This Little Piggy

This Little Piggy had peas for lunch and they were oink-oink - I mean - really yummy!

On the Huckleberry Trail

We walked part of the Huckleberry Trail this morning. It is built on an old rail line that was called the "Huckleberry" because it moved so slow you could pick berries from the train. I'm pretty sure we had it beat for slowness. Eli has to stop and explore something about every third step. Poor Ezra, his stroller ride isn't very exciting. He amused himself by playing with Eli's hat when Eli was sitting in Bertha's front seat. (Bertha is the enormous, but very useful, double stroller on loan to us from my cousin - thanks!)
Here's another Eli masterpiece...

Sun and Smiles

It was one of those great fall days Saturday when it is warm, yet crisp all at once. We spent most of our day outside enjoying warm weather's last hurrah.

Eli took this last photo, but I don't think that he is a budding Ansel Adams - he also took one of his own feet.

Bedtime

Chris complained that I always got the camera going when he was in unflattering postures, but how could I not capture this sweet bedtime scene. Ezra loves to hang out with the big boys.

Happy to be Me

Ezra turned 7 months on Monday. He is still a very happy baby with a few important exceptions: he was very unhappy to have strep throat all weekend, he does not like to be sleepy yet hungry, and he hates to have his face washed.
On more positive developments, Ezra is sitting up great although we still keep a pillow behind him just in case - knocking his noggin is also on the unhappy list. He plays with his toys for long periods of time all by himself and now that we've learned to only feed him high-fiber foods he's eating solid food like it is going out of style. Ezra's pretty much never met a stranger, but Eli is the most interesting person in his world (oh, what adventures will they have??).
Ezra continues to develop his sweet, cuddly, patient personality. Chris says he'll grow into a gentle giant and he's well on his way already - 18lb 12oz when he was at the doctor's office Sunday. By the way, Eli took this photo of Ezra - not bad! Happy Boy!

Hey, I've got a lower lip and look what it does!