snuggle bugs

first time painting emerson's nails...so shocked she let me do this


splash pad...loved it


where's emerson? and believe it or not...all those animals have a name


we have the same picture of emerson and these two are starting to look more and more alike


my two pink sleepsack kiddos




I feel very lucky that emerson and carter love each other so much. every morning carter and I go in emerson's room to get her up and all she wants to do is snuggle with carter. carter lights up in the morning when he sees her and can't stop smiling. emerson then wants to lay right by him and read him a book. i usually leave the two of them up there and make breakfast but often hear, "carter don't eat my sleepsack, oh buddy don't eat the book, carter you roll over there." And yes poor carter is in a pink sleepsack, i hope someday he forgives me.
carter is very active and yesterday he went from sitting to belly, belly to back, back to belly, and then belly back to sitting. Emerson and I were so proud of him saying "yay carter!"
it has been a very long week and I can't wait for the weekend. after five days in a row with nick not home, emerson dumping yogurt on my head, carter screaming in the late afternoons (just wanting to be held), and my back in so much pain (carrying a 25 pound toddler and a 17 pound baby)...i am looking forward to nick being home all weekend!

Fun at the park!

Happy August

emerson is saying, "where's your smile girls?"


fashion queen is wearing a skirt as a shirt...oh emerson


fashion queen #2 is wearing a blanket as a dress with a chip clip holding it together in the back


playing in the trampoline together...not the last time i'm going to say, "you two please be careful!"


we finally used emerson's giftcard she got for her birthday to build-a-bear. she built a cute pig and named her nora


fashion queen #3 is wearing a dress with a skirt underneath and strip socks...and yes i let her wear this out to the grocery store! she thought she looked so pretty with a dress AND a skirt


fashion queen #4 is wearing my dressy shoes, nick's watch, and she is using the gift bag as her purse


look at that hair!


great smile carter...emerson has the same one!


carter sitting all by himself


on all fours rocking


sweet boy


where are you going buddy?

wow...summer's going to be over before we know it! carter is five months today! he has being a little stinker lately. I don't know if it is seperation anxiety or just wanting to be held but i can't leave him without him crying. I love that he likes to cuddle because emerson does not, but sometimes I need just a second. He is getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth and sometimes jumps forward to get something out of reach. He is now eating squash, peas, and pears. He really will eat anything we put in his mouth. I gave him a frozen pancake this morning and after chewing on it for a few he decided to crumble it up and make a huge mess. His favorite place is in emerson's room laying on her bed. emerson thinks it's pretty cool, for now anyway.
After dinner we always go outside to play and we are trying very hard to teach emerson about the street and all the rules that come with it. She is pretty good but sometimes she forgets and just runs right out in the middle, thankfully there has never been a car. The other night we were walking together and she said with a tone, "mommy, you understand...we do not run in the street...you understand me?" i couldn't help but turn the other way and laugh for a minute and then said, "yes i understand that the street is very dangerous and not a place to play."