Fashion Show

Well, although Mommy really has no fashion sense, apparently all of our loved ones have taken it upon themselves to dress Bronwynn and give her a fighting chance at being a fashionista. Otherwise she would wear cut-off jeans, flip flops and a t-shirt 365 days a year.

Even Daddy has been known to spend some time helping Brownie learn to mix and match her wardrobe items.

It's getting very hot here, but one still needs a hat to help keep all that brain power from spilling over.

It's all so much easier to learn when you're sitting down.

And learning to accessorize is really an essential part of the fashionista learning process.

Sometimes we wear our hearts on our sleeves (or front if the sleeves are still too small).

And it's always a good idea to have someone special to share your ideas with.

Especially if you can trust that person to tell you if something does indeed make your butt look big.

We have officially grown out of our preemie attire. It's still bit in the width area, but in the length Brownie's legs are getting ready to poke out of the bottom.

And her two favorite dolls are her mermaid and Blah (a present from Brody).

The First Bath in the Tub

Bronwynn may be too small to go swimming yet, but we waste no time in getting her ready to learn to swim. And with family from The Dalles, the first suit has to be a cherry suit (Thanks Aunt Deb!!)

However, we have been practicing in the tub as usual. Bronwynn recently went in the big garden tub for the first time. After teaching swimming for so many years I still am surprised at how strong little ones are in the water.

Bronwynn is a natural, just like her brothers. She was a little unsure of things until her hair was clean. That seemed to get her ready for everything.

Once she was ready she tried to float and blow some bubbles. Rather impressive for a first real bath.

She was a little bit dejected when Daddy said she had to get out.

A Big Welcome From the Family~

We were very lucky at the beginning of June to be able to get together all of the Garretts. Tim's sisters, nephew, niece and Dad all came for the same four days. We went to Chuck E. Cheese's (I think the adults had more fun than the kids).

Although the cousins did manage to have a little bit of fun. Hailey really liked going to work with Bob the Builder.

And Grandpa Tim really liked having all of his grandkids in one place at the same time. And in September we'll have another little girl to add to the mix. Auntie Em is due in September. While it took us nine years to collect all three of our boys, we will manage to put out three girls in 13 months (give or take).

For the most part the weather didn't cooperate with us. However, on the last day of the visit the weather was just barely warm enough for the boys to brave the wind and hit the pool. They didn't last very long, but they clearly had a great time!

And we used all of the backyard toys and stayed close to home when we could.

Tim, Emily and Andrea played some basketball and that seemed to have gotten Brody really excited about the game. He was caught sneaking out into the backyard to shoot hoops at 10:00 at night. Tim's next project will be putting a light on our little court.