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!

Been a while...

Sorry it's been so long. Elke's doing really well--standing, cruising, saying "Dada," chasing the dog around, dancing (she's got rhythm!), waving hello and goodbye, making faces, and just generally being cute. No teeth yet...walking in the near future? Here's a ton of pictures to peruse.

Back to School

Well, we're all back to school now. Elke is adjusting pretty well. She seems to enjoy Chaucer in the original Middle English, so that's pretty cool. Elke's really growing fast. She crawls and pulls herself up. She's even cruising a little. We haven't posted for a while, so here are some picks and a movie.

Rodeo Weekend

Well, Elke went to her first Rodeo this Labor Day weekend. Other than the squealing pigs (note the picture of Elke crying), Elke really enjoyed the fair and rodeo. Elke's still scooting most of the time but is starting to mix in some proper crawling too. Grandma Jan just spend a couple of days taking care of Elke while Dustin was out of town (Congrats, Mitch and Jenny!). Other than that, no big news. Hope every one is well!

Back to School

Summer is starting to wind down out here. Maggie goes back to work on Monday (and will really miss Elke!). Dustin has until the end of September and then he's back too. Here are a few pictures of the twerp. She seems to like her bucket more than the toys in the bucket. We'll post rodeo pictures after Labor Day (yee ha!).