Thank you, Noni for a wonderful visit!

My mother came out for the 4th of July. It was a lot of fun to have her here. It was also fun for her to see Westin again and get his hugs. He has changed so much since her last visit! The most significant probably is that he didn't cry nearly as much :). Okay, so he is teething, but at least there is room for happy baby in between the discomfort. She got to see some firsts along with us...Westin has started to babble in hard consonants. In fact, Dalen swears that he said 'Dada' on the 4th of July. Mom and I heard it; I am not going to tell you that he was wrong. However, Westin needs some help with context. He was cooing at his toucan in his exersaucer at the time. (Sorry, Sweets...just sayin'). Sweet potatoes have been deemed edible with the addition of apricots..who knew? Now all I have to do is add the sweet potato/apricot combo to just about anything (okay, maybe not peas) and it gets scarfed down. Of course, West has also learned how to feed Copper--who now relishes in having this little person in our midst. Suddenly, West serves a purpose and all is right with Copper's world again. Copper got lots of love from Noni too (mainly after West went to bed). It was great to have Mom here. She even helped me pull the house from chaos when we only had a 2 hour notice for a showing. Thanks, Mom!

Now I know some of you (Aunt Shannon) are seriously bummed that I have not blogged lately. How are you supposed to keep up with this......or this....(Um, yeah, that is totally my son riding CopperDog. Can you say Parents of the Year?)

if I don't just blog already?? As a disclaimer, trying to sell a house, close on another house, finish (ha ha ha) things up at work, and hold down the fort while Dalen is crazy busy with trips (Yay!) kind of wipes a girl out. I know, no excuses! I will do my best, despite all of the stress and craziness, to at the very least post pictures like this: (Even though I am sure that there was a much easier way to get home from the Farmer's Market, but at least now you know the B.O.B is amazing for so many reasons.)