Uncle Todd and Aunt Corinne went to Disneyland, and look what they brought back for me! Mater, Red, "Light-ten-ing Queen," the Sheriff, and Luigi! I have had them with me every waking moment since I got them on Friday night. Thanks for the new cars!
My New Cars
Congratulations to Jamey!
My little buddy, Jamey, became a big brother this morning! His mommy, Ms. Karyn, went in for a scheduled C-section, and baby Jack was born at 8:10 this morning. Jack was 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 1/2" long. (Jamey was 8 1bs., 12 oz., 21" long, so Jack didn't follow the norm of being bigger than his older brother.) We won't post the pictures because Mommy says she doesn't want to "beat Ms. Karyn to the punch," but we wanted to share the news!
Prom Dates?
This morning, we went to Ms. Jetta's house. I got to play with her four older daughters, and Mommy got to chat with Ms. Jetta and help burp and change Cora and Peter, the new babies. I had a great time playing, having snacks, and watching the babies.
When it was time to leave, I was holding the flowers that the girls had picked for me, and Anneliese and I were giving goodbye hugs. Anneliese wanted her picture with me, and guess who had a camera handy? Mommy, of course. We took our pictures together, and the mommies thought we were so cute. Ms. Jetta said that they'd show these pictures to our prom dates someday.
Anneliese is three, and I'm two. How much older do we have to be before we go to the prom?
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
On our most recent trip to Kohl's, we found two new favorite books: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? I love reading them over and over. Yesterday, I decided that I needed to sleep like the dinosaurs. So here I am next to Mommy and Daddy's bed with a pillow, blanket, and a moose. I'm tucking in my tail just like a dinosaur-that's what I told Mommy!
Another Toy Recall
Hello little buddies,
You should tell your parents that some more kids' toys have been recalled due to lead paint. Most of them are Dora, Diego, or Sesame Street characters, but there are a bunch of them!
There's a list of them at the end of this news article:
http://www.nbc11.com/news/13801531/detail.html
Being a Lefty
Mommy and Daddy have known for quite awhile that I have a strong preference for my left hand. Since my mom used to teach school and is still a teacher at heart, she's been wondering how this will affect me when I start learning to write, cut, and do other school things. She Googled "left handed child" and found all sorts of interesting things including a blog for left-handed children and their parents and teachers. It may just be a list of books and products, but it's still interesting. We've added it to the very bottom of my list of links, below my wish list.
The most interesting thing that Mommy learned in her quick skimming of these websites is that when she's trying to teach me how to do things, like tying my shoes (someday,) that she should sit across from me and be a mirror image of me instead of trying to do it with her left hand. Somehow Mommy and Daddy prefer their right hands. I may have to get Grandpa, who is also left handed, to help me out with some things!
Waiting for a Train
Here are all my vehicles waiting for a train. Mommy thinks it looks like the train is waiting for my vehicles, but I'm sure you'll agree that it's the other way around.
Reading the Bible
Here I am reading my Bible with Daddy. Sometime before I was two years old and started saying "Bible," Mommy decided I needed one of my own. We went to the store and picked out this one. It has a picture on every page and lots and lots of stories. I love to hear the stories about how God loves us!
Guy Things
Today was our day to do guy things-just my daddy and me. First, though, Aunt Amanda came over so that she could watch Cars and play with me. She had never seen Cars before. We had a great time except for when I spilled my Kix all over the floor and just couldn't handle the chaos. I managed to refrain from diaper events while she was here. All in all, we had a fun time. Thanks for playing with me, Aunt Amanda!
Back to the guy things. After my nap, Daddy and I got the oil changed in our car and test drove some other cars-not because we are going to buy them, but just because it's fun to drive cars. We also ate at a sushi restaurant, and I got to eat rice with soy sauce (which I call "sushi juice") and chop sticks. Daddy knows lots of fun things to do. On the way home, I kept telling Daddy that Mommy was home. He didn't believe me-he thought that Mommy might still be out scrapbooking. But I was right! Mommy was home waiting for me at bedtime, and I gave her lots of hugs before bed. I was very happy to have our family all together again, and I said so lots of times.
Oh, and some of the other mommies might be wondering what Mommy did while she was away. Well, she got 64 pages done in our album and is all caught up now. Lots of the pictures in the album are pictures of me. It was a great day for everyone!
Mommy Came Back
This morning when I got up, Mommy was home again. When she asked me if I had fun with Daddy, I said, "Doing guy things." Daddy said, "I didn't say that to him at all." Yup, we had fun, and I can make up my own comments about how things are going. Today, we are going to do more guy things and also see Aunt Amanda. We'll have fun without you, Mommy!
Why Mommy Is Excited
Mommy is gearing up for a big event just for ladies. This afternoon and tonight, and all day tomorrow, she is going to spend time with other ladies at a church working on crafty projects. Mommy is going to choose scrapbooking as her project, and she's so excited. Did I mention that there are not going to be any kids there? Doesn't sound too great to me, but Mommy is really excited, even though she'll be "working." She says that the last time she got to do this, she got 32 pages done in our scrapbook. (Some of the pictures were of me with firetrucks, so I guess I don't mind if she does it again.) I think I heard something about eating chocolate and talking a lot, too.
The things that ladies like to do are things that I don't really understand. But, the good thing is, this event is at the same place we have MOPS, and I get to go play with the other kids in the MOPS nursery for awhile today until Daddy gets home. Tomorrow, I get to play with Aunt Amanda and bond with Daddy and do guy things. So, Mommy's time out is a good thing for me, too!
What My Vehicles Do
You might remember that my vehicles used to drive to Ace and to the car wash a lot. They don't do that very much anymore. They do two things now: go to a party or wait for a train. In this picture, they are going to a party. When Mommy asks me what kind of party, I always tell her it's a birthday party, and when she asks me whose birthday it is, it's always Ella's. You'd think she'd remember by now!
The next time my vehicles decide to wait for a train, I'm sure Mommy will take a picture. Wait and see!
Congratulations to Caroline and Peter!
Congratulations to Caroline and Peter on the birth of their little brother, Daniel, today. Daniel was 9 lbs., 7 oz. and 21" long. I've never met Caroline and Peter, but their mommy and daddy, Ms. Ruth and Mr. Clay, were friends with Mommy and Daddy two towns ago. Mr. Clay and Ms. Ruth and the kids are getting ready to go live in Macedonia as missionaries. Welcome to the world, Daniel!
"J" is for Jonathan
Here I am reading my Jonathan book with Daddy. Even though Daddy's job is busy, it's so close to our house that he can come home for lunchtime and say "goodnight" to me before my nap. I love that! In this picture, it's right before naptime.
Grandma made this book for me before our last airplane trip. Each page has a pocket for me to open up and find a surprise vehicle. Mommy says it's good for my motor skills, but I really like looking for the vehicles, and they're all driven by bears! Here are pictures of the pages in case you'd like to take a peek! Thanks for my Jonathan book, Grandma!
Beautiful
We don't have many cloudy days in the summer, but here's what sunset looked like today when we had clouds.
A Small Sample
Here's a small sample of my new hobby: rhyming! Usually I like to make long lists of words that rhyme, but this time, I only wanted to do one at a time.
Congratulations to Jonah!
Congratulations to my little buddy, Jonah, who became a big brother on July 12 when his little brother, Levi, was born. Levi was 8 lbs., 6 oz. and had to be born by C-section after a long labor, but everybody is fine now. Congratulations, Jonah!
Levi fills out the list of ten babies that I know who were born in 30 days:
6/15 Cora and Peter (twins)
6/21 Owen
7/1 Addison
7/2 Emerson and Karley (different families)
7/6 Levi
7/7 Wesley
7/12 Levi (yes, a 2nd one! Their mommies and mine actually know each other from working at camp together, but they didn't talk to each other until after the names were decided!)
7/13 Delia
This tops the record that our friends set in October of 2005 when six of Mommy's friends were due to have babies within in one month. (Between the early babies and late babies, those six babies ended up taking about a month and a half to be born.) In case you've forgotten, the babies were Jamey, Katherine, Maximus, Nathan, Olivier, and Spike.
There are still a few more babies we know who are going to be born this summer. We'll keep you posted!
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