First Fire of the Season

We invited our fun cousins over to play last night. We were so lucky that a little cold snap came our way! After some slave labor to pick up sticks and pine cones (our yard looks great, thanks guys!), we were roasting weanies and marshmallows in no time! A word of warning, don't leave your hot dog lying around, as Charlie and I learned, Anna Fair is a thief! Though, they were more looking forward to roasting the marshmallows, but I'm afraid we burnt more than we ate.





























After all that playing, the little girls hopped in the bathtub. Anna Fair made a run for it before I got the camera, but the big ones loved it and lingered for a while. Thanks for coming over!

Getting Acquainted

Laurie and Anna Fair have been getting to know each other. Laurie was so thrilled to meet her baby sister. Perhaps a little too excited, she can sometimes be overzealous in her affection, but Anna Fair is quick to let her know it's time to back off.


I love the forth photo. Laurie has thoroughly enjoyed playing with all her old baby seats. I think sibling rivalry has already arrived.

Anna Fair cried all through her first bath, and just as a good big sister should, Laurie cried too.

And This One Makes Three

It's official, Laurie now has three teeth. I have suspected she has another coming in, she is rolling her tongue and sucking on her fingers a lot. If you know my girl, this is highly unusual and strictly violates the Keep Mouth Shut rule.


So, today we are heading to Yazoo City in William's truck with Laurie sitting between us. I am feeding her apple chips (apple chips are #1 on my thankful list today) when Will says he thinks he has seen a tooth. After some wrangling (to get around the Keep Mouth Shut rule), Laurie finally gives us a good look and we see a little white porcelain head, with a neighbor coming on close behind him! How exciting! It is no wonder Laurie was in such a stinky mood today. She even treated Grandmother Dicey to a full on tantrum. Whew!


Here's a shot of bath time tonight. It's come a long way from the early days. Please excuse the steamy shots. We like to talk about our bath toys and are always obsessed with the drain.

She Grows So Fast!

I can't believe how fast Laurie is growing up, from two big teeth to eating solid foods. Each day she is mastering something she couldn't do the day before.

She is taking a big girl bath now. And she loves it! It's practically her very own swimming pool. The running water, the drain, the silver fixtures, everything is fascinating. She has tons of bath toys, but you can see from how Laurie is white knuckling the duck, her first bath toy is still her favorite. She is nothing if not loyal. She will go so far as to lunge after him in the water if he happens to get away.

The chip off the old block is enjoying reading!

She is crawling everywhere, she still prefers the army crawl, but this last week, she is trying out a few big girl crawling moves.

After weeks of hearing dadadada and then babababa, I am finally getting to hear mamamama. That is the most beautiful word in the English language. Speaking of beautiful, I love her sweet, soft baby whispers, but she has recently started adding a shrill squeal to her repertoire. I do not know where she go that from, I guess from some bad influence in the nursery.