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Friday, June 27, 2008

Last week of June



This week has been full of fun stuff. It started out last weekend when Mommy and Daddy took us to a carnival.

We rode our bikes down...









THEN....

Daddy had a day off work this week.... his clinic is hard to get to because of all the floods, so he worked in an extra day to be home with us. Boy, did we take full advantage of it!


We are reading my favorite "wheels on the bus" book... Hannah really likes to join us!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

beep beep

Daddy's patient was soooo generous and shared this fun pool/sand-truck with us. I'm going to have fun sharing it with my friends this summer...



I'm even starting to look the part (take a look at that hat!)

(Now you can see why Papa Tom calls us "twiddle dee and twiddle dum"

Father's Day....Delayed

Mommy's a little slow at getting some of these posted, but, better late than never!

Hannah's turned into quite the chatter-box... she just loves her phone. Here she is talking to Papa Ike on Papa's day, while cuddling with daddy (two timer!)






We also got to pose with Auntie Tree...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

a break in the rain

This spring has been a very, very wet one. Our town and neighboring towns are falling victim to lots of flooding. Thankfully, Jesus is keeping us high and on dry land... he even gave us a day of beautiful sunshine and a day to play with Drew and Noni...





There were many highlights of the day, of which here are a few:
dump trucks - lots, and lots of dump trucks. We watched, and watched, AND watched... the drivers were so kind and beeped their horn and waved. We definitely had front row seats!





Then, we were put to work...

mowed the lawn....


Watered the plants


and played with little Hannah and Jake...



Hannah spent some time givin' Noni some sweet smiles, kisses, and happy memories.



Get ready Mimi... I'm coming your way soon! I'm saving up lots of teeth-revealing smiles and coos for you!


let's celebrate...

This weekend we are celebrating my daddy! Every day I get to spend time with daddy is a happy daddy's day - so I ask you this...how is this weekend different than any of those days?

I have lots of favorite moments with daddy - like when he and I play music together, or when he reads me or book, or like this time....


the best way to end any day!

Saturday, June 07, 2008

"mini-mommy"

Mommy and I spent some time yesterday looking through the photo album that Noni made for her....made up of all the pictures from when my mommy was a little girl. I couldn't believe it... I thought I was looking at pics of my sister, Hannah! Mommy doesn't have time to scan a pic right now, but when she does... you'll see the resemblence I'm sure!






Thank you Carmella


One of daddy's friends made these very special blankets for us...and we wanted to show her that they're "just the right size". THANK YOU!

This one goes out to Carter...



"Tartar" (a.k.a. Carter) came over to our house last night to play. Mommy had fun watching the interactions between us all, especially when she walked away for a brief moment and when she came back she saw this....



Hannah and Carter looked like they had been seated for a class and I was the instructor... (oh no...mommy says... he's going to be little-mister "organizer" like his mommy!)



Carter was all smiles ....



we played in my room....



I shared some of my toys...and my sister (I'm watching you Carter-man :-)



This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!


We finished the night with a great stroll-around-our block!

Maybe Jackie and John-John can go on another date night sometime soon! (hint hint)

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Nurturing spirit

In the midst of my struggles to deal with the frustrations that accompany a two year old's little mind... I have moments of great love and tenderness for my little sister.

I insist on feeding her her bottle, and have proven to be a great little understudy to mommy (gently kissing her forehead and smelling her sweetness!).



bathtime, bubbles, and brothers

Hannah is getting strong, she is now able to take baths with me. Well....the with me part is the difficult part, I have trouble sitting still. I like to splash and swim and roll... not something mommy and daddy are too patient with when Hannah's in the tub with me...






She is really showing off her teeth with these smiles (I think she was just relieved that mommy rescued her from the bathtub typhoon)!


Outside energy

There is something that the sun, warm weather, and nature do to a little boy of 25 months! Mommy hasn't always had her camera with her, but here are some shots that daddy was able to capture over the past week.



Noni spoils me when I'm with her.... I get to get right down and dirty with nature when we're together. So far this spring we've planted pumpkin seeds (at Noni and Papa's house), a little evergreen tree (at my house), and spring flowers..


I personally like the dirt best!