Six Months and Other Fun

Caraline is 6 months old now! We have started her on rice cereal and tried a few days of peas. She is still a very happy baby and loves interacting with her sisters. She is sleeping great and we love her!


One of probably 10 outfits that Olivia went through one Saturday. Most of them involved some configuration of bathing suits, usually Abigails. At one point it was just a firefighters hat and panties. (yes she is pretty much potty trained - she decided about two weeks ago that she had enough of diapers and is doing great)


Olivia eating chocolate pudding in Novato.


One of the joys of home ownership is that our sewer backs up semi frequently due to the combo of old clay pipes and roots in our front yard. This particular night Jeremy was up until midnight fixing the problem. Well, the girls needed a bath before bed so I decided to fill their kiddie pool with bubble bath and they had a ball in the suds. A complete success. I threatened to wash dishes in the pool too but Jeremy made me wait until later.

1st Day of School

Oh my, we have a kindergartner on our hands. Abigail started school at the end of August. She goes to a public school in our neighborhood. So far she seems to like it pretty well. She can't seem to remember anyones name but kids are frequently saying hi to her when we walk her to school. She bravely walks up to her classroom door by herself at dropoff and we are quite proud of her!

Olivia does miss her sister during school, but I have really enjoyed having some time with her!

August

Another great three weeks in Michigan and Indiana were had in August. We started the time with the Novotnys and their extended clan. The photo to the left are all of the kids lined up from oldest to youngest with three little ones sprinkled in there. My girls loved all of the cousins as we call them and had lots of fun. After the Novotnys left we had some time with just the Smiths. Some friends from Indiana also came and visited for a few days. As always, we had a lot of fun. Abigail did some more 'skiing' and even tried the saucer with daddy. She went horseback riding and caught a very tiny fish. Olivia spent most of vacation naked and loved every minute of it. We tried to get her up on the skiis too but she just drank a lot of lake water. I even tried wakeboarding for the first time but don't think I will make a career out of it. Jeremy was in ski heaven. The weather was great, the blueberries wonderful, and friends/family memories made were amazing as usual. Thank you God for lake houses! We ended our time with a few days in Ft Wayne and really enjoyed seeing the Smiths new house, which is beautiful.