Baby in hand, Madelyn now focuses in on some Baby Einstein 

Madelyn can't believe Mom and Dad are actually giving her access to Olivia. 

Back again...

After a long hiatus from posting here on the blog, I've finally managed to get it together long enough to throw up a couple of quick pictures and make a few family announcements.

First of all, Erin, the girls and I made a quick trip back to Woodstock this past weekend for Erin's aunt's funeral. While it was a sad time for everyone, we were very happy to have been able to see as much family as we did. Jackie took on the chore of watching our little monkeys for us while Erin and I were at the funeral. She somehow had time to take a couple of pictures of the girls while they were there.




While I've been able to inform many of you directly, the biggest news from Indiana is that while the dissertation is slowly coming to completion (I hope), I've accepted a position with an engineering firm in Houston, Texas. Once the dissertation is completed, we will be headed south to begin trying to contribute to society. Needless to say, I'm frantically trying to complete the dissertation to keep us on schedule, and thus, the blog posts have become more and more sporadic.

I hope to keep the blogs coming, so keep checking in with us. We hope all of our friends and family are doing well, and we look forward to seeing all of you soon.

The Blogging Disease Spreads

More of our friends and family have developed their own family blogs to ease the voyeuristic needs of their far-scattered admirers. We're pleased to annouce that my brother-in-law Mike and his clan have made their own blog, and my former roommate Dave and his wife Katie have gotten their blog up and running. I've added the links in our link section or you can click below to see for yourself.

Attack of the Freemans!!

Dave + Katie: Breeding in Hawaii

Madelyn hams it up during lunch. 

Dad and his little girls 

Madelyn struts her stuff in front of the mirror in the bathroom. 

Dad and his little girls. 

Dad and his little girls 

Madelyn and a new hair accessory. 

Madelyn and another delicious mess-in-the-making. 

Madelyn and her new amproved super-antennae 

Olivia shows off her new chair. 

Madelyn Leta: the messmaker 

The dynamic duo in action 

Olivia shows that she can do more than just cry. 

The heat went out in the middle of the night, so Madelyn gets bundled up the next morning to take in her Baby Einstein. 

Madelyn comes in for a closer look. 

"No, no, no, Dad. You're going about that all wrong." 

Grandma Bice engages in some grandbaby management. 

Olivia consults with Grandma on why she has to share this couch with her construction-inclined sister. 

What are little sisters for? All together now: headrests. 

Madelyn consults with Dad on why she has to share her couch with a narcoleptic midget. 

A rare moment of consciousness interupts an otherwise normal day of heavy slumber. 

Olivia demonstrates her main area of expertise. 

Frustrated again. A cunningly placed child lock is all that stands between Madelyn and button mashing nirvana.