Jonathan's view

I love, i mean love how jonathan takes photos.. so expressive isn't he. well her is a few from our day at shelby forest from his view... from the ground up. he always has surprises up his sleeve.

A street find..

You can't love memphis for many things, but here are two things i do love memphis for. 75 degree days in december, january, and february... and street finds. people throw their trash out for other people to find their treasure. i will admit that a lot of our furniture has some from this little trick... but this has been the best yet... a little battery operated four wheeler... so fun. so fun, we even brought it inside for ruthie to ride it...

Teeth, Baby Einstein and Long week

Here is a try at getting little Ruthie's teeth... she is currently working on number 3. amazing girl. the other pictures are of the girls sitting together.. mind you for only a few minutes or seconds because elly m. hates it when ruthie touches her with her sloppy hands that have slobber all over them, but they once in a while will just be by each other. which reminds me... ruthie has been pretty sick, they thought she had RSV... some respiratory infection, but didn't... but the breathing treatments returned her to health anyways... and double ear infection, we are still working on that. just the last two days, i feel as though she has felt better or at least hasn't wanted me to hold her the ENTIRE day... wow.. you think babies need you and then they get sick.. but to finish the sister story.. Liel, jonathan's cousin, came to wait for elly m. to wake up while i took ruthie to her appt. and she asked over and over again for "siiiister" and mommy of course, but she at least asked for her. she isn't totall aloof to how great it is to have a sister.

and baby einstein, just another one of elly m.'s fixations. and i don't mind, i feel as though she has learned a lot from them and luckily isn't so fast paced that it will make her adhd... just kidding...

We miss you Mickie...

A shout out to Mickie and Manne and Heidi and Woodhouse family. South Africa feels so far away. So far away. sorry mickie about missing your phone call, we were sitting outside doing nothing and i didn't quite get there in time. i will try to be there for the next phone call. I took mickie to the airport a week ago and i am not sure how many times little elly m. has said "where's mina?" over 100... she gets a little fixated sometimes. not sure who she gets that from... not me by the way. anyhow... we were sitting outside and she points to the white chairs and says "mina sit" and "daddy sit".... we miss you mickies... love you, T and all the bunch

all day Christmas

Here are the girls and their daddy opening presents on Christmas. it was much more fun this year with little elly m. she wasn't crying at all and either was ruthie. maybe the difference was the fact that we opened presents in the morning when they woke up instead of way after her bedtime like we did last year.

and by the way... we spent the ENTIRE day in our pajama's. we went to the white's in the morning for breakfast... it waS A fun relaxing time with the fam.

sisters and cousins.

here are olivia and elly m. sitting together ignoring everyone around them. most obvious to them that they are reading some pretty important masterial... prevention and readers' digest. hilarious that children can ignore your pleas to look at the camera without thinking a thing of it.

bath time

here is a typical night at our house around oh say 7:30 or 8 o'clock. bath time. elly m. loves it and so does the cat. the cat is such a risk taker. i mean... if i was the ca, i wouldn't get near elly m. while she was taking a bath, but i guess the need for fresh water because the cat can't drink anything else is so great, she is wiling to pay the price as elly m. pulls her into the bath tub. i should post a photo of the different sizes ruthie has been. amazing to me that she fills that pool so well and elly m. loves ruthie's bath.

Zoo lights

We went to zoo lights and i took horrible pictures. i guess i carried ruthie most of the evening, but i should of took some pictures of elly m. crying while we showed her all of the animals. i guess she only likes the animals when they are on baby einstein... real life is a bit much... and the fake panda bear was very overwhelming... but we do thank taylor for the free tickets. it was still fun to go. ruthie and aaron riding together in style in the last picture. they are so cute.

I left to pick mickie up....

and this is what i came home to. I was only mad because i wasn't the one to think of it. sometimes it feels like a little competition between jonathan and i of who can have the most fun with our kids.... so he won last night. elly m. had the time of her life playing in that sink. she was so excited about it.... and so wet.

i am so glad that when i leave the house i know that they will be taken care of so well. and that the life adventures don't stop.....i love that you are so much fun jonathan.

ruthies favorite activity...

Ruthie loves loves the jumper thing that i put in the doorway. she just loves it. i am glad too because other wise i am not so sure that i would get dinner done. between the two of them, i don't have free hands very often. and i have to stress one more time, just how much ruthie looks like uncle peter right now. i am amazed about how much she looks like him. she has so many janson features. i guess my shout out to you guys didn't work. i miss you two a lot. it would be fun to catch up some day soon. i wish i could call you at night our time... that is my only free time it feels like. note to uncle peter... i read a book i think that you would enjoy.. you too helen, but i know peter and his books...... stolen innocence.. it is about a young girl that left the latter day saints polygamist unit of a church.. so interesting that cult is... anyways... i guess i should get on jonathan's email and write you there.