Hide and Seek

This morning I went up o retrieve Ryan's "Humber" that somehow got stuck between the back of Zach's dresser and the wall. This toy car is one of Ryan's new favorite toys, so When I brought it to the living room, where I left Ryan, I thought some fanfare was in order. Coming down the stairs I announced in a somewhat sing-songy voice, "Ry-an, I have something for you." I expected him to come running from downstairs or the kitchen. Instead as I reached the bottom of the stairs(and coincidently the end of my sentence) Ryan popped up from inside the giant suitcase I had been working on unpacking. The suitcase was about 3 feet from where I was standing and he had been completely concealed inside, so it was certainly a surprise. I spent the next couple minutes laughing at myself and him. He told me he was playing hide and seek. I thought he had had a breakthrough because usually he tells you where he is going to hide. I explained to him that the most important part of hide and seek is that the people who you want to play with know you are playing. He said, "Okay. You count, I'm going to hide in here." ::sigh:: I guess I was wrong about that breakthrough.

Whirlwind

Do you ever feel like your whole world is a whirlwind? No time to slow down or you might get swept away by life? That's how I've been feeling lately. We just got back from vacation where I was able to slow down a little bit for a week. Before vacation I was spending every free moment getting our house ready to go on the market. No small task with 3 young children I've found. It went on the market the day we left for vacation. I'm hoping maintaining will be easier than getting it this way. The kids and summer activities have also been keeping me busy. I never thought I would be one of those moms that was happy for the school year to start, but we have 1 week and counting until the first day(woo hoo!). I'm hoping that the start of school will bring back some routine and give me plenty of time to not be a referee. Routine will be nice. It will also be nice to have my Bible study time back.

One Handed Picture Blogging

Isn't that sweet?! He wanted to hold Lily and gave her a kiss all on his own with no prompting.

Waiting for mommy to come get him after 10 minutes "rest time." He was having rest time because he insisted he did NOT need a nap.

My two little patriots.

Grandma and her girl.

Already acting like siblings.

I believe I can fly (with a little help from daddy)

Sittin' Up

Yep, that's my girl sittin' up. She's growing up so fast!

5 months old

What a big month for Lily. She is scooching, rolling back to front and front to back easily now, she is sitting(though sometimes she tips over), laughing, squealing with delight and having "conversations" with people. Some of her favorite things are her hanging jumper thing, her exersaucer, rolling around on the floor and the ever popular people looking at/talking to her.