Hangin' Out

Two Months

Leah is two months old!  Nearly 10 weeks, to be exact.  She seems unimpressed in this photo, but she actually really enjoys swatting at her hanging giraffe-- and she's good at it, too.  It even makes her smile and coo.  Grace is going to spend an exciting weekend at Mom Mom and Poppy's house, so I'm hoping that Leah and I can have some quality time together; just Leah, Momma....and the camera (of course!)

Leah is almost sleeping through the night!  She's done it several times so far; we're just waiting for it to stick.  She still prefers being held upright against your chest, don't even think about cradling her in your arms.  She has an adorable smile.  She is already trying to roll over.  

At her two month check-up Leah weighed 11 lbs. 6 oz. and charmed the whole office!

She Looks Like She's 15

Well, maybe not 15, but she doesn't look like a baby any more when she sports a ponytail!  Of course, the up-do only lasted for about 10 minutes before Grace yanked it out with an "Uh oh!"

and then ran away as fast as her Sesame Street shoes could carry her before Mommy could try out another style...

 

New Photo Session

There's a new post over at Heather Grace Photography!  

Still Here

I just realized that it's been a long time since we've updated!  I guess having an infant will do that to you.

I've been busy with a couple photo shoots, and we all recently enjoyed AACS's Homecoming events and a long weekend-visit from Grace and Leah's Aunt April!  Leah has been to two high school football games this fall and Grace put two words together for the first time yesterday-- we were talking about Steve and she said "Daddy school", because Daddy was at school!  

Grace is also into pumpkins.  Here are pictures of Grace's first pumpkin.  Grandma and Grandpa Deterding had one growing in their backyard, and wouldn't you know it was the perfect size for Grace.

Grace, Leah and I took a field trip to a farm last week with some other moms and kiddies from church, and Grace got to pick out another pumpkin.  There are no pictures of that adventure since I had my hands full of Deterding girls!

Eee-Yahhh!

Here is Grace with her sister Eeeyahhh and her friend Lion, taken a couple weeks ago.  

Stephen

I told Steve that you (well, two of you) wanted more pictures of Steve on this blog.  So I grabbed the camera and went outside, where Steve and Grace were cleaning out the car, and he obligingly posed for me.

And because Grace happened to be there, I took a picture of her, too.

And here she is earlier in the week, daintily stepping through the muddy grass with her beloved bubbles.

Hmmm, I still need more pictures of Steve, don't I?