Echo Grace and Noah

Here is a combined Echo Grace and Noah update. We have a lot of pictures of them, because the older kids take so many. Now that they all have phones or an ipod, we capture all kinds of moments.  (Some of the pictures are narrow, because they're still-shots from the kids' videos.)

Echo has grown so much and gone through so many phases. She is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen. Many of these pictures are capturing a moment when we were all gathered around, marveling at her new-found skill or her extreme cuteness, and we'd say, "Someone take a picture!"

First time in the bouncer.

Picture I took to post on Facebook.

Found her hand!

Ready to go to Red Fleet.

First time in the Bumbo.

Amazed at the pet shop.

Noah is always saying or doing funny things, but now I can't think of too many. I'll add more as I remember. Some recent expressions are "Oh dear!" "Holy Wow!" and "Goodness Gracious!" When he said, "What the heck?" recently, we all laughed, so he says it frequently now. He used to call fruit snacks, "oot acks," and he still calls chicken nuggets, "chicken juggets."

He doesn't like chocolates, but he likes brownies.

Gracie loves Noah!

Garage sale find!

First bicycle attempt at the Barrus reunion!

Once we were talking about how Noah's name would be Noah Barrus if we got to keep him. Later, in the car, he said, "Eli's name is Eli Barrus - if we get to keep him...."