EYES...

This is what elly m. says instead of peek-a-boo often times. it is hilarious... she will cover her eyes with her hands, pull them away and say "EYEs" so cute... but i do think that my girls have some big ol' beautiful eyes.

Cool fall day...

It has been a little chilly here, but i won't complain. it was much more miserable in sweden. not to hurt anybody's feelings, but my goodness, what a hard place to live. the climate alone could destroy you. anyways. Sunday, i started to get an ear infection... AGAIN... same time this year as last, but anyways..we went outside thinking it was really cold, but it turned out to be a beautiful day that day. here are some photos of the beautiful people in the beautiful day.

jonathan's pony tail...

Jonathan wants elly m.'s hair to be long enough for a pony tail and i am know that you will all be just as impressed with his hair pulling back abilities as me. a little crooked.. you don't say???

post bath...

Elly M.'s friend has given her a cute bathrobe, who would of known that elly m. wanted to wear it all the time. not just after the bath. she will ask me to wear her robe whenever she sees it hanging somewhere just thinks about it.

doesn't ruthie look so tiny in her daddy's arms??? elly m. gets shots tomorrow, so i was hoping to weigh little ruthie while we were there. hmm...i am guessing almost 18 lbs. we will see!!

shoes...

Elly Märta loves shoes... just loves them. I often tell her no as she is walking out the door to go bye-bye because she is carrying at least 2 to 3 shoes out with her. these boots were given to her by her little friend isabelle. so nice of her to give her the cowgirl boots. they are too cute.

here lies the amazing ruthie doing tummy time. she is soooooo strong. it amazes her momma. and probably her meme too.

doesn't happen often...

I'll tell you what... getting more than one child to look at the camera at the same time is close to impossible. but today we had a good day. i think they both looked at the camera almost the whole time. i can't tell whose eyes are bigger these days. they both have such big beautiful eyes to me. and look at all of elly märta's teeth. the girl has a whole mouth full.

one year ago and today...

Here are a few quick shots to compare and see if the girls looks anything alike. i can tell you this... they act nothing alike. everything with ruthie is easier... maybe because she is number 2, but maybe because she is easier. but life with both of them is soooooo sweet. i don't think they look much alike, but maybe getting there as ruthie gets older.

cutie ruthie

She is toooo cute sometimes. and she is soooo strong. she often times when sitting tries to do sit ups to sit up. crazy lady. we are enjoying her while she is a baby...because now that elly m. is a little older... the word "no" comes often as we ask for things like, do you want a kiss? or can i i hold you??? ruthie doesn't say no.

pajama time...

It has become that time of year where it is not light out that often and pajamas stay on longer than usual. i shouldn't tell you this, but it is 2:30 in the afternoon and i still have my pajamas on, but maybe that is because the one pair of pants that i own is in the washing machine right now. anyhow, the girls are in their normal day to day clothes now, but it took a little while longer than normal this morning to get motivated to do anything. i guess you are allowed one lazy day a year.

And for those of you trying to call me or wondering why i havnen't called everyday this week, that would be my mom... my phone was thrown into the bath tub and i don't have one right now, so i will call you mom when jonathan gets home from work.

and at home

Here is a picture of elly m. and her beloved three legged cat. named hop-a-long, but mostly referred to as CAT. amazing how simple things become when you have children. they play together often, i think though that the cat gets rather tired of elly m. trying to hug it and carry it and hold it and be not so gentle with it, but puts up with her anyways.

more at the lake...

We went on a short little walk by the lake... jonathan takes elly m. down to the lake while i feed ruthie and he comes back up and tells me that elly m. sees the water and says "BATH". the child thinks it is a good place to take a bath. so funny. her little mind must be going crazy sometimes trying to come up with the right words to say.

at the lake...

It was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and the leaves were beautiful. and as you can see elly m. has already started the I don't want to do that... and throws herself on the ground. isn't childhood beautiful. i too wish that i could stop and throw myself on the ground when things don't go my way.

a trip to the lake

First they fell asleep in the car. it is about a 40 minute trip to shelby forest. so both of them fell asleep. but what a beautiful day to be outside. fall is such a great time of year.