Our Family

Jefferson joined the school chess club and has been enjoying learning the game and playing everyone he can find. He beat me rather quickly, I didn't even see it coming. When playing chess you should make sure you protect your king, because he is apparently the most important piece. Who knew? Uncle Dave is really excited about Jeff's new hobby because Uncle D loves chess and played it a lot when he was a kid so he's been giving Jeff tips and strategies.

Here's a weird picture of the kids. I was making dinner and they were all scooting around the kitchen floor on their backs running into each other and having a great time. It was strange.

My Aunt Lis from California was in town last week and we had a great time visiting with her. She even came over and helped me move furniture. On Monday we went to Grandma Johnson's for lunch and had a lovely time. Alana was enchanted with Aunt Lis and had a great time playing with her. For dessert we had pie and after Alana and I ate my piece she was looking around for someone else to "share" with and I told her that Grandma Hawker had some left, she could go sit on her lap to share or maybe Aunt Lis would share. . . Alana perked right up and ran right past her dear Grandmother and jumped onto Aunt Lis' lap. Poor Mom!

Sweet Pete had a check up yesterday and weighed in at 10 lbs 2 oz, 24" long. He is in the 99% for height and 33% for weight. I've been noticing that he is getting bigger. It is amazing how fast that happens! I'll miss having a tiny baby, but I sure like this boy and I'm glad he is here. I'm really looking forward to starting him sleeping longer at night, I'll probably start that process in a couple of weeks. We'll both be happier if we sleep for a longer stretch than three hours.