Emma's 1st Bath

Well, well, well. Another lazy Sunday. Yeah, right.

This sums up Aiden's afternoon. He was a real trooper today, but he hit his wall at some point. Here he is melting down and letting the world know it.

Anyway, today we gave Emma Grace her first real bath. Here are some pics!

She did fairly well. Not too much crying. Here she is leaning over the end of the tub while her Mama scrubs her backside.

Of course, when Mama took her out, that she wasn't too crazy about...Don't leave me cold and wet, mama!

Now if you have seen a similar one with Aiden, it is actually a spontaneous moment of Daddy's silliness captured after Aiden's first bath. Admittedly, this is a re-creation of that same moment. I still like it.

Things are definitely picking up the pace. I'm trying not to go into my pre-deployment zone since I'm actually not leaving, but nonetheless, the feeling of major system change is palpable. Still a few more days of fun, though. I reported last Friday and have 2 days of admin to do, but don't start class until next Monday. Where did the time go? Didn't we just find out we were having a little girl?

Pray for a smooth transition for our family, strength and wisdom for both of us as parents with two children, energy and grace for Joy as Super-mom, and while we're at it, mastery of Arabic for me!

Have a great week!

Oh, one more thing...if any of you watch the NBA, how rigged is that Finals series?...I can see David Stern smiling broadly as Sportscenter spends a week showing Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabar, and Showtime highlights from the '80s. The NBA is so rigged.


Take care,
Daniel

P.S. There are more pictures to the right of the blog post that you can click on if you want more bath time.