beautiful new tea cups and saucers, a gift from Mike's parents for my birthday. This picture doesn't do them justice - they are so lovely! Today feels like a Friday because tomorrow we are going to Leavenworth. Woo-hoo! I'll leave you with some cute pictures of Louisa and even a video. She is such a busy little girl these days...learning to grab and munch on her toesies, kicking her legs up while on her belly because she thinks she's ready to crawl, making lots of noise (she is right now), and generally having too much of a good time to want to sleep. Hmmm, all those things have kept mom and dad quite busy as well...especially that last one.
Well, see you when we get back! It's supposed to be in the 80's to 90's there. Better go locate the sunscreen! We are very excited!
(Don't you love how everyone is on our blue couch? All these people came over at different times, mind you)
...years old now.
Dad's playin' with the baby
and Pat made us ribs using his home-made BBQ sauce. They were as delicious as delicious can be.
No no, I'm not going to write about that new movie that's out. For one thing, we haven't been out to see a movie since Lou was born, and we probably won't until she's much older. It might be nice to go, but we do have Netflix - which pretty much satiates our movie appetite. I meant that I'm up early this morning so I decided to go ahead and post. Lou is in her swing (newly assembled with a new motor) and seems pretty happy now. She has been waking up early in the morning I think because she has icky gas. She starts a-squirmin' sometimes and usually can't sleep through it. Now, maybe it's just that babies do wake up this early so I shouldn't blame it on gas. But then again, there are mornings were if she gets out most of the gas or a poo, then I can nurse her and she'll go back to sleep until 8:30 or 9:00. So I don't know. Oh well, at least one of us gets to sleep in on the weekends ;) He does deserve it, so I'm not complaining. This is a picture of formerly grumpy Louisa all strapped into the newest sling I have finally gotten around to making. It works fairly well for us. It's nice and comfortable for me; I'm not sure how much Lou likes it. She seemed to like it at first but then I think she was josteled around a little more than usual when we went for a walk so she started to get a little restless. I think she might like it better if she were turned around, hugging me. Anyway, it was fun experimenting with it, and I even got a few curious questions when I went for a walk. One guy said - "cute baby, does he like being in that?" I don't get how people could mix her up when she is wearing a PINK hat...oh well, maybe he was just color blind. :)
This is a portion of a letter that is thought to have been given to King Louis' son, Philip III:
What do you think?
Poor Lou had enough though. Too many people in one place - (and too many blow horns, I hate those things!) plus it was almost bedtime. She wasn't a happy girl by the time we got her into the car :( She was out in about 5 seconds though once we got rolling. 
and this is my prayer:
Congratulations Mrs. Aubri (I won't say the last name on here :) I'm sure your photographer will have many more and nicer pictures, but this is my attempt to show how beautiful you looked. I am so happy for you and I wish you all the happiness a marriage can bring.
and, I haven't seen this girl since last July! We are hangin' out for the next few days - woo-hoo!