Sunday, March 14, 2010

Our Morning


Here's our morning so far...

I was so excited to lead worship this morning at church, but instead I was vomited on multiple times by Ellie. We decided to run to the store to get some Pedialyte, but we locked ourselves out of the house! After calling the local police, who couldn't help us, Joe got to show off his brute strength by bashing in the window to our back door with a brick. Oh yes, apparently Ellie detests Pedialyte. I wish she had mentioned that little fact when I told her that's what we were going to get.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Snow Baby

We got about 12-14 inches of snow last night, and this was Eliana's first experience with it! It took longer to get her dressed than we spent outside, but she loved it. She cried when I said we had to go inside. Click on the slideshow to see larger versions on the photos.

Friday, February 5, 2010

My Handyman


Joe is experiencing the joys of home ownership. He saved us some big bucks by fixing this one himself. I'm so proud of him and so happy I didn't have to do it!
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Spoon Skills

Check out Eliana's new skills with the spoon!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Potty Time


You have been warned. There will be talk of potty training within this post.

Okay, it all started about two months ago when Eliana started to relax during her baths by going poo. It didn't take me too long to recognize "that look" and quickly grab her from the tub and put her on the potty. After about a week of this, I thought...Hmmm. I wonder if she will go on the potty at some time other than during her bath. I gave it a try, and wonder of wonders, it worked! Enough of those dirty diapers if she'll take care of it in the bathroom. Eliana pretty much has #2 down pat. We've only had 2 dirty diapers in about a month (both of which I chalk up to an upset tummy for reasons that I won't detail here). We're still having lots of wet diapers, but she seems pretty young to push the whole bathroom routine more frequently than we already are. I'm just so grateful for the progress she's made thus far.
We have a great song I made up for the occasion that seems to produce wonderful results. I'll have to record it and post it for your enjoyment. Watch for it coming soon!

Christmas Photos



We had a wonderful Christmas this year in our new home. We even managed to get our tree up by December 23! Eliana was so fun. She got a real kick out of opening all her gifts and had a great time visiting with all the family. She's always a charmer in a crowd.