Who's Who? L or E?

Bathtime Fun!

I Love Fall!

Mommy Fun!

All dressed up for church!

Elia loves bathtime! Mommy does too!

Here's a glimpse of those 2 dimples on either side/tops of her smile!

Harkness with Aunt Patsy

This shot is for mommy... I love it! This is Elia in her carseat on the way... she was in between naps and was just doing her baby grunting and stretching...AWE!

Aunt Patsy had the camera for the whole day so she wasn't in many pictures... wish we had more with her and us together!

Elia was sleeping in her carseat...

Daddy and 2 of the 3... under the coolest 100+ year old tree/bushes that made an awesome treehouse/hideout! Wow!

Liliana and Aunt Patsy had a special time chasing butterflies! WOW!

Mommy and baby...

The sandy beach all to ourselves... it is October after all! :o)

A seashell on a stick... ?? haha! :o)

More Time with Aunt Patsy

They all went to the trails for a jog while Elia and I stayed back for a nap! Loved it! The routine is to:

Stretch before and after...

Go for a fast ride in the stroller while Daddy pushes...

The kids then run laps, which makes for the perfect cool-down for daddy...

Once they returned home, they raked some leaves, mostly for fun as they are not even 1/10th down yet. Liliana is such a hard worker!!!

And after about 8 weeks User, I mean, Stripes, is back! :o)

Aunt Patsy's Here!

We are always so happy to have family venture all the way up here to see us! Today we picked up Donnie's sister, Patsy from the airport, hit Cracker Barrel then headed off to our favorite park!

In the van... too sweet!! Hehe... holding sister's hand.
FIVE!

Wishes.

Auntie's are the best!

Pure LOVE!

What's that?! "I lookin' in my noculars..."

Dancin' with Daddy...

Tree hugger...haha!

Here ducky ducky!

"I need more ducky food!"

So, this is suppose to be fun, hey!

Around the House

Morning shows and snuggles!

A whole lot of sleepin...

Noah helped Mommy whip together the batter for the homeade blueberry bread... My first time baking it and Noah's first time helping me bake... I look forward to filling the house with flour and baking tons this fall and winter!

The kids loved the blueberry bread. Here Liliana and Noah are sitting in the train. Liliana is eating blueberry bread and Noah is playing one of his many guitars, this one is a stick.

Liliana made a mess on the kitchen floor so I went to get the vaccum and as I did I decided that Liliana was going clean up her own mess so I handed the vaccum over to her... as she hesitantly took the vaccum she said with high honors, "Mommy, why are you letting me do this?"...hehe... as to imply that using that vaccum is way fun and cool! She was so excited and felt so big that she asked if she could vaccum the kitchen every time. Big girl!
When Elia and I returned home from her one month well visit, I found this on the bakers rake, a water fairy Liliana drew for me! I love that girl! She is so LOVING and THOUGHFUL and DEEP.

Speaking of Liliana's sweetness and thoughtful love... the other night she was crying a lot in the night and when I went to her room to console her she said she was crying because she wanted me, she just wanted me... she said "Mommy, I just love you so much because you are SO SWEET and NICE and you always let us do cool stuff." Melt my heart!!!