Sarah Nicole Dumroese

Sarah was born at 10:51 July 28, 2011 weighing 7 lbs 13 oz and 20 inches long.

Our nightly visitor

Each night, we have had a little guest visit on our patio door. I haven't figured out if Sophie likes him or not, but it has kept her entertained.

Water fun on a hot day

On the hot days, we spend most of our time in the backyard pool, but I decided to try a different water toy today. Matt got pretty good at the slip and slide. Julia would only try it if we turned the water off which doesn't make it very slippery. At least she liked going down the slide into Lilly's pool.

Happy B-day mommy

The kids got me a 4th of July cake for my birthday. Julia really liked the red frosting....she wears it well!

Matt loves his patient kitty.

Waiting for fireworks

We thought we would check out the White Bear Lake fireworks...I underestimated the crowd for this too. Thank goodness daddy had a great idea for finding a parking place or else we would have been walking quite a few blocks. Neither of the kids got scared of the fireworks so it was worth the wait.

Who wouldn't have fun building a couch cushion fort in the living room?

4th of July parade

We decided to stay in town this year for the 4th of July. We're used to going to a parade so we thought we would check out the Forest Lake parade. I underestimated the size of this parade. There were people lined up everywhere. Thank goodness one of mommy's PTO friends let us share their tent. This is a really long parade...I think we were there for almost 3 hours. We had a good time, but we get much better stuff at the Ely parade!

Last Day of T-Ball

Matt and daddy had a beautiful day for the last day of t-ball. Matt was really proud of his medal and the kids got freeze pops for a treat. Julia has been pretty patient for all of the games so she deserved a little treat too. As you can see, trying to get all of the kids to stand still and smile for a group photo was not going to happen.