Another visit from another wonderful, faithful friend. Juanita and I have been friends since we lived in the same building freshman year of college (10 years ago!). She came up to visit Katie (another resident of that same dorm) & I over Memorial Day weekend. Juanita is the kind of person who comes to town and, rather than the standard tourist fair, wants to go to an off-beat museum like this one. Definitely a museum I would have overlooked. :) We had a great weekend, lots of sunshine, adventures, and time to talk.
Emily's neighbor friend Owen turned one - here she is playing at his birthday party. By "friend" I mean that every time she sees him come out of the house, she squeels in delight while he warily backpedals and clings to his mom. Luckily he lives right next door, so we could just carry her wet sandy little self up to the bathtub after the fun.
Alasdair & I have been hard at work getting Twin State Christian Counseling up and running from a legal/business standpoint. After a long (and hot & sticky) day of budgeting and filling out the IRS tax-exemption form (including LOTS of emails with my brother Nick - we are very lucky to have an accountant in the family!), we decided a family dinner out at the Treehouse Cafe was in order. Typical Emily: she climbed out of my arms as soon as we walked in, and crawled right into the middle of where the older kids were running around. She climbed around and played on the slide (while holding a wooden eggplant) while Alasdair & I ate pizza and enjoyed the air conditioning. Oh, and she walked around with a toy shopping cart for a long time!
Oh! And lately, the world is Emily's jungle gym. Today I walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water, and when I came back, she had crawled across the living room, up the loveseat and onto the radiator by the front window (a favorite spot). Even more exciting: this morning when I work up, I found Emily on the floor in her nursery. Oops. Here she is helping Daddy lower the crib mattress!
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