As I've posted in the past, Emma is fascinated by makeup. She sits in the bathroom every morning while Jill is getting ready pretending that she's putting makeup on too. For some reason I've been designated as Emma's nail polisher and she's always proud to tell everyone that her daddy painted her toes and fingers. That backfired on me when Emma was showing them off to her doctor at Josh's 6 month checkup and he asked "when are you going to paint your daddy's toes?" So of course since Emma remembers everything, when I came home that night she begged me to paint my toes. I was able to hold her off for a day, but I finally had to give in. I'm still walking around with it on and needless to say I haven't stepped out of the house in flip flops in a few days...
It seems like forever since Josh started wearing his helmet already. He is completely used to it now and we finally got some decorations for it so that it isn't quite so plain. You'll also notice that about all the kid wears these days is diapers. We've found that it's the only way to keep him cool enough with the band on. The shape of his head has really changed and it's quite strange to take the band off him now because he looks like a totally different child. It's so amazing that he will be six months old tomorrow. I'll post his official six month pics just as soon as I actually take them.
These are a few images from last week as Emma was playing around after her nap. I tried to get her to go outside and run around in the sprinkler, but she wasn't really too excited about it. However, she was excited to play around with my headphones and dance around the house with her Barbie dolls.
For those of you who haven't read the saga of the helmet on Jill's blog, here's the quick backstory. Josh has a bit of a flat spot on the back of his head. We've been watching it for quite a while. It has improved slightly, but not quite as much as the doctor would have hoped so we were referred to get him fitted for a band. And tada-a bunch of money later, here it is. We got it on Thursday afternoon and these pictures were taken shortly thereafter. Josh has worn it like a champ. He was a little unhappy laying on it at first, but he got over that within a day. We've also had a bit of a struggle with some heat rash issues, but after a re-fit today hopefully those will be taken care of. We're still tossing around what we want to decorate it with, but rest assured that you will all be updated as soon as it happens.
It's no secret to those who know me that I've always been a fan of shooting. So in an attempt to diversify my blog, here's a picture of my latest acquisition. I got hooked on longer range shooting last year and bought a .308 that is beautiful at reaching out there, but at about a buck a round it gets pretty expensive to shoot. I was always noticing how cheap .223 was when shopping for ammo, so I started begging (yes, Jill will attest that I begged) for this gun. I ordered it the day after Christmas, waited more than three months for it, and then celebrated like crazy when I got the call that it was in. It's a blast to shoot, especially since it's my only true left-handed gun. Ok, now back to your regularly scheduled blog...
