Growing Up

Just as Elaine has grown from my sweet little first-born baby...
to a toddler...
to a preschooler (!)
so too has her room transformed from nursery...
to toddler bed...
and she now has her big girl bed.
Three years (almost) go by fast...enjoy your kids while they are little!

July

I'm getting worse at this...since Becky posted about her adorable one-week old baby, I guess I have no longer have an "I'm busy" excuse. So here's a brief recap of what we did in July.

Matt and Denise were here for the Fourth of July and we had such a great time visiting with them.Elaine started dressing herself. (This is her Minnie Mouse Halloween costume from last year.)
Dogs got fleas (but they're all gone now, thank goodness).

Natalie can say "Mama" - and she says it a lot.Phil built the mack-daddy sandbox - with a little help from Elaine. She really likes tools. And we had to shovel in 3 tons of sand. We love the sandbox and we put the pool next to it so Elaine can run back and forth.

Elaine is potty-trained!! (Very exciting...but no pictures.)