No one's forcing you to watch this.

But we know you want to. Everyone wants to watch babies jabber for hours on end. Getting her to jabber for the camera instead of fuss is a bit of a trick however. It's genetic- her dad doesn't like cameras pointed at him either. So, enjoy take number 35, edited. (The fuzzy picture is probably your readers or dirty screen or some such error on your end. Get it looked at and I'll try to figure out what I'm supposed to be focusing on next time.)

Getting ready for work- single handedly. 

 Little critters peeking over the edge.

 And pooping on our porch. This little family moved out of their summer home this week. Next year they're going to be encouraged to use a nesting box that will be built away from the house...

Shauna's been busy attacking our weeds. The whole side of the yard where we filled in the old ditch was supposed to be landscaped and manicured this year. Not sure what the wife's been doing. 

This section is going to be an extension of our parking area. Our neighbor-down-the-way-a-bit has a Bobcat. And he's retired. And bored. Thank goodness for neighbors with toys and time to spare! He's going to finish our little project for us: level off the dirt and fill in the gravel.

Those weeds made a right good bonfire the other night. Got helped along by some juniper branches we pruned earlier this summer.

 Our sad little spot of new lawn. There is some nice new grass under those weeds- last I checked. As I mentioned before, we had great visions of getting the whole side yard seeded and established this summer. Now we have great visions of having a slightly less hectic spring next year and maybe being able to keep ahead of the yard. 

Delusional? Nah.

July and August and what-not

Actually, it's just more of Emma. With a brief interlude to celebrate the cutting of the grain. All off the field and off to market!

Performing one her great stretching routines. Anyone else notice that there's a lot of pink in this picture?

She actually enjoys brief interludes in an inverted position. Her legs are just such good handles...

 This picture doesn't do Scout justice. She's much more retarded than she looks here. Or it could be that she's just still very much a puppy. She's adjusting better to having Emma around but still can't fathom why we won't let her lick the critter.

 One of the dangers of letting daddy dress his daughter.

bath with a chicken

Since when is it ok to post these kind of pictures? When you're a parent, evidently. Please excuse Shauna's legs. She can only get so much done in her busy days. She's doing the best she can.

Fell asleep in her plate. I need to take notes.

Rather than give you a side-by-side comparison, we'll just let you keep guessing whose bum she inherited...

She takes great pleasure in the finer things in life- a good stretch being one of them. It's an art form for her. 

 There are other things in life around here besides Emma but we'll leave it here for now.

Getting Acquainted

 There's still some jealousy brewing with our first child. Emma doesn't seem to be too fussed about it. I think she's taunting the poor dog. All of those interesting new smells and Scout's not allowed to get too close. Very perturbing.

 Evidently there are other things going on in the world. It's quite exciting that our lilacs decided to bloom this year.

 An evening trip to Cauldron Linn.

Momma's with us 'til Saturday. Then we fly solo for a couple weeks until Parma. Shauna's mom will spend some time here after that. It's good to have someone in the house who has some experience in this crazy thing called motherhood. And with three sets of hands your odds of being on the wrong end of a poopy diaper are greatly reduced!

Adjustments

Our poor first child is having first child syndrome. Extremely jealous, always wanting to be under foot and in the middle of things, resorting to being a pain to get attention and can't figure out why she's always getting in trouble. Hopefully Scout will figure it out soon. You can look but you can't lick.

In the mean time, here are some more pictures for you to drool over. No licking.

First Sunday morning out!

I'm sure there are other noteworthy things going on in the world around us, but we haven't noticed.