Ernie and Elbows

We'll have to work on what is and is not appropriate while driving... :)  Love that he loves to read!

Annalee had her 2 month well check (those sweet chunky thighs each had shots).
She was 12 lbs. 12 oz (75th %)
               24 inches long (97th %)
Overall, she did very well!

We had taken Connor to the emergency room earlier that week.  While I was holding his hand, leaving church, he pulled back to look at something and sat down and I felt a pop.  Turns out his elbow had popped out of place (which apparently is common and happened to me when I was little), and after much debate and phone calls with the triage nurse (it was way too late for Urgent Care), Jonathan took him to a children's emergency room, where they popped it right back in.  It's called "Nursemaid's Elbow" and happens because the ligaments can be loose until about age 5.  At Annalee's 2 month appointment, their doctor showed us how to fix it if it were to happen again and we couldn't get to our regular doc!  So, hopefully it will never happen again or be a simple fix in the future if it does!

In big Connor news, we finally turned his carseat around to face the front (at 20+ months)!  He was beyond thrilled.

We had a fun picnic with our Sunday School class at a newly redone park with a lake and a great playground!

Lindsay: "Levi, say cheese!"  Levi: "I'm climbing!"  Ha!  Hence the stony looks, I suppose!

Preparing for Mom's favorite...the climbing wall!

What a great dad he is...squeezing down the squiggly slide.

Diagonal teeter totters...quite a few of the kids tried to match up with Jonathan+Connor!

"Ta Da!"

Precious.  Don't even know who that little girl is in the background, but I enjoy her in this picture!

Pretty!

Going for a pose in a new t-shirt...

"Uh-nee!"

I asked Connor if he wanted to wear this shirt and he walked around saying "Ernie! Ernie!" for at least 30 minutes.  Poor Bert. ;)

Memorial Day Family Time

We got to see all of our "close-by" siblings for Memorial Day weekend and it was AWESOME

First time meeting her uncle Matthew - that's about the right face. ;)

Using the Iphone to meet cousin Reagan, Aunt Kelly, and Kelly's momma!

"Hey Reagan!  Can't wait to meet you in person!"

Smiling with Aunt Sarahann

Savannah wasn't jealous or anything...

Uncle Jay broke out the guitar...

Yay!

Tune it up, Con!

We all look spectacular in this one...hahaha.  This is our "new" house - 

Kelly reminded me that I hadn't shown anyone pictures of it!

A snapshot of our cousin chat!

Worn out after a long Sunday...

Memorial Day brought a giant family game of disc golf.

Even Connor, Annalee, and Savannah came along!

Faces with Aunt Lola.

"Wee!"

Saying goodbye to her uncles. :(

Con brought his dinner to the living room to say goodbye!

We love you all, thanks for coming to visit us and come back soon, ya hear?! :)

Beautiful Bouncy Baby Bunnies

Our little bunny friends are gone now, but we had so much fun checking up on them and watching them grow for the past couple of weeks!  We tried to peek in on them after some big storms, and all five of them were thriving!

Slowly, they started to venture out of their hole.  Here was the first brave one (at the bottom of the shot).  He/she was just hanging out right next to the hole.

Sweet little face looking in at brothers and sisters!

Later that day, another one joined the first.  We caught them nose to nose!

Then, all five ventured out but stayed squished together in a perfect, side-by-side line.  They would move around the hole but always stay together!

One by one, the numbers shrunk as they went hopping away, but they would come and go so we never knew how many would be around.  One day, there were just two, and they decided to play a little bunny chase with Connor!  I commend you for spotting the bunny ears in this picture (hint: to the right of Connor).

"Momma he's running away!"

This little one jumped through all the loops of our garden hose.  We could have scooped him up at this point but we've tried not to touch them too much...just let them do what they need to do!  Tempting, though!

We saw the mommy come back periodically and nurse them now and then.  Last Saturday, we left for the park and there were no bunnies to be seen.  It was the first time we hadn't seen any, kind of sad!  We arrived back to this sweet sight...didn't even know that she was still feeding them!

Three babies were laying on their backs, kicking and eating away.  Don't worry, I used my zoom. ;)  I loved their little kicking legs because it reminds me of some babies I know!!!

What a fun thing to experience.  So glad that Connor got to see them, but I was so excited myself, too (um, obviously)!  

Picture This

Sucking her thumb like Mommy did.

...or anything else she can get her mouth on!

Annalee, do you want a ride in the Bumbo? :)

Is it surprising that big bro needed a turn?

Sooo happy to hold sister.  She is not always thrilled. ;)

Check out our new pool!

"Little Blue Truck", apparently a family favorite!