Well, Zach turned 7 on May 15th. We are beginning to see signs of his front teeth coming in (finally!). Although just one. This is about one year after getting them pulled (poor guy). We had a bang-up Harry Potter party in the park and a family party too on the real day. The big present was a game-boy that he had enjoyed playing with. Unfortunately his little brother is also completely enamored with it when Zach is playing creating many annoying distractions. We're trying to break it to Z gently that this might be a pattern for the next couple of years or so......

We had a great July 4th holiday weekend with Beth, Dana, and Layla (2.5 years) visiting from Salt Lake City. Sorry Beth I have no pictures of you to post. Somehow Dana hogged all the camera time. Go figure. Layla really enjoyed trying to direct Nat around town. Nat was not an extremely cooperative subject, however. We predict an engagement announcement in 20+ years or so......

Nat is conversing a bit these days. The favorite word is still "No". But the new Elmo DVD from Layla has prompted the "elmo on tv" sentence that we are now hearing with regularity. And so it starts.