Pictures

Again, you can see the similarities between Chiara and Asher:




Rachel wanted me to caption this one: "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"


And Chiara helping Asher play:

A mouse, a crawler, and a new ride

Asher has been Stuart Little (or one of the characters from Mamma Mia) for a few weeks or more. He drew his self portrait and Rachel managed to take a picture before he erased it:


Chiara seriously has only two moods: Grumpy and happy/laughing. Yesterday at dinner Christie made the comment that she is a totally different baby when she's not teething and I think we would both agree. Here's how she is most of the time:


We spent a good portion of Saturday and Sunday shopping for a bike for my birthday in a few weeks. Rachel had actually really wanted to get me one months ago and I was being stubborn but I finally decided that the one I have was just not usable for me. We started looking at "hybrids" which meant "comfort" rides and those were really not what I wanted. So we went back yesterday and chose this bike (A Fuji Absolute 3.0). It's considered a road bike but a "commuter." I'm pretty excited even though our schedule won't really allow a ride until Tuesday.



And finally. Here is the proof that Chiara is crawling. Seriously.

Visit with Joey

Joey came over Saturday night for a few hours so Chuck and Jenni could go and see the UT football game (Hook 'em!). He's charming and adorable and mobile! He and Chiara had a great time crawling all over Rachel at the same time. At one point they were sitting across from each other passing a toy back and forth but I didn't get any pictures.





Asher watching Joey crawl around. He has the timer in his hand but I don't think he's clocking Joey or anything.

And here's a very very short video of Chiara laughing. I'm convinced she has only three speeds: sleeping, grumpy, and laughing. Basically if anyone laughs she does too. It's a wonderful sound as you'll hear.