Happy Father's Day

As we celebrate Father's Day today, we would like to share a passage from a favorite book of ours...one Ryan received before Caroline was born. Many, many thanks from these two little girls to their Daddy for being their favorite person with whom to play, laugh and love.

Raising a girl takes two parents:

A mom to show her how to be a woman. A dad to show her how to be independent. A dad's job is to make his daughter courageous. Fearless. To make her feel beautiful. To give her a sense of adventure. To make her feel secure and confident. The relationship between a dad and a daughter is very simple: She will love her father and trust him completely, forever. Because he's her first love. Her first hero. The first man in her life. "Father to Daughter" by Harry H. Harrison, Jr.

Hip-Ohhhh

Caroline and Ryan have spent several afternoons at the Zoo lately and our goofball's favorite place to visit is the Hippo pond. At first she was unsure of the oh-so-large mammals that were within inches of her (fortunately separated by thick glass), she has come to request them first with any new trip to the Zoo. We realize this fascination will soon fade and are happy to have a few pictures and a video to remember her "Hip-Ohhhhh's."

Ring around the rosy

Caroline learned "ring around the rosy" recently from Henry and his friend, Mia, and loves watching the video her dad captured of her play time. She very frequently requests a viewing of this video and will giddily accept any one's invitation to "rosy" with her.

Emma 5 Months

Our budding wild woman at 5 months....Emma is curious, adventurous and LOUD! To say she found her voice this month is a giant understatement. She loves smiling and giggling (especially at her sister), making noise with her exersaucer and toys and flipping back and forth from her back to her belly. She also loves, loves, loves to eat and has already sampled several baby food flavors much to her delight. We love her chubby cheeks and thighs and silly (lack of) hair and predict she's going to be more of a handful for us than her sister. Uh-oh!!!