Easy Baby Award

And the winner is... Emmett! He wins the Easy Baby Award for last Monday. We took a trip to Medford for the day and he was such a good boy! He slept in the car seat on the way there (not the whole way, but didn't fuss hardly at all when he was awake), tolerated going in and out of his car seat many times, and sat in the stroller without fussing while we were shopping. He even almost fell asleep in there as we were leaving the mall. This may sound pretty normal to some people, but for our boys it's a huge accomplishment.

We bought a new stroller for me to take on my trip to Florida and it seems to have received the seal of approval from both boys. It's much easier to steer through stores, too. With this stroller, Jackson has the option to either stand behind Emmett and look out ahead or sit on a little bench seat. Which do you think he likes better?

Almost asleep... sweet baby...

There was some screaming on the way home, though, after being stopped due to construction for about 20 minutes. Phil and I just had to look at each other and chuckle at one point when both boys were having fits in the back seat. That's one thing the minivan doesn't have that it should... a slide-up chauffeur's window to drown out the noise from the back.

Jackson had a great day, too. He got to run around the mall and spend some time in the indoor play area, which he loved. He was plum tuckered out on the way home (at first). Here he is about 5 minutes into our drive (until we had to stop for construction... grrrr)...

Here are just a few more sweet pictures of the boys. Even though we love our new stroller, we still adore our BOB! Emmett will actually let me get in a pretty good run nowadays without fussing. At least, I don't think he fusses. I listen to my iPod now, so I can't tell what's going on ahead of me. (Just kidding - I'm aware.)

Here are the boys watching George together. I just can't get enough of them. I feel as though my heart might burst sometimes and feel bad for ever hoping (while I was newly pregnant) that Emmett was a girl. God sure knows what is best for each of us. I adore having two boys. And I especially love them in matching shirts. I'm kind of obsessed with it.