Lunch at the mall

Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down

Whenever we're on the freeway, or any slightly hilly road. Nate has to declare whether we are headed up a hill, or down a hill. It's very cute and shows his current interest in learning same/opposite and directionality...a little annoying after the 50th hill, though :).

Ellie's 2nd Tooth

In a one, two punch, the second tooth emerges.  Bottom, right this time.

Babydoll

Ellie has now been mistaken for a babydoll, from far away, a handful of times.  One time, I ran into the store and left the kids with Grandma in the car.  Ellie was getting fussy, so Grandma got Ellie out of her seat and was sitting in the back of the van playing with her.  A woman quizzically walked over and told my mom that she thought she was playing with a life size doll.  Now, is it more logical to see a Grandma playing with a life size doll, or a baby?  And if she was playing with a doll, would you get that close to her?  I guess it just goes to show how perfectly beautiful my sweet, baby girl is.

Ellie's 1st Tooth

Here comes that 1st little tooth poking through.  Bottom, left it is!

Sleeps unswaddled

Ok...I really thought that I might just have to show Ellie's college roommate how to swaddle her before she went to bed...but, we did it!  Ellie, at almost 6 months old, is now sleeping unswaddled.  A good, tight swaddle is one of my secrets to good sleeping babies and all my kids liked to be swaddled, but Ellie was taking it a little too far.  She just couldn't give it up and we were running out of blankets that are big enough to contain her.

Happy 5th Birthday Wesley!