A new house and a trip to Colorado!

We are officially living in Desert Aire now (Mattawa, WA). It's really hot and in the middle of nowhere. But, we love our new place as does Elke. We just got back from a great trip to Colorado. We saw lots of family! Here are the pictures from our new place and the trip (including ones of little Major Sander too!)

May and June

Hello all. Elke is doing really well, as are we. She got to go to Vancouver, B.C. and to the aquarium while we were there. The girl likes the city, just like her parents. We are packing up the house and getting ready to move to the desert--looking forward to grandparent help with that! Elke now says shirt, pants, Elke, toes, trees, and home. She also really likes to make everything plural. Looking forward to seeing the Colorado bunch here soon!

May I?

Cute as ever--or getting cuter even! Here's the latest pictures of our little girly girl. New words-sit and outside. Hope you are all well!

Night Night

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

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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!