Yet another new trick

Yes, Isabella has another new trick. She is already pulling herself up on furniture....be afraid, very afraid. She's going to be walking in no time. We had an exciting weekend as Emma woke up Saturday morning with a 101.3 degree fever! She was of course wide awake screaming at 6:30 am and I of course had to work from 11-3. Oh, and for those of you who don't know I am working again (well outside of our home work) at Old Navy. Just part-time a few days a week and only when Matt is home with the girls. Anyway, Emma laid low on Saturday and took some Advil a few times. She woke up Sunday feeling like her usual self so we went to my grandparent's house for dinner. It was a nice quiet day.

We also got our new camera last week, so I've been taking a ton of pictures. I am also trying to reorganize all our photos both on the computer and on the website. This means I haven't been putting much up lately, but they will be up soon. We are also trying to get the computer in a better set up so I can edit the pictures more easily. Here are a few new pictures of the girls to satisfy you until I get them all up.

Quick note about the last picture. Emma doesn't like the flash or noise that the new camera makes, so I have about 30 pictures of her doing some variation on this face. Once I get a better picture of her I'll put it up.

2 Mobile Kids

Well Isabella finally started to crawl forward. She's been rolling around and going backward for a few weeks now, but last week she finally went forward. She is still a little wobbly and not real fast yet, but she is moving. I have to get the video camera out and when I get some footage I will post it. For now here are a few pictures from this weekend. We went to a D-day reenactment on Saturday and have a few pictures.

Random Pictures

I have a few new pictures to put up. I haven't had time to update the picasa yet because that requires me to organize the pictures first and that requires work! There are some pictures of Emma on her new swingset and some of the girls in the bath tub.

First Trip to the Big Lake

So today the girls had their 6 month (she's really 7 months) and 2 year check ups. Matt took the day off so we could go to the beach afterward. Emma was in heaven! She could have played in the sand and the freezing water for hours! Isabella could have cared less where we were, but maybe that will change next year. After playing at the beach we went back up to grandma's house and got cleaned up. Then we went for a walk downtown to see the sights of Harborfest. Mostly we wanted to go get a snack. Emma got her first big ow-ee while we were down there. She tripped and skinned her knee so we got some cotton candy and went home. The cotton candy made her knee better every time she took another bite.

Emma did great at her check-up. She is very healthy and enjoyed showing off to the doctor how smart she is. She was 24 lbs. 15oz. which is the 25th percentile and 34 inches tall which is the 50th percentile. So she is getting a little taller and skinnier than her last appointment.

Isabella was also very good for her appointment, although she didn't like the nurse very much. She was a little scary at first and then gave her shots at the end, so who can blame her. She was 18lbs. 13 oz. which is the 85th percentile and 26.5 inches which is the 60th percentile. For comparison; Emma was 14 lbs. 11 oz. and 25 inches at her 6 month check-up (done at 6 and a half months). So basically I have 1 midget and 1 giant and by the time Isabella is a year old I will have twins that are 18 months apart.


Here are a couple of pictures from today:

Happy June!

So I'm running a little behind, but I was waiting for some pictures from a friend to finish this post. We had a little get together with some friends and their kids this past Saturday. So there are a few pictures from that. Then on Sunday we went to my mom's house in South Haven. We had lunch and a friend of mine from high school was in town from Florida and she stopped by and visited for a while. It was the first time we had seen her since Isabella was born so it was a nice visit. My mom took Emma down to the beach again while Matt and I ran to Menard's with Isabella. They had sand on sale and that's the last thing we have to do for the swing set to be finished. Of course, no camera on the beach, but Emma was "swimming" in the sand. She was basically making snow angels in the sand. Although she was doing this on both her back and her stomach. Needless to say she was covered in wet sand for our ride home.

Memorial Day

Better late than never....
Memorial Day we went to my mom's house in South Haven. We got some take out Chinese food and played at grandmas. Matt and my mom took Emma down to the beach for the first time. I stayed and tried to put Isabella down for a nap and when that didn't work I went down to the beach too. Emma had a lot of fun playing in the ice cold water! We headed up from the beach and then made a quick stop at Menard's on the way home. Unfortunately we didn't have the camera down there, but I will try and get some new pictures up soon.