3 weeks today! Plus, listen to your 4 year old not the weather report!

What a dreamy baby!

As we got ready for school Ellie kept telling me we shouldn't walk Emma to school, there were too many clouds and it was going to rain.  I told her we'd be fine, the radar said only a 10% chance of rain.  She was skeptical.  And for good reason!  On the way home we walked through a downpour, without an umbrella and got soaked!  Guess I better start listening to Ellie's weather predictions.  

She makes everything better...

                                   even folding laundry!

You might try to tell me that she's not really smiling, that this is a reflex, that she's passing gas, but I don't care what you say a smile is a smile!

Uncle Blake

Who surprised us on Monday by flying in from Brazil? Uncle Blake!!! What a fabulous surprise! He has been such a huge help with the older girls. They are going to go into major Blake withdrawal when he departs on Saturday....come to think of it, so am I!

First day of school!

Today was the first day of school!  We now have a first grader and a last year of preschooler.  We are all beat tonight--glad it's a 3 day week.

Already 1 week old!

                                                              Lucy Adelaide Baum

What a baby!  We're all so in love with her.  Even though she's only been here for a week it's hard to imagine how we managed without her--everything feels just right.

Good thing God made babies so bendy!  It helps them take all the squeezes and kisses their big sisters give.

This is one proud sister!

So is this one!

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                           It's getting close!  My first thought every morning is  --is today the day?!

An unexpected visit!

What a wonderful surprise we had yesterday!  Ben was in St. Louis for a full 12 hours  and in that time he fit in a quick breakfast with us.  I think it was the highlight of Emma and Eliie's summer.