These kids

A lot has happened in the last month:

Abby came to visit:




Aerin started walking. First with a push toy, and now on her own (sometimes):




And she learned to "climb" the slide:








And biggest of all, Micah started Pre-K:



I really do intend to write more at some point, but 1) our computer is dead (it is no more! it has ceased to be!) and I'm having to use my work computer, which makes me uncomfortable, and 2) Blogger keeps shitting the bed and only giving me an inch-high window in which to type.  I don't know what that's all about, but I hate it.  A lot.

We're Still Alive

July 6 to July 11, Bob and Melissa came to visit and help out with the baby. Melissa cooked several wonderful dinners and desserts, and they both took turns holding Aerin whenever I wasn't feeding her. It was so nice, I was tempted to sabotage their trip home. Sadly, they're back in Colorado now. Fortunately, my cousin Abby is here for the new few weeks to help out.

Two weekends in a row, we've gone up to the playground on Monte Sano to let Micah blow off some steam. We got lucky this past weekend with some unusually cool weather, although we weren't nearly so fortunate when Papa and Melissa were in town.

At 4 days old, Aerin weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. Two weeks later, she weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces. I'm sure she's well over 9 pounds by now, and she's almost out of all her newborn outfits. This is a huge difference from Micah, who didn't hit 8 pounds until much later.

I love this picture.