another post from Sunshine (Super Duper)

London is reaching, grabbing, and pulling at things. She has been very aware of her hands. She has now discovered her feet. She slumps down in her high chair so she can see her feet. She watches people as they enter and exit a room. She makes sure she is included in conversations, by joining in with coos, squeals, and sounds.

Post from Sunshine

What a helper! I was cleaning the air return in the upstairs hallway tonight and made a big mess of dust and grime on the carpet. Willow of course asked me what I was doing. I told her and then said I would need to vacuum the mess later. I then got busy with London. While I was with London I heard this banging up the stairs and in the hallway. I looked out and Willow had gone downstairs and brought up her little toy vaccum to "clean up" the mess. She said, "I'll get it for you, Mommy." She "vacuumed" my mess and then said, "Excuse me Mommy (I was standing in London's doorway). "I need to clean London's room." So she "vacuumed" it too. I sure hope this willingness to help around the house continues when she's a teenager.

A few Willow stories

It's amazing how quick children grow and learn. Willow doesn't miss a thing!

Story 1: The other day Sunshine and Willow where driving home from preschool. (Willow goes to the preschool where Sunshine teaches.) Anyway, Willow says, "I want to go there." It takes Sunshine a second or two to figure out Willow is talking about Steak and Shake. Sunshine asks, "What are we going to get there?" Willow says, "A shake milk." I think we have been there once with her, but she didn't forget we got a "shake milk."

Story 2: Willow and I were driving home from Gigi and Poppy's house yesterday. I was drinking coffee and Willow wanted some. It finally got cool enough for her to drink, so I handed her the cup. She took a sip and said, "Yuummm! Good!" After a few sips I asked for my coffee back. Willow said, "Nope, it's my coffee now!" WHAT A SASSY LITTLE GIRL!

All London (our child, not the city)

I thought I would put some pictures of London on the blog!
She is so cute!!!!! Sucking on her fingers is how she goes to sleep.

Self Potraits

Willow has become somewhat of a pro at using the digital camera. Here she has taken some pictures of herself!

Autumn Jealousy

Ready for Autumn?










I saw Sunshine kissing this guy in a penguin suit! I was so jealous!

Aunt Rachael took these pictures. I really like them! I hope you do, too!

cute picture

These are older pictures, but I love them!

While London slept Mom and Dad played with Willow. We played with Play-Doh! It was fun! I think we had more fun than Willow.

Willow wants to hold London, but she doesn't know how to be gentle. She can be very challenging at times. We want her to be included, but we don't want her to hurt London. Of course, she would never hurt her on purpose.

The middle picture I call, "Daddy and his girls." The last picture: Yes, we slept for about 2 hours like that.

Pictures of London

OK, so the second child always has less pictures. Well, I have figured out that it is because life is so crazy for the parents that they have no time to take pictures. However, I do have pictures of London. Actually, I was adding baby pictures last night during a thunderstorm and the power flashed so I lost all my work. I will add pictures of London ASAP.

Here are two pictures.

I found the post I was working on. It is not complete, but at least it shows pictures for those who care.

Chickamauga/Chattanooga

We went to the Chickamauga Chase 5K and 2 mile walk. I did the 5K and Sunshine and Willow did the walk. It was a lot of fun! We also visited the Tennessee Aquarium and the Children's Museum. That was REALLY COOL! Oh, this was back in April. It was a nice family weekend. We plan on going back next year.

Old Pictures

I'm moving these older pictures to my blog and going to cancel my website.

Willow loves to sing. She is a little bit Country and little bit Rock n Roll. She sure can "Ham it Up!" She learned to close her eyes while singing by watching American Idol! How funny! (This is a video and may not appear if you are viewing from school.)

Where did the name come from?

You may be wondering what the deal with the names: Super Duper, Linger and Delay. Well, it all started one night when it was time for bed. Willow was playing and I was watching TV. Sunshine said, "It is time for bed Linger and Delay. Daddy is Linger and Willow is Delay." Well, that caught on with Willow. She sometimes calls me Linger and I sometimes call her Delay. It is cute.

Sunshine's name is Super Duper since she is the supervisor of bedtime duties. So, she named herself Super Duper. London has yet to earn a nickname. :-( Oh well, I'm sure it won't be long!

So, that is how I came up with the name for my blog: Super Duper, Linger, Delay and London.