July 1-8 Busy week!

Here are pictures from our week. We celebrated with Daddy on his b-day July 1 and Jailyn loved the paper and the boxes. Had a nice 4th of July weekend. Went down on the river to see Aunt Julia and Uncle Greg in Rising Sun and had fun with family. We went to church which was a fun time with our little China squirmmy butt. We sat in the back with all the babies so it was quite vocal. It could not have a better day to take her to church as all the Patriotic songs were sung. My eyes welled up with tears as she was blessed during communion and when they sang God Bless America. Our little girl was in church finally after all the prayers over the years and they were praising God and our great country. Both Mike and I were emotional with all the patriotic songs and having our new American cutie with us in church. Church went passed her nap time so we will have to rethink the timing on church in the future. We have lots of options to attend Mass at different times. She got to go see the new house Katie and Billy are buying in West Chester and gave her approval. It has a great swing set in the back for fun times with Katie and Billy at their new home. See her in her pink dress which she wore to Church and to see Katie and Billy.

She met her cousins on my side of the family. She is officially the youngest grandchild on both sides of the family and my nephews and niece just thought she was too cute. See the photo.

Then Tuesday she went to her first Mary Kay event for a half an hour just to show she was here. Everyone adored her.

We also had a big day on Wednesday where we had lunch with her Chinese BFF Alyssa and Lynelle at Panera. A day we thought would never come. They met for the first time. They were so cute and there are definitely future play dates in store. Alyssa is 15 months and 22 lbs now and Jailyn will be 12 months Monday and is 16 1/2 lbs. See the cute pictures of them and Lynelle and I.

Next week is a big week for us. Monday is her first birthday just doing cake and ice cream with the grandparents and Katie and Billy. Wednesday is her clinical appt at Children's to be checked out from head to toe. We are happy about this appt. She is having skin issues with itching and heat. She may have even had some kind of mite which we treated her for with a prescription lotion. She gets so sweaty and itchy in the heat and now has a rash on her sweet face. She has had it for a few days and it is going away and looks and acts like prickly heat. Hope to get some answers and help from children's hospital and her soft baby skin back to normal. Pray for us on Wednesday as it will be 4 hours of clinical testing.

Otherwise she is just perfect, a good sleeper and loves to eat and is growing like a weed and is so happy. So blessed!

I am thrilled to be celebrating our birthdays together on July 11.

Until my next post next week!