Camping

Sydney loved the water. Just splishin' and a splashin'... in the water with her dad. She had a serious face on the whole time though. So the only way we assumed she liked it was that she kept splashing and watching the water intently. No, we didn't take her on the tube, she was just playing in it.

Ellie has maybe lost some attention since Syd, but she doesn't even mind as long as she can go swimming once in a while. She just stayed in the current and swam, kind of like those exercise pools with the jet that lets you swim in place. I had to keep calling her back because it was hard to watch her just swim and swim and not get anywhere.

Chad and Troy.


Camping was fun, but tenting it was the low point. Let me just say on behalf of Lucus and myself... if you forget an air matress and you pass a wal-mart on your way to the camp, don't decide to "skip it and just sleep on the ground." Buy a new air matress. Sydney woke up a couple of times screaming and I know the whole camp heard her. All smiles during the day though.

Just fun times.

She is "worming" around now. Not crawling yet. But seems to get around just fine. I even have been catching her standing up on things. That is when she gets so excited she grins from ear to ear. She grabs my jeans and grunts trying to pull herself up my leg when she wants held. It is so cute. Every day she gets better and better at pulling herself up it makes me nervous. We try to tell her "no" when she gets to the DVD player, but she just looks at us and pops the tray out, her personal ladder to the TV I guess. Man we love her and are amazed by her every day. Every parents says that, but it seems like finally I understand about how kids are so amazing. Lucus rolls around on the floor with her and can make her giggle with no end with his range of voices, silly faces, and tickles.

Frozen strawberries seem to be a favorite, but once they thaw she drops the holder and cries. Works well for a while. I gave her a plain ice cube to suck on after a strawberry and she automatically dropped it. Not as good eh?

4th of July swinging away. At first she didn't know what to think. Then there were a few moments of fun, then she got bored and just lounged, no smile, no expression. Of course we were doing the enormous, way too obvious grins and overexcitement trying to get her to smile. Here is a mild attmept. Cute though.

A FIRST birthday!!

Birthday boy!

Troy loved the cake after he figured out it was for eating. Then he just wanted to play with it.

Sydney got her first taste of watermelon (which granny Mac gave her and from then on she wouldn't stop reaching for it with her mouth wide open).

Sydney 5 months already!

Enjoying some cereal, she decided she would feed herself, turns out she needs more practice.

Lucus trying out his new toy...with a helmet.

Sometimes she takes over our bed. We don't move her cause she looks soooo cute.

Fun at the Oregon Coast. Sydney's 1st airplane ride and 1st time at the beach. A little chilly, but fun fun fun.

The guys decided to make the girls breakfast for Mother's day-Belgian Waffles, strawberries, eggs, sausage. I was impressed.

Troy and Sydney "playing". Sydney really just stared at Troy. She doesn't know how to really play. My mom in the background is zonked after a long day of travel.

Family Picture at the beach.

What a sweetie. She enjoyed being outside carried by Lucus in her Bjorn.

More of the rest of our lives...

Whoa nakey baby!


Chillin with daddy.



Sydney loves to watch me cook when she
is in her bumbo. She has to be a part of things
otherwise she gets cranky. But she is so cute
when she is happy.

A new swimsuit we bought her. We (I mean I) am a little ancy for

summer and for the first time in the water. Such a cute little suit, and it

shows off her chubber legs.

Sydney likes to be held up to be able to see everything around her these days. She knows how to get her way with us, and we are great enablers! Her chubber cheeks are only accentuated when she smiles. Today was her baby blessing and she was all smiles on the way to church (usually she sleeps), and I knew it was not going to last. By the end I was covered in regurgitated milk and my feet were killing me from standing with her for 45 min bouncing in heels.

Here is Grandma McAfee cleaning after the feast we had, thanks to her. She always has a ton of food at gatherings. She said to me today, "I don't want people to feel like they can't take a lot" as she loaded the dishes by twice the amount I had. I was fat and happy by the end of the hour as was everyone else.

Huge Strawberries!!!!!!!!!!! Nummers!!!

The camera lens was fogging up, but there is Sydney in her cute white dress all ready for church. It was amazing I didn't find any green stains on the back by the end of church. It is still white.