One Last Hurrah.

Our days as a family of three are quickly approaching their end. In honor of their departure we took one last set of shots before we add another kiddo to the mix. Unfortunately, very few of those pictures turned out. C'est la vie, eh?


However, if nothing else, this next picture makes me happy beyond belief. Who needs boring ol' posed family portraits, anyhow?





Happy Fall, my friends.

Happy Halloween,

from Little Red Riding Hood.

2 years and 1 day

What a beautiful start.

-We nearly wore ourselves out with birthday extravaganzas yesterday. We started with misshapen blueberry pancakes for breakfast, played with play-dough (compliments of Angela and Pax), and had a quick dance party in the living room- all before 9 a.m.

We talked to JuJu on the phone, took a walk around the neighborhood with Grandpa, and had William from next door over for the morning while his mom ran some errands. Lance (Josh's intern at church and Edy's first major crush) came over for his weekly Wednesday lunch, Grandmommy treated us to an ice cream cone from Sonic, and then it was an early dinner of potpie- Edy's favorite- before church in the evening.

Needless to say, I am exhausted today.

2!

We celebrated our sweet E.J. turning two-whole-years-old at the park Saturday, and it's a wonder that I didn't cry through the whole thing. Pregnancy hormones aside, it's hard for me to fathom that two years have passed since she joined our family. I don't really understand why, but God has been incredibly good to us.

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.