Sunday, July 29, 2012

Catching up

Some pictures Josh took in the yard.








We had an awesome street dance last week.






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Ann and Ian came to visit for a weekend. Ian loves to split logs and it is pretty entertaining.

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Andrew decided to split a few logs of his own.

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Gotta rehydrate.


Andrew loves chasing Papa's new dog Minnie.

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Aunt Emily came home for dinner and it was WONDERFUL!

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We still miss Aunt Sara though. One more week before she comes home!

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

The end of summer

Josh and Andrew have taken up squirt gun fighting.

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Papa had a birthday. We have a birthday almost every month so. Andrew is getting good at blowing out the candles.

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We are getting to walk the lake with my friend Darsey in the mornings while she is on summer break. We love her. :)


Grandnana does a different version of Pattycake and it is his new favorite.

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Josh got a new computer and it makes an awesome fort and coloring canvas.

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Little boys are awesome (which is a word mine loves to say).

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Dear Dalton's,

Thank you for being such a fun place to work and grow up.


Andrew and I will miss the sweet grandmas and aunts (and Brother Tyler) we saw when we came.

Thanks for sometimes being a place to be silly:

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And thanks for all the great toys.

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Thanks for being a place we loved, and a place where we were loved.

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We will miss you.

Love, Emily

P.S. To the employees of Dalton's: Momma, Lisa, Lori, Marlene, Katherine, Tyler, Shonda, Danielle, and especially Susie, who brought us all together, thank you for loving my son so much. You are forever part of our family.



Monday, July 16, 2012

We made a fort with Aunt Sara this weekend.

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He got really upset any time she left his sight.

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He loves to call anyone.

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Don't worry, we did eventually take him down to the lake.

It was Papa's birthday this week.

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Adam taught him a really cool trick.

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He comes running to me at the end because he wants to watch himself.

His language is really exploding.
(Words to listen for: train, boat, Minnie, robot, ball, and choo-choo. Also, at the beginning when he is holding his finger up, he is saying "one more" asking to watch a movie on my phone, or as he thinks of it, the video catalogue of everything cute he has ever done.)

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In the last few weeks he has added 30-40 (mostly) intelligible words o his vocabulary. Super fun. :)




I love being his mommy. :)

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Pizza picnics and other joys

My boys love me.

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Mr. Mickey always does a great job entertaining Andrew at church functions.

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Sunday we had a Pizza Picnic in our yard.




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Andrew got to help Grandpa with the doggies tricks last week. It was a big deal to both Andrew and the dogs.

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And now, lucky for us, Aunt Sara is home for the weekend!




Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Summer Fun at Mom and Dad's

Andrew loves to pick blueberries.

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Mom's porch is a very fun place. Mom is pretty fun herself.

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"Mom! What's that?"


"Well let's have a look."





I love having them so close. :)