Father's Day

The Costa family had a fun filled Father's Day complete with a trip to Goodberry's (our favorite place for ice cream). After church and Kate's nap we headed to Shelley Lake for a picnic and accidentally went on a two mile walk! Kate then had her first (outside of the womb) experience at Goodberry's. I think Jeff enjoyed his first Father's Day as a Dad.


Getting ready for the picnic!

Goodberrys-throwing a penny into a fountain for the first time.

Introducing... Scarlett Brook Jenkins

What a beautiful family!

Scarlett's Birthday

We are the proud uncle, aunt, and cousin of Scarlett Brook Jenkins. She was born today at 2:01pm weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz. and is 19.5 inches long (the same length as Kate was when she was born)! Scarlett is beautiful-baby and mom are doing great. Here is a picture of Kate watching her cousin in the nursery.


We'll post pictures of Scarlett very soon!

Cousin Scarlett Update

Scarlett will be here on Friday! My sister Jennifer is being induced tomorrow morning. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

Watching the Game

This past Saturday, Jeff, Kate, and I helped my sister and brother-in-law move into their beautiful new house. When we got home, I left Kate with Jeff so I could take a shower and this is what I found when I came downstairs. Both of them intently watching the US national team take on Trinidad and Tobago in the Gold Cup (soccer for those of you who don't know). They look so much alike in this picture. My friend Heather has the cutest picture on her blog of her son watching the game too. Speaking of Heather and her son Drew, they came over to visit today. This was Kate's second play date with Drew this week. They each enjoy just staring at each other!
Gina the Great also came to visit this past weekend, we had a great visit with her and look forward to seeing her when we visit New York in July.

Swimming...or Not!

Our community pool opened two weeks ago and we've taken Kate three times. While we have enjoyed the short walk to and from the pool, actually getting into the pool has been an experience in itself. This is what Kate thought of getting anything more than her feet wet:

She was not a fan-she definitley perfers her warm bath water. She did better the third time where she stopped crying twice for a few minutes before starting back up again. We'll be going back tomorrow to try again! Don't worry as soon as we get home she forgets the harrowing experience her parents have put her through.

Ah, a warm bath, this is more like it...

Kate is Four Months Old!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart

Fiestas

The Costa family had a big weekend of get togethers and parties. It kicked off on Friday when I had several dear friends over for lunch. Can you believe I have been friends with these ladies since elementary school?! (and now we have children!) We had a great visit and Kate very much liked seeing these "big kids" play. Disclaimer here-no one in this picture is holding her own child- which is the great thing about having friends like these. On Saturday we had many of our neighbors over for a cookout and had such a good time that we even stayed outside on the patio while it was sprinkling and drizzling (don't worry Grandma's, Kate was asleep by then). On Sunday, Jennifer and Scarlett had their final shower-now all we have to do is wait for her big arrival! Here is our princess in her party dress...

Chillin' with Scarlett-

Kate and Great Grannie-

Busy Bee

Kate had a busy day today-I woke her up early from her morning nap to take her to school to see Daddy, our wonderful buddies in the social studies department, and my 3rd block International Baccalaureate students. I had promised my students that I would bring her by and since next week is exams, this was my last chance to fulfill that promise. We had lunch with Daddy and the department and then visited my class. I think Kate was a little overwhelmed with seeing those big kids who call her Guadalupe (it's a long story with historical facts involved, so don't ask!) For me, it made me miss teaching those guys even if I have to put up with some of their antics. I wish them all the best as they take their EOC's next week-make me proud! Unfortunately I forgot to bring the camera, so here is a picture of Kate after her adventure into the world of high school-looks like she enjoyed it.

Memorial Day Picnic

To celebrate Memorial Day Weekend, we had a picnic in the park-thank you Bojangles. Kate saw ducks for the first time, at least I think she saw them, and we enjoyed the view of the lake. It is so important that we remember those who are fighting and those who have fought for this country and the freedoms we have. Jeff and I watched parts of the movie Patton on Monday-now that was a soldier. Although, it's not enough, a big THANK YOU for all those who serve our great country!

Home Depot!

Kate had her first introduction to Home Depot after church on Sunday. Since it is Jeff's favorite store, it was quite an important occasion. While Jeff got some more materials for our landscaping projects, Kate and I picked out more flowers than we probably needed, but we couldn't help ourselves. Kate liked looking at all the bright colors, although in this picture she's more interested in her toy (she finally mastered holding a toy on her own this weekend). Kate even sat in her bouncy seat Monday evening playing and watching me plant many of our new plants.

Down by the River

Kate finally likes to be carried in her bjorn carrier and is taking a lot of delight in watching Precious and Max play. Everyone in the family had a fun Sunday afternoon.

Shower for Scarlett II

The Costa Family went to Kinston on Saturday for another Scarlett Shower. Jeff, Dan and Grandaddy went to shoot skeet while the girls enjoyed watching Jennifer open all her gifts. Kate even squealed with joy a few times-she must have like Scarlett's new clothes. Jennifer is doing and looking great-just four more weeks to go! Grandaddy did make it back in time to play with his favorite three month old-


All the fun wore Kate out.

The Many Faces of Kate

Please forgive the indulgence of pictures-these shots were taken within about a 90 second time frame and are shown in sequence-sometimes we can't help but laugh at her many changing expressions!