Things are a changin...

We took a good hike through the park.  Natalie walked the whole way.  This is a change from previous excursions.  Nice job Natalie!  In the picture below she is the "line-leader" and she is carrying her "whompin' stick."

Natalie smiled in this picture.  This is also a change from most pictures (-:
Michael now expresses his happiness by clapping.
Michael's sleep habits have changed (for the good)!  He is sleeping from 10pm to 5am straight! Yeah Mikey!   Josh and I feel like different people.
Oh yes, the biggest change....I cut 8 inches off my hair.   

Good stuff...

Some of the latest happenings with the Wiffler crew...   

Michael learned how to pull himself up onto his knees in his crib.  He also got up onto his feet, but he was too quick and I couldn't get a picture.  Michael is also trying very, very hard to crawl.  He can practically do a jazzercise routine on all fours, however, he just hasn't figured out how to put everything together to crawl.  

We had some busy days moving rocks around the back yard.  Natalie supervised the operation while painting pictures.   She is an artist in the making.

During a recent cleaning of the garage, Michael found new freedom on his "bye-bye" chair.  He officially goes "bye-bye" when in it.   There is no stopping him down the driveway.
Natalie had her first swim lesson. Yeah!  She is very skilled however, she is not interested in listening to the teacher.  She would much rather jump off the side hap-hazardly and splash all over. 
Oh "my boy".. here are his 6 month pictures....

We also had a fabulous labor day weekend in LaCrosse.  Unfortunately, I don't have pictures.  We spent one morning with the Gartner clan and they have pictures posted on their blog.  Check out the link.    Fun, fun, fun....

Take care!  Love,  Jeanne, Josh, Natalie and Michael