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.

Sunday!!

We went to church only to stay ten minutes and come home and take naps. After the nap, Elly M. climbed up the plant and sat in it waiting so patiently for me to come and get her to put her in the van to go pick daddy up at church. After that we attended jonathan's soccer game. I forgot to take pictures of jonathan, due to the fact that the game only last about 30 minutes because men can't seem to keep their hands to themselves..... it is such a pity that some people never got spankings when they were little. But anyhow... elly m. and her friend joel david... well joel david likes to tell elly m. what to do and pull her along everywhere. they have a love/hate relationship right now. then there is adrienne with little ruthie. they have a love/love relationship. for those of you who don't know who a. is... she is jessica, my friend from college's sister. i love her and her whole family. her blog is the gray family blog on my page. she rocks.

A saturday hike

Sometimes you just have to get out of the city. The walls of memphis sometimes start to feel really tall to jonathan. So we went for a saturday hike, but ended up on germantown parkway at chick-fil-a. what a shame i thought to myself. a little rest and snack at our halfway point. it was a nice day to just be out. the weather right now is quite lovely.

roofy poofy

horrible nickname i know, hopefully it won't stay around for to long. little ruthie is a litle over 7 weeks old and growing like a weed. i will have her 2 month check up on the 13th, so i will fill you in on all her info then. she did roll over last wednesday for the first time. pretty strong little thing.

keep me away from the craiglist

For those of you who don't know about the craiglist, it is like an online yard sale... and for those who have small children, but love yard saleing... the craiglist feeds the need for the yard sale bug. I went out and bought a new car seat for ruthie and this cute bouncy horse for elly m. and ruthie someday of course, but isn't it cute. i got it for 15 dollars, and they sell online for a lot more than that. anyways... it is dangerous for me because i have so much fun doing it.

sorry... it has been awhile

Sorry everyone.. i have been slacking. okay, maybe not slacking, but there has been a slight lack of napping here at our residence. i just can't seem to get ruthie to nap somedays. she seems wired to the max.

Elly Märta is starting to love to sit on the counter while i do dishes. it is nice for her to be up there, because when she is on the floor, she is screaming at me constantly. on the counter, she can eat rotten fruit at least. she offered me some, but i declined. the other pictures are her attempt to help her momma put dishes away. it is amazing the things she understands or well, slightly understands. hopefully next time it will be clean dishes in the drawer next to it with the silverware in it.