On chilly mornings we do indoor play dates, and a perfect spot is Whit's End playground at Focus on the Family. We went there last Monday with my friend Jami and her son Reed. Nola's older man by a month.


Nola was certainly a chatter box... until Jami and Reed showed up. She also can be so shy! She is a visual learner and soaks it all in.


Check her out, checking Reed out. He was spouting out his ABC's, a song which she knows really well but refused to utter a word. And of course it's all I heard as soon as we got in the car to go home! She's so precious!

Rockwell turned 9 months on Friday and is a perfect baby. I know I'll get in trouble for saying that when they are older, but he really is! Zack's sisters still tease him for being the "perfect child."


As a professional army crawler, Rockwell shows a 13 month old how to move around in the video below. He even pops up on all fours to practice the real thing once in a while.

We also ran into Amy and darling Isabelle Clare!