Moments from August

Kendall after she climbed on Daddy's desk - so proud of herself

Kendall...you are a day short of 19 months and get prettier every day! You shock us with all the new words you know and with your hilariously innocent commentary. I sometimes forget how much you understand until you do things like snicker after I do something silly or copy my words (scary!). You love your school and proudly wave bye-bye to Mommy on the mornings you leave. You can be very sweet to your baby sister, taking dirty diapers to the trash and softly patting Leah on the head, calling her 'baby'. You are still 19 months however, so you have your moments of taking the diaper and then slinging it to the floor...or trying to catapult your sister in her bouncer through the ceiling...You love Elmo (Melmo) and Barney (Baa-nee) and can watch their videos to no end, much to my displeasure at times. You surprised us all again when you were suddenly able to do the body motions to "row row row your boat", "twinkle twinkle little star", and "the itsy bitsy spider." I think we can thank your school for that...and also for the sudden appearance of the word "mine", which you are suddenly throwing out, even more than "no." Your smile melts hearts and we all love trying to make you smile and laugh.




Baby Leah...you are 5 weeks and a day and getting bigger every day! We thought you might be our low maintenance baby, but now we're not so sure :) You like to take long leisurely naps during the day and then wake up ready to play at night! You have such serious and interesting expressions, like when you arch your right eye brow as though you are speculating about the world. You slept until 2am in your crib one night, but mostly you like sleeping right up again Mommy, which makes Daddy very nervous. I just think you like to hear my heartbeat...and I definitely love having you close. You do not like poopy diapers and will cry and cry and cry until they are changed. You are also not a big fan of bath time, even when sister Kendall comes in to entertain you. Mommy has to keep one hand on you and the other on Kendall - to keep her from jumping in!

4 weeks...Kendall or Leah?

I didn't think the girls looked that much alike...but maybe they do...can you tell which one is Kendall and which one is Leah?

Just love weddings!

I really enjoy weddings...particularly other people's weddings :) You can enjoy the beautiful scenery and usually yummy food without the stress of being the center of attention. Plus I think it helps to remind you of why you married your own spouse.

This past weekend we were able to attend my good friend Chris's wedding. Chris is a great guy in so many ways, in fact I kind of see him as the little brother that I wouldn't have minded having, and I was so happy that he found his 'princess charming.'

There were a couple moments that I found particularly poignant...during the ceremony, the officiant had all family and friends stand up. He then had everyone agree to essentially work together for this newly created marriage. For example, he mentioned that if one side of the couple were to ever come to us to discuss a relationship trouble or issue, we should think about what we can say to keep this couple strong...not just being the 'yes person' and adding to that person's complaints. I also very much enjoyed the father of the bride's speech...he talked about being 'one' with your spouse - no matter whether that person is right next to you or across the globe - you are one. He then mentioned how much he already respected and cared for his new son-in-law and I think that is such a great thing when two families can become one.