ROTC

Here are a few pics from Beau's swearing into ROTC. They held it at the Augusta Green Jacket's baseball stadium right before the game. I didn't have the best seats, so hopefully you can pick Beau out. :)

In this photo he's on the front row, fourth one in...


He's enjoying the people he's met in ROTC and staying busy with all of his history classes and endless papers. :)

Gwen's Tag

My friend Michelle tagged Gwen, so I thought I'd be a good sport and participate on her behalf! :)

Name and meaning: Gwendolyn Nicole
Means "white wave" and it's Welsh; I've always liked old fashioned names. I had already picked this name out when Beau reminded me that his grandmother's name is Gwendolyn, so we went with it.

Age: 21 months

Nicknames: Punkin, Sweet-girl, Babydoll, Little Stinker

Favorite activities: Playing outside, dressing up, coloring, singing and dancing

Favorite foods: Pizza, spaghetti, popsicles, raisins, cheese, anything sweet

Least favorite foods: Anything green, anything we ask her to eat when she's not in the mood

Favorite music: "If You're Happy and You Know It, " "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"- really anything she can dance around to. She also tries to sing hymns with us in church...

Favorite toys: Her "Woobie," stuffed elephant, any ball she can throw, her dress-up hats and jewelry, our shoes

Favorite book: Big Red Barn

Favorite item of clothing: Her white Easter hat- she wears it all the time!

What makes her sad: When she doesn't get her way, when mommy or daddy leaves

What makes her happy: When we come to pick her up, when she can use a "big cup", when she's getting chased around the house, singing along with "Signing Time", when she can play outside, when she gets to see her cousins, putting on "makeup" like mommy

Who am I going to tag? Anyone who has kids and would like to participate! Thanks!

September Showers

Okay- people take pictures of their kids in the tub, right? So please don't think I'm too weird for sharing these. Gwen recently decided that she would no longer sit down in the tub during baths... She will temporarily sit down for bubbles, but that only lasts until the bubbles disappear. Tomorrow she may change her mind again, but so far this has lasted for about a month. Beau found a child's shower attachment that sticks to the wall so that the resulting spray is Gwen's height. So far, it's been a big hit and made bath time a much more pleasurable, albeit wet, experience. I should not have been surprised with her reaction to the shower based on her outdoor reactions to water... see "Baby Pools Are Boring...". If anyone has ideas of how I'm supposed to stay dry during these sessions, please let me know (I can't do the whole tandem showering thing...).

Looks a bit creepy to me, but Gwen doesn't seem to notice...

As you can see, the steam was fogging up the lens- but if I can have a happy and clean toddler, then I sure don't mind getting wet in the process. :)

Family fun

Here are some pictures from Conlan's 3rd birthday- he's getting so big, so fast! Gwen always has fun seeing her Papa, Nana and cousins!

What a handsome guy!

She's such a girlie-girl... we love it. :)

Jumpy Gwen

Here are some pics from our trip to Jump City. At first we were afraid that Gwen was too little to enjoy it, but she quickly proved us wrong. :) She had fun jumping and tumbling around and showed us her enthusiasm with her little happy dance...

August

Beau's birthday was Aug 6th- here are some pictures... better late then never! :) Love you!

Our little performer- seen here standing on Nana's fireplace...

Uh- looks like trouble! Gwen and Talmage- 6 months apart. :)