Our House on the Prairie: Finally! An update!

Wow. So you know what happens when you have a second child? You stop blogging on a weekly basis, or even a monthly basis, for that matter. (This is where my ever so organized sister-in-law, Kim, will prove me wrong in about 8 weeks.) On the days when nap times happen to be coordinated, I don't really want to spend my time sitting here, updating the world as to what's going on. Instead, I choose to clean, or cook, or on extremely lucky days (or just days that follow extremely long nights), I sleep too. So here we are, nearly two months from my last post. Let's see if I can catch you up on what we've been doing...

During my last week of maternity leave back in May, we went to the Sea Center with my friend Adde and her two little girls, Zia and Zoe.

Whenever the guy at the touch tank asked if Leah wanted to touch anything, she declined. She preferred dipping her fingers in the water and watching the creatures from a safe distance.

Then we went to a end of school year party at my friend Laurie's beach house.

Leah got to play with all of her little girl friends (Zia on the left, and Ella on the right) there...

...and even played on this cool bouncy, water slide thingy. Except by play, I mean stand there and feel the misty water hit your face. :)

Then I went back to work, and you all know that story.

Once back at home, we watched some Elmo...

... and happily took some mid-day naps. (Darn picture wouldn't rotate for me, so just tilt your head slightly to the left.)

Sibling love. Look at Isaac giving me the stink-eye.

We had our friends Susanna and Jack visit us for a few days in June. (Sunanna, as Leah says.)

And naturally there was some joint tub time, accompanied by some sweet shampoo horn/mohawk action.

Puts another meaning to the phrase "cheek to cheek", doesn't it?

We've spent lots of time at Oma and Opa's house, where Leah coaxes Oma to come in the pool with her every time.

I just love the absolute joy on her face in these photos.

Don't be fooled by all these sleeping shots...

he doesn't sleep near as much as he should. But he sure does look sweet and peaceful when he's sleeping, doesn't he?

Some more Oma love. I believe right before I took this picture my mom said something along the lines of, "I just love this" while hugging both children. It melted and broke my heart all at the same time (more on that in the next post).

Ha! This picture makes me laugh whenever I see it.

Can you find the naked little girl in the photo?

Some mimi love.

Hmmm...

... somebody doesn't look too pleased with this situation. Overstimulation, perhaps? The fact that he wasn't entirely good at holding his head up and I forced him into a chair where he had no choice but to do so? Probably.

Another play date with some friends, Mia and Micah.

I think Mia was really the only one who enjoyed my "collage time" activity. Leah just liked the glue sticks and Micah just wanted to put stickers all over herself.

We also decided that it was high time for a hair cut. At 4 months old, I'm pretty sure he was the youngest person ever to have a professional cut his wild locks off. He actually didn't get his hairs chopped for a few weeks *after* this picture was taken. Imagine the craziness.

After weeks (months?) of dryness, we finally got some rain. And boy did it rain.

Naturally, I taught Leah the joy in puddle-splashing.

Being a good big sister, Leah read Isaac some books. She is so sweet to him, and he just adores her.

On the 4th on Main event this year, Leah got to stand up there with all the big kids and wave her little flag while they sang songs.

She mostly just stood there, nervously sucking on her fingers. I think it's safe to say we don't have a little pageant girl on our hands.

Then I attempted to defend my title as watermelon eating champ.

And I got my tuckus handed to me by the lady in the foreground of the picture. She'd eaten 4 or 5 slices before I even made it through 2. Well played, watermelon lady... well played.

I think the flash freaked him out.