awwww

Stella hanging out with my Uncle. That look on her face is priceless.

repurpose the exersaucer

Stella prefers to crawl through the saucer or just hang out inside of the dish at the bottom rather than sit in it properly. She says only babies sit in it and then she looks at her brother. Hmmmm. She babbles but hasn't truly said a real word i think. But she does say Dada if you talk on the phone and she thinks it's her dad. Maybe she has made that connection but I honestly don't know. I do know that she's a wonderful mimic and will wave if you wave, or sigh if you sigh. She even says, "mmmm" when she's eating because her dad taught her that. I'm going to put her in her highchair and let her watch me wash bottles or make formula and see what she does with THAT knowledge.

Parade!

Looks like a 70's album cover don't you think? Here are the boys hanging out as the parade goes down the main street in Decatur for 4th of July. The kids were so good that day we were even able to have dinner and drinks with adults! We didn't, however, make it through the fireworks. 9 pm may be past my bedtime too. Maybe next year.

prison break

We've had to pen in the children since Stella is now crawling and cruising. Here she's pretending not to care but the minute I turn my back she's trying to figure out a way to escape. My biggest fear is she'll realize we keep food in that big box in the kitchen and that will become her new destination whenever she is free.

Man her cheeks are huge! It looks like she's got marshmallows in there.

Schroeder

Aaron tickling the ivories. Except this piano has dogs barking instead of actual music. I just need to teach Stella to recline along the front.

the zoo

Grandpa B and I took the babies to the zoo last week. Clearly they are too young to really enjoy it as they were more distracted by the chipmunks and other children than the animals on display. I tried to take a picture of Stella at the petting zoo but she wanted nothing to do with the goats. I don't blame her. Here's the only picture I took but in it, Aaron is clearly having a great time.

Welcome to the zoo!!!

standing

Stella started pulling herself up about a week ago and now she's unstoppable. Her favorite thing to pull herself up on is someones leg but in a pinch she'll settle for wherever Aaron is. Here she is having a little conversation with her bro. It will be a miracle if she doesn't knock out her front teeth. We predict she'll be walking by the time she's a year.