These are late, but Elizabeth wanted everyone to see her room that she has been enjoying for the last couple of months. :)
May 5, 2009
April 22, 2009
Three Months Old
Wow! Where did these three months go? Elizabeth has grown so fast and is continuing to win over our hearts with her increasing interactions. Ellie has been at school for about a month now. She is settling into a routine with our favorite infant teachers. She has several little boyfriends in class that we enjoy seeing each day. Ben is a professional at dropping her off now. Bottles first, carseat to the end of the hall, write on the papers and then pick out a special toy for Sister to enjoy. Elizabeth continues to grow longer by the minute. She is very long and lean. Her hair is really growing on the top and continues to be sparse on the sides where she rubs her head when she lays down. Her eyes have stayed a dark gray blue so far and she looks more like Ben each day.
Ellie's range of noises is definitely increasing. We get all sorts of coos, some noises that sound like laughs, some shrieks and a random assortment of other sounds that leave Ben asking "What's that??" Just Sister talking again. :) Ellie is also so close to rolling over. She really has no interest in rolling off of her tummy to her back which is funny to us since that is the first thing Ben wanted to do and continued to do repeatedly. You could hardly keep him on his tummy. Ellie has decided that she is going to work relentlessly till she can get to her tummy from her back. She makes it pretty much all the way over, but then her arm gets stuck underneath her and she gets mad. So we help her the rest of the way and she plays on her tummy for a while. She is now enjoying her baby gym, exersaucer and Bumbo chair for short periods. She is entertained by the toys and grabs at them. Ben is a sweet brother and talks to her while she plays and makes the toys dance and move for her.Some of our favorite family activities include reading together, singing to Elizabeth and dancing/hopping. Sister needs a little help with this last one still, but Brother gets a huge kick out of her dancing and hopping like him (with Mommy or Daddy's help).
April 19, 2009
Easter Fun
Ben completed four egg hunts this year! We have been talking about Easter for a while and Ben kept asking "Where's my Easter?". Well, it is finally here! The Thursday before Easter Ben had an egg hunt at school on their playground. He was very excited to find the eggs and came home with lots of fun treats.
We all stayed home on Good Friday since the school was closed. We had a really nice day and enjoyed a fun play date with our special church friends, Owen and Kate. The boys played near/with each other. They had a great time! Kate and Elizabeth were not quite on the same schedule so when one had wide eyes, the other was sleeping and vice versa. Ben has been talking about Owen ever since showing us the seat he used at our kitchen table for lunch and where Owen's mommy sat, etc. That just means we will have to play again soon!
Saturday included our regular trip to Walmart for groceries and such. But after nap we had a special treat and got to go to a friend's birthday party. Ben was a little overwhelmed by all of the people, but enjoyed the water table in their backyard, a Thomas the train cupcake and half of a hotdog. A total success of a party! He had such a good time that when he woke up on Easter Sunday he decided he would be wearing his party hat to church.
The Easter Bunny came to our house, but we didn't quite have enough time before church to
look at what he brought. So we headed to church first (with Ben in his party hat) and had our second egg hunt at church after service. Ben came home with a bucket full of eggs and way too many treats! We convinced him to settle in for a nap and then he woke up to egg hunt #3 in his playroom. The Easter bunny was quite crafty and found some great hiding places among his toys. Ben enjoyed having Sister watch him find all the eggs and helped her look through her basket of goodies as well.
This Saturday was the final egg hunt, but well worth waiting for. We all got to go to Coweta to GrammaLyn's and GranpaDavid's annual egg hunt. Our friends Abigail and Claire got to come in town for this event as it has become a tradition for our families to share in. It was so fun to see the kids all together! There were so many eggs and the kids got most of them "hunted" prior to the rains that came. Then we headed inside for lots of play time! Ben is still calming down from all of this excitement and getting to play with his buddy Abigail.
Pictures coming soon!
We all stayed home on Good Friday since the school was closed. We had a really nice day and enjoyed a fun play date with our special church friends, Owen and Kate. The boys played near/with each other. They had a great time! Kate and Elizabeth were not quite on the same schedule so when one had wide eyes, the other was sleeping and vice versa. Ben has been talking about Owen ever since showing us the seat he used at our kitchen table for lunch and where Owen's mommy sat, etc. That just means we will have to play again soon!
Saturday included our regular trip to Walmart for groceries and such. But after nap we had a special treat and got to go to a friend's birthday party. Ben was a little overwhelmed by all of the people, but enjoyed the water table in their backyard, a Thomas the train cupcake and half of a hotdog. A total success of a party! He had such a good time that when he woke up on Easter Sunday he decided he would be wearing his party hat to church.
The Easter Bunny came to our house, but we didn't quite have enough time before church to
look at what he brought. So we headed to church first (with Ben in his party hat) and had our second egg hunt at church after service. Ben came home with a bucket full of eggs and way too many treats! We convinced him to settle in for a nap and then he woke up to egg hunt #3 in his playroom. The Easter bunny was quite crafty and found some great hiding places among his toys. Ben enjoyed having Sister watch him find all the eggs and helped her look through her basket of goodies as well.This Saturday was the final egg hunt, but well worth waiting for. We all got to go to Coweta to GrammaLyn's and GranpaDavid's annual egg hunt. Our friends Abigail and Claire got to come in town for this event as it has become a tradition for our families to share in. It was so fun to see the kids all together! There were so many eggs and the kids got most of them "hunted" prior to the rains that came. Then we headed inside for lots of play time! Ben is still calming down from all of this excitement and getting to play with his buddy Abigail.
Pictures coming soon!
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