There's Nothing Like Family

The weekend before we left for Nashville, my sister and her family moved here to Opelika! It is going to be so fun to have our children grow up together. Tessa and Evelynn are only 3 months apart in age and definitely favor each other. I think they're going to be best buddies! 

Wyatt and Claire are a year apart and are playing as well together as a 3 year old boy and 2 year old girl can be expected to. 

My sister is afraid she will drive me crazy by dropping by too often, but I think there is no such thing - her being here is a long awaited answer to prayer and I couldn't be happier than to glance out my window and see Wyatt running up the path to our front door, or to go see Mercy at Karate camp or to hold Tessa while she and Evie Jane attempt to coo at each other. This is AWESOME. 

Claire in the blue tunnel - can you tell how hot and humid it is by looking at her crazy hair?!? 

Sweet Tessa at 3 months 

Evie with all the toys. She is so close to crawling and is occasionally making it a little ways on her hands and knees before falling back on her tummy. She can get around on her belly pretty well too, though. She is much more "into" everything than Claire ever was, so now is the time to re-babyproof the whole house because I imagine another week is the maximum amount of time we have before she is all over the place. Probably won't be another day! 

The stand-off between Claire and her dinner. We guess she just didn't want to eat this night because the next night she had FOUR servings of meatloaf. 

Evelynn LOVES this foodnet thing that you can put fruit in for her to suck on. 

She puts the "chew" in Chewbaca. (This was during Claire's nap. Chewbaca is Claire's special toy, so she'd probably not like Evie chewing on him. Evie doesn't have teeth yet, so it's probably okay).

So, we're at the present in pictures at least, and I will try not to get so behind in the future. In the past month, we've had my sister move here, I've gotten two stomach bugs 10 days apart, and we've gone to Nashville and back. Claire has not had an accident in something like 3 weeks; Evie can push herself to a sitting position and army crawl and almost crawl on hands and knees; Evie no longer nurses at night; and the girls are sharing a room. So life is getting a little easier and a little more interesting. For those wondering what Evie weighs at 6 months (now almost 7 months), you'll have to wait a little longer. Her shots were scheduled the day after I spent a night throwing up and I had to cancel. Both girls will have their next well check up on August 23rd. All I can say is, Evelynn is in some 12 and some 18 month clothing, but I think she is looking less roly poly and will probably continue slimming down as she gets moving. Claire has been eating and growing like a weed and is finally mostly wearing 2T clothes, though pants are tricky not only because she is slender, but also because I think they are mostly made on the assumption that kids are still wearing diapers, which she is not at all doing. So glad I finally got to post - hope you've enjoyed catching up!