Nearly a month has gone by since Ralphy joined our family and we are all adjusting. Ralph and I are adjusting to less sleep, Elli is adjusting to sharing our attention and Ralphy is adjusting to life in general.
Elli still loves to hold the baby, push him in his swing and lie down next to him on the floor. She reads Ralphy books and shows him all of her toys. ("See this, Baby Raffy?" she says.) She is so good with him! Elli is getting ready for Halloween. Gram made her a costume so she can be a "Baby Indian" (her favorite movies are
Spirit and
Brother Bear, both of which feature Native Americans as characters). She still loves her horses and her barn and recently she got a Little Tikes kitchen, so she has been cooking all sorts of things like ketchup and corn and coffee and pizza - all the good stuff, you know?! We spend a lot of time at the kitchen table making things with Play-Doh, too.
Ralphy has still been sleeping away most of the days and is sleeping a little more at night, too. He has slept through most of the eventful things in his life so far, like trips to Wal-Mart, visits to the park and walks around the neighborhood. When he is awake he just takes it all in, probably wondering what he ahs gotten himslef into! He is filling out very bit of the 0-3 month clothes already! He seems really strong and he tries to lift his head up to look around when ever he is held. He loves it when Daddy sings to him. Baby Ralphy is a sweet little guy!
Most of our days so far have been spent at home playing, reading books and going out to the backyard. At this point, I'm lucky to remember to feed Max-dog, brush Elli's hair and plan something for dinner. Taking a shower, doing a load of laundry and running the vacuum in one room are all major accomplishments! So, needless to say, our house is a wreck, but we don't care - life is good and we are happy!
so...we tried the whole "sit on santa's lap and have your picture taken" thing...but it didn't work out so well...ralphy sat there just as content as can be, but like most two-year-olds, elli completely refused the idea...she did tell him that she would like a rubber ducky (a purple rubber ducky, to be exact...), but she gave him that message with several feet in between them...oh well...we'll try again next year! and why a rubber ducky? who knows, but that's what she tells everyone who asks what she wants santa to bring...she's asking for jelly beans and a candy cane, too....
