Vacation is over

We arrived back in VA on Sunday and we had a great time with my family. It was especially nice to spend time at my Mom's house and see the girls spend time with their grammy. Unfortunately I was bad with the camera so no photos...

Vacation Time!

We are in scenic New Jersey for a few days. It is nice to get away and visit with my family. Rachel particularly enjoys being with her Grammy and swimming over at Aunt Lu's pool. I don't know if we have any plans for our time here, but if we do anything interesting I will take pics and post them here.

How Quickly I Have Been Replaced

I think every Dad secretly enjoys it when his little girl says that she wants to marry him. It is one of those things that I always thought was strange before having children but when Rachel first said it to me I nearly cried. It was just that sweet.

Well fast forward a year or so. Mindy decided to show Rachel pictures of Princess Diana and her wedding (princess research?) which naturally led to Mindy showing Rachel pictures of Prince William and Prince Harry. Apparently Dad can't compete with Prince William, which is ok, and now I have been replaced.

I am just happy to be the Captain

Rachel assigned our family members our "pirate ranks" and there was at least one that made me laugh out loud...

They are as follows:

Lance: Pirate Captain (yes!)
Rachel: Princess Pirate (obvious)
Erin: Baby Pirate (another obvious one)
Same: Puppy Pirate (again)
Mindy: Witch Pirate (due to her love of the wicked witch)

So given Mindy's station in life (or at least on the ship) I am happy to be the captain!

Erin Sits Up

Title says it all, Erin had been doing the "tripod" thing where she half sits up and supports herself but last night while hanging out on the floor (without us paying close attention) the little chica just sat up... She still isn't really crawling, she tends to take a couple of "crawl steps" then sit up or flop on her tummy.