down the stairs in that infant carrier. The drawback is that I will wake her up to move her if she falls asleep on the way home. This photo shoot was taken on April 7th. We took a walk around our neighborhood and since June will be crawling up stairs soon we thought we would do a stair themed photo shoot. These are all places near our apartment; parks, apartments, along the roads.

Sweet Baby Girl

(finally feeling better after getting some drugs in her)

June's preferred method of transportation

We found some eggs on our walk as well. I guess there had been and Easter egg hunt in one of the parks. June absolutely loves the Baby Bjorn. The added benefit is an extra workout for mom!

Cool tree in the park a block from our apartment

We thought these stairs were fun

First time on the swings and not so sure about it

Notice the sweet fountain in the back

Stairs that lead to nowhere

On the back of these greens, there is a golf course.

Daddy gets to wear June for awhile!

Don't worry, I'm hiding behind the pillar holding on tight. I wouldn't endanger my baby :)

We really liked this pillar

I love this one of June and Daddy

I just love the sun in this one

Our Little Leprechaun

St. Patty's Day is one of my favorites for two reasons. One, I get to wear bright green and Jeff doesn't criticize me for it (he's not a fan, but its my favorite color). And two, I usually get to have my favorite meal of corned beef and cabbage. Unfortunately, this year I only got to wear the green. Corned beef and cabbage is a once a year meal for Jeff and I because we cook it once and eat it for a week and we had just had some at Christmas time thanks to my mother. On St. Patty's Day, every year there is a parade that goes through campus. I went for the first time last year and had lots of fun. It's a very random parade which is what makes it so fun. We saw some ghost busters, roller derby ladies, and of course a man with a parrot on his shoulder. Not only is there entertainment in the parade, but also in the crowd. Last year we saw a group dressed as pirates. This year of course there was added entertainment with the addition of June and her friend Noah!! Here are some pictures of our day.

Gotta keep hydrated

Our friends' dog, Emma, joined the party

June and Noah

The whole crew (minus Jeff taking the picture)

Watching the parade

June and Mommy

Man with parrot on his shoulder

"Funky Plumbing" and their golden throne

Not sure if this is the derby team, but it is some skaters with a great dane

The Ghost Busters!

Also, in case you missed it. Jeff and I had fun with our Facebook Fools on April first. Here is the picture we posted.

If you can't tell, that is June holding a positive pregnancy test. The picture has not been edited, but I'm sorry to say that this was only a prank. There is not another Vahrenkamp on the way.