The Richeson's Photo Shoot

I took some pictures on Thursday for my good friend Melissa. She wanted one year pictures of her son Caleb. I gladly took the opportunity to get some shots of the handsome little guy! I also captured a cute picture of his big brother Isaac. I'm trying to get practice with the whole photography thing...portrait pics are hard to take though...as I quickly realized. Here are a few of my favorite shots. (The first four are Caleb and the last one is Isaac...he will be three this month!)

Museum of Life and Science

We went to the Museum of Life and Science (thanks Nana for the membership you are graciously sharing with us) with some friends from church. I haven't been since Ava was a baby, but she and Emet have been several times with Nana. Ava knew where everything was and exactly what she wanted to do. It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time hanging out with Candice and Mariah!

Candice and Ava in the butterfly chair...so cute!

We actually saw a butterfly come out of it's cocoon!

The three kiddos ready to go on the dinosaur trail!

Emet was ready to get out of the stroller...this was the first time he had gotten down to play.

BIG dino, little Emet!

Sweet Girls

Ava and Candice

Playtime and Preschool!!!

The Murrays came over yesterday for a playdate. Ava and Addison always have a great time together. They had fun with play dough! (Ava wanted me to take a picture and put it on the blog!) We have also been playing dress up and doing preschool activities. Ava loves her dress up clothes from Amy and is learning a lot in our "school time!" In the past two weeks she has learned to identify Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd and their sounds! We've been working on Bible stories and a memory verse. She loves it!!!

Addison and Ava

Traditional clothing from India
She loves her dress up clothes!!!
Ava's Dd project...it's a door on a house that opens...behind the door their is a cat (for c).

Ava's first project and memory verse. She used an apple as a stamp and made ants with finger prints. We are working on Genesis 1:1!
Ava loved this rocking chair that Vivian gave her before she moved to New York. Emet has taken quite well to it too! He now climbs up in it by himself and rocks! (He was standing in it, but we have taught him not to do that!)

Youth Fest

Saturday we took our youth out to Zebulon for a youth fest. We were there for about an hour when the flood gates opened up. It poured rain, so we tried to wait it out in the cars...but it kept raining. The youth decided they would rather go to eat at the mall than wait for the rain to stop. It was a good choice, because it rained the rest of the day! We had fun with the youth though!

Brittney and Chelsie

Brittney, Ava and Chelsie

Jessica and Ava

The youth just haning out listening to the one band we got to hear!

Week In Review

Some of the highlights from the past week...

Youth Pool Party...Last Saturday we went to the Faircloth's for a pool party! Thank you John and Valerie for always opening your home to us!

Jon and Emet in the pool!

Ava loves swimming!


Say Cheese!

Emet has started feeding himself with a spoon. This week I got brave and let him feed himself ABCs and 123s. Quite a messy meal for a 15 month old! Cute pictures though!

Yummy!!!

Emet's first tractor ride!

We kept Precious for Don and Scarlet while they were out of town for a couple of days...she enjoyed the ride Ava took her on!

So Sweet!

I wanted to capture Emet's first time brushing his teeth on camera. Ava loves to get in on the action too!

He is a week and a half away from being 16 months old and he has one tooth that is all the way in and one that is about half way in...I can't believe he only has two teeth! Here he is brushing his teeth for the first time!

15 Months

Emet had his 15 month well check yesterday. I can't believe he is 15 months already. It seems like only a few weeks ago we were on our way to the hospital to welcome him into the world. Everything went well at our visit. Emet has gained weight and grown in length too!

21 pounds 2 ounces ~ 10%

29 3/4 inches ~ 10%

Emet had shots yesterday. He has always done well with his shots, crying only a little when they actually stick him. He did that...but he also reacted in a way we have never seen him react. He cried for about 30 minutes straight yesterday afternoon. After Motrin for his low fever, he calmed down enough to let Jon snuggle him to sleep!

Poor Baby!

Daddy had the magic touch!

Marty and Erin

Saturday night we were able to spend some time with our dear friends, Marty, Erin and little Brennan. Marty and Erin leave tomorrow morning to spend a year in East Asia. Jay, Jason and Charity joined us for dinner. Marty has been a great friend to Jon, Jay and Jason since our time together at ASU. What a blessing it was to see them before leave...it was great to hear about the work they will be doing. We will miss them!!!

Brennan and Ava

The Group

The Guys...Jon, Marty, Jay and Jason