Our (almost) swimmer

I'm not sure how close to swimming she actually is, but I am quite impressed.  I am so happy that Leah appears to be taking after her daddy in the "comfortable-in-water/swimming" department (an area I have never been that great in). 

Leah has been spending lots of time at the pool and has, just in the last couple days, mastered jumping/walking into the deep water all by herself.  I wish you all could witness this for yourselves because she looks so funny when she does it.  She usually "counts" for herself..."two two go!!"  And then plops into the water with her big eyes open and this giant grin on her face.  She kicks and wiggles and continues to smile until you lift her out of the water. It's awesome.

Actually, on second thought, maybe it's not so awesome.  This fearlessness (and lack of ability to get herself back out of the water) makes me a little more nervous to attempt bringing Leah and a new baby to the pool.

For now though, it's pretty cool.

I don't think I captured it very well, but here's a picture and video of her at the pool yesterday:

 

Bonnie came to visit!

About a week and a half ago, one of my best friends from UD, Bonnie, flew down from the great city of Chicago to visit.  Texas provided some nice hot, sunny weather for her and we partied like it was 2005.  Not really.  We (I!) weren't quite in college partying shape, but Bonnie has definitely held onto her uncanny ability to inspire me to stay up into the wee hours of the morning.  Yes, this 9 months pregnant lady stayed up past 2am multiple times with Bon Bon.  I had a blast and miss my Chicago ladies so much!

Bonnie - send me some pictures so I can post them here!

baby birds

A couple of House Finches built a nest in our hanging fern!

Here's a picture of the nest and eggs.  One of the eggs has hatched and I've been enjoying sneaking a peek every now and then when the mother bird is out.

Happy 2nd Birthday Fiona Josephine!

Thank you for having us at your pool party!  We had so much fun!

ICE!

Nothin' like a big bowl of ice on a hot summer day!

The Dallas Zoo

One nice thing about living in the DFW area is that you get to see wonderful UD friends when they come into town for their sibling's/sibling-in-law's UD graduation.  And when friends are in town, you get to do fun stuff like go to the Dallas Zoo with your kids! 

Leah had only been to a zoo once before.  We went to the Phoenix Zoo when she was 4.5 months old and too young to really even notice the animals.  On this trip, she had an absolute blast and was completely wiped out (as was I) after our 5 hour hike through the zoo.

Oh, hello there Cheetah!

I think this Jeep was one of Leah's favorite parts of the Zoo.

See Mary's awesome blog for more pictures: The Weisse Guys: dallas zoo
Thank you Bess, Desarae, Mary, Natalie and kiddos for the wonderful afternoon!!

Baker was in town...

...and we had a pool party!

Representing Old Mill Apt 2096.  We were missing you, Kateri, Ellen and KP!