Sweet Peas

Grandma is watching Owen for a few hours today so I can get some typing done and maybe start to recover from the crud. So with this nice block of time, what is there to do but to sneak in a photo shoot of sweet-pea Helen at nearly 4 months? She just popped her second tooth a few days ago. The first tooth came without warning. In retrospect, she had been drooling a lot, but since she was only 3 months old, I just figured she was finding her tongue. (Owen didn't get a tooth until he was almost a year old, so I was inexperienced with this early teething bit.) But, like a very good baby, she just happily sprouted a tooth, without fuss. The second tooth came with a mite less happiness.
I'm still typing on Saturday and have 3 more tapes to go because I've been babysitting! 4-year-old Anna on Wednesday, 7-month Ava on Friday and three more cousins for a couple of hours this morning. So maybe the crud will spread, but I hope not. I suspect I got it handed to me from one of them...I could name names, but I won't...
Here is 2nd cousin Ava, Helen's pacifier mentor. When I saw the sweater her daddy dressed her in, I couldn't resist digging out a brand new 12-month sized sweater Helen had received as a gift. Unfortunately, Helen was more interested in going down for a nap than modeling. But anyway, we hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!