Catching up

It's been a bit nutty around the Santee household but in a good way!  Luke got baptized last Sunday and we had the WHOLE family in town to watch -- how lucky are we??  Truly, I am so grateful to have such an amazing family who will travel to great lengths to show their love and support.  I've got some great shots of his big day (and his adorable outfit) thanks to my "shutter enthusiast" parents -- "harlmoni and harlabogi."  More on that in another post.

It's been so hot around here...  The air is so still so there's hardly any breeze and the mosquitoes are out in full force!  Poor mommy and Malina, we just get eaten alive (must be because we're so sweet...  actually, it's a fact!  The woman here is one brave (and itchy) soul!  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7413464n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+(CBSNews.com) 

Enough editorial!  You're probably reading this blog to see cute pictures of the kids, right?  Here we go!!

I just love these shots of Malina.  Makes me think of endless summers and reminds me of how innocent she is.

Whenever we can, we try and spend some one on one time with Malina.  My favorite thing to do is to take walks with her.  I love seeing who she brings with us on her walk.  It used to always be Pete the Cat.  Sometimes it's Lamby, but lately it's been Maggie (named after Amma's cat in Ohio).  Yesterday, she decided to take Maggie on a stroll... checking every once in a while to make sure she was OK -- checking to see if her sun shade was adequately covering her, giving her a sip of juice, giving her a snack.  It's really sweet.

And this morning, I came down after getting ready for the day and found our two kids sitting side by side in their high chairs.  Wow!  We have two kids in high chairs...  in diapers!



That's about it!  It's been a pretty lazy summer.  But we're having fun and finding joy in the small things...  like having ice pops before lunch, snuggles, baby giggles and monster thighs...