Charlotte and Daddy's Rainy Day Movie Creation

Does anyone still read this thing?

So I haven't written on this blog for a LONG time, and I apologize.  If you still read this, will you please comment below so that I know it's worth still putting pictures, videos, and stories on here?!

Here are a few snippets of our lives recently...

 Charlotte reads books by the pile.  I didn't hear a word from her for at least an hour while she devoured one book after another.

 Mercy likes to take care of her babies and rock them.

 Charlotte and Mercy just love to be together.

 Crawling through a big tunnel is fun!

 At cousin Megan's graduation (but with cousin Chelsie in this picture).  Yes, that is a cardboard cut-out of Megan in the Iowa shirt!

 Mercy and Margaret---what a good pair!

 They could have played in this bucket for hours after the grad party!

 Craig and Sue, parents of the graduate.

 

Chelsie and Mercy.

 

Mercy learned how to wave!

Mercy LOVES to ride Misty, Charlotte's stick horse!

The Little Mermaid(s)

Who needs a spoon?

Fussy baby + parents who need a moment of peace + bowl of oatmeal = messy, but happy, baby!

Crawling!

Mercy has recently figured out how to MOVE!!!  A month or so ago she was up on all fours.  Then she started rocking back and forth, and now she is officially CRAWLING!  Every day she gets better at it, faster and more graceful.  She is all over the house, crawling from the bedroom to the living room to the kitchen and everywhere in between.  If she knows I'm in a different room, she'll follow my voice and come find me!  She doesn't like to be left out!  

Here are a few videos of her crawling.  The first one is from March 17th and the second two are from the 25th, so you can see how much better she is in just one week!  And now she is even faster and hardly ever falls.  Watch out world, here comes Mercy!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Randy!

This weekend we celebrated Grandpa Randy's birthday by taking a trip up to see him!  We had a fun weekend playing together and visiting and cooking and eating!  We love being with Grandpa!

Here are a couple of pictures of Mercy's first graham cracker.  She LOVED it and devoured 3/4 of the whole cracker in no time!

On our way to Grandpa Randy's we stopped to visit Great-Grandma Eleanor!  She was thrilled to have visitors and we made an impromptu decision to bring her with us to Grandpa Randy's for the day.  We also stopped at Uncle Paul and Aunt Jean's house on the way, but didn't get any pictures of that visit.  Charlotte had a great time playing with their standard poodle!

Here is the birthday boy with his delicious chocolate cake, made by Margaret.  Yum!

We hope you had a great birthday Grandpa Randy!  We loved celebrating with you!

Our big helper!

Charlotte is such a good helper.  Mercy has gotten a bit impatient at mealtimes, so Charlotte helps by feeding her a few spoonfuls while I get Charlotte's lunch ready.  I'm so thankful for her!