We took the boys the the Arboretum to see the fall colors. It's a great place for enjoying nature and letting your 2 year old run free.

Nat ran the Marine Corps Marathon last weekend. As you can see, we were very proud of him :)

Nat's little protege

Somehow, the instructions to "keep it long in front" did not communicate well to the lady at Hair Cuttery.

Before

After

Here's proof that we still take pictures...

Baby Jude at 3 months old.

Just a few cute shots of the brothers...

Here is Charlie with 3 of his favorite people: Hunley, Porter, and Isaiah. Between the 3 families represented (Malkus, Parish, Royal) there are 6 boys age 5 and under and no girls. The 2 infants (Jude and Henry) are not in the photo but they will be running around with the others before we know it.

Charlie takes Jude for a ride in his little stroller.

Nat is a master at bottle propping....

We had a great visit with Chris. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Chris is hanging out with us this weekend. We celebrated our August birthdays with a celebration of meat at Fogo de Chao. The servers kept bringing meat, as long as our cards were green. We ate too much and had a lot of fun. Pictures below are courtesy of Chris' camera phone...

Bring on the meat!

Jude at 6 weeks old

Charlie is super shy in crowds but he is a talker at home. He is always surprising us with new phrases. Here are a few of our recent favorites:

"I hear Elmo" - after turning on the TV to find a cartoon narrated by the red furry creature

"Jesus Loves me" - after I asked him what song we were going to sing before his nap

"Find Miller" - as he finds a picture of a dog that looks like Miller in a picture book (so sad)

"I fall down" - he loves this one, he falls down all the time so that he can say it over and over...

And the best for last....sorry Mom and Dad... When you hold out your fist for a "fist bump" or "dog pound," he says OMAMA - translated to OBAMA! This is a big crowd pleaser in DC :)

I'll post more pictures soon. Poor Jude has not has his sweet face photographed nearly as many times as his big brother, but we're working on it!

NEW BED
(pronounced: ne'w beddddddd by Charlie)

He went out like a light, and his parents are a little stunned.

Are we already supposed to feel like his childhood is going too fast?

I know you are probably looking for pictures of Jude and Charlie, but I had to post this one...

We haven't removed all of the bars off the windows in our row house - including the bars that used to surround a window a/c unit. As you can see, Nat decided it was a good spot for a window box. We bought this book a while ago for ideas of gardening in the city, but I can't say this was one of her suggestions :)

I love these recent pictures that Nat took of the boys. Jude will be one month old tomorrow. He is still looking a lot like his brother, but definitely has a look of his own.

I am taking advantage of a few quiet moments (C watching TV, J in the swing) to post a few pictures. :)

Family photos






Nat and Jed with the boys on Henry's birthday

Charlie "entertaining" Jude

Jude is such a great baby. We are really enjoying him.

Here are some pictures from his first week at home.

Charlie with his little brother

Nat and the boys

Auntie Alana and her nephews

Grammy with Jude

Quick visit with Uncle Scotty

First bath at home

Meeting Autumn

and his rock star friend Lauris