Tumssh

After searching all over the house calling Ellee's name, I finally find her sitting on our bed shaking an upside-down open bottle of Tums, a few Tums on the bed, and probably 6 crammed inside one cheek! I asked her what she was doing and she jumped when she heard me, and showed me the bottle and while practically foaming at the mouth said "Tumssh! Mmmm!"

I should really read warning labels better... "Keep out of reach of children."

4th of July Festivites

We had an awesomely fun time on the 4th! We wish you all could have been there with us! Lots of family came to town... friends all over the place and there was fun to be had. You can't go wrong. We went to the Idaho Falls parade and cheered for all the floats and people going by and waved our tiny little American flag like there was no tomorrow. Ellee loved every second of it and spent most of her time down on the street in the action with her Uncle Paul and Almost Aunt Christine and Will spent all of his time in his car seat sleeping through the whole thing! After the parade was the picnic with all of the friends and yummy food and some volleyball to the max and of course lots of chatting and sitting around. After we all went home and took naps and recovered from our fun-filled morning/afternoon we headed out to the fireworks and were then pelted by monster-sized debris and fiery ashes but that's what you get when you insist on front row seats! Ellee was a handful until they started by once they lit up the sky, she was captivated and oohed and awed with the best of them! Thanks for coming to visit Aunt Kate and thanks for not lighting on fire next to me when that fire landed on your stomach!

Due Date

Today was supposed to be Will's due date. Instead he is 3 1/2 weeks old already! He already feels a lot more sturdy to me and although he is still under 6 pounds he seems a lot bigger than he did when I brought him home 2 weeks ago. Crazy how fast time goes by. He is a really good baby thus far and really only cries when he is starving. He still sleeps a lot but during his alert periods he is a joy to hold while he explores his surroundings. When he smiles in his sleep, we think we have caught glimpse of a dimple too! So maybe he got more from his great grandpa Bill than just his name!

In honor of this day, I present new pictures for the world to see!

1 week old in the hospital still... complete with feeding tube (which he kept trying to sneeze out... and was successful a few times!)


Just for fun once we made it home!




His first Sunday to all of church wearing the closest thing to dressy that was the closet thing to fitting!



Just enjoying some tummy time with his big sis!