We have a climber...

I'm in for it now! Derrick has discovered how much fun climbing is! He has already fallen off the couch onto the tile and off a chair at my mom's house onto carpet! The other day I was with a client and Emma yells,"Mom, Derrick's on the counter!" I ran out there and sure enough he had climbed up onto the chair at the bar and onto the counter to play with the oranges in the fruit bowl, thinking they were balls! He was sitting very nicely and just grinned at me when I ran in there! I think that boy is going to give me a heart attack! The other pictures are of Emma playing with my headbands! She went a little overbaord this time!

Texas Trip!

Last weekend I was able to take a quick trip to my sister's house in Dallas! Her oldest, Kyler, was being baptized and her youngest, Mylie, was being blessed! Jon held down the fort while I was gone and all survived! :) These are all pictures from the baptism, which was very nice! If I'm remembering right, this is the first time that both my sister's and I have been together in almost 4 years! We got to do some shopping and just visit! It was a lot of fun!!

Mylie's Blessing Day!

Here is baby Mylie on her Blessing Day! My mom crocheted the dress...it was beautiful! After church I got to take a nap with her and Brinklie decided to cuddle up with us! It was a great trip and it was good to get my loves out on a cute baby...and then give her back! :)

New dress-ups!

Emma got a late birthday present from our friends, Ryan and Wendy! It is a trunk full of Barbie dress-up clothes from the new Barbie movie "Island Princess"! They could not have picked a better gift! We have watched that movie just about every day since it came out a couple weeks ago! Emma was so excited!

"John Mulan Deere"

This is what you get when you have a girl and a boy playing together! I put the kids down for naps the other day and came out to the family room to find Mulan driving Derrick's truck! I just thought it was funny! At least Emma and Derrick are compromising with their toys!

BIG "Boon"!!

For those who did not know...Jon had his appendix taken out a couple of weeks ago! He doing great now, still a little sore sometimes, but all went well! His sister, Andrea, brought him this GIANT Shrek balloon in the hospital and the kids loved it! Derrick calls them "boons"! I finally let the air out of it the other day! I think it would have lasted months if I didn't! But, they had fun while it lasted!

Being Silly!

The kids were laughing so hard at lunch time the other day! I went in to see what they were doing and Emma was making silly faces at Derrick and he was cracking up! She would stick her tongue out like this...

...and Derrick would laugh and laugh! Silly kids!

The Many Faces of Derrick!

This is the "I want more food" face!!

I think he was singing!

This is his new say "cheese" face!

And this is just my sweet boy!

"Beautifying" the Beast!

Emma has been really into doing hair lately! She puts on her little apron then puts the cape on her dolls and does their hair! The other day it was the Beast's turn! She combed it out and used the blow dryer! Big improvement, don't you think! :)

Nursery Time!

Derrick had his first day in nursery last Sunday! He is officially 18 months old tomorrow, but I couldn't handle one more week walking the halls at church, so I was "transitioning" him in last week! :) He did great! The only problem is his class is really big and they are all the young ones! Hopefully they will split it soon! He'll miss tomorrow because Emma is still coughing (just took her to urgent care tonight and got some prescription medicine!) but I think he will be fine going on his own the next week, without me staying in! I can't believe my baby is going to his own class now! Emma thought it was so exciting that Derrick got to go to his very own class, just like her!

A Weekend in Young!

We spent Labor Day weekend up in Young with Rick and Louise and Andrea! It was relaxing and fun! The kids always love going up there! Storms rolled in late in the afternoon and cooled things down and made for some pretty pictures! Derrick loved running around in the dirt and Emma picked every flower she saw!

"VROOM VROOM"!

Emma and Derrick both love riding daddy's quad (they call it the vroom vroom!)! When Jon took both of them together you can see Emma hanging on for dear life because I told her to hold on tight! Then she had some fun riding around with Aunt Annie! We were trying to teach Emma how to rid the tricycle, but she wasn't getting it! So, Jon taped her feet to the pedals...well, then she just cried!

Around the Fire...

The last night there we had a cook-out! We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and had dutch oven cobbler! It was delicious! Emma sat very still on her chair and was fasicnated by the fire! I didn't even let Derrick down because I know he would have ran straight for it!