Esme!

    Welcome to our new baby cousin Esme Nerys!!!  

We are so glad you are here, and can't wait to meet you, beautiful little girl!

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We are having fun with our family in Indiana!    

Best part of building with blocks...getting to knock them down!

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Sylvia's second tooth started popping through today!  She is changing so quickly these days!

Gram also helped her try her first bottle of formula.

Grandma Lopshire helped Annah paint.  She LOVES to paint!!

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Bathtime is always more fun at Gram's!

DaDa!

    Sylvia said her first "word" today!  She can say, "Da Da!"  

Of course, Daddy is excited that she can say his name first! 

New babies

     Congratulations to:

 Joe & Brandy on the birth of their first baby, a girl, Hannah Lynn, born August 16!

and to Tanya & Mike on the birth of Kayli Rene, born August 26!

Love them anyway!

Last week was SPLAT II!--VBS at our church.  Annah was old enough to go this year, and had a lot of fun.  She was especially excited that her neighbor friends, Ashley and Jacob, could join her most of the days!  I was a part of the worship team again this year, and even managed to escape being splatted this time!  (*whew!*)  

The theme of the week was "Love them anyway!" and was based on Matthew Chapter 5, and also the story of Rachel Scott, one of the victims of the Columbine High School shooting of '99.  It was a fantastic week, and the kids and adults involved all learned a lot.  (Jeremy got to spend some good quality time with Sylvia in the evenings too. :) 

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     We have been negligent on a couple of congratulations lately!  

Our congratulations to:

the new Mr. & Mrs. Aaron and Marcy Lane ~ married on July 19
the new Mr. & Mrs. Matt and Lisa Hamer ~ married on August 9

It's wake-up time!

They don't look convinced, do they?!

The girls in Mommy's and Daddy's bed

Arf, arf!

Sylvia likes her doggie music box

Painter

Our little naked painter.  I don't know what to say...

I guess a true artist paints whenever the inspiration strikes!

These girls

These girls.  They just fill my every day with love.

So blessed.

Figuring it out

Sylvia is working on this new rice cereal from a spoon thing...

Goings on

Life at the Lopshire house has been busy lately!  Last night, Sylvia tried her first serving of baby rice cereal!  It seems like she was just born and shouldn't be old enough to eat from a spoon yet, but she is actually 3 weeks older than Annah was when she had her first cereal.  She was definitely ready, and grabs for the spoon herself.  

Annah really wanted to help feed Sylvia, and managed to give her a few spoonfuls.  I also gave her a bottle for the first time.  Jeremy has given her a few in the past month or so too.

    

Jeremy got his letter from American College this week, stating that his C.L.U. designation is now official.  Conferment will be in Honolulu in October!  It still doesn't seem really real to us that we're going yet, but we are counting down!

I've been busy helping with the new Celebration Choir program at church.  Monday night was the first rehearsal.  Despite the fact that I just felt like crying once it was over, it really did go pretty well.