September 21...

Probably start with the 1500 Freestyle...

Petrea got her first trip to the pool at the Y today. She went under three times and didn't cry once. She laughed and splashed and had a grand ole time. We don't have any pictures... There are rules about cameras at the Y - plus, it was a pool. I would have hated to have had to fish the camera from the bottom. However, I won't leave you without a cute one...

Call me, we'll talk...

Alright, Petrea is talking like crazy. We still don't know what she is saying, but Saturday night, we put her in her crib and she sat in there all by herself and blabbed for almost an hour. We did get some sneaky little video of it...
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I got another one where she falls over backwards. I can't help but laugh and laugh because all you se is feet just shoot up over the cushion... Hilarious!
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We think she is starting to give kisses, too. But we still have to gather some hard evidence for that. When we get some film of it, I will post it!

Then, two pictures for the public. No story, just plain cuteness!

P.S. Petrea sends kisses to Papi in Peru!

Family visits!

Papi, Gigi, and Tia B came up a little more than a week ago. We are just now posting about it. I know that our posting frequency probably leaves something to be desired, but hey, I have a seven month old...

If you took Mrs. Lawson's spanish class at Stuttgart High School with Rich and I, you still wouldn't know that Tia is spanish for Aunt. So, Tia B is Joslin, Autumn's sister. She came to Memphis to open the Golf Galaxy out in Germantown. I am somewhat amazed at the small amount of pictures that endured from the five day visit. However, here are some of them for your viewing pleasure.

     

Petrea conked out on her Papi's chest a time or two while they were here and I had to get one of those.

She spent some more time in the pool and, with a little help from Gigi and the duck, it was a successful afternoon in the backyard!

      

All that swimming makes her hungry - I don't think I have an excuse about that hair...

Petrea has sort of started this sleeping with her eyes open thing. Autumn does it a lot and, if I do say so myself, it is creepy. But, I was napping in the hammock with her the other day and her Papi spotted her napping with her eyes kind of open and got a good shot of it. Still kinda creepy.

And, Petrea approved of Tia B's haircut!