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At first, Ruby was content just being a spectator.
But she quickly picked up on what was going on.
Carter was digging the idea of mud pies.
They both built sand castles for a while.
This picture explains the diaper full of sand the next day.
We ended up taking 200 miles and 35 hours worth of road trips the next three weekends. It was both fun and exhausting. The end result is that we're ruined now. I don't think we could take a road trip with our kiddos in our Accord again. The minivan is so much more comfortable, spacious, and convenient for traveling.
Navigation and lots of buttons that Carter loves to explore.
And the DVD player was the luxury/necessity that kept Carter sane when Ruby was fussy.
Ruby hit her seven month mark in March. She accomplished quite a lot and we have been floundering to keep up with her. Just off the top of my head, she started clapping, crawling, pulling up, standing (she constantly has a bruised forehead from all the spills she's taken, about half of them thanks to Carter), talking (mama, baa for bath, and dadada for dad), and signing (she just signs bath anytime she thinks there's hope, like when we change her clothes or diaper -- baths are her favorite activity). She moved into size 4 diapers, 12 month clothes, and 18 month pajamas. She endured yet another fight with an ear infection (I think this is her 4th since December) and a cold, and her top four teeth moved in, leaving us awake many nights. What a doll baby though. She has never had to work hard to keep us wrapped around her chubby little fingers!
These were the before pictures, but I totally spaced out taking an after pic...still, I love his faces in these. 
They are so HIM.
It might not seem like much, but 5 miles for me was scary. My heart kept having freaky palpitations and I could barely walk for days following the race. I even ended up at Urgent Care thinking I might have a fracture in my foot, but the doctor said it's a bad strain/sprain and could take up to 8 months to heal. But I finished!
Here I am with the famous (in the adoption world) Mrs. R! I hate this picture of myself, but had to include it for the love of adoption!
This one was with a timer, but Carter composed it.
Carter and I were walking to the park and Megan drove by. While I stopped to talk to Megan, he took off for the playground. The next time I looked, he was tinklin' in the middle of the park.
Carter helped... er um... didn't completely hinder Dad in replacing the AC fan in the car this week. Not surprisingly, he later found all kinds of things in the house in desperate need of repair. It's sure nice to have a son that knows his way around a tool box to keep things in tip-top shape!
Tonight they became obsessed with the holes of ant lions in Nana Claudia and Grandpa Joe's backyard. Shane was exploring with them and to get them to come inside after dark, he found a National Geographic video online about ant lions and brought the boys in to watch it... over and over and over again. They were mesmerized.
I had never even heard of ant lions before, so I guess I learned something new. But if you ask me, this video is just plain creepy! Boys will be boys!
Tonight while Megan was at her Young Women's activity, Cj and I brought out the sidewalk chalk and had fun on our patio. The cement seemed to be boring for him after a few minutes, so he tried his hand at graffiti. He liked that it would make "smoke" if he rubbed the chalk on the wall fast enough.
