We love Em and Grace!

We had a great visit from my best friend from college, Emily, and her daughter, Grace. Grace is 7 months younger than Jacob and both Jacob and Gwyn LOVED having them at our house. The kids played and Em and I got to hang out, she is due 2 days after me, so Brian had two pregnant women and three kids under the age of three at the house!

Pretty much anything Jacob did, Grace would then try to do, and then pretty much anything Grace did, Gwyn would try to do. The kids played well together and after they left Jacob said "I want my Em and Grace." It was pretty sweet!

Gwyn got her toenails painted for the first time (Grace had hers painted). She sat really still and wanted the other foot painted after I finished the first one.

Jacob has a few toads that live under these rocks in a hole by our walkway. He likes to go out every night and see if they've come out before he goes to bed. He's started to place these little plastic bugs that he has for his sandbox out front each night so that his toads can play with them. Each night, Brian goes outside after Jacob has gone to bed and moves the bugs around in different positions so that when Jacob goes out to look at his bugs the next morning, they are in a totally different place because the toads played with them so much the night before. Brian has had them trying to crawl up plants, sitting on rocks, under leaves, and even hugging each other. Jacob thinks it is the coolest thing that his toads like to play with his bugs.

Gwyn has started to say quite a few words and is obsessed right now with babies. She's constantly carrying one around with her, pushing a doll or stuffed animal in the stroller, and now has to take one in the car. She even had to carry one in to Jacob's school last week when he went for a few days of Summer Fun Days that they had. She's pretty cute with them.