Murray Lake

Friends of ours, Martin and Vanessa, have a year pass to Murray Lake north of Ann Arbor. We went with them last week for a dinner picnic and swim and it was perfect! We may need to get a pass next year...

Watching Nathan and Tillman together is pretty adorable. They are almost a year apart, but they get along pretty darn well. We can't wait to meet their #2!

Cuties

I was curious how much Vivian looks like Leah did when she was around the same age, so I dug this photo up from Liz's blog and tried to recreate it. I don't think I did particularly well in capturing a similar look, but - NAKED BABY ALERT!!!

In comparison, I don't know how much they actually resemble each other, but I declare them both cute as heck.

Leah around 4 months, so a little older - look at that belly!

Rusty and Jason Visit!

Our excellent friends (there is no way either one of them actually read this blog) Jason and Rusty visited us last weekend from Philly. It was awesome. For two guys who claim to have very little experience with small children, you wouldn't have guessed it. Both of the kids were enamored with them and we were enamored with a few extra hands on deck. 

Jason picked up an old school calculator for Nathan (new favorite toy) and Rusty had matching grey New Balance shoes. The crazy rain in the Detroit area delayed their flight almost 24 hours... sorry guys!

Darlings

My darlings, being darling.

Our 80/20 reality

I like to say that we bat about 80% when we go out with the kids. That's about how often we get pretty good behavior out of Nathan/Vivian and we feel it was a generally enjoyable and positive experience. The other 20% are usually because we pushed things too far, stress me right out, and make me never want to leave the house again. I don't know if other parents play the same odds, but I want it documented that this is our reality at the moment. We look pretty happy in the pictures, right? Well, we had met up with Brian after work at the local beer garden and Nathan was shot before we left the house due to a short nap. When we had to leave to get him home for bed and Brian was staying behind - meltdown. Don't worry though, we went out for breakfast the next day and had a lovely time. The odds were in our favor, after all. 

Cousins

These two!  Basically, Vivian wanted a snuggle... desperately.

Catching Up

Here are some random photos of my darlings from the last month or so. They don't really have any particular storyline other than, aren't my kids cute?