Our Internet connection has been wiggedy-whack for a few weeks now. Sorry for the delay in new pictures!

A quick update on their funnier moments recently: Libby now picks up the phone and pretend phones a friend (usually Aunt Kimmy). The conversation is often: "Hi. This is me. How are you, Aunt Kimmy? You know, you really wear me out, but I love you anyway." (The last part is a quote from Olivia.)

Emma loves to "fall" these days. She lowers herself down on her belly as slow as molasses and then splays her legs and arms wide. She'll then call out, "Whoooaa."

Emma is quite the chatterbox. She loves to talk about her favorites: "ock! ock!" (sock); "water-water-water-water" (the girl loves to play in the sink, swimming lessons not so much); "goog" (Emma loves her some booby juice); and "piggy" (Kennedy got her a stuffed pig that she adores). Em's actually to the point where's she picking up words left and right and says just about anything she wants to: Mama, Daddy, eat, up (like her sis: "upppahhhh"), joosh (juice), and on and on and on. What a smartie!

For all her sweetness and cuddliness, Emma has quite a temper and a very impish nature. I think this elfin pic captures that.

Martin recently asked me what Emma looks like when she's draped over his shoulder and cuddled in tight. Here, modeled on my dad, is the answer.


Libby's no angel, but she plays one in the snow.

Going camping (or as Libby calls it "stamping") in the wilds of our living room.

Ahoy, matey!