HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB!!

Bethany's Check-Up

Bethany had a check-up at the doctor yesterday. She's 13.1 pounds and 24 1/2 inches long. This puts her in the 100 percentile for both categories! She is a big, happy baby!

Tonight's Pics

This is one happy baby!

Who is greatly loved by her big sister (and big brother)!

Bethany's beginning to try to grab her toys and bring them (where else) to her mouth.

Another instance of Naomi's photography, this time with permission. This might look random, but I think it's interesting as art.

Happy Birthday Nate!

birthday dinner

birthday present


I don't usually publish a blog with only pics of my husband, but this is a worthy time to break precedent. In case any of you didn't know, my husband is a really great guy. He loves me and his kids with his words and his actions and he gives up a lot to show us that we come first. Best of all, He loves his Father with a growing, active, Kingdom-building love. Happy Birthday, Nate!

to Coolidge with Daddy

Saturday we met the Paynes at the park for a picnic, carousel ride and playing in the fountain. It was a special treat to do something like this with Nate. Everything's more fun with Daddy!

Bethany loves it when I set up her bouncy seat and butterfly like this. She loves to kick!

Naomi's First Day of School

Naomi's outfit choice for her first day of school. (I don't have any excuses for the reason this one is blurry. Oops)

"Take my picture too, Momma!"

Naomi's new classroom. It's kind of blurry because I was taking the pic while keeping one eye on Jacob and balancing Bethany on my other arm.

Naomi had a great first day of school. She wasn't super communicative in this video, but throughout the day I did get a fair amount of school info from her. She made a lot of new friends, including the daughter of a girl I met (and wanted to be just like when I grew up) at summer camp 17 years ago! She brought home homework--reviewing the short i and e sounds and the all the consonant sounds. During science they did something with a rocket ship; from what she said, it sounds like they built one with blocks. She wrote up and down lines with her new beginner pencils and she played on the play ground, getting her new boots dusty. Oh, and it wasn't her worksheet that had sparkles (it had matching exercises); her notebook has pink sparkles on it. She also played school with Jacob for a while before they went to bed and we heard a lot of phrases that her teacher must have used during the day including "All right, kindergarteners!" and "I can't do this in heels."