Jessa's first book

OK, so I am definitely the proud Mommy! Today my little 18 1/2 month old read her first book. Now let me give a little bit of history. My child LOVES to read, we probably read about 2 hours a day. Her favorite books are her sign language books, Teddy Bear Teddy Bear, Five Little Monkeys and anything with animals in it. We read them over and over again and she never gets bored. Lately she has been trying to read along with me with her little babble words and we make up movements to go with any of her rhyme books. Today however she was curled up in a corner all by herself with one of her sign language books, which is not uncommon. I was kind of standing off to the side watching her and she put her little book in front of her on the floor and started doing the sign language that corresponded with each page she turned. Now I know she wasn't technically reading, but the we usually do those signs together and there she was flipping through the book doing each sign all by herself. Basically she was reading to herself. It was probably the most adorable proud moment of Mommyhood so far. I guess she is a little like me because I love to read too!

Spencer's 26th Birthday

So everyone who couldn't make it, sorry you missed out =) We had a fabulous party at Heather's house in Las Vegas. Between the good company, beer and pool there wasn't a moment missed. Spencer also got a nice little pelting with water balloons, which Jessa enjoyed throwing at her Daddy. We have discovered that Jessa thinks that she can swim without the help of anyone or anything. She managed to jump right into the pool without anyone to catch her. Don't worry her auntie Meg saw her going for the jump and grabbed her before she went underwater but man oh man she is soooo fearless. It was great to see all, well most, of our friends over the weekend.

Weekend of Fun

This weekend we had our first visitors in Surprise, AZ. Sean and Chanel joined us for a weekend of fun in the sun. We also celebrated Spencer's 26th birthday. Heck getting old ain't it. Much to Jessa's delight we had a BBQ at her uncle Jeremy's house where she got to do her favorite thing in the whole world. Swim! He has a huge blowup water slide with a pool and Jessamyn can't get enough of it. She spent a good 3 hours in the water and even then it was like pulling teeth to get her out. I guess we have a swimmer in the family. She is absolutely fearless in the water, although I had a few minor heart attacks along the way she managed to slide down the water slide all by herself. We got visit with our very large and loud family. The kids are all getting so big. We also celebrated Mac's 13th birthday, the first of my nieces to enter teenagerdom. Oh dear. We are all in trouble now. Zach and Tyler even managed to visit join us too. With Zach's busy golfing schedule it is hard to see them sometimes. Sean and Chanel also brought along their Golden Retriever "Molly" who Jessamyn is attached at the hip to. She followed poor Molly around all weekend, even attempting to ride her several times. Molly is a great sport though and took it all with a grain of sand. All in all we had a great weekend. I think we even managed to wear Jessa out, which considering her seemingly boundless source of energy, was a bonus.