Lucy can sit up for minutes all on her own!

Benjamin in Blue

Ben has recently rediscovered some older toys. The hammer gained new life when he saw Daddy hammering shelves together. He likes to hammer too, so when I pointed out the loop on his shorts that is for carrying hammers, he had to try it out:


Can you find all four family members in this shot?

Forget Standing, Let's Crawl!

Lucy is starting to scoot around. She mostly goes backwards or turns in circles. The other day I had to extricate her from under the chair!

She likes to push up on her hands and get as far off the floor as possible.

And her most exciting accomplishment (look closely):

Yes, her body is completely off the ground. She is holding all her weight on her hands and feet. I have seen her be much higher up than this, but you all will have to be content with this photo as it is hard to catch it (she is not the camera-hound her big brother is). She still doesn't seem to have thought of bringing her knees up to support her weight, but once she does, look out world!

Granddaddy's House

We recently spent a few days at Grandmama and Granddaddy's house. Benjamin is really starting to enjoy playing with cousin Kayligrace (he calls her "Kay-gracie"). Here they are in a quiet moment watching videos on Granddaddy's computer. Their favorite is "Five Little Monkeys."

Playing with Granddaddy's hat:

Playing with Grandmama:

Lucy loves her brother; she spent most of the time watching the antics of the bigger children with bright eyes and waving arms. She is quite good at sitting up and her balance is improving, but she is not interested in sitting at all- she's working on standing up!

Now for some shots of the stars:

5 Months Old

Lucy's FIrst Swim Video

At the "Beach"

We recently took the girls I work with at church to Girls Camp. We went to Bear-Den Campground. One of the many amenities was this beach. We thought it was much better than the real thing! No waves to knock you over, no one to compete with for good spots, shade for the grownups to sit in...

Benjamin loved it. He spent lots of time playing in the water and splashing around. We also put Lucy in. She wasn't sure what to make of it at first and had to work her way in gradually (I think the fact that it was a little cold rather than the warm bath put her off a bit), but she really got into it. We have a video to post of her first experience, but you'll have to wait for that one as it is late and I am too tired to get it uploaded :)

This is Benjamin playing with his new best friend Addison. She is three and calls him "Ben-joe-min." He is always asking to play with Addison, go to her house, etc. On Wednesday night at the church they found a pair of Spiderman slippers. Someone told them they needed to share, so they each took one slipper and ran around for the next hour, happy as can be!

Photo Shoot - Part II

Photo Shoot - Part I

A Little Lucy

Taken at the same time as the "thunder thighs" photos. These capture a bit of the continuous motion she usually engages in!