This just in...

1. Amelia went to the dentist for the first time today. She was such a good girl. Especially when I had to leave her for a short time because I had poop running down my arm that needed immediate attention.

2. Gemma rolled from her back to her front today! I didn't even get to see it! I just set her down on her back and when I came back, she was on her belly! Also: crying. Because even though she did it herself, she wasn't happy about the situation.

Look who is coming to dinner

It's Gemma!

At mealtime, Gemma is either a) sleeping b)hanging out in the swing c) sits on a grown up lap.

She strongly prefers choice c. So, I dragged out and wiped off the baby high chair seat. Gemma loves being at the table and enjoys looking at her toys while we eat. I like having our whole family together at the table. Even if we aren't eating.

Swing!

Gemma's first swing was on Monday! Amelia loved playing big sister and pushing her. Gemma? She wasn't overly enthusiastic...she didn't hate it either.

Pecans

Can you spot the two pecans in this picture?

I couldn't either when Amelia asked me!

3 months old

Gemma was 3 months old today! (yesterday by the time this has posted).

As usual, I took many pictures with my big camera. All you get is the poor quality phone pics because they are easy.

Not much has changed since my update yesterday.

Two more things:
- a big thank you to my brother, uncle mike for the super sweet outfit she is wearing. Adorable!

- I keep hearing about how Gemma looks like her brother. What do you think?

Apple picking adventure

We ventured out into the woods yesterday to join in the group camp for our congregation. We ate lunch in the woods and then went on our annual apple picking adventure. The big kids helped the little kids and then corralled them back into the first class seats back to the parking lot and play area.

I thought there was a chance we would end up with some honey crisp apples. Sadly, they were all gone and we'll have to wait for them to show up in stores. We did manage to come home with a yellow apple - William's homework this week is to bring a yellow apple to school on Monday.

Baby boy quilt

This one is being delivered this morning to a sweet baby boy at church. It's always interesting to see what stands out in a picture after I've been working on it so close up for so long.

This one is quilted by me! (I usually don't quilt them myself)