Family Photos

It wasn't easy but we actually got some great family photos!

Good Choice, Bubby!

Donut or Peas?

Going to Mickey's House

Riding a lion, with her suitcase in hand and her ears on... she's off to "Mickey's House".

Another Pigs' Game

9 Months Old!

I think Bubby is wondering why we are celebrating his 3/4 "birthday" but Autumn is getting cake and he isn't! He's SO big (but not really, he's a peanut!).

Happy 9 Month Birthday, Bubby!

We celebrated Evan's 9 month "birthday"... Autumn likes these quarterly birthdays since there is cake!

The pool and the moose...

Take me out to the ballgame...

We went to see the Iron Pigs again tonight. It was SO humid but after the breeze started it was beautiful. Autumn loved playing in their playground but was "scared" of Ferrous, though she liked seeing him from afar. We had ice cream (thanks, Pop) and hot pretzels, and saw one of the top 20 contestants from American Idol, fireworks, and even a few minutes of the game. Evan really likes fireworks - his little legs keep going, he gets so excited!

Another Milestone

Evan's been "sitting" for a while but was wobbly and could only do it for a short period of time. Last week he started to sit unsupported (for a few minutes at a time with his back nice and straight). He's been almost at the point of getting himself sitting from a crawl and finally did it today. He was crawling, sat up, grabbed a toy and played with it for a few minutes before crawling away again! He's becoming very fast and mobile, even though he does a belly crawl (I call it the sea turtle crawl).

Water is fun

Happy 5th of July

We had our "5th of July" picnic at the Harpers followed by an evening at the Iron Pigs Game. 97 degrees at 7pm but we were still cool!

1-2-3

What a weekend we've had. So much fun and a few firsts... Evan went swimming for the first time and Autumn counted from one to ten all on her own for the first time! She was in the back seat of the car counting the flags in the cemetery we were passing and she counted all by herself from one to ten with no problem. Hooray!! All those times of counting the steps as we go up them has finally paid off!

Another Bible "Story"

We were reading the Beginners Bible with Autumn tonight and she said that the shepherd was a "little bo peep man".

Happy "Stupendous" Day

Autumn learned the word "stupendous" from one of the PBS shows she watches so today when I asked her to say "Happy Independence Day" it came out "Happy Stupendous Day". She followed it up with "that's awesome" since I told her "stupendous" means "awesome" (her two favorite questions are "what's that mean" and "what's it's name").

We did have an awesome day! We went swimming (Evan's first time and Autumn's first time for this year), Autumn and Evan took their first bath together (and neither screamed!), had a nice time at the Coaldale family picnic (where we played with "Mister Puppy", enjoyed the sprinkler, and learned how to use licorice so become a walrus), and saw the fireworks at Dorney Park. Stupendous it was!

Complaints

I've gotten complaints since I have not been updating the blog. The reason is a mixed blessing - Evan is nursing better so I don't have to pump, but that means less time on the computer (I used to update the blog while I pumped). It's been hard to fit in blogging with a busy 2 year old and a now mobile 8 month old (who doesn't go to bed until after midnight and then I'm too spent to blog)... but I'll try to be a little better!

Fun in the Fountain

We went to the Promonade Shops with the Jess, Scott, Abbi, and Biddy and played in the fountains... a lot of fun! Then we thought we brought the wrong child home since Autumn actually took a bath without any screaming and didn't want to get out. That has NEVER happened!