Ellie's therapy progress

July 2012

And July....I wrote about Caleb and Levi's birthdays celebrated with family already. July is a busy and fun month!

 Before church one day, Levi wanted his picture taken with Ellie.

 Caleb and Levi reading. One of their favorite activities (at this time they couldn't actually read, but love to look through books).

 And a second tooth lost for each boy! Anyone know who is who???

 I just like this picture of Ellie. She doesn't want any food anywhere near her mouth, but she will eat hairs, strings, and grass. Silly girl.

 Ian racing at the family reunion. I wasn't daring enough to take Ellie on a 12+ hour drive to a reunion with 50 other people, but John was brave enough to take three boys to it by himself! They had a great time, they love being with cousins and grandparents.

 Caleb watching the stream at the reunion.

 Levi crossing the bridge at the reunion.

 Ellie and I had fun while they were gone, we painted the laundry area and the living room. And looked out the window. And the biggest news, Ellie started walking!! I was in the kitchen and she was in the living room walking between the couches when all of a sudden she was walking into the kitchen with a big grin on her face. That was it, she realized she could do it and walk anywhere she wanted and she hasn't stopped yet. One plus of her walking? She can wear dresses now! She kept getting stuck when she tried to crawl in a dress. Ellie is 21 months old, 18 months past her due date.

 Ellie loves to swing. It's nice we have a park near our house since we don't have any good trees to hang a swing in anymore.

 Ellie likes to sleep with the blanket over her head. I don't really like her sleeping like that, I take it off when she is asleep but she often pulls it right back over her head.

A lady in our ward organized a fun run one day. It was about a mile long on a bike/walking trail near our house. Ian ran the whole way, I think he made it in just under 10 minutes. Caleb and Levi ran and walked and did a great job, they both made it to the finish line! They were all faster than Ellie and I so I didn't have to walk the whole way :).

June 2012

And on to June 2012.....

 A group shot for Father's Day. We celebrated Daddy's birthday, too, which I apparently did not take any pictures of. Whoops! Caleb, Ian, Ellie, Levi.

 Both Levi and Caleb lost their first tooth! Levi lost his first, this was the night Caleb did.

 I just like this picture, they were trying to see where each other's missing tooth was.

 Ellie crawling all over the place, she didn't mind even crawling outside. This was at a park we went to with grandparents who came to visit.

 Caleb all ready to go explore a cave.

 Ellie can stand up, and can take steps between people or couches, she just won't take off walking all over yet.

 Caleb finding a cozy place to read.

 Levi working hard on the floor. It must have been warm and sunny or something. He couldn't have been using the floor because the table was still messy from lunch, I'm sure.

 Grandma taught Ellie how to blow kisses. It's so cute! I was trying to get a good picture of her in the awesome rocking chair her uncle and grandpa made her.

And Ian, who doesn't do as many cute things as he used to and so gets his picture taken less. Poor boy.

May 2012

In an attempt to catch up where I am woefully behind, here are pictures from each month. 

 Levi, finding an odd place to read. He's just about finished with kindergarten, and can read small words.

 Ellie's room got painted. We kicked out her brothers (Caleb and Levi were taking turns sharing a room with her while the other one shared with Ian) all into the other room together, since they kept getting sick and I did not want Ellie sick. So she gets her own room, lucky girl.

 She's a climber!

 Of course, now that Caleb and Levi are sharing a room with Ian, and have a bunk bed to sleep on, where do they choose to sleep? On the floor, probably 95% of the time.

 Caleb has taken an interest in geography and the atlas.

 Happy Ellie. She's 19 months old, 16 months past  her due date.

Finally warm enough to play in the sandbox! The sand is great, too, since it's still wet from the snow thawing out on top of it.