Gourmet Dinners

Zane loves it when we sit and eat dinner with him, so we try to do it as much as possible. Lately, especially when I'm home alone, I just make the same meal for both of us. It also helps him eat better I think. This night, we had Mac and Cheese, peas, and cottage cheese. Delicious!

Emerson is 8 Weeks Old!

I can't believe Emerson is already 8 weeks old. She weighed over 11 lbs two weeks ago (85th %tile), so I'm guessing she's already close to 12 lbs now. She fits comfortably in size 0-3 months and even a few 3-6 months clothes. She has been smiling a whole bunch lately, which is awesome, but really hard to catch on camera. She's also been crying a whole bunch in the evening and then zonking out around 6 or 7 and sleeping until about 10. Then she sleeps until 1 or 2, then faithfully wakes up at 5, and again at around 8 or so. Zane was sleeping through the night by now completely, so our expectations were high, but at least she's sleeping in between all those feedings. She's also holding her head up really well, tracking toys and our faces, and cooing a lot more. She's only gotten hit in the head twice from Zane accidentally! :)

Mommy's Boy

I randomly found this picture of me with my mom when I was about Zane's age. It's so fun to see such a resemblance.

Two Happy Kids

Emerson has been smiling more lately, but still not too often. Here's a video of her cooing and smiling...
Zane is in the background telling me the video on TV is broken because I turned the sound down. He also answers my questions to Emerson a lot. Then, at the end he starts singing, "Hit the Road, Jack." I have no idea where that came from.



The other day, we went to a park that had a pond to wade in and also these fountains to run through. Since Zane loves water so much, it was a dream come true for him. This video is him first going in to explore. A little later, he got more and more brave and ran through them a bunch and touched them more, etc. He literally laughed and squealed in delight the entire time. These fountains were awesome, but the ground was so slippery that he ended up falling a few times, one being really hard. He wanted to go home after that fall...poor guy.

Swimming Fanatic

This little dude LOVES to swim. There's really nothing left to say about that!

Our first day this summer at our pool...

He wasn't sure how to use the tube, so he walked around with it on his feet.
Here are some more pictures of him playing on our front porch with his friend Abhi.
He was getting splashed.

Then the trash truck came and they both stopped playing to watch every move the trash man made. They were sucked in for sure.
As you can see, Zane still likes putting things from one place to the next and then back again. At the beginning of the video, Zane is singing "London Bridges Falling Down." Also, Abhi kept tapping him and they both laughed at it for a while, then Zane started ignoring her for a while but she kept cracking up every time she touched him. Pretty cute.

Tiny Town

Last week, we visited Tiny Town with some friends. It was perfect weather. The week before, the same group went to a park in Littleton with a petting zoo, train, and park. They are keeping us busy!

The kids got to play at the park.

Zane kept knocking on the windows and doors and saying, "Knock, knock, knock. Whose in there?"
A nice picnic lunch with Hayden, Charlie, and Samantha. They all shared food. :)


We got to ride the train...Zane, Emerson, and I.

Random Pictures

This is Pappy holding Emerson...she was just staring right at him for the longest time.
Big blue eyes!

Zane was tickling Emerson, saying" Tickle, tickle, tickle."
He was telling me about an "owie" on his knee in this picture.
Big girl sitting up on her own.
Holding baby sister.

Zane was flying a kite with his Grandpa Dave.