Zonked

I love Emily's new preferred position to fall asleep--
she's always done the thumb-sucking, now she's added the hand over the face.

Ahhh, baby sleep... so peaceful...
makes me want to
...stretch...
...YAWN...
...anyone else think a nap is sounding pretty good right now?

5 months old!

We have a 5 month old!

(at Mardi Gras parade)

Wow, we can't believe how fast time is flying and how constantly Emily is changing. Here's a video I took today of Emily showing off her recently discovered squealing skills. She's got a great set of vocals! Lately she'll squeal just because she likes the hear herself make noise (it's so high pitched it honestly hurts our ears, so let's hope this is just a phase)! She also likes to blow raspberries and make ba-ba-ba sounds. She rolls both ways and is getting close to scooting. She still loves her thumb, especially when sleepy and she sleeps 8-9 hour stretches at night. She's learning to play peek-a-boo and will pull the blanket off her face. Oh, and she has two little bottom teeth halfway in!

She is so fun to have in our family. We love you Emily!

SNOW!

Snow again in Baton Rouge!
We had big white flakes coming down for about two hours this morning-
just enough to stick to the cars and rooftops.
It's so funny how even
a skiff of snow
around here will shut everything down-
most of the schools/government offices called the day off this morning (LSU stayed open).
We took Emily out to feel a few flakes coming down and
she smiled!
Looks like good little girl is going to like the snow,
just like her mommy...
then again, maybe she'll LIVE FOR the snow,
just like her daddy. :)

This spot reserved for...

... a post about disc golf!
Oh, have I got a lot to write about disc golf, but I think I'll wait until after Jeff plays in the doubles tournament on Saturday... GO JEFF!

Tourists in our own town

Well, this was actually a few weeks ago, but it was neat, so I don't want to forget it. We took a little family outing to see the USS KIDD a WWII Destroyer moored right here in Baton Rouge. According to the website, this ship is one of the best restorations around. We were pleasantly surprised at how authentic yet hands on it was-- i mean there were zero "no touching" signs :)

In the Galley.

Jeff and Emily try out the anti-aircraft gun.

Combat Information Center

Radio RoomSonar Room

This here is what it looks like. I'm all about saving space, but this is a little too functional for me.

Good times had by all! Wish we would have taken our families when they were here. Oh well, they'll just have to come back!