Snapping beans

So Hannah and Bekah were helping us snap beans today. They were being great helpers. Hannah was even "walking" a bean around the rim of a bowl and then it would fall in and Bekah was absolutely cracking up!





















A few months ago while I was pitching whiffle balls to Hannah and perhaps mistakenly taught her the old Little League chatter: "We want a pitcher not a belly itcher" Answered by "We want a batter not a broken ladder." So out of nowhere today she starts singing this while she's snapping beans. And I'm getting a huge kick out of it (Stephanie, not so much!).

While I'm enjoying her chatter, I start falling behind on my snipping duties and she's running out of beans to snap. And she makes up a new verse for the song: "We want a snipper not an itchy bitcher" (She was just rhyming, of course, she doesn't know that's a bad word).

I am on the floor laughing.

Summer fun

Not sure which of the girls enjoyed last week's trip to the kiddie pool more. Hannah was going down the slide and getting in the water up to her neck. Bekah was swimming around "like a shark." And Sophia was splashing and getting splashed and loving every second of it.

Sophia eats solids

So we figured out we're just as bad at blogging as we are at sending out pictures. Sorry everyone, but keep tuning in for more updates and pictures this week ... We're on a mission!

Here are two pictures of Sophia's first day eating real food. She absolutely loves just about everything. So far, she's had rice and oatmeal cereal, bananas, carrots, avacados, and applesauce. But mommy is pureeing more varieties soon, we've got mangoes already to go, we just picked fresh blueberries, and the garden veggies will be ready in about a week. Lucky Sophie!!

Sophia's Smile

Sophie has been smiling/laughing at Mike a ton lately, and it's adorable! He can get her to mimick his sounds and she does it with a huge grin. It happens every afternoon at around the same time. Our camera has been taking terrible pictures lately, so it's a little blurry ... I'm still working on it.

"Look at my boots!"

So I was a little busy with Sophie and cooking dinner, etc. one night. I get back into the kitchen and Bekah looks up at me with two oven mitts on her feet and says "Look at my boots!" in her sweet little voice. I never seem to catch these moments on camera, but I had to grab it this time.

First pair of glasses

Most of you know that Hannah is quite far-sighted, so here she is in her first pair of glasses. I think they might be a little dark, but we have a month to exchange the frames if we want to. She's been a good sport about wearing them, but doesn't always like to. They're already a little crooked ... she went to the Y with Daddy right after we got them ... the basketball won the fight. I can't tell how much better she's seeing, but we see the doc again in 2 weeks.

Sophia Clare's Baptism

Sophia Clare was baptized and welcomed into the church on Feb. 15th. She is blessed for many many reasons, but especially to have Aunt Ashley and Uncle Mark as her godparents. Also because tons of people from our family were there to support her ... Nathan came home from Colorado and Jackie, Scott, and the kids came from Maryland! Thanks to all the other family who were there as well. It was great to see everyone, and she's lucky to have you all. We didn't get the best pictures yet, but here is one at the church and one of her in the gown that has been worn by three generations now, starting with Grandma Becky.