Fourth of July, More Big News...

Hello!

Hope all is well - things are going pretty well around NovaLand.

She's been hanging out with Baby Oliver and Mama Teresa a lot (well, so has mom!)

We spend a lot of mornings together, and their family came to our 4th of July BBQ, and we went to their seafood cookout! We also played Harry Potter Scene-It... and Mom won. But we won't brag. :)

Here are some pics of the lil babes together!

Young love...

Coffee time! (Nice pants, Teresa!)

Just hanging out!

Sir Oliver Fancy-Pants

Here is the owl pillow that Teresa crocheted for Nova's room! She's so talented!

Here we are swinging at Teresa's parents cookout

We had a fabulous 4th of July! Nana Nea and Poppy J threw a BBQ party with the GrandScans, Aunt Holly, Uncle Ry and Aunt Han, Lisa, Susan, Brandon, Teresa, and Oliver, Great Granny and Grandad, Great Uncle Bobby, Molly, Mitch, and of course, our little family.

PS - NOVA LOVED THE FIREWORKS!

She wasn't scared at all!!

She actually watched in awe and smiled and laughed. Big brave girl!

Why yes, Daddy Drew DID shave his head!

Aunt J and Nova in her red white and blue swimsuit from Auntie M!

Her first time in the little pool! Video to come.

Mom and Aunt J

I painted Nova's toenails for the 4th! It was difficult. And adorable.

Loving her chair in her cutie pie outfit!

Grandma Deb rocking the Uncle Sam hat! :)

In other news, Nova is now a professional crawler. And she is fast. 

Constant vigilance!

She's having a blast being mobile!!

She also LOVES to have us hold her hands for balance and walk alllllll around our house... ALLLLL the time. It's pretty much all she wants to do now.

She is getting really good at pulling herself up on furniture (or Mom!) and holding herself up.

Here's a great example...

ADORABLE! Right?

But wait til you see the view from the other side...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, our always entertaining silly girl. :))))

We've had lots of visitors, as per usual...

Dalton and Sarah came to see us before they moved to Lawrence - CONGRATS GUYS!

Michelle and Brenna came in town last weekend. It's always good to see them.

Susan came by for a while with Nana Nea.

And Nova is getting some great Auntie time from both of her Aunties M and J!

We took Nova to the big pool for the first time - check out this cutie in her other swimsuit!

How about some random adorable Nova shots?

And one last piece of BIG news!

Our house that we had contracted fell through. It turned out to be a really good thing though, because we have found another one - and it's AMAZING!!!

We're so happy!

As always, love from Nova's world.

Stay tuned for more fun.

<3