Holding the baby with the baby.

Opening presents

Miri's pretty, but allergic reaction causing dress

The first day

Miri played shy at first with Mamaw and Poppy - the big pouty lip, the looking away, occasionally smiling but then frowning as soon as she realizes it...the people in the church nursery know what I'm talking about! We went to the Arts, Beats and Eats festival soon after. Josh saw a clown at one of the shows and he absolutely loved him! I'm going to have to find somewhere where he can see a clown again - hmmm, a circus, perhaps?

Before the visit...

Miri and Josh had fun getting ready. Here's Miri posing in the bathroom.

Had to get one of Josh in there too! (Reuben's in the background!)

A Gallery of Miri!

Sleepy Miri - she's cheerful even when she's tired




Pensive Miri - looking out the window is so interesting!

Pots and Pans!

Josh is my budding drummer. Look at him play those pots and pans!

Messy Miriam

Here's an example of what Miriam does to her seat at the table.

And the seat of her chair...

And this is just from breakfast! Ah, the joys of not quite two year olds!

Children in the chair

What Josh does when he's supposed to be sleeping

The other night we went into check on Josh and found him on the floor, like so...


Then another night we found he had set up a complete city with blocks, animals, cars and little people. It was very elaborate. We didn't get a picture of that one, but at nap time I got a picture of this:

He lined up all the flat blocks along the chair rail. He was "decorating"!

Josh's new bed

Josh finally got a bed - no more mattress on the floor. He and Miri both really love it. They love to bounce and take the mattress off and all sorts of games you can make up with a toddler bed. When we first got it, they both had to lay down together on it. These pictures are from that


Sleeping on a bed! At last!


Miri thru the side rails

I want this bed!


Ready for bed!

A gallery of Miriam!

Here are some pictures of Miriam, in all her delightful ways! She's such a happy baby! As a side note, we got the computer working again, but we did it at the expense of several months of unbacked up photos. Boo! :(



If you look closely, you can see the playdoh she was eating!


She's always smiling!

More fun children

Dave came home to Josh reading this book to Miri while I was making dinner.


Yummy dinner!

Yelly dinner!


Mama and her babies!