We have a crawler! Evan started crawling officially last week when we were cabin-ing in the smokey mountains.  ). Of course along with the crawling comes trying to sit up and he gets it sometimes but sometimes his legs get stuck halfway between and we have to rescue him. If he rolls over in his sleep, he instantly wakes up and is on his knees and crawling around. This is causing us some looooong and tiring night b/c he gets frusterated but as with everything, he'll outgrow it soon.  He is growing up so incredibly fast...he'll be 5 months old in 2 days. 

Owen is going through a Mr. Independent phase again. He seems to go in and out of these phases and they vary in intensity, depending on how bored he is. His favorite toys right now are his train table and water table and he loves to be outside. We all went on an adventure to Ruffner Mountain this morning and walked a rugged trail through the woods. I wore Evan and Owen walked part of the time (over the bridges and on the flat parts) but on the rocky hills, he rode on Starbuck's shoulders. We got lots of exercise, lots of mosquito bites, and had lots of fun. 

Now we are waiting on Uncle Jeremy to stop by on his way back from the Republican National Convention. he covered both conventions this year and he said the difference between the two was stark. We are planning on voting absentee and heading to the beach for the election b/c it's going to be a long, hard day to watch, might as well be somewhere fun.