Not Every Face is a Smiling Face

Happened to have these real-to-life pics of Nathan & Emily.

Babies just cry sometimes, don't they??

We had a huge storm Saturday that left our poor sunflower looking like this:

Even more sadly, the sunflowers were one of the few successes to our garden this year.

On a "he's so darn cute, but..." note, we found Nathan thieving the muffins the other day. Look at what he's standing on!





I took these pictures of Emily after she'd fallen asleep on my lap. It was kind of dark, which is why the coloring is funny. But the way she sleeps with her mouth open just gets me every time. She is SO asleep!


Sleeping babies are so fun to stare at, aren't they?

















Then onto today. Emily wore her first bow today. We'd had one made and set out to wear to church, only to forget to put it on her. Made one for her super cute outfit she wore to grandma's for dinner tonight. After 13 years, I have claimed my right to change my mind on the subject of bows. I don't think Kurt has changed his mind, tho. We have, up to this point, been very anti-bow. We even had notes made on our charts in the hospital when the girls were born ~ NO BOWS. But, I've been swayed ~ by what, I don't know.



You can't really see the bow in this one, but look at that face!













Tonight at Grandma's, Nathan took Grandma's birthday present box and made the best toy ever out of it. A BOX!! Why do we buy anything else for kids this age?

He played and played in it, but would have nothing to do with anyone trying to close the top with him inside. He did wear it as a hat, climbed in and danced inside, and even tried to use it as a step stool. That didn't work so well...

Can't beat that face, either!









And finally, here is Miss Emily in the Dalmatian towel we've had since Elizabeth was a baby. You can probably guess where we might have gotten it from!

We have a picture of Liz this age in this towel... sort of feels like we've come full circle.

Emily had a great time in the tub this morning!