Winery

There's a winery in Monroe, Louisiana that has live music a few times a month from the spring through the fall.  We try to go whenever the weather is nice.  Max doesn't get around other kids often so it's fun to see him play with them.  He's not afraid to take off on his own and approach people.  He made a lot of friends, ran up and down the hill many times, and of course found a patch of dirt to play in.

People watching is one of the best parts of these kinds of events.

Shaking it on the dance floor.

This lady was so impressed with his moves she asked him to dance.

Mom had to swing him around the dance floor.

It's nice to hang out with like-minded people.

 He can't wait to come back!

Bye Bye, Heat Wave!

The temperature finally dropped and today it's nice enough to get outside and play!  And by "dropped" I mean it is only 92 degrees.  We have been stuck inside for a month and it felt so good to get fresh air.  It's so weird to have cabin fever in the summer.

Max quickly got to work doing a little art on the concrete.

Audrey and Ricky laid in the shade and did some cloud gazing.

"That cloud looks like a puppy!"

"There's another puppy!  And another one!"

Didn't take long for Max to get dirty.

Dirt on the back of the neck, too?  You have to really try hard to get this dirty.

He's having fun so I'm not going to stop him.  That's what soap is for!

 Let's check back on Audrey.

 This girl knows how to relax on a summer day outside.

Since little sister is asleep and we're already a mess, might as well get out the sand table.  Yes, that little pink blob on the left is Audrey living the life.

A few minutes on the swing with mom and his eyes started to glaze over.  Little guy is worn out.
Mission accomplished.

Audrey, Two Months Old

It took most of the day to get photos of her awake but here they are!  

Our growing girl is packing on the weight and has some really nice squishy arm and leg rolls.  I love a chubby baby!  Her eye color has lightened a little bit but no big change.  While it's too early to know what color they will be I think it's safe to say that Ross's brown eye gene didn't get passed onto to his kids.  Everyday she smiles more and even lets out little giggles.  

 Ready to go back to sleep.

Peach Picking

It's been a couple weeks since my last post but it's not from lack of pictures to share.  Taking pictures is the easy part, having time to get them off the camera is another.  Two little ones are a handful!

Last weekend we took another trip to the fruit farm (Audrey's first!).  This time we picked peaches for making this year's batch of peach wine.  As usual Max was a really good helper.

Max's job was to gently place the peaches in the box, which is not an easy task.  It's so much more fun to throw them into the box.  

With a little help from dad he even picked a few.

Audrey had the easy job of literally hanging out in the baby carrier.