"Bur" --a fitting nickname.

Wilbur has developed quite the fan in Josephine. Throughout the course of the day, I hear a lot about "Bur" with her pointing upstairs where he stays on the landing. As far as she knows, he "naps" a LOT-- but how else do you explain nocturnal to a 16 month old?I tried to get a few pictures of them together, but it's tough with having to run intervention. I'm worried if she gets too adamant of a feel, she'll decide she hates him (he automatically thrusts his spikes in the direction of an unexpected touch). So far, she's had enough touching to pretty well keep her distance, while still being fascinated and enjoying his huffing and puffing. But the accidental stumble could really be disastrous!Wilbur doesn't have a ton of fun with it, but it's cute to see Josephine get all excited and rambunctious about him, especially when he trots past her feet or off into a corner that's taped off and out of bounds for her (I tell her Wilbur doesn't have to "watch the line" because he's older than her).

Really, I know it's sad, Wilbur being all huddled in the corner while Josephine gazes out the window and carries on playing...

It's better when we're all outside, where Josephine takes the occasional break to eat cherry tomatoes off the plants, gather bird feathers, throw chunks of dirt, trip over roots, and knock on the backdoor in hopes that someone will let her back inside. Wilbur gets in some good bug-eating exploration then.

But he told me to add one more huddled picture for good measure-- he wants to make sure everyone feels sorry for him.

And my goodness, how does that NOT make your heart melt?

St. Louis added to June

So I FINALLY uploaded photos from St. Louis. I dated the entry as though I uploaded it in a timely fashion (ha ha, that's funny). So click on "June" on the left and you should see the post. Not all the photos uploaded properly, so some won't enlarge when you click on them. Tell me if you're wanting to print one of them, and I'll either send you a print or e-mail you the full file, whatever you prefer.

Pease, part two. .

AKA, more swimsuit action.

We visited again, because the cuteness needed to be shared with my parents last weekend...

Zanna's awesome mommy talking with my awesome mommy... ;-)

For better overall pictures of the sprinkler pad, check out our friends' blog... We were pretty delighted to see that the water pressure last Friday evening was about 3 times as strong as the last time we went-- I really couldn't walk around with Josephine without paying very close attention to where I stood!

And just for kicks, a little photo of Josephine playing with my sister, her Aunt Janell. That's Grandpa in the background, who Josephine was managing to call "Pa" by the end of the weekend!

ummm, Sean? ...Child labor laws?

orange pineapple

Well, I'm totally skipping ahead here. I still need to post about our trip to St. Louis, and we might as well forget about Seattle. But the easy posts are, well, easy. So here's yet another impertinent post, skipping ahead to the front of the line.

Sooooo, guess what, folks?? I got a little barrette to stay in Josephine's hair for the very first time! Needless to say, I spent the entire time it was in there trying to get a picture of it. It did slip out once and definitely didn't last past this photo shoot. So while her hair isn't yet barrette-worthy, I am actively and unabashedly dreaming of the day it is. Couldn't believe how grown up it made her look!