Sunday Best!

Emily has started to request wearing skirts and dresses, so I went out last week and bought a few new ones with some fun tights to go with them. This is one of the new outfits and I thought she just looked beautiful! :)

Oh, and that's a marshmallow in her hands -- she made her bed without being asked, so she got a treat! She's getting to be such a big girl!! :)

Finger-Painting is Fun!

Yesterday's Craft-Time

Emily has been sick with croup all week, so we had a special "craft-time" yesterday -- finger paints!! And she had to sport her fancy craft-smock that was mine as a kid! Pretty cute, huh?! :) In this painting you can see a little green stick-figure in the middle -- according to Emily, that is a picture of Mommy. Not bad for a two year old! :)

The obligatory hand-prints!

" Mom, I'm all dirty!"

Some Fun In The Snow

6 Month Check-Up

Alexander had his 6 month check-up last week and is just getting bigger and bigger (around that is)! :) He now weighs 18 lbs 5 ozs (65%) and is 26" long (35%). Dr. Joyce still just can't believe how big around his chest and broad his shoulders are. There is nothing dainty or delicate about this boy! :)

For the most part he's sleeping through the night now. We finally figured out that if we give him one more feeding of cereal before he goes to bed, he can make it to the morning -- you would think that we never feed this boy with how hungry he gets all the time! :)

He is getting closer and closer to starting to crawl although we laugh that we're not sure how he's going to manage because his belly is so big and his thighs so short -- we're not sure he can actually get his stomach off the floor! ;)

Alex is just the happiest baby you will ever see and he just lights up the room. Emily is still in love with him and cares for him almost as well as Nelson and I do. They are such a joy! :)