For those who are interested...

8ish weeks to go.

Big Girl Bed

Edy has just successfully completed her first full week of sleeping in her big girl bed. This milestone was met by deep sadness for me and joy akin to winning the lottery for Edy.

Though she posed happily for her first photos in her bed, the initial night did not go well. After getting up several times and receiving several scoldings and reminders that "big girls stay in their beds" my sweet E.J. ended up back in her crib. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. It was awful.


However, Daddy's insistence on her obedience paid off, she got the idea, and night #2 and each night since have proven much more peaceful.

Swimming

We have some wonderfully generous folks from church who let us come use their pool whenever we want. They have actually scolded me several times for calling first to ask if it's okay.

So last week, Lindsey, Caleb, Angela, Paxton, Erica, Kins, and me and Edy finally managed to rendezvous at the Whitehouses.' It was delightful.


On a side note, Pax appears to be channeling Popeye the Sailor Man in this shot. Classic.

Florida 2010

Finally getting around to posting these. Sorry for the delay.

With the exception of Caleb, we were all able to convene at the beach this year. It was Abel, Edy, and Jagger's first time to be together since Luke and Caitlan's wedding last summer. And besides some pushing, toy-snatching, and a bout of the stomach bug they all got along swimmingly.

Until I Get Around to Posting Florida Pics,

you can enjoy this in the meantime.

Maiden Voyage

For our six-year anniversary we took out our new (to us) pop-up camper for the first time. Though the camper was born the same year Josh and I were, she did beautifully. She held up under a pretty strong storm, kept us cozy each night, and the volvo pulled her no problem.


Edy is a fine camper. She especially loves smearing chocolate chip cookie all over her face while sitting in her Edy-sized camping chair.


I think she looks like Aunt Audrey in this pic. It's one of my favorites.



Edy's smile, though cute, is not representative of how she truly felt during our paddleboat excursion. We paid $4 to ride. Not worth it.



Notice the upholstery- it's half the reason why I love this camper so much. And we have electricity. Josh would have burst into flames were it not for our little fans.




Not a particularly flattering shot of me with my expanding waistline (which I had Josh crop most of out of the picture), but it was worth it to show off my biggest catch- which was significantly larger than Josh's. Ha.


Come with us next time. There's plenty of room!

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