OH, NOVA

You are just an absolute angel, and we adore you.

THE BEE

Gus is still working on his pronunciation of the word "baby", so mostly he calls Nova "the bee!" It's caught on with the rest of us, so now we have our little bear and our little bee. Buzzzzzz.

THE LABORATORY

Our friends who gave us the sandbox also gave Gus this neat little water table.


Poppa calls it his laboratory.

Gus spends a lot of his time doing experiments (and getting his clothes soaked!)

SANDBOX

Thanks to our wonderful neighbors, Gus got a sandbox this week.


He loves it.


Nova doesn't think it's half bad.

NAPPING

Napping is sort of a loose term around here. If Dave and I aren't both home at nap time, then we have to get Nova to sleep before we can rock Gus down. Then, if you're lucky, they'll both stay asleep for at least 10 minutes. Yesterday, I was laying on the couch and Gus woke up mid-nap. I laid the little girl down for a minute while I rocked him again.


She looked pretty comfy on the couch by herself.

Also, here's a photo of Nova with her cousin Jonah from last week. Hi Jonah!

RASPBERRIES

Last year, we were out of town when the raspberries were ripe. This year, Gus isn't going to miss out.


Breakfast, lunch, and dinner: Gus has had a lot of raspberries this week.

GUARANTEED

GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING

This little monster is doing quite well. We don't have a lot of photos of the two together yet. Gus is learning to be gentle when he's around his sister, but it's hard to grab the camera when we're trying to keep him from hugging too much. He's showing off for our visitors and generally having a great time being a big brother.

HI