Bear Bellies and Walking Lessons

We have a hard time putting Annalyn down to sleep. As soon as you hit the bed with her she starts crying (yeah I know this is probable because we spoil her and we did it to ourselves yadyadyad). So we have come up with a few thing to help us get her down. First we try to swaddle her with a blanket. Then as we put her in the crib we lay her next to a stuffed bear that her brother kindly let us barrow. That way it feels like she is still close to us. We have also found that she is extremely fond of large bellies and will quickly fall asleep when placed on one
(i.e grandpa). Anyway I put Annalyn down for a nap the other day and she rolled herself onto the bears belly. Maybe she figured it would do in a pinch.

Before she was born Nicholas would always tell us how he was going to teach her to walk. Today he was doing just that. He walked her back and forth for about five minutes.

Annalyn was loving it! She thought she was so cool. Got to love those brothers.

The Many Faces of Sherman

For the past few months my husband has been attempting to grow a beard. This is what he got.
He does this every so often in an attempt to see if it will ever come in thick. This one is the best one I've seen. Along with it he finds that it does not and he can not stand it to touch his upper lip, so inevitable he decides to shave it off. We were having some fun with it last night.

Say Hello to Side-Burn Sherm

Goatee Sherm

Wyatt Earp


John Travolta

Hitler (scary the resemblance)

Here is the clean shaven Sherman. Back to the beginning. Until the next time he decides to grow a beard. That might take awhile.