Summer fun! - July

Alright, as promised, here are more pictures from this summer! These photos are from July, enjoy!

Giovanni at 5 months old!

(If you didn't get enough of those rolls from the previous picture...) 

Having fun outside!

Putting water in the pool!

Our little man LOVES to be outside!

Starting to hold his head up better during tummy time! (Oma and Aunt T were the first to really get him to hold his head up during tummy time, that was just before he turned 5 months!)

Enjoying a book together :)

Our little artist experimenting with paint on paper...

...and on her toenails! (this occurred in the space of time which I left the room to take the garbage out...)

Need I say more?

Sportin' his blue diaper and enjoying being clothes-free in the hot heat of July!

Enjoying time outside!

Alida coloring on her coloring board 

Giovanni mastering the art of rolling over...

Success!

Alida enjoying a nectarine (she is our little fruit eater!)

Daddy and Gio 

Alida reading after breakfast

The 4th of July! 

We all sported our red, white, and blue!

Grandma and Gio on the 4th!

And Grandpa and Gio!




We will be having a busy weekend gearing up for the Oktoberfest! The Oktoberfest is a German festival that happens every year in Mt. Angel, OR, mainly with lots of food, polka, and beer. We go every year to help out with my Grandma's food booth (cinnamon rolls and ice cream!) for the pregnancy center that she volunteers for, Michael the Archangel. Should be lots of fun and good weather! We have a PT appointment scheduled for Giovanni (finally!), but the earliest that they can get him in is Oct. 22, which is a ways away, so we are hoping to get him started with some private PT in the meantime (I'm still waiting to hear back from them...). My sister came down yesterday and we spent the day doing some shopping and running errands with the kids. Aunt Diane and Uncle Carl sent down a gift card to target for Alida's birthday as well as for Giovanni's baby shower. I was finally able to go yesterday, and with some coupons from my sister we made out really well! I was able to get some tennis shoes and slippers for Alida (she has been wanting slippers ever since it started cooling down) as well as a 12 month old outfit for Gio and some new plastic drinking cups for the kids (which we needed!). Thank you Aunt Diane and Uncle Carl!!! Adam is still working hard with teaching school and studying for his algebra test. He is also preparing to do an Elvis impersonation for an old co-worker's anniversary in December, haha, should be fun! We hope that you all are doing well!

Love and prayers, The Librande Family

P.S. Below is a video of Alida signing the ABC's, I think I forgot to push record before she started, but it's still pretty good!