Nia loves...: Jiggy with June

Is it just me or has the month of June come and gone with the blink of an eye? Here's what we've been up to this month.

Talanoa:
-started taking steps about a week ago but has gotten really good over the weekend. She's up to about 6 or 7 steps at a time now.
-says mine, gamma (grandma), come, this one, gum, book.
-can't be quiet in sacrament meeting. Lol! We've been trying to sit in the front so we can pay attention but we end up in the foyer 98% of the time because she always cries to play with the hymn books.
-does animal noises for duck and chicken.
-is starting to do motions for nursery songs like Popcorn Popping. I'm sure that's not the real title but you know what song I mean. Lol!
-can do peek-a-boo.
-is getting too aggressive for my liking. I sometimes catch her hitting Elina or even biting her :( Quite the little bully I tell ya!
-gets jealous when I hold other babies, especially Baby Molly.
-is become such an early bird and while I'm talking about sleep let's mention that she is so 'mohe fisi' aka wild sleeper. She rolls around and changes position like every 10 seconds!

Elina:
-always wants to buckle her seat belt in her car seat.
-cries for the keys every time we come home because she wants to unlock the car and house or pretend to anyway.
-can unlock the front door now. Runs out when she hears kids in the courtyard and screams, "Hiyeeee friendsss!" Hahahaha!
-has had less separation anxiety and rarely throws fits when I drop her off to go to work.
-loves taking pictures of herself with my camera but usually never gets her face in it. Haha!
-is starting to recognize letters and numbers. Can't do them in order yet but we're getting there.
-is starting to sing I Am a Child of God :)
-has an impressive memory, especially with books we read her. She knows the parts coming up even in books we've only read her once.
-constantly asking, "What's that?"
-is in love with 7 Peaks now! Her and Talanoa even rode the "big kid" slides with us last time. I'll have to take pictures the next time we go.

Vili & I:
-Vili started at PCS again this week. Yup, we're taking over. Lol.
-Vili watched the girls for the weekend all by his lonesome so that I could go on my very first girls trip. It was so much fun but I missed them so much! (Post coming soon) Let's just say I'm appreciated a teeny bit more. Lol!
-I joined in on doing a yard sale with my best friend, Cheka, and it was a huge success (money and tan wise....lol)! Never ceases to amaze me the things people buy that you were going to throw out!
-I hiked the Y for the first time EVER! Can you believe it? Been here 10+ years and it was my first time. Kind of embarrassing but it's true. Pictures for proof below. Lol!
-We met our goal today of attending the temple once a month. Yay us! Heard a good talk a couple Sunday's back from the Reid family about the blessings of the temple. We took it to heart and are trying to be better at attending and not letting anything get in the way.

Remember how I said Elina takes pictures of herself? Here's two out of the twenty or so I found on my camera. Lol Funny story: One day Elina grabbed my camera to take pictures of herself. I told her to put it down or she'd go to time out. Before I finish counting to three she screams random numbers then click, click, click! She's always pushing my patience but making me laugh at the same time. Lol!