Beefy & Babies

We visited UNM duck pond this past weekend to ride bikes, feed the ducks, and have some fun family time.  My mom walked the kids around the pond so they could see more ducks and feed them the really, REALLY old hot dog buns we had saved specifically for this adventure.

Sam and I sat on a park bench and enjoyed some time with Frances.  My dad is in the background on his phone, working as usual.  Right after I took this picture, the kids walked back to us and Lucy was EATING her super-old hot dog bun.  I started yelling (in surprise) at her to stop eating it and she complained that she was hungry and then Mercer got upset because he had already given all of his hot dog bun to the ducks already.  He wanted Lucy to share some of hers with him so that he could eat it too!  At least for how old they were, the hot dog buns were not moldy,  just incredibly stale.

We decided that family pictures were in order.  Chaos ensued…

Got to get one with Grandma and Grandpa too.

I promised Lucy that I would paint her nails while Sam and Mercer went to go get their hair cut this morning.  It turns out though, that I didn’t have quite the right nail colors for Lucy.  But she managed to turn her disappointment around and ask for a fashionable combination.

Lucy: “I want the brown on this hand with the red on the thumb.  And then I want red on this other hand with the brown on that thumb.”

Me: “Ok, I can do that.”

Then she wanted me take pictures (and video, but I can’t quite figure out how to post video) and send them to all her cousins and friends.  She even picked out the pictures she wanted to show.

Sam, Lucy, and Mercer were playing in the nursery at church this weekend, and Sam related this conversation piece to me:

Mercer: “Oh dammit, I lost my flute!”

Sam: “What did you say?”

Lucy: (yelling) “He said dammit”

Are we going to embarass our kids when they are teenagers?  Yes, I think we will.

Not the weirdest configuration of toys left by Lucy in my bedroom, but maybe close…

Six months old

2 teeth

Scooting everywhere

Lucy loves the “tooloops” in the front planter.  She is so excited every morning to go out and look at them and discover how many have bloomed since yesterday.

Here is what she looks like after I tell her we can’t water them every day, especially right after it rains.  We do live in the desert.

What can be better than a new dress?

Or a big brother who really wants to help out?

Frances Pearl

Born on January 21, 2010 at 2:14 a.m.  Weighing in at 7 lbs, 0.9 oz.  19 inches long. 

Welcomed by a very excited family.

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still awaiting Baby #3, due the last week of January.  I am starting to get anxious, excited, cranky, and more than a little tired.  But I know that it will be over all too soon, and then it will really get crazy around here.  We can’t wait!

32 weeks:

35 weeks:

38 weeks:

Lucy and Mercer are excited to meet their new baby sister!  We are pretty sure it is a girl, but not 100%, so we will let you all know when the baby is born.