First Day of Preschool

Today was Josie's first day of preschool! She was so excited, but also a little nervous too. She had to have her special kitty ride in the car with her, but she was brave enough to go into school without him. It's hard to really get a 3 year old to talk and explain things in great detail, but from what I got out of her, everything seemed to go great! I really like her teacher and it should be a fun year!


And, here is a photo of the boy, I feel like if I post a photo of Josie I need to post one of Will to be "fair." So here he is being smiley and happy before we took sister to school.

Curly or Straight?

Josie is lucky enough to be blessed with naturally curly hair. We almost always just wear it curly because it looks so cute and is so easy to fix. But today we decided to make it straight. Josie loved it and called it her "Sleeping Beauty hair." I have a feeling that as she gets older I will spend many mornings making her curly hair straight! I think I still prefer curly, what do you think?


Baby Will is just getting cuter and fatter by the minute. At his 4 month check-up he weighed in at a chunky 22 lbs. Don't worry his head and height are big too. He is just big all around! We love this rolly, polly, & jolly guy!

Princess Will

Compliments of sister Josie

Swimming Lessons

Josie took swimming lessons a few weeks ago and she did really well. I forgot to post any photos. She didn't really learn how to swim but has gotton so much braver in the water!

Watch those fingers!

We had an injury this past weekend. We went to REI for Sam to pick out some shoes for his birthday which was last week (Happy 30th Sam!) Well as soon as we arrived at the store Josie informed us that she had to go potty. So I send Will with Sam and I take Josie to the potty. We finish in the bathroom and I hold the door open for Josie, she walks under my arm, so I let go of the door. But then, she spys the drinking fountain so she quickly grabs the hinge side of the door jam to make a quick turn to the drinking fountain. Then, the door shuts on her poor little fingers. She starts screaming and as fast as a I can I push the door open. I pick her up and am thinking her fingers are just going to be red from getting pinched, then I notice blood, lots of blood. So I run her back into the bathroom and run her fingers under the water. And then I see it, two finger tips attached only by skin. I start panicking and run out to the front desk and have them page Sam to come over. He casually strolls over with Will and the stroller to find me running towards him with blood dripping everywhere. He takes one look at her hand and we are off to the hospital. At the hospital they put her out and sew them back on. Things should turn out just fine, but for now she gets to wear her "big pink bandaid."

Fat and Happy

My little guy is truly fat and happy! He is such a pleasant baby, he smiles at anything and everything, and he is starting to laugh more which is so fun! He is a chunk and is weighing in around 19+ pounds at 3 months. We are so glad he joined our family!

Happy 4th of July!

We had so much fun last night with the Harmans. Sam got home at a decent hour and we went to a big fireworks show. The girls had so much fun running around, hiding from the fireworks, and playing with glow sticks. They truly are best buddies! It is so nice when they get along.

Will was so great last night too. I swear, he is the easiest baby to take places. He just hung out on the blanket most of the night until he got hungry. I fed him and put him in his stroller and he slept through the entire fireworks show, ride home, and the transfer from car seat to crib. He slept all night and woke up at his usual 6:30 am. I love this guy!

Today Sam is on call so it's just me and the kiddos for the actual 4th. Holidays and weekends are always the hardest times to have Sam working. Hopefully he won't be to busy and we can go up and eat dinner with him at the hospital. Josie always loves to see daddy at work.