Long Time No Blog

Hey friends and family! We're still around...just haven't been snapping too many pictures lately or taking time to record our daily events, largely because there's not been much excitement in that department over the last few weeks. Like many of you, we've been having lots of wet, cold weather, without the added interest of ice like you Austinites! So we've been staying in, taking it easy, mostly. Thankfully the sun's come out the last few days, so maybe we will venture out and have more activities on the horizon soon.

We did go out for a few shopping stops last Friday, and as we tromped across the department store with me carrying LL and a large bag, with AG tagging along, I prodded AG to keep up. She said, "My feet are just not really running very much right now." She's gotten to be such a clear communicator, and it's always fun to hear her take on things. She likes to sing songs she makes up, often to the tune of "Holy Holy Holy," and lately she "reads" stories to her dolls that rhyme and have a definite metered rhythm, though they are kind of like word salad! She's very fond of "treats" (mostly cookies) and asks for one after most meals. Several times lately I've answered her by saying, "We only have those sometimes," or "We'll have one later" to which she immediately asks, "Is it sometimes/later?" She also loves to "write letters" which she folds, puts in envelopes, and seals with stickers. We have quite a stack of outgoing mail at this point!

LL is also doing well and keeping us on our toes. I've been wondering why, over the last month, the floor seems to constantly look like a tornado came through, despite my efforts to keep it from looking that way. It finally hit me that it's because we have a little toddler tornado on our hands. She is into everything and we finally (thanks to Trey's clear thinking) took measures to keep her out of the kitchen cabinets which she loved to raid constantly.

And finally, some more exciting news: We are thankful to be expecting a third baby on our about Aug. 28! We'll be at 10 weeks tomorrow, and all seems to be going well. We'll post updates as we have them and appreciate everyone's prayers and encouragement!

Some New Shots...

AG gets comfy watching her favorite purple dinosaur...
LL helps her Daddy rake and bag the last (we hope) of the leaves...
Our perky princess!
AG now loves to brush our hair...but LL is a moving target!
Suppertime!

All is well here, thankfully. The girls have been having fun playing together and enjoying their neat new toys and books. LL loves to bring books to her Daddy for him to read to her. She is adding more words to her vocabulary daily..."bunny" is one of the newest, but the one we hear the most (other than Mommy and Daddy!) is "Ellie," her best stuffed friend. She cracks us up during meals by snapping food off the spoons we offer her with such speed and gusto that I can only compare it to the video footage I've seen of big fish jumping up out of the water to grab some bait! We are having lots of fun with them these days.

The Adventures of AG

We just got back today from another trip to visit our family, and AG got to do lots of fun things. Above, she made brownies with her Nana. Yum!
Here she is with her Gran on Saturday night during our post-Christmas Christmas celebration with Gran's family.
A rare photo of all four of us! This was taken before we went to church with Nana, Grandpa, and Uncle Matthew.
Getting artsy at Gran and PopPop's house on New Year's Eve...
and being supremely silly in the turban Gran put on her after her bath. She was absolutely giddy...she could not stop giggling and checking herself out in the mirror!

We hope you all have had a great first day of '07 and that many more happy days will follow!