i {love} you

Our little Elsie has been working on her 'I love you' sign for a very long time now.

Every time we would say "I love you", she would stick her hand up...thumb and pointer out...and with her other hand hold up her pinky....so cute. Then one night we noticed as she was pointing to the fridge for more milk that she was pointing with her left hand in the 'i love you' sign.

Well, it was very exciting!

We of course made a big deal out of it...those little muscles in her hand are hard for her to manipulate...so we are very proud.
She can only do it with her left hand so far...but is working on the right hand too.

She continues to walk back and forth between furniture, without her walker. She is doing great things and always with a smile. We love you Elsie!!!

Enjoying the good weather!

The girls had so much fun playing outside in the nice weather!

Elsie had the time of her life.

She really loves her sisters (and brother) and they take such good care of her.

We are supposed to get snow by Sunday, I think...

I am not excited about that.

We are all so ready for Spring!!!

Little Buddies

Our girls are such great helpers!!!

Madi and Elsie have a great little friendship.

I think Cassi has felt a little left out at times.

Well, now she has her 'little buddy', that is what she calls Porter.

If boys really are as crazy as people have been telling me, then these two are gonna be two peas in a pod!!!

New Physique

Photo by Brent

This post is for me.

I thought if I made it known to the world that I was gonna get back into shape, then I would really do it.

Woman of my word.

So here we go....bye, bye baby fat!

Elsie's routine

When Elsie wakes up from her nap, she will sit and watch Signing Time, Dora, OR (not all) Sid the Science Kid.

When that is over, she will crawl to her walker...pull her washcloth out of her basket, and ask me to get it wet.

Then she will walk around the house 'cleaning' all that she sees.

This includes windows, walls, the dog, and I just caught her 'washing' Porter.

She will happily do this until dinner time.

What a great little helper to have around!

My Hero

What was your hubby doing last night?

'BOISE - A fire broke out at a townhouse around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters say one unit was destroyed as a result of the blaze. Investigators said everyone escaped the fire unharmed.

"We were in bed asleep (and) something woke my daughter up, she came and climbed in bed with me and then next thing I know, there was pounding on the door and people yelling fire," said Becky Rice, neighbor.

Neighbors say a dog died in the blaze. Neighboring units were evacuated as firefighters battled the fire. '

-http://www.2news.tv/news/local/38449329.html

Two month photo shoot

With the girls I took pictures of them every month for the first year of their life.

And I love having those pictures...

So here are Porters 2 month pictures.

Also, something I didn't do with the girls, I am going to take a picture of Porter with this Giraffe each time so we can watch him grow...a cute idea I got from my niece.

I just love this shot...his cute mouth...those cheeks...don't you just want to squish them!!!

So there is our cute little boy...already 2 months old!!!

Elsie can Turn!!!

She really does amaze us everyday. She walks back and forth between the couches...now she goes from the couch to the chair to the table...she is really getting it! (This is why our furniture is all spread out...and by the way, the house is scarcely decorated now after Christmas...and I have some future plans for those cool windows...)

This is something Elsie did all on her own. One day I was talking to Elsie's Speech Therapist and Elsie was walking back and forth from the side-table to me and I guess she got sick of waiting for me to grab her, cause I was talking, that she just turned around herself!!! So we had to get it on tape! She is doing so well and we are so excited for her progress everyday!!!

Keep up the hard work Elsie Rose!!!

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday to the BIG BOY of the house!

The big 30!!!

We hope you know how much you are loved!

2 Months Old

Two months old already!!!

Where did that time go?

Porter had his 2 months check today.

He is doing good, despite some lingering stuffiness from this past week of sickness!

(Just look at those eyes!)

My baby boy is turning out to be quite a bruiser!!!

He weighs a whopping 13 lbs!

(You would think that carrying around that 13 lbs all day would help with this baby weight issue I am having!)

He has the best smiles and is so much fun...

(not counting this past week...none of us have been fun!)

He is smiling and cooing, and has the sweetest little voice ever.

He loves his tummy time, and is holding his head up great!

His thighs are chunking up quite nicely...I just want to squish them!!!

Usually he wakes up once in the night, around 3, then up at 6.

He loves to have his diaper changed and LOVES to have a bath.

He still has the loudest cry I have ever heard from a baby....or anyone, for that matter.

I should really video-record him when he is really mad...but that would mean recording him instead of cuddling him...

We love having him in our home!!!