The Great Outdoors (tales of the fourth month)

We love this cool weather for July! Family walks are a favorite activity, on the evenings when it's shady and sometimes early in the morning we walk with Lucas to work. I'm a little anti-stroller unless we're going far, but maybe that'll change as David gets bigger! He love to look at the trees:

Happy 4th of July! This was actually taken on the 5th at our Church picnic and dedication of the building addition. This is a rare shot of all the Heddings, as Leon's been home for a visit from England. I guess Karl didn't get the memo about red, white and blue...

Grandma loves to hold baby David:

And then when it gets hot, we like to cool off at State Farm pool. It'll be even more fun when David gets a little older, but he likes to sit on Dad's lap in the pool.

David and his Cousins (a growing tale)

So first there were two pregnant sisters...
This was taken back in February at my baby shower, right before David was born and Jacinta was about 30 weeks along with Brooklyn. Ah, life was simpler then!
Then there were three cousins...
David had a brief moment as the only baby around, so I'm glad we caught it on camera :)

And now there are 4 kids around!

Things sure seem busy when Jacinta and I get together. I'm so glad to have an older sister who is ahead of me in the mothering, so I can do some research and hands on practice. I think it will build gradually, so I really like seeing what's coming... solid food, potty training, talking... some day I suppose I'll say life is simple now :)

Our boy's excited to teach Baby Brooklyn the ropes...

First on her agenda -- get big! Brooklyn arrived 6 weeks early because Jacinta's appendix burst. She is growing all the time and doing pretty well. She likes hugs from her cousin (OK, I admit, we put his arm like that... but isn't it cute?)

Summer Fun for little David

Meeting Uncle Leon!

Leon came home from England for a visit and David finally got to meet him. Since Leon and Lucas are twins, we were interested to see how David would react to seeing somebody who looks so much like Daddy. He studied his new uncle for a while and decided he was different from Dad, but all in all, and OK guy. Uncle Leon even bought David a Soccer (or Football as the English say) outfit... He'll have to grow a little to fit into it :)

Swimming!

This was David's first time at the pool! We kicked off the weekend with a trip out to State Farm Park. David thought the water was alright, but didn't like the sun in his eyes, so we thought he could borrow some sunglasses... Doesn't he look cool?

David liked standing in the shallow water - his body isn't so hard to hold up!

We even tried back floating:

A sign of things to come... (a moment from David's 4th month)

Will he be an early walker? You tell me...