friday is for family

here is a picture of amelie and me last august and amelie and me this august--time flies!!









we had a lovely morning as a family--we spent some time playing at chuck e cheese, shopping at target and eating at olive garden! yay! amelie and i settled in to take a nap and steven went out to order his music for the up-coming school year. apparently amelie didn't get the nap memo today and woke me up with screams and cheers about 30 min. after we laid down....this is my "take a nap please baby!" face....i'm feeding her and letting her watch george and keeping my fingers crossed that this will wear her out enough for at least a short nap...

and one final note--just so you know, duggar family--it's not a race and we certainly don't plan on giving you a run for your money--2's enough for the webers!

Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday.

Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle's due date.

Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.

"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."

Jennifer joins the fast-growing Duggar brood, who live in Tontitown in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.

The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old.

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, 42, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."

Jennifer joins siblings Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.