Big Guy.

Emmett has been climbing the stairs for a while now, but I have never taken pictures of him. We have two gates, one at the top and one at the bottom to keep this little guy safe! We were excited to use out gate finally. We got it at a shower when I was pregnant with Caleb but never had stairs to worry about!

I made it! I am so big!

Playdate with Aidan!

We were lucky enough to watch Aidan today. We started out as superheros!

We met our playgroup at Clarkson Park

This afternoon I got to take the big boys on a special date to get these cookies. When we did the summer reading program at our library they got coupons for these. I even let them eat the whole thing!

I was in the nursery with the kids on Sunday and Emmett was big enough to sit at the table and eat cheerios with Sonja. He is growing up pretty quickly.

After church we had a party at 'My Little Gym'. Jackson loved hanging upside down.

No training wheels and scooters!

On our way home from the pool this afternoon Caleb said "I think I want to try to ride a bike without training wheels. I should try Jackson's bike because it is smaller." How could I say no to a request like that? Erik took off the training wheels and I held the back of the bike for him to get his feet on the pedals and...he did it! I was shocked and so proud of my baby. He reluctantly came inside to eat dinner and cannot wait to get back out and ride.

Jackson has now mastered the scooter. For a while he wouldn't even try because he thought he would fall down, but now he is cruisin' around the cul-de-sac! I am so glad he didn't just give up.

I seem to have hurt my back somehow...maybe 5 years of picking up and carrying small children finally caught up with me. I spent most of the weekend on the couch and many people were very generous with help around the house. This afternoon Brooke and Adeline came over and then all the Rills came over for some tie-dying! Caleb and Jackson made pillow cases and Mei made a onesie for Emmett. Later Emmett helped Skylar play the guitar. Thanks for bringing the F-U-N to me!

we love the zoo!

This baby gorilla was the same size as Emmett! We actually met Kyle, Jenny and Charlotte at the zoo but I don't have any pictures with them in it...sad!

Celebrating summer birthdays.

Emmett opening his first gift, ever.

Jackson and Caleb got some really fun toys...thanks everyone!

Keeping ourselves busy...

This morning we went to "Make a Messter-piece." Fun, but expensive and I even had a coupon!

We stopped by the water park on the way out and I got a shot of Emmett's new tooth!

Then, tonight, Dancing Sprouts with Nadia and Aidan.

Rainy morning.

It rained this morning so the little ones played in the tent. This is Emmett's friend Makeda.

The bigger kids went and played in the rain. They also jumped in the water with all their clothes on!

Jackson is showing me that he is three. This picture is totally my little man, he is in love with those boots!

Emmett's Baptism

We chose to baptize Emmett at our church family camp at Covenant Point. It was a very memorable day and we feel so blessed to have so many people to love and teach our little boy about God.

First boat ride to the island.

Love it! Please notice that Jackson is wearing his underwear. He decided they were perfect for swimming and it wasn't worth the fight! The boat ride back to camp was a little wet and he turned to me and said "good thing I have my bathing suit on."

Stud!

Here we are doing an egg launch. Emmett and I were on the same team with these awesome girls and surprisingly every invention worked...no broken eggs.