wow...

i've finally been figuring out my new camera and have gone picture CRAZY... so i'm sure there's going to be TONS of pics on here now... oh wait... :) but with such adorable test subjects, how can i not?

Playing together

Noah was surprised to see his sissy out on his swingset!


He was actually okay with it and even wanted to push her.


She seemed to like it.


:)


i love to see my TWO kids playing!!

smile for the camera!

Since Ruby's gotten a little heavy for Noah's liking, he asked if she could sit by him. I couldn't pass up the picture opportunity, and Noah's conversation after I got the camera out was priceless! i would video him talking, but with his speech disorder he's very hard to understand unless you spend a lot of time with him. we're working on it though!


"sissy, mommy got the camera out! yay!"


"sissy, you have to look at mommy and smile"


"see, there's mommy. you have to smile. say cheese!"

"ready? CHEEEEESE!"

"sissy, did you smile and say cheese?"


"nope, but NOW i'll smile!!" not sure if i love her smile or her hair sticking up the most. her 'fluff' always stands up after her bath!

sunday school dress

i admit i didn't really like this dress when i bought it, but couldn't pass up paying $1 for it when it still had the original price tags. after i put it on her though i thought it was quite adorable! it reminds me of the sunday school dresses we always put my sister in.





i have a feeling this is what she really thinks of this fancy dress

she tries her best to sit up every time we put her down. she usually just ends up face down, but boy, she must have some strong ab muscles!

Roses and Friends

I was able to spend some time with my wonderful friend from college, Becky, and her sister Leah and kids at the Park of Roses. Despite the windstorm last weekend, the roses were in bloom and standing tall! Noah enjoyed spending time with some new buddies, Quentin, David, and Aydin. It was a pretty day for a stroll through the flowers!


a weeping european beech tree. the PERFECT climbing/clubhouse tree. i'd love to replace our spanish tree with this!!


Quentin and David relaxing by the fountain
Becky and Ruby chillin' out


Beautiful roses!


beautiful baby in the beautiful roses!


Quentin, Noah, and David watching the squirrels playing and eating (there were about 5-6!)

lavender roses


noah and the fountain

I love the water drops in this picture

David was SO great with Noah, teaching him how to say all the things we saw


This was one of my favorites. Actually it's the same as the first rose pic on here. when they first open they are cream on the inside, then change to all pink spotted after being open for a while.


Silly boys!

She was intently trying to figure out what the big pink thing was.

she was a little hungry at this time :)

in the trenches

When the electric came back, Bryan was able to use the chain saw to finish the larger parts of the tree. Now all that's left are the large roots. This was the largest root that is quite stuck, so he used the shovel to try and help without any luck. However, Noah loved the new holes and playing in the dirt.



not quite sure why his tongue is sticking out... eating the dirt?? perhaps!


<3

:)

i LOVE going back and seeing how similar my babies look! Thank goodness for those earrings! :)

Hurrican Ike

The house on one corner lost their huge tree in the front. The neat thing was that immediately several neighbors came out with chainsaws during the windstorm to help move the tree that was blocking the main street into our neighborhood. We've never even seen some of these people before in the 8 years we've lived here!

Our dog, Molly, ran away at the beginning of the storm, but I couldn't go far with both babies sleeping inside and Bryan at work. So I carried the camera and took pictures while I yelled for her. Several hours later she was brought home to us by someone who had found her close to busy W. Broad St. and kept her safe during the storm.

Noah and I thought it was pretty neat when his swingset blew over (and all his toys were flying across the yard)... until... (keep your eye on the little push truck in the far back)..


...the tree behind the swingset fell over (on top of Mater, the tow truck). i was VERY sad because first of all the tree really helped block the view from others in the apartments behind us, and because the tree had been imported from Spain and had incredibly neat spiral limbs.

Noah helping daddy clean up the tree. Bryan had a chainsaw, but of course it was electric... and we were out of electricity from Sunday til Thursday... (see Mater under the tree?? surprisingly it survived to be ridden again!)

so he ended up breaking most of the tree by hand and taught noah to do the same :)

my favorite part of this pic is all the chairs lined up... you'd think they'd had an audience or something. oh and of course i love seeing my two guys working together!