Busy May!

We've had a busy May this year. The latter half of May, anyway. I forgot that blogger uploads the pictures in reverse order, so if you want to see a chronological account of the past couple weeks, start at the end (although I think I'm the only one particular enough to care).

Naomi had her 3rd birthday party last Sunday at Doyle park. Today is her actual birthday -- Happy Birthday NaNa!


Leah, Brian, and Isaac came into town for the occasion. Issac fell asleep sitting in Leah's lap.


Ada liked the stuffed tiger Naomi received as a gift.


Josephine enjoyed watching Naomi open her presents. She even helped open some . . . .


Ada trying to get to Isaac.


Ada sat in her chair for a long time. She never fell out and was happy to be a big girl.


The Birthday Girl!

Josephine, Ada, and I have been to the zoo three times in one week. We had a great time each time, especially Saturday when Nathan went with us, but I'm getting tired of the bird show that Jo insists on seeing every time we go. I generally keep Ada in the Moby wrap and Josephine walks the whole time. Ada loves being able to see everything. She does her soft, deep, giggle of excitement when she sees something she likes. Her favorite so far has been the water bucks. Don't know why, they don't do anything special. They look similar to dogs and she loves Granna's dogs, so maybe that's why.


Josephine on the lion.


Ada petting a hedgehog. You can kind of see the the hedgehog's funny face if you enlarge the picture. Ada wasn't incredibly interested. (She's snug in her Moby wrap here.)


Josephine on the turtle. The hat was her idea.

We went and picked strawberries two weeks ago. Jo and Na didn't care too much for it. They'd pick them if I found the strawberries for them.


This was the best picture I could get of all the girls. Ashley is holding Maeve, Emily, Lily, Elena, Ada's foot behind Naomi, and Jo.

Out at the Anderson Farm.


Isaac with his chubby cheeks. He weighs one pound less than Ada. He's about 6 weeks old.


Josephine pushing Ada in the swing.


Josephine going down the corkscrew (don't know the correct name for it) at the park. It was the first time she'd ever done it. She was very proud of herself.

Ada is kinda-sorta crawling. She will get up on her knees, move one knee forward, then reach as far as she can for whatever toy she's wanting, then fall back down to her belly. She's getting there. Apparently she said "Moug" the other day. What is with my girls saying their aunt's name before saying "mama"? I wasn't there to hear it but there were multiple witnesses. ;)

Josephine is now in charge of cleaning up her place after she eats, including wiping off the table and picking the food off the floor that she dropped. It's worked well so far. Not nearly as many ants in the dining room these days. She uses her laminated maps as place mats, which keeps her entertained while she eats. She's learned the Tennessee state flag (on the reverse side of one of the maps) and loves to point it out whenever we pass one by. She's shout "There's the Tennessee flag. And my flag." "My" flag is the US flag.

Josephine got a bike a couple weeks ago. She can steer just fine, but hasn't figured out the pedals just yet. She'll only ride for a few minutes at a time, though.

It's Ada's bedtime and she's letting me know. I'll post more when I get a chance.