Night Night

Check out this video where Elke sings and soothes Elmo to sleep. Apparently it's time for Elmo to go to bed.

From Elkeweb 26

April Adventures

As you can see, Elke's still as cute as ever. She's getting pretty active these days: climbing on furniture, walking, running, stomping. She likes to say cracker, ball, car, book, bubble, dog, tortilla, cheese, color (as in crayons), no-no, baby, hat, hi, mama, and dada (sometimes, mostly this one is mama too!). She's quickly changing from a baby to a little girl. We asked her yesterday how to say love, and she replied, "mmmmmm," as she tilted her head to the side--what a sweetheart!

Marching out

So it's spring! We're still waiting to get outside a bit more--it snowed this week. Elke is a ton of fun. She runs, hugs the dog, says "cracker" (a thousand times a day)and "bubble." She wears our shoes and carries around mom's purse or a basket full of toys and books. She likes to search for birds (with a whistle to accompany the search), draw with crayons, and did we mention she likes crackers? Here's the newest pictures.

Zoo and Besos

Here's some recent pictures--including a visit from family and our trip to the Woodland Park Zoo where Elke got to hang out with her old (ok, 9 month old) friend Rhia and a bunch of other animals. We had a great time.




Here's a video of Elke's relatively new talent--although now when you ask her if you can have a kiss, she shakes her head "no." Sassy, sassy.




We'd also like to welcome Major Robert Sander--Born 3.4.09--Congratulations Brandon and Sara!

Elke-Bam(bino) in February

Hello all. We finally got some pictures of the new teeth. She actually has a third one coming in now too. There's no stopping her as far as walking is concerned. She has learned to jog across the floor too. She has added some new animal noises and words to her vocabulary. She also does some signing. She signed "baby" over and over every day. Once we figured out what she was saying, we went and got her a "baby". She carries it around, pats its head, and offers it a pacifier. She's pretty darn adorable.

Milestones

Elke's been busy. Since we last posted, Elke has had her first Christmas, first birthday, first teeth, and first few steps! We all went up to grandma and grandpa Stanley's house in Sequim for Christmas Eve and Day. And Elke's grandma and grandpa Jan and Doug came to our house for Elke's birthday. We got a lot of snow this year, and Elke enjoyed watching it all fall. Thank you to everyone for all the generous gifts and well-wishes. We're all back in school now until spring break, so it's back to the grindstone. Here are a couple slideshows and videos.

Christmas Pics


Birthday Pics


New Bike


Walking

December...and a little November still.

Hello All! Here are the newest pictures of the little twerp. She's taken a step or two (usually toward the dog) but isn't in to the whole walking thing yet. We're all home together for a few weeks (yeah!). It finally started snowing around here--Elke loves it. We're not sure where we'll be for the holidays--depends on the weather. Elke's birthday is coming up and this is her first Christmas so...more pictures to come in the near future. We hope you are all well and wish we could magically be with everyone for the holidays!