Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Thumbsucker

At one day old, Elizabeth amazed us all by sucking her thumb. She must have been practicing quite a bit in utero.



For the first few days of life, she was able to repeat this trick, but then lost it. Since then, she's been trying to find her hands, especially her thumbs. She's had success a handful of times, and always seems excited when she does.  A couple weeks ago, she was sleeping in longer than usual, and when I went to check on her, I found out why. She'd managed to wiggle her hand up out of her swaddle wrap and that thumb was popped right in her mouth. There was quite a lot of smacking going on, and she was pretty happy with herself.
 
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Sassy Pants

Emily is helping us all experience the emotional roller coaster known to most as the terrible twos.

NO!


This is the face of a grumpy toddler. 
 

Monday, June 24, 2013

RMNP

Are you excited, Elizabeth? We're going to the mountains!
 
 


We drove up Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park to show off the Colorado mountains to our Michigan guests. The views at the top were quite majestic. 



Here were some views in our car...
Are we there yet?
No!
Dad just put my head in snow.
Howdy!
Mountain Man
After our mountain drive, we stopped in Estes for lunch, where Addison fell in love with the tiniest dog she'd ever seen.


Addie, Emily, and I shared a delicious rock candy dessert.


And this guy pointed us towards home.
 

Thursday, June 20, 2013