Father's Day

Of course I am a little late on this, but what else is knew these days.
We had a nice father's day and my dad was actually here too for a change.

Both their (Joel and my dad) present was tickets to the baseball game. We have a AAA team, the Buffalo Bison's and they are always fun to go to.
You may say what the heck...you get a ring, he gets baseball tickets...his last father's day present was a tattoo of the design on our wedding bands with the girls names on it. Any of you who know about tattoos, it wasn't a cheap one. (I know, I know.. most people don't believe he has 5 tattoos until they see them either.)

I thought I would give a few kid updates since I seem to ramble on about random happenings most of the time...
Emerson:
We are going to attempt official potty training this weekend. She has been going on the potty in the morning and she will try at school. So we are going to give the Dora underwear a go and see how she does. The goal is by Monday there are no more diapers. So really this is all we are doing this weekend.

We are in a bit of the terrible twos. She doesn't listen or at least only listens when she wants to. I must say the same thing 50 times a day. Luckily she does respond to timeouts and to treats and stories being taken away.

Every day I am blown away by how smart she is. This is a blessing and a curse as I attribute her intelligence to her also being a stinker.

Brynn:
She is of course eating well, as you can tell from the pictures. She just mastered picking up puffs and putting them in her mouth. We were out to dinner on Saturday and to keep her occupied, I gave her some puffs, figuring they would end up on the floor, but putting them there would be amusing. Next thing we know she is grabbing them and putting them in her mouth. Didn't take her long to figure that one out.

She can sit up on her own for an extended period of time. I think she often prefers to sit up because she can see what is going on.

She is rocking on her knees, so we expect crawling any day now.

She will wave when she sees someone come in the room. Not sure if this is a by-product of being happy and excited, but it is a wave none the less.

It is Friday, Joel is home and I can almost taste again (how do you get a nasty cold when it is 90 degrees out)
Everyone have a good weekend.