ARE MY PARENTS HIPPIES?!

WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THE REPUTATION OF BEING HIPPIES SINCE WE DELIVERED AT FAMILY BEGINNINGS. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, WE TOOK ELISE TO A BABY MASSAGE WORKSHOP AT A YOGA STUDIO IN YELLOW SPRINGS TODAY. IT WAS REALLY COOL AND SHE LOVED THE MASSAGE. WE FORGOT THE CAMERA, SO NO PICS. THERE WERE 2 OTHER BABIES THERE. THEY WERE BOTH 6 WEEKS OLD AND WERE BIGGER THAN ELISE! ONE WAS 13 POUNDS AND THE OTHER WAS 12 POUNDS!

HANGING WITH THE GIRLS

ELISE AND I HAD LUNCH AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY WITH CHANTE/KENDALL AND MANDY/AVA. ELISE AND KENDALL WERE DRESSED ALIKE, DON'T THEY LOOK LIKE TWINS :) LITTLE MISS AVA LOVED THE BABIES- SHE WILL MAKE A GREAT BIG SISTER. I STOLE YOUR PICS CHANTE- THEY WERE BETTER THAN MINE.

DAVE AND BUSTERS

WE HAD OUR FIRST NIGHT OUT SINCE ELISE WAS BORN. WE WENT TO DAVE AND BUSTERS WITH MY FRIENDS FROM WORK. WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
 
  

FOUR MONTHS OLD

ELISE WAS FOUR MONTHS OLD LAST SUNDAY. SHE IS ROLLING OVER, "TALKING" A LOT, AND THINKS HER HANDS AND FEET ARE THE BEST THINGS IN THE WORLD. SHE SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT TWICE LAST WEEK...MAYBE WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING HERE (HOPEFULLY:). SHE JUST KEEPS GETTING TO BE MORE AND MORE FUN THE OLDER SHE GETS.

THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

 
ELISE AND I WENT TO SEE MICHELE AND BABY CLAIRE. CLAIRE IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE NICU BABY BOOM AND SHE IS ADOREABLE. THE GIRLS DID NOT COOPERATE FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT:) 

GET IN SHAPE GIRL

 
 
 
THESE ARE JUST SOME GOOFY PICTURES WE TOOK. THE LITTLE GOOBER LOOKS LIKE SHE IS READY TO WORK OUT. 

GNARLY 80'S BASH

 
MY BROTHER DAVE IS GETTING MARRIED NEXT MONTH AND THEY HAD A "GNARLY 80'S BASH" (COUPLE'S SHOWER) LAST FRIDAY. THIS IS ELISE WITH DAVE, PATTY, DAN, & AMBER
 
ALEXA COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF ELISE. I GREW UP WITH HER DAD MARCUS, SO IT WAS NEAT TO SEE OUR LITTLE GIRLS TOGETHER. MARCUS AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL IN NOVEMBER- ALEXA WAS GETTING LOTS OF PRACTICE. 

PARTY AT MY CRIB

 
ELISE IS OFFICIALLY OUT OF OUR ROOM- WE MOVED HER INTO HER CRIB LAST WEEKEND. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS HER FIRST NIGHT IN THE BASSINET AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS HER LAST NIGHT IN IT.
 
THIS IS HER NURSERY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
 
SHE LOVES HER MOBILE. 

PRECIOUS PARTS

WE HAD THE "PRECIOUS PARTS" COLLAGE DONE FOR ELISE'S 3 MONTH PICTURES. IT IS SO CUTE- THIS IS THE BEST I COULD DO ON TAKING A PICTURE OF IT. I LOVE THE ONE OF HER LITTLE BELLY BUTTON!

AIR FORCE MUSEUM

LAST MONDAY WE PLANNED ON GOING TO THE ZOO, BUT THE EXTREME HEAT CHANGED THOSE PLANS! INSTEAD, DAVE, MY MOM, AND I TOOK ELISE, ETHAN, SALVADORE, AND KYLIE TO THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM (AIDAN WAS SICK, SO HE STAYED HOME). THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AND ELISE JUST SLEPT IN HER STROLLER.