Concert and Emma's smiles

A couple weeks ago we took the kids to an outdoor concert at a park. We spread a blanket out, ate dinner and let Drew run around.

The park has a train, so Chad and Drew rode that too.

And then Drew asked me to take him down to the front and join in on the Electric Slide with the huge crowd. I was holding his hand and trying to teach him the steps, and he wanted to do it on his own. It was pretty funny b/c he was so serious about it and trying to do it right. Emma liked the music and being outside. She laid on the blanket and kicked her legs and smiled and cooed. Drew kept getting a running start and then coming to a halt and putting his head on the ground...I think because there were some little girls doing cartwheels near us and he was "copying" them.

Well, he may not be a gymnast (and that's okay with us!!), but he is definitely a little baseball player! Chad can toss him a ball, and he'll hit it with the baseball bat...over and over again! He'll even toss it up to himself and hit it! I've got to get more videos of this b/c we are blown away with his abilities.

Emma is a happy little girl! For a few days last week, she cried a lot and spit up a lot, and I was a little worried that she may have reflux or other tummy troubles. But after a few days of that, she woke up a different baby - super happy and responding to any attention with huge smiles and coos!

Here's a little video of her talking. Sorry it is sideways...my bad.

Emma had been sleeping about 9:30pm-3:30am, getting up to eat, and then sleeping 4-6 or 7am. That was really nice...but last night she slept 9:30-5:30! Eight whole hours in a row! I slept about 7 of those hours, so I felt great too.

The past two Sundays we have taken the kids to church. They have done really well in their classrooms while we enjoyed the service. The teachers in Drew's room asked if he was almost 3 - they were blown away by his talking, manners, and knowledge of cars! He corrected one of them when they called a toy a car - "That's an SUV!" And when we picked him up, we had to wait on him to clean up all the toys. That's his new thing - he puts everything away! If he wants to get his cars out, I'll see him folding up Emma's blanket and carrying that and her toys to her bassinet so he has the whole rug! Wouldn't most 2 year olds just toss the blanket and toys to the side?? He is definitely my child!