Cute pictures

Just a couple cute pictures of the kids. Hope you enjoy!

Josh loves to sit next to his sister and put his arm around her. I can't help taking pictures when he does.

Time for Cereal!

Now that Emily is 4 months, and starting to wake up more often at night, we decided it was time to get some more food in her belly. Here are some photos from the exciting first taste of "solid" food. Somehow, I think we were more excited that she was. Oh well.

Getting ready to eat!

"I'm not so sure about this mommy. Is this REALLY what you eat?"

"It's pretty good after all."

"I want to do it now!"

"Give me just a minute... I'm still working on the last bite."

The Hair

I mentioned in a post before how Emily's hair sticks straight up. However, it was not so easy to see in the photo I had picked. The other day, we decided we needed to get a good picture of it... so she'll know what I mean when I tell her that her hair stood straight up for a long time. And I know I'll miss it when it starts to lay down on its own.

The letter "A"

So, one of Josh's favorite letters is "A." He loves to say it, and he loves for Peter and I to write it. The other day, (May 22) he was in his bath, with his bath crayons. Peter had written the letters you see in green, and Josh started writing. (Peter was giving him the bath, so I wasn't paying a ton of attention.) Suddenly, he started saying "A! A!" and I looked at him and saw that he'd written a couple of A's all by himself! I know they're upside down, but I'm a mom, and he's just 2. So I was proud and wanted to show off. Take a look for yourself. The first two A's are nearly perfect... aside from the upside down thing. This just proves that I have a boy genius on my hands. :)

Funny Words

I've noticed that there are some words that we all take for granted, after we've learned them, that that's what they are and we don't realize what they may sound like to someone unfamiliar with such words. The other day, I was at play group at the church. It's just a bunch of us girls and our kids. So, a lot of the time, I'll take Josh to the men's room when he needs to go potty. Urinals are great fun for little boys and all. Anyhow, I asked Josh if he wanted to use the urinal and he nodded and said "inal." I didn't give a second thought because that's how he talks. Only parts of words come out at first when he's learning them. I'm sure it's the same with most kids. But after he was done, he pointed at the urinal and said "my inal." Who would have thought I was telling he had his own "inal" at the church to use. :) Kids are so much fun!

Elmo Kite

The other day at Wal-Mart... we JUST got a supercenter in town. It's so nice... Anyhow, I was at Wal-Mart, and I found some kites for $1. So, I got an Elmo one for Josh. EVERYTHING is Elmo (or Cars) for Josh. He was so excited to go fly it. Even though I'm sure he didn't know what was going to happen. So, Saturday evening, Daddy and Josh flew the kite. I think Josh liked it even more after that.

"How'd it get so high???? I'm sure I can still get it!"

Josh was a little confused about which strings to hold on to to make it fly...

Emily had fun watching... and eating her dress. Yummy!

Rolling Over

So, it has come to my attention that I have failed to include much about Emily! Wow! I am such a slacker mom. Oops! Well, Emily is almost 4 months old now. She is so happy and smiley. A few weeks ago, she started to get really upset on her back, and she'd arch her way around so she was looking all the way behind her. This still didn't satisfy her, so I helped her roll over a couple times. That's all she needed. Now I can't keep her on her back. I lay her down, and within a couple minutes, she's on her belly, ready to get going.

Here she is in her most favorite position... on her tummy. If you look really closely, you can see her little mohawk. Her hair stands up off her head all the time. Who knew that 3 inches of hair could hold itself up????