Miss Annie

James and I got to spend several afternoons with my brand new niece Annie last week. What a blessing that was! She's (obviously) adorable and turns seven weeks tomorrow. We were so glad to finally meet her!

What's not to love?

We've had such a big week. Between a huge consignment sale (that I volunteered and shopped at multiple times) and the wonderful blessing of my brother Joel and his family visiting we've had a lot going on! My mom (and James) and I also got to babysit sweet baby Annie a few times. During those times I snatched a few moments here and there to take pictures of this sweet little girl. Okay, I took a few hundred pictures this week. At one point I believe James was feeling a tad left out and more or less asked me to take his picture! (a first--trust me). He even posed and sat really still for this picture above. What's not to love?

Annie will have her own post, coming soon. But here's one picture of her from earlier in the week, at exactly 6 weeks old.

James was a little curious about Annie. We've been practicing her name a lot in the weeks leading up to meeting her and he does a pretty good job pronouncing it!

Here he is going in for a cousin smooch.

I'd have to say that Uncle Joel is wildly popular with James. He lets James hold his I-Phone. That's a pretty big deal, considering I don't usually let him touch my own wimpy cell phone. Uncle Joel's phone plays music! We've so enjoyed spending time with you Joel, Elizabeth, and Annie!

The Park

I've been meaning to post new pictures for weeks and just feel quite behind. James is VERY into the park lately! He loves to run free outside and spent hours outside over the weekend. These photos are from two weekends ago.