what a weekend...

so today we started a project on elly m.'s room that we didn't know would take this long, i mean. we started a couple weeks ago taking the wallpaper down, bright dark blue mind you. only to find out that there was yet another thick layer of... you guessed it brightly painted blue wall paper. ugh.... it has been one frustrating moment after another, but jonathan and paul are working so hard on it. i help when i am not hanging out with the two cutest girls in the world. here a few pics. to show just how cute they are.

the bumbo seat..

this seat has been so much fun to use, not only for ruthie as you can see. i can tell you that if you don't have one, go to ebay and buy one for 20 bucks. they are totally worth it. so much more eye contact can be made with little ruthie... she just loves it. she can sit and watch us eat dinner and stare at elly m. all the time. it has been fun and as you can see, it makes a great hat for dads.

books books and more books.

hello everyone.. .our keyboard is fixed... 130 dollars later... eek. i guess i shouldn't complain, we never paid anything for our computer. anyways... elly m. has been pretty into books and i do hope it continues, it just seems sometimes the most inopportune time to read them to her, but that is okay too. i love that she loves books, her favorites right now are "Raindrop, plop" and "are you my mother".

her other favorite thing to do is try to put her own shoes on. it is fun to watch her, but oh my goodness she gets so frustrated with them. she is sometimes a pure reflection of my impatience. sad, but true.

love hose smiles...

Little Ruthie Miriam

new chair

chair made for wee ones.... so fun...

hank you farfar....

sunlasses from farfar

sorry, our keyoard is roke

my keyoard is roke. so here are some pics. dancin and new shoes.
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growing ruthie

Ruthie had her 2 month check up that included shots... eek. not fun. anyhow.. she weighs in at 14 lbs. and is 24 inches long. She is smiling and cooing a lot more now. It is so strange just how fast children grow. pretty soon she will be bossing me around like elly märta does....oh no.

isn't also strange just how much she looks like her cousin dan. we laugh everytime they are together because they look so much alike. i just hope she doesn't act like him someday.

one little quirk

Elly Märta has a few quirks, and i will fulfill the tag soon. i am working on it. not much time on the computer when the internet only works outside but we won't get into that. but anyways. elly m. doesn't like leaves to be on the deck. she would prefer to stick each and everyone in a crack. i do believe now that fall is here, she might give up on that activity though.

CrAiGliSt FiNd

here is my latest $25 craiglist find. love it. i am almost embarrassed that i love the craiglist so much. it is what i find myself doing in my 20 minutes of free time a day.

fyi. i don't mean to post the same pics twice in following post, i just forget which ones i have chose and then don't have time to go back and change it. sorry... you'll have to take two of the same one. so i posted a few more, probably the same ones again... woops. oh well, i can't get enough of her, i am sure if you are looking at my blog, you feel the same way.

the other pic. is elly m. feeding herself now..i don't get to feed her anymore, so if she gets super skinny now, it isn't my fault. she is the one starving herself by trying so hard to use a fork and spoon, usually both in one hand.

smiles caught on film

I mean can she get any cuter?????? I started to worry that ruthie wasn't getting enough attention this weekend because elly m. smiled a lot more at this age. i called my mom and sister and asked them about it and what they thought.... and they said... QUIT COMPARING your children. i said... okay... and then the next couple days have been filled with smiles and coos. she is so precious. and i wanted to let you know that she is in the corner of most pictures because i had the camera out to the side so that i could sing dooby dooby doo to her... that is what makes this little one smile.