Hey there!! So it's been 5 weeks or so since my last post...CRAZY!! I think we all know that blogging (along with email, facebook, etc.) is just not my thing! :o)
--I feel like I'm doing good if I update the blog once a month! I went over 2 weeks without checking email recently...had 258 in my inbox with over 100 unread! Ugh!! And Facebook...I've only dabbled in. It's not that I don't enjoy blogging, email, & facebook--I DO!! I truly can't seem to find enough time in the day....and before I know it, weeks go by!! Oh well! Maybe it's just this stage of my life...or not, I don't know.

Sorry to say that this post will have no pics. I have a few minutes to blog right now, but I'm not at home and the computer I'm using doesn't accept the memory card from our camera. And just a word of warning...I'm in the mood to type, so this may be a bit lengthy. I'll try not to ramble!! :o)

FIRST, I must share a joke. I read this on a kid's menu at a restaurant recently and just burst out laughing (nobody else I was with thought it was near as funny as I did, but oh well). I know at least one of our faithful blog readers will appreciate this joke...Lauren, this one is for you!! :O)

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• What do you call cheese that you do not own?
  
  --NACHO CHEESE!!! haha

Anybody have any other good jokes to share?? I could always use a good laugh!!

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We've been trying to take Emma swimming every chance we get because she really, really enjoys it....she is quite the little fish!! Anyway, one Friday afternoon in mid-July, Brett got off work a little early so we all got suited up to go to the pool. We pulled into an empty parking lot and were very confused. So we tried another local pool. They were closed too! So we got on the phone and called. Found out that the reason they were closed was because it was below 80 degrees that day.....in MID-JULY!!! Crazy! Emma was pretty disappointed. Can you believe that?!? Below 80 in mid-July!! That's unheard of for us native-Texans....but I must say, it is really nice!! (aside from not being able to swim, of course)

Emma has a folding-cell phone with princess stickers on it that she likes to play with. The other day she handed the phone to Brett and said, "Daddy, take my picture." She then smiled a big, cheesy smile, and then wanted Brett to hand the phone back to her so she could see the picture (her pretend picture). We were shocked! It's amazing to think about kids in this generation....all of the things (namely technology) that we have now that they probably won't be able to imagine what life was like without. I know that there's nothing profound about this thought....it's comparable to me not knowing life without phones in general. Still, it was just one of those moments that made us stop and think about life, technology, etc.

UPDATE ON LUKE ANDREW:
Our little Luke is the sweetest little thing!! He is 8.5 weeks now! And he's growing like a weed!!!! Such a change for us compared to Emma. He weighed 8 pounds when he was born, and he's nearly 12 pounds already!!! (Almost half the weight of his big sister!! Em is almost 3.5 years old and still only weighs 25 pounds....which is below 1 percentile -"off the charts"). Luke, on the other hand, was in the 67th percentile at his 6 week check up. At this rate, I'm pretty sure this little guy will pass up his big sister in weight sometime around his 1st birthday. Yikes! But he sure is a cutie!! And sooooooo easy going!! Seriously, he cries when he needs something (ie: hungry, needs burped, tired, etc). It usually doesn't take too long to figure out what he needs--It seems like he hardly ever cries! We're so thankful!! When he's awake and doesn't need anything, he is content to just look around at his surroundings. He's got the sweetest little toothless grin and is now smiling and interacting with us all the time. So FUN!! We're loving it!! Nights are getting better all the time. He did a 6 hour stetch last night! I had to WAKE HIM UP because I was full and needed to feed him. I'm definitely looking forward to having some more 6 hour stretches!! :o)

Well, I'll have to quit now. Thanks for reading all this! I promise to post pics soon....I've got some really cute ones! :O)