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busy...busy

the kids have been busy growing up...

ralphy is 8 months old...he is crawling everywhere, pulling up to stand and he can make it all the way up the stairs (supervised, of course)...he is loving finger foods (well...he loves all food..it doesn't matter to him if he feeds himself or we give it to him with a spoon!)...he tries to find things to snack on outside, too: mulch, grass, leaves, whatever...he has so much personality and is so much fun!

elli is so grown up and she is such a good big sister...she gets a little rough at times because she is ready for ralphy to wrestle with her...but generally she is awesome...she's always up for a good time, whether it is a trip to the park, the zoo or an evening with a bonfire...she has been visiting her chicks at gram & papa's quite often and she has the little speckled one pretty tame...they are best friends! she says hilarious things all the time, but this was especially funny: we were talking about things we eat: we eat chicken, we eat beef and milk that comes from cows and we pork from pigs, etc...elli said, "and we eat dog" and i said, "no, we don't eat dogs" then she says, "yes we do - we eat hush...(long pause).......puppies!"

on the move...

it seems like i should be able to keep this blog more up-to-date, but somehow times gets away from me and weeks go by before i update...so...lots of things have changed since the last post...


ralphy is 7 1/2 months old and is just so hilarious...he is a happy kiddo (though he has been going through a little separation anxiety, so he isn't all smiles if he can't find me...i guess that happens when a child is with momma all the time)...he is definitely on the move now...he has been mobile for awhile, but he can really crawl well and can pull up to standing now...yesterday he got up on the bottom step and got "stuck"...needless to say, the gates are coming back...ralphy's other new trick is playing patta-cake...if we sing the song, he starts bouncing and clapping his hands together...very cute...he lights up when daddy gets home from work!

elli lou is growing like a weed and having fun in the spring weather...we love "park days"! the old crocs have been retired (the yellows and the purples) and she now has a new pair of light green ones..."mine got too little and gram bought me new ones and ralphy can have my old ones..." she tells this to anyone who will listen - strangers at the zoo, checkers at wal-mart, kids at the park, parents at the park... :) she has been busy painting at her easel on rainy days...she loves to pretend...we are amazed by her imagination...elli's new wake-up time is between 6 and 6:30...embrace the day, right? it's great for ralph because he often gets to chat with her before he leaves for work...he won't like it so much this summer on the days that he could theoretically sleep in...


the teacher in me still thinks in terms of a school year...this one has flown by! it's true what they say: each year seems to go by faster than the last...summer will be here in a flash...