sweet sisters, somewhat...and baby bro

oh no, he already has the remote in his hand!

don't move i said. don't move.

well, the girls have enjoyed the little tree out front...but rachel was a tad bit concerned that olivia would make her fall if she moved. ha ha. notice the look of worry.............

now, we are all better!!!

sweet but sweaty little girls.

posers.

don't move OLIVIA! DON'T MOVE...Moooooommmmmyyyy. olivia is moving! (i heard this a few dozen times.....)

my sweet baby boy...in a cute little outfit from auntie serena.

olivia the ever dancing and singing human.

tooth number 2.........GONE! ( and only after about 2 hours of talking about it..)

staying cool.

on the move, part deux

oh, there's that stegall look....'you talking to me?'

man oh man...getting this dolled-up for church is really hard work! time for a nap. (please notice the one handed grip on that bottle)

the stringer brow strkes again. hmmm.

i'm walking on sunshine, whoaoaoh
...and don't it feel good??

stop that baby!

scowl.

hi there! come on in...i was just leaving myself.......
wait! what's the secret password??

only seven short months have passed since we brought home this sweet little boy...we have bragged about how laid back he is...how easy, how he's such a sweet, calm little baby...................................................................

so, now what???????????? we can't contain him! he's still sweet of course, but boy can he move!?!?!?!

I'm not sure what we will do.....except roll with it like always. we are about to have to lower his crib mattress, again. he has suddenly started pulling up and standing. this evening i walked in and found him standing up but also leaning over the edge with one arm dangling. good grief. he's already top-heavy, so i'm afraid he will just tip over and out of there if we don't do something soon. he's so sweeeeeet...

moving way too fast!!

random

My little helper...going through closets to gear up for a garage sale........sigh.....and also been putting things on ebay.

the poser.

oh, what a look!

well, it's been a while since i posted anything new...been very busy....and baby boy is revving up his engines...ready to crawl all over the house. he has two teeth, is sitting up, crawling, saying maamaa, and now dadadada... sometimes there's also a babbabba in there somewhere. it's quite cute.

girls are having fun at summer camp with weekly field trips. lots going on. both are growing by leaps and bounds. rach has lost a second tooth, and i will post pics of that event soon.

we don't have much else to report...just sharing a few pictures.

The Great Outdoors! (and boy it's hot!!)

We had just come in from outside this afternoon and i tried to get a few more shots out of the camera...the low-battery light blinking at me the whole time.....and owen was soooo sleeeepy... although, he only slept about 20 minutes. oh well. we had a good time outside. he is trying to help me type right now, hands banging on the computer, then my leg, then his leg, then he tries to eat his toes, then eats my shirt...then more banging......just BUSY!!!

Sleepy boy...

hey, you looking at me??

There's so much to see in our backyard. We have found snakes, spiders, and mole tracks. the latter really upsets lee. he's so proud of his yard and that mole is making lots of messes in it! i think he regrets killing the snake a few weeks ago.

little mommy and her baby...

some of the gorgeous flowers we have blooming right now. anyone know what kind they are? i assume this is some type of lily...? all i know is they are so pretty. we've had irises, tons of azealeas, camelias, gardenias, and a few others we can't name....it's a wonderful place to live. you never know what you will find. of course, that goes for varments as well. snakes, spiders, squirrels, raccoons, moles...oh my...

oh, this is just SECONDS before a gigantic spider ran up owen's leg and i freaked! i scooped owen up and stripped his clothes off to make sure the 8-legged enemy was not still on him...ugh...i mean, i put him down for less than a minute and a spider just has to find us. sigh. so this is the only shot in the grass. one day we'll attempt it again.

oh, and a sweet, very quick turtle joined us outside.......he moved all over the backyard until he found a cozy spot in one of the bushes. we were really impressed with his speed. ha ha.

last weekend ... the bathing beauties trying to dry off and warm up before heading home from a day of swimming...............
owen just couldn't last the whole day. i wish i had a way to take pictures in the water. but just as sure as i tried, i would have dropped the camera or phone in the pool. but owen LOVED the water. i thought it might scare him because it was such a big pool and loud with all kinds of people splashing around us. but he thought it was great. it was a bit cool at first, but he played so hard...then just zonked out. have i mentioned lately how sweet he is?? he's such a good baby. Thank you Lord!

after his nap he was all cleaned up and ready for more fun!

cozy in my robe....

cool dude. lots of sunscreen and a hat!

I think we will have a great summer!!