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Summer fun!

Children's Museum of West Hartford with my ASTC membership - Grandma (Josh's mom) was kind enough to come with us to help me out. I'm 36 weeks pregnant now - any day now... or not?!

Look at this sitting up!

My girls love water play of any sort! (Especially warm water)

Gracie really enjoyed tossing the balls into this game and Ana focused on the physics of it all...

Patio picnic at our house with our friend Anna.

We got to go swimming with our friends Miss Brenda and Anna! Ana is swimming very well "on her own" with her dollar store Nemo inner-tube!


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