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Baby Brother's Baby

Landon and Starlie had their sweet baby boy today!They haven't picked out a name yet but he was four weeks early and weighed a healthy 7 pounds 3 oz.
Both mommy and Baby are doing fine.

And for those of you who need a little brain teaser...
Landon is my youngest brother.
Starlie is John's, sister's, daughter...his niece, and when John and I got married she became my niece.
Sooooo when Starlie and Landon got married Landon became my brother and my nephew and Starlie became my niece and my Sister-in-Law. (So both Starlie and her mom are my sister-in-law.)
Confused yet? Trust me...there is no inner-marriage thing going on here.

It just means that no matter which family gathering I go to, John's family or mine, I will get to love on this adorable little guy!

Lifes Little Suprises

I love it when you are just going about your day and then something small but meaningful and unexpected happens that makes you smile.

I was at the local college waiting for Anderson's Middle School Tennis match to begin. After calling John to let him know that Anderson would be playing in about 45 minutes I sat down on the grass to read my book. After about 35 minutes I began to glance up periodically to see if John had arrived. I began to wonder where the heck he was when I heard a biker ride up onto the grass. Imagine my surprise when I looked up...

Picture Detectives

So it's that time of the year again where you get to help me put together my ideas for Cub Scout Day Camp. The theme this year is CSI: Cub Scout Investigators and the boys will be doing lots of detective work. At one station the cubs will be doing picture puzzles. Take a guess at what the following close ups are actually pictures of. They are all items that you would find around your home. Please let me know if they are too easy, too hard, too obscure etc. Remember that this is geared for 8-10 year old boys. Thanks for your help! (After putting this post together I realize that I need more objects with color!)

Beware of Dog

A couple of days ago Grandpa called from downstairs to tell us that there were some ducks in our backyard. Branson and I headed out to the deck and watched them waddle around the grass for over 20 minutes. And what did Belle, our chocolate lab...the mighty bird hunter do the entire time?

Oh so fierce.

Shower Obsession

Branson has loved showering since he was about two weeks old. My favorite post ever is the one a year ago where I photographed his obsession with getting wet. Not much has changed except that now he is a big boy and loves to go it alone. We open the door, turn on the water and in he goes. It is so dang cute to see this little boy enjoying a big open shower all to himself. My favorite pictures show a bit more than I am willing to share on my blog, but there is just something so sweet and Innocent about all those little baby parts getting clean.