Friday, August 26, 2011

A "Plethora" of Visitors

These pictures are all kind of mixed together, but we were able to host Laura Coons' family Aug 15-18 and then Becky Wilson's family (both are Steve's sisters) Aug 19-21. We had a great time!
We went for a walk and turned Kelsey around for the first time. She LOVED looking around!


With Laura, we went to the zoo, had great pizza and hung out a bit. On the way back from the zoo, Josh fell asleep while reading.

Last week, Kelsey started sucking her thumb to soothe herself. It is really adorable.

Rachel and Elizabeth Coons entertaining Kelsey

On our lazy day, I walked into the room to find both Ben (age 6) and Joshua (age 2) sitting inside the Pak'n'play playing together.

Josh hasn't figured out how to eat the hot dogs yet.

This is Kels after some floor time. She pulled herself over to the couch and was playing with the 'couch skirt'.

Josh is smart: he figured out that if he wedged the exercise ball between the computer and the treadmill, he could play on it without the ball bouncing away.

That Friday, Jon and Becky and fam came to visit. This was us downtown: Jon became Josh's best friend. So much so that he even included Jon in his prayer all on his own.

Family picture! We love Chicago!

Cousins: Tyler, Marcus and Kelsey, Cynthia, Joshua and Lillian




This little girl is all smiles!

Joshua's new thing is to do a somersault and then say "Mom! I stuck uh-side-down!"

Josh is finally letting us read full books to him!

5 comments:

Becky said...

Awesome pictures, Natalie! We had such a fun time visiting you guys. I will never forget Josh getting all excited when we drove into the city- shouting "Chago!!! Chago!!!" I seriously fell in love with your children over that weekend. Anyway, thanks so much for showing us a good time and can't wait until we see you next!

Becky said...

Oh, by the way, some of your pictures migh make an appearance on my blog- when I eventually get caught up. I am sooooo behind.

Julie said...

Cute hair, Nat! Love the pictures... also, I see you're going private now with the blog. I suppose its one of those necessary evils, eh?

LOVE YOU!

Brady and Karen said...

Kelsey is looking so much different to me! I think she looks just like you. I'm impressed she pulls herself over to places. Kate is so content to stay stationary. She is going to be slow to crawl and walk, I bet. Kelsey will beat her! ;)

Natalie and Steve said...

I think I would prefer to have a stationary baby. Its cute to see her move, but at the same time, it means I have to watch her more closely!