Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Here is Laney Jo "reading" Brown Bear, Brown Bear, one of her favorite books. Okay, so she's not really reading, but she does recognize each animal and says their names. What can we say, she's a teacher's kid!
For those of you know don't know, Laney's Auntie Dana left for Uganda about 2 weeks ago. She'll be there for 9 months! It was great to talk to you today Dana - glad you are doing well! This one is especially for you! Love you and miss you! Enjoy...

Tickle Tickle

GIRLFRIENDS

Laney loves her girlfriends - Here they are at a playdate at our house one morning. Aubrey, Charlotte, Elleana, Sophie, and Emma. We missed Paige, who was at home napping! We think it's pretty cool that God blessed our "church family friends" with ALL baby girls over the past 17 months (Laney is the oldest - the ringleader :) Wonder what the next round of babies will bring? Boys for round two??? Maybe?

A Day at DeGraaf Nature Center

Here are those cute cousins again - enjoying a walk at DeGraaf Nature Center. The girls did a good job of sticking together. We would've walked a little more but the mosquitoes were terrible! We'll have to try again another day. It had been years since I had been here and it is a special place - named after our grandpa. Hopefully we'll go back again soon! Or maybe next spring...

Training to be a....

BIG SISTER! Laney has been so cute playing with her baby doll lately. Here are some pics of her kissing and burping her baby. There is also a pic of her new t-shirt. That is how we announced our news to our families. The next Baby Doll is due April 24. So they'll be 2 weeks short of 2 years apart. Hopefully Laney will be a great big sister! We are looking forward to being a family of 4!

Animal Noises :)

We love asking Laney to make animal noises - finally we got it on video! My favorite is the frog - "RIDDIT"! Enjoy!

Playdate at the Playground

It has been great to get together with Jen and her kiddos once a week. The girls always have a good time together - and so do their mamas! Last week we went to a playground just down the road. It was nice to enjoy this fall weather and spend some time outside. Laney loves her cousins!!!