Not Quite Sure...

if I have what it takes to be the mom of boys...

Today I had to play army men which I can say I've never played before. I think I fooled Gerrit enough, especially with my voice gestures...

Next: me 'shooting' Gerrit while he rode his hobby horse up and down the hallway (while I was changing Emmit's diaper)

Finally: I had to build Gerrit a train track. He received 1/2 of Max's Brio set last week and doesn't quite know how to build a track, so I had to step in and help. [I must say, Aunt Erika can build steller tracks and towns, maybe I should take lessons from her.]

I can only hope the humidity breaks so we can head back outside and play sports - much more my style!

Vacation Continued...

The 4th of July we had fun at the parade, hanging out with Aunt Cara, Bill, Aunt Coral, and Scott, hobo pies, and smore's...

Miscellaneous times throughout the week...

And of course golfing! A vacation wouldn't be complete without a few trips to the greens...

(Golf photos are compliments of Bill)

As you can see we had a very busy and fun time in Michigan. We are happy to be home and have more space than a trailer can offer.

Where Have We Been All Week?

We headed to MI (as most of you know because you saw us!) for the 4th. You'll notice a few pictures have 2 more boys in them than normal. We took our friends Luke and Paul with us as they have been wanting to experience Sandy Pines - and they did that and then some! Here are a few pictures from our vacation:

Playing in the water as it was very hot and humid most days....

Played with our cousins at their house and cottage...

Emmit's favorite part of the vacation: eating, sleeping on Oma's lap, standing, and the attention from the ladies:

Hanging out with the Birr side of the family...

The Competition Continues

Today was Emmit's 6th month check up. He did very well considering he was in the car a lot, had shots and smiled for his 6th month pictures! Anyways, here are his stats compared to his big bro at 6th months:

Gerrit: Emmit:

27" long 26.6" long

19 lb 18 lb 3 oz

17.4" head 18.11" head

Emmit is tapering down to the 50%ile except for his head...Adam says, maybe its big because he has more brains than his big brother! Only time will tell!

Brotherly Love

Gerrit enjoys entertaining his brother (once in a while):

Emmit loves the attention Gerrit gives him:

Gerrit's other 'brother' Luke spent the day with us. At 8 am Gerrit was asking if Luker was here yet (I had told him that Luke was going to come over today if he was bored). Luckily, I needed a staple gun so I called Luke around 10 and he came over for the day. Gerrit was in 7th heaven! They wrestled, played tackle, had lunch together and then played in the pool for hours.

Scuba Farmer

I picked up a scuba mask and snorkle for our upcoming trip. Gerrit found it:

Guess he's ready for the oceans he might find riding thru the fields.

I laughed so hard when I saw him like this:

(note the eyes and how the mask isn't on properly!)

Finally

they give me solid food!

We've had rice cereal in the house for over 2 weeks now and finally got around to giving it to Emmit. Dinner has been hectic around here lately but tonight was low key as we just had burgers outside with Dave and Paul.

Gerrit felt he needed to help (surprised?) by holding Emmit's head. Then he wanted to feed Emmit. I think Emmit enjoyed the solids despite a little choking. And to finish off his dinner with a sippy cup of cold water! Not sure how much water he drank, but he sure liked chewing on it!