family visit part II and update

After spending time in Sacramento, we headed back to my parents house. We're really fortunate to have kids who will pretty much sleep anywhere. I think all this traveling has been messing with Noah's sleep pattern though. He's started waking up at 5:30 in the morning. Thankfully, he has willing grandparents who are more than happy to play with him that early. He's also started to become really interested in the big boy potty this week. I've been letting him direct whether or not he's ready, and he's decided he is! As of yesterday, he's exclusively been in his 'big boy pants' (that's what he calls them), and has not had any accidents!
Emme is just miss congeniality. If you make eye contact with her, you can pretty much guarantee that she'll flash you a smile. She is becoming more mobile, and will roll or scoot her way around. A big motivation for her to move is her brother's hair. She just loves trying to grab a fistful of his curly locks! Actually, she just loves being around her brother...she'll just gaze at him and smile or laugh at everything he does. She even finds his tantrums amusing!

Trying to stay cool in the heat


Whatever Noah is doing, she's interested! In this case, my phone...

My brother and his girlfriend came up for the weekend and we spent the day in Mendocino. The weather was perfect and we had such a great time walking around and tidepooling.




Splashing around a little fountain before we headed for the aiport.