Our Little Photo Shoot

I wanted to take some photos of the kids and after thinking long and hard about where, Josh suggested the property of the Grand Lodge.  A few turned out really well, some turned out okay and many turned out with one kid looking and one kid not.  Megan is still the most easy to take pictures of but even she is hard to get a good smile from.  When she's thinking about it, it's very obvious!

We had to explain to her that while keeping Joshua's head facing forward was helpful, it's not very visually appealing.  But it is funny!

Freezing Cold Day at the Park

This was, I'm pretty sure, Joshua's first visit to a park.  It was unplanned and I was a little unprepared.  It was so cold outside but it WAS dry.  Joshua had to be wrapped up in my coat's lining because I didn't have a blanket for him.  He enjoyed his first ride in a swing though nevertheless.  And of course Megan had fun showing him all of the tricks she knows.

A Mother's Song

My heart is like a fountain true
That flows and flows with love to you.
As chirps the lark unto the tree
...So chirps my pretty babe to me.


There's not a rose where'er I seek,
As comely as my baby's cheek.
There's not a comb of honey-bee,
So full of sweets as babe to me.


There's not a star that shines on high,
Is brighter than my baby's eye.
There's not a boat upon the sea,
Can dance as baby does to me.


No silk was ever spun so fine
As is the hair of baby mine.
My baby smells more sweet to me
Than smells in spring the elder tree.


A little fish swims in the well,
So in my heart does baby dwell.
A little flower blows on the tree,
My baby is the flower to me.


The Queen has sceptre, crown and ball,
You are my sceptre, crown and all.
For all her robes of royal silk,
More fair your skin, as white as milk.


Ten thousand parks where deer do run,
Ten thousand roses in the sun,
Ten thousand pearls beneath the sea,
My babe more precious is to me.

Joshua is Seven Months Old Today!

Time is still flying by.  Joshua now has four teeth!  He has two on top and two on bottom.  Not a whole lot has changed since his 6 month update, just a few more pictures on his 7 month birthday!