I got to meet my newest next door neighbor today. Amber and Nick welcomed Grant on 7/31 at 2:42 AM (I think). He’s a little peanut at just over 5 lbs. and so precious to hold!

I had a great, productive week, but I missed my little guy. Welcome home Alex!

I have basically been home alone all week. Wade was in town Monday morning and flew out Monday evening. He flew in this afternoon just in time for our Shawn Mullins and Marc Cohn concert. In the little time we had together we managed to try some new restarurants. Broken Yolk – I loved the…

Mom and Alex seem to be having a great week. I hear they have been to the pool, two movies, to feed the ducks, and to the lake. They’ve made cookies and cupcakes and painted “garages” for the trucks. I think overall it is a definite success!

My project while Alex is in Paducah is to strip and sand our storm windows and doors. The plan is to convert them from screens to glass and repair all the damaged wood. It may take every piece of sandpaper and sander in the house, but I’m determined to get it all done!

As soon as Alex woke up we went searching for Aunt Lissy and Harper. We found them taking a quiet morning swim. We all got dressed for church and Harper played peek-a-boo while she waited: Dad’s church is very small so Alex actually got to sit through part of the service. He was pretty good…

Harper and Alex are the two early birds so we let them have a little bonding time while everyone else slept: Harper’s Sip ‘N See was this afternoon so we left the boys at home by the pool. Harper was an angel and was content to let anyone hold her. She fell asleep at one…