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."