The Summer fun continues...

It's hard to believe that July is over, and that in just a few weeks, I will be turning 30. I must admit that I am ready for my 30's. Although the idea of getting older freaks me out a little, considering how fast the time is flying these days, I feel like I have accomplished so much of what I wanted to by this point in my life. I have spent my first 30 years developing and enjoying some really great friendships & cultivating my passions, I have worked at some really great places, I got my degree, I met & married the love of my life, and now we have an amazing child together. My life up to 30 has been wonderful, and I look forward to the future, and all the new memories we will create with our family and friends.

This summer has been filled with family and friends, and trying to keep cool in this Arizona heat. Enjoy the photos!

Quincy with his Mama Chacha


Kellan and Larel


Charissa and Garrett


Quincy wades in the water


VIDEO: Pool play date at the Jacobs' house


Quincy and Tyler sharing toys


Tyler loves the piano!



Christina (Tyler's mom) and Quincy


Aaron and Tyler


Quincy playing with Charissa's dog Sydney

Why so serious?


VIDEO: Quincy and his friend Tyler explore the floor together


VIDEO: Quincy cruising around the house


Fun while dog-sitting Sydney



Chris and Alison came over to hang, and the dogs loved him




I love this dog!



So does Quincy...






Kellan and Quincy wrestling


Kellan giving QB a hug


I went to a Mom's on the Move group with my friend Kristine and her baby Olivia (who is getting so big!)



Quincy had so much fun playing with all the kids!


The day I dressed Quincy in camoflauge he started pushing himself up. It looked like he was at boot camp!



Quincy's Grandma Lisa came in town for a couple days, and since we didn't take any pictures last time she was here, I made sure to take some pics of them together this weekend.



VIDEO: Solon and Quincy playing


We went to Pita Jungle to celebrate Barb's birthday (Lisa's sister-in-law)


And had a great time!







Mom, Son, and Grandson



Aunt Shelley and QB


Since my last post, Quincy's other front bottom tooth has poked through, and he is starting to explore his new pearly whites regularly. He is drooling like crazy, and babbles all day long. His "army crawl" is slowly turning into a regular crawl, and he is able to go from the sitting position to the crawling position with no problem. I often find him in the "downward dog" yoga position throughout the day when he is cruising around the house. When he wakes up from sleep, I find him in the crib, sitting up and playing with his stuffed animals. And he thinks he is so funny - always making crazy faces, and then laughing at us and himself. We are having a blast with him in this phase.

Random pictures from the end of the month























If you haven't signed up for Facebook, you are definitely missing out on a great thing. I have been on for a little over a year now, and have been able to reconnect with so many old friends with whom I had lost touch with. Facebook is an amazing tool to reach out to family and friends, and share your life with them on a daily basis. I found a friend of mine that I spent a lot of time with during the little league days, and just this week we met up for lunch while she was in town visiting. It had been over 15 years since we had seen eachother, and it was great to catch up with her!

Here I am with Courtney at True Food at the Biltmore



Her friend John joined us, and we had a great time!



Check out my FB page at http://www.facebook.com/candidabell

xoxo

Quincy's First Tooth!

I am starting the blog off today with this adorable picture.


I met up with my friend Chrysty today, and her 2 beautiful girls (Katherine & Elizabeth) at the Outlets at Anthem, where they have a little splash park. The girls ran around the splash park while Chrysty and I visited for a while, and she met Quincy for the first time. Occasionally, I would take him through the fountains as the water shot up, just to cool him off, and he loved it! Chrysty asked me if QB had any teeth yet, and I said as of the other day he didn't. She thought she had noticed something white in his mouth when he smiled, and sure enough THERE WAS HIS FIRST TOOTH!!!



Coincidentally, the outfit that I had brought along to change him into once we were done playing in the water said, "Yay, my first tooth!" I picked it out at random this morning, and it just happened to fit the moment perfectly!


On July 10, Quincy turned 7 months old. A few days before that he started CRAWLING!!! He is a mad man, cruising all over the house - it is so cute to see him on the move. Last week while cleaning the house, I realized that Quincy has something else in common with his cousin Kellan - he loves the vaccuum!


This past week, I got to spend some time with Alison and her mom Judy. We enjoyed some Chompies bagels while we visited and had a great time catching up.





My parents returned this week from their anniversary trip to Pittsburgh, where they were visiting with my Aunt Nancy, Uncle Bill, and cousin Kerry.

They brought Quincy back a maraca from one of the places they visited, and Quincy loves it!
Here are some videos of him making some music:



And this past weekend, Solon's mom Lisa came in town, and I have to apologize to her right now, because the only picture I have of her from this entire weekend, is one of her holding Quincy at church. I don't know why we didn't take more pictures - we must have been busy having too much fun!

Quincy's wearing the cute outfit his Grandma got him that says, "I'm the Big Kahuna"



Our nephew Kellan was completely enamored by Solon's little cousin Alaina. He didn't leave her side all Saturday night!


Quincy with Alaina on Sunday night


We enjoyed Lisa's stay here, and spent time with family, and ate a lot of good food! The weekend flew by, but Quincy had so much fun with his Grandma!

Here are a couple quick videos of Quincy playing in the new toy that Mama Lisa got him:



And finally some pictures from the end of June, and the beginning of July:

Quincy and Mommy being silly


My godson Cody & Quincy


Cody & QB with my other godson, Joshua


Quincy & Garrett in our play pool




I thought their expressions in this picture were hilarious!


My handsome husband before work


Mommy & QB on our way to have lunch in Sun City with Aunt Eleanor


Quincy and his Great-Great-Aunt Eleanor


Quincy hanging with my friend Allison's mom, Nan


Out to dinner 4th of July weekend with Great Grandparents, Mimi & Meredith



Javelina sighting at the Boulders Resort in Carefree on our way home from a 4th of July BBQ! There were about 8 in total - including a mama Javelina who was nursing her baby on the golf course!



Only in Arizona!

Sunday Brunch with Great Grandma, Mama Mimi after church


And to end the post, here's a fun video of Quincy keeping me company last week while I was folding some laundry.


xoxo