Days 461 and 462

Elise likes watching Radar eat in the mornings. June 13th:



Elise has discovered how much fun stacking can be. She stacks blocks, cat food cans... whatever she can get her hands on. June 14th:

Days 458, 459, and 460

I wish I could post pictures of our foster kids, too. All three babies were asleep in their car seats on June 10th and it was so super cute. Peaceful. Quiet.



June 11th:



Elise has found a weapon! She was using it like a whip. June 12th:

Days 456 and 457: Crazy Baby!

We went out to lunch on June 8th, and toward the end of the meal Elise apparently got tired of our boring adult conversation. She put her head down on her dinner roll and tried to start her nap early:



This is my new favorite picture of Elise. I call it "Tortured Artist." June 9th:

Days 454 and 455

Elise hugged her teddy bear and bounced herself to sleep in her bouncer on June 6th:



Her days aren't all about reading books and practicing animal sounds-- Elise spends lots of time playing, too. June 7th:

No Day 453: Mommy Fail

I'm so upset with myself. Somehow I forgot to take a daily picture of Elise on June 5th. I guess we were all just having so much fun that day that it slipped my pregnant mommy mind. June 5th was a Sunday, so that means we spent the day playing and hanging out. That afternoon Elliot and I took the kids to the library and they met a little boy there and played with him. A million opportunities for cute pictures. :(

To make up for it, here is a picture of Elise on Saturday night, after dinner (which explains the food on her face and shirt):



And here is Elise Monday morning, reading a very cool book that our friend Amber sent the kids:



So, that doesn't completely account for Sunday, but it's the best I can do.

Days 451 and 452

This is what it looks like when Elise drinks from a glass. Look at that bottom lip! June 3rd:



The kids love looking at the fountain at the mall. They'll just sit and stare at it for a while. I guess the noise and the movement of the water are a novelty for them. June 4th:

Clark's First Video!

Here is the very first video of Clark, which was taken at our first OBGYN appointment. (You can hear Elise in the background.)




Hi, little guy! We love you!!!

Days 449 and 450

Yum! Milk! June 1st:



Elise enjoys working on puzzles. She's actually pretty good at it, for her age. She can often match the pictures to figure out where the puzzle piece should go, and she only needs a little bit of help fitting the piece into its spot. June 2nd:

22 Weeks Pregnant

Here's my 22 week pregnant belly with Clark:



Umbilical hernia and all. That umbilical hernia that I got when I was pregnant with Elise just popped right back out once I started showing the tiniest bit with Clark. Now it's bigger than it ever was with Elise, I think. It doesn't hurt or feel uncomfortable or anything-- it just looks silly.

Here's my 22 week belly with Elise: click here

Day 448: Feeding Herself

Chili for dinner last night...



The resolution of the pictures that my phone can take does not accurately represent how very orange Elise was after she finished feeding herself. Nor does it show you how much food was stuck in her armpits, behind her head, under her chin, and between her toes.

Day 447: Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!

This morning we took the kids to the duck pond for a nice long walk and some play time. Elise, Caleb, and Ingrid quacked at the ducks and woofed at the dogs-- we've been working on animal sounds with them, so it was nice to see the kids in action!

Days 444, 445, and 446

Elise practiced her balancing act for the circus on May 27th:



Dinosaur nose! May 28th:



Even superbabies need to rest sometimes. May 29th:

Days 442 and 443

I guess I was late getting Elise in bed for nap time! She grabbed her blanket and tucked herself in on the floor, May 25th:



Pretty colors in Ingrid's butterfly book make Elise happy. May 26th:

Days 439, 440, and 441

Cousin James and Elise, May 22nd:



Elise swimming away from an alligator, May 23rd:



Elise watching Radar get ready to go home after boarding her this past weekend, May 24th:

Day 438: Florida Aquarium

We took the kids to the Florida Aquarium in Tampa on May 21st. They loved it! The big fish didn't scare them at all-- they enjoyed watching all of the movement and pretty colors. Some of my family and Elliot's family joined us for the afternoon. What a great day!

Introducing Clark!

We've decided to name our son Clark. Here is his 3D ultrasound image from May 11th. Isn't he beautiful?


Elise's 3D ultrasound image: click here

Days 436 and 437

Elise loves her little brother already! May 19th:



What else does Elise love? Bath time! She DEMANDS baths now. "Bath! Bath! Bath!" And she does the baby sign language sign by rubbing her hands around on her chest. May 20th:

Day 435: Rwar!

Elise likes to read books that have animals in them. It gives her a chance to practice her animal sounds and her colors. Here she is on May 18th, reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?":

Day 434: Lunch Break

Elise always enjoys seeing Daddy when he comes home for lunch. As soon as she hears his key in the lock she says, "Dada?!" May 17th:

Days 431, 432, and 433

Elise loves the rides at Chuck E Cheese! May 14th:



On Sunday we went with the kids to the duck pond. Elise got her first scraped knee. She didn't cry-- not even when I dumped hand sanitizer on it. You can kind of see the scrape in this picture, although it looks much more scabbed now. May 15th:



Elise will do anything to unfold a stack of clean laundry. Including turning over a laundry basket, pushing it across a room, and using it as a ladder to reach the laundry stacked on the bed. May 16th: