June News from the Mendez Crew

Happy June everyone!

We kept ourselves pretty busy during the month of May, how about you?

This month marked my first Mother's Day, and we all had a blast. I found one of those package hotel deals, so we all packed up and jumped in the car and headed off to the coast to a tiny town called Baska. The place was great, it had an indoor heated pool and outdoor pools, and kiddie pools! Abby absolutely loved the water. She figured out it was fun to splash, and to stick her face in the water, and she would try to drink the water. My favorite part would have been the massages Joel got me as my gift. Absolutely heavenly.

Baska

Abby loves the pool

How I spent my first Mother's Day

We also spent Memorial Day weekend at the coast in a city called Zadar. We've figured out that we are now officially no longer beach people. It's just not fun when we're constantly prying rocks (it's mostly pebble beaches here) out of a certain young lady's mouth. So we crashed a hotel resort's pool and had a fantastic time. I think Abby was a fish in a former life.

Abby and Joel in the pool in Zadar

In other big news . . . we have teeth! Well, at least one. Two more are just under the surface and driving us all batty. Abby is also couch cruisin' like crazy. I really think she'll be taking her first steps sometime in the next month. She stood by herself for about 3 seconds today before she realized I wasn't holding on to her.

And I finally got a "Mama" out of her when she was feeling pitiful right before the first tooth popped in. Well, it was more like "Mamamamamamamama" and I'm not really sure she meant me, but I don't care - I'm taking it anyway.

So that was our May. For June, we have another busy social calendar. I'm hosting a party for my Bible study group, we're hosting a potluck Father's Day BBQ and another BBQ for some people leaving Zagreb this month in Joel's office. (And let's not forget a particular birthday extravaganza in July!) We just got back from a weekend trip to the military base to stock up on stuff for all these parties. Plus, the local "4th of July picnic" will be at the end of this month as well. Thankfully not here at my house!

Love to all,
Julie, Joel, and Abby

PS. I'm going to upload another slide show of some pictures to our blog, so if you'd like to see them and you get this through your email, click on www.julieandjoel.blogspot.com.