Dirty words

My little 4 y.o. was sitting in the car yesterday playing with her 7 month old little brother. She would say "bathroom word!" and he would laugh like he knew why that was funny.

Family

This pretty much sums up Adara's time on our family visit. She is constantly surrounded by cousins. I hardly ever see her.

Everyone is still in p.j.'s because everyone was sick:

We were invited to Sunday dinner at a sister's house. Right when we came in, her 15-year-old son was the first to take Keenan out of my arms and snuggle him.

The cousins at the dinner table.

Naomi eating a creamsicle.

Wanted to document the Uncle and his sister.

Keenan in a paint ball helmet.

Paint ball cousin playing a hunting video game with Keenan.

I like the picture of Jesus on the wall, witnessing the exclamations of "Shoot him! Yeah!"

I love this dress in this setting. It looks like she should be in a log cabin in front of a cook fire instead of a microwave.

With the camera strapped over my neck and arm, Naomi started taking pictures. This one actually worked pretty well, I thought.

Since I didn't get pictures of Adara at the dinner family gathering, I got one of her when we came home. She is holding her youngest cousin. (Though hopefully it this cousin will not be the youngest for much longer.)

Toddler Service

Today I witnessed, for the first time, in the purity of a child, the phenomenon of people preferring to give service rather than receive it.

We are visiting my sister and her family this week. This morning, Naomi was hungry, but when I told her to go ask her uncle in the kitchen for some food, she would not go. But as soon as I saw a dirty dish that needed to be washed, she immediately jumped off of the couch and gave it to Uncle Cody. Who knew that such an attitude is inherent rather than learned?

Amicalola

We visited Amicalola Falls not long ago. Naomi opted to hike Mama and Papa. Adara and Keenan drove down the mountain with Nana and Poppy.

Hilton Head

We went to the beach at Hilton Head Island last week. I took about 2 pictures, but they didn't turn out. I was having too much fun playing in the waves to think about taking pictures. None of the babies wanted anything to do with the water, though. So it was just me in there. Bummer.

Repeat -- per request

As requested, pictures of complementary teeth. (Jon and I have some friends who seem perfectly suited to us. And their children seem perfectly complementary to ours, as well. I swear we are not imagining it! These pictures are proof.)

Bliss

This is how I feel inside today:

Ahhhhhh . . .