Gabe is getting good at holding his neck up while on tummy time. 
Chris and Jennifer came for a visit this weekend (for those of you who don't know us personally, they are my brother and sister in law). They have been married a little over a year and do not have children. Needless to say, it was comical watching Chris handle Gabe. 
Meet Uncle Jody. Jody isn't family, but should be. We love him and were happy that he decided to come for a visit. Allie LOVED Jody, and they played and played together. Yes, my child has on her halloween costume...FROM LAST YEAR! The little shirt is a 18 mo. onesie that was not snapped under her skirt.
Allie and Aunt Jen Jen. Allie was running her fingers through Jennifers hair and said "Your hair is pretty". How sweet!
Don't even get me started with Axis and Allies. We begged them to not drag it out...it is SO boring and takes forever. Poor Gabe, being forced to watch.
As I've mentioned before, it looks like we have a thumb sucker. Stephen and I both sucked our thumbs, so we aren't surprised one bit when Gabe found his. Cute now, but I know I will be changing my opinion when he's still sucking it in kindergarten. 
You've got to understand my father-in-law. He thrives on being busy. He will pace around the house thinking of projects to tackle. He and Stephen decided they could paint our foyer (our ceiling has to be close to 30'). This is just another fine example of Doug lending a helping hand on one of his projects. Thanks Doug!
Let's not forget a previous visit where Doug helped Stephen hang sconces.
This was our pre-race race. Pappy didn't get the memo that you are supposed to let the kids win.
I told Sarah that they all needed to wear hotpink "Team Bethany" shirts race day. Here is the shirt she had made for Allie....
And here is Grammy sporting the "Team Bethany" shirt.
Pre-race goofy jitters...
....on your mark...(don't even try to find me, I was in the back with the woman pulling her oxygen tank).
Run Stephen run...the people he paced himself with were young and fit.
...and here are the people I paced myself with. Enough said.
...Stephen finishing with a time of 14:47.
The crew waiting for me to finish...and waiting...and waiting....
"Are you sure she ran the right way, surely she didn't get lost".
I finally crossed the finish line...with a time of 18:04. Almost beat the old guy, maybe next time.
I didn't realize how red my face was...
Stephen and his mom post race.
The girls enjoying bananas.
Poor Elizabeth just wanted out of this bear hug.
Gabe worked up an appetite watching us run.
Gabe at 10 weeks. He rolled from his stomach to back the other day...I couldn't believe it! 
As you can see by the quality of these pictures....my mother-in-law is back visiting. She has only taken a few pics so far, but we are going tomorrow morning for our photo shoot with the kids. I'm sure we'll have much more to post soon. Keep checking back...
My husband got these beautiful (being completely facetious) BLUE flowers on sale at the Home Depot this weekend....and you wonder why they are on sale! I've been giving him a really hard time about them. 
He did a little better picking out these pink azaleas for the side of the house. Allie helped dig the holes to plant them in....then sat in the holes.
Her white shorts that she was wearing are still soaking in the washing machine. I think they will forever be mud stained. Does the no white after Labor Day rule apply to kids too? I've been wondering that....
Gabe had his 2 month well visit today. He weighs 11 lb. 8 oz (50th percentile) and is 22 1/2 inches long (50th percentile). His hair is starting to come in; it's looking like he will be blonde for now. Gabe is our smiler! He loves to be talked to and will reward you with many smiles. He is cooing and we have heard a couple of laughs too. We're still waiting on him to sleep through the night. He goes down around 10:00 and will wake at 3:00 am to eat. Then he starts stirring around 5:00 for the morning. I either feed him or give him his pacifier and hope he drifts back to sleep. He will wake for the day around 6:30-7:00. Gabe had 4 vaccinations today and has been extra fussy this evening. I hope the tylenol lets him sleep okay tonight. Wish us luck.....
Big sis holding her 2 month old brother...
My little helper....already cooks better than her momma...that doesn't take much!
Thank goodness Allie started MMO yesterday. This was the mood she woke up in; crying all morning and being extra fussy. I was more than eager to drop her off. Crying or not, I wanted to capture her first morning going to school.
