August 2016 no travel, no visitors, starting to settle into parenting.


Oh boy is parenting exhausting!  Melissa and the kids in a rare moment of peace.  No, the babies didn't bed share.  They just happened to get moved from their beds into our bed while I was getting ready for the day.  They hadn't learned to roll yet.


Some great faces for mom as she tries to get pictures during outside tummy time.



A little dude in his Winnie the Pooh jammies


Everyone in Pooh jammies.


Finley thinks there are too many girls around.


Melissa has a super weird spine. An extra vertebral body, scoliosis and pinched nerves.  She seems to manage pretty well though with a trip to the chiropractor once or twice each month.  When the kids were little the chiropractors wife/front desk employee was nice enough to watch them during Melissa's sessions.


Sitting up on the couch.

  
Bumbos are horrible and uncomfortable, don't you think?


Watching the Rio Olympics with mom


Melissa's birthday 8/10/16.  I planned a surprise birthday party for her.  I had Kati take her out visiting teaching while I cooked and cleaned and set up the house/watched the kids.  We had grape jelly meatballs and rice and had lots of friends over.  It wasn't a full surprise, I gave Melissa around 30 minutes warning. I figured it would be cruel and unusual punishment to make her delay pumping 4 hours because of guests. 
Cake from Goulding's in Monument Valley

 
And the only photo we took during the evening, as everything was being cleaned up.


"AAAHHHH!!! Get her off!"  Now Finley laughs hysterically any time his sister snuggles.


You know you live in a small town when you're out for a walk and a goat joins you.


Melissa went door to door to find it's home.


Swinging at Joe and Pam Lyman's


Getting ready for an evening walk



Exploring near West Water. Getting out little brains bounced around offroad.




More yard time.


Learning to interact with the world all around.  Starting with bouncers and floor toys.




Cute couple.


Melissa loves matching babies.


5 month photos.









Probably dressed for church.  Back then Melissa took photos almost every week. 


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