looking back...

sal is 4 months old today...he looks so much like elli at this age to us (but bigger!)...here are pictures of all three kids at 4 months old...

elliana

ralphy

(the hair...i know...i take fully responsibility for that...sorry, buddy!)

sal

summer

here are some pictures from the last few weeks:

sal's baptism with his godparents, uncle nick and aunt jessi...

on the tractor ride during our annual peach-and-blackberry-picking-day with gram:

sal will be ready for peaches and blackberries next year!
sunflower field:

little fish
king sal

wild man!

at the river...

well...sal has a new look...that buzz cut that he was sporting was getting long and patchy because the dark hair is falling out, so ralph fixed it...short...really short...it took me a few days to get used to it - at first he looked like he was a completely different baby...but he's still sweet sal and we're pretty sure he's going to be blond like his sister...he looks so much like her at this age...


elli and ralphy are great...they are wild and crazy and a whole lot of fun...they wear us out on a daily basis...we've been doing lots of fun things as a family...summer is great...

sal's first haircut!

a couple of days after my last post, sal got his first haircut! i know it sounds crazy for a 6 1/2-week-old baby to have a haircut, but if you've seen our little guy, you know that it was needed! the hair on the top of his head stands straight up...so he went from mohawk to buzz cut in a matter of seconds - no products required!

here are a few "before" pictures:



and here he is after:
and here are some of us goofing around...ralphy is now wearing big boy underpants during the day! he's growing up so much!
elli would spend all of her time in the water if she could...when she isn't swimming with grandma & grandpa g at their neighborhood pool, she's sittting in our inflatable pool on the driveway...

sal in the exer-saucer for the first time (he's 9 weeks now):

well...life with 3 kids is going pretty well...elli and ralphy are absolutely wonderful with sal...he's a lucky baby to have such great kids to learn from...he's 6 weeks old now and weighs about 14 pounds (we grow 'em big around here)...he's a sweet baby and starting to smile at us...elli and ralphy can't wait to teach him new things! you'll notice his wild hair...and you'll understand why elli calls him little hedgehog! (ralph can't wait to give him his first haircut)

we're excited to have ralph with us more as school ends this week...elli had her last day of pre-school and end-of-the-year picnic last week...we've been spending all of our free time outside and at the park...we made a trip to my parents' cabin over memorial day weekend and we're looking forward to more time at the river, the creek and the pool! i guess that's it in a nutshell :)