Those Big Blue Eyes

No offense to anyone else out there with children, and I am, of course, a biased mother, but I just can't help but believing that

babies don't come any cuter than this!

These are the coziest, softest pajamas from Baby Gap. I wish I had a pair myself, although I'm sure they wouldn't look as flattering on me as they do on these little baby boys. My sister, Bethany, came over this week with her son Braddock and spent the day with me and the boys. Alyssa and Nancy came over, too, and we all had dinner together. Our menfolk were working late so we decided to have a Girls' Night together. Naturally, we spent all of our photo time on the boys and there is no evidence to suggest that a Girls' Night even took place. We'll have to be better about that next time.

I just want to say that I am so glad Alyssa decided to come home from London (as you can see in the picture above, there were many things that may have lured her to stay, like the handsome devil from BBC's The Scarlet Pimpernel). We missed her a lot and her nephews missed her most of all. She loves her little nephews and we all appreciate her willingness to babysit them so often. It's so fun to have her at sister get-togethers, too! Sink me!

Henry has had a fever almost every day this week. I am certain it comes from the two little teeth coming in on his bottom gums. They just make him miserable! Last night the fever was back, so we put a cold cloth on his head to make him a little more comfortable and so we could take pictures of him looking silly. Also, due to the current deer hunting season, Phil has decided to grow a beard. He has informed me that it will grow until he kills a deer. This has been the tradition for the past two years. Lucky for all of us he is an excellent hunter and kills a deer every year, so we shall soon be graced with his clean-shaven face again. Until then you can look at his little Mini Me. This one is unable to grow facial hair (for now).

All August pictures were updated this morning and are posted HERE.