summer fun

sweet bella, 15 weeks old

all four kids playing on the floor

melanie making bella smile

rare occasion of bella smiling in the carseat (she does NOT like the carseat!)

melanie throwing chocolate a piece of hotdog during the hotdog toss at the k9 carnival 6/19 (melanie in one of her new dresses from ruth--thank you!)

melanie getting ready to throw the hot dog

ethan and chocolate WIN "musical frisbee" at the K9 carnival

ethan and chocolate playing musical frisbee

brandon and melanie at the K9 carnival

our family at the K9 carnival

brandon after his shower and bella after her bath

melanie in the other new dress from ruth--thank you!!!

melanie, grandma, ethan, and brandon at the parade in viola. it was cool enough that melanie got to be out of the van and catch candy!!!

melanie at the parade in pine island. the first year it has been cool enough for her to sit outside and watch the parade (she usually sits in grandpa's air conditioned truck to watch)

melanie crashed all of a sudden and fell alseep on the floor while playing with her cousin

brandon and ethan at the pool with cousins dylan and ireland

ethan and cousin ireland swimming

we made homemade play-doh

PICTURES FROM THE CHEESE FEST 6/12:

ethan very excited after going on the scrambler with dad

ethan and dad on the scrambler, ethan loved it! brandon was not a fan when he went on

melanie and cousin ireland on the swings

ethan on the swings

ethan on the merry-go-round

melanie on the merry-go-round

daddy and grandma helping melanie off the ferris wheel

brandon and cousin dylan on the ferris wheel

ethan, grandpa,a and ireland on the ferris wheel

waiting in line for the ferris wheel

making silly faces before walking to the cheese fest

bella is alwasys sticking her tongue out!

more pictures from boston

bella smiling at ethan

brandon loves bella so much

ethan and bella

brandon and bella

melanie sleeping on the plane. she was a "rag doll"--totally floppy. i repositioned her so that she was leaning against me and not so slunched over after i took this picture

completely exhausted and not feeling great on the plane

not feeling well by still reading a book

melanie sleeping with her bears, sally and timmy, at the hotel

mommy and bella in the waiting room at tufts hospital

we exciting to see a poster on the wall referring to mito! don't see that around here!

melanie and sally in the stroller

beth anne and melanie--thanks for everything beth anne

bella helping melanie play the DS in the hotel :)

bella watching melanie on the DS at the hotel

boston pics

melanie resting on my lap in the shuttle on the way home from children's

melanie (7), matthew (5), and eithene (almost 4) three kids with mito--matthew was inpatient having an EEG

melanie, matthew, eithene

melanie resting on eithene's bed

the picture of mito

two friends; so similar in medical presentation; it means so much to melanie to see eithene and feel the "bond" of going through the same daily medical procedures, the same daily belly pain, the same "attachments," etc

they both loved each others company but both got tired out

happy girls

eithene watching melanie draw

melanie watching eithene draw

eithene was very interested in bella!

eithene (almost 4), bella (13 weeks), melanie (7)

mellie on the plane

bella on the plane

mellie reading to bella on the plane

talking on the plane

last week; grandma reading to the kids

she likes to stand

brandon and bella

ethan and "his girls" briellah and bella

bella in the swing--she enjoys it now!