Annoucement

You probably already know this, but I just have to announce that I have the cutest 4 1/2 month old girl in the world.  That is quite an accomplishment.  She literally draws crowds, not even kidding.  Who could resist this cute face?!

It's no wonder then, the uncanny resemblance between her and the cutest 4 1/2 month old BOY in the world, 2 years ago: 

                                                                      cutest boy in the world                                     cutest girl in the world

Amazing!!

Our Recent Trips

 Our Recent Trips have been localized to the Phoenix area, since it is hard for Erik to get some time off.  The best part is that they were all FREE! 

Phoenix Children's Museum gave out free tickets at the library-very nice, since it is $11 per person, including Gabe.  I went with some friends (since Erik was still gone on Rotation in Texas) at the very last day of September.  Gabe of course loved it (it was his third time).  Here is a photo dump of that trip for ya:

 Elisa enjoying the Children's Museum

 Gabe on the stairs

 

 The kids, with their stolen suckers.  Well, Gabe stole his.  Oops.

 

"Lunch" break.  We weren't going to pay $7 for a nasty sandwich, so we just ate whatever snacks were in our bags.  We were all still hungry after that!

 

  Gabe loved playing in the beans!  I had to take him away when he started flinging them everywhere.

Gabe playing at the "kitchen"

Elisa enjoying herself.  I liked how they had bumbo chairs lying around everywhere!

Last Saturday (Sept. 10th), we all went to Pueblo Grande Museum and The Museum of Natural History, both in Phoenix. The Weather was quite nice, a blessing since most of the Indian ruins were outside:   

 

 We thought the Pueblo Grand Museum was pretty cool, but I think I've had my share at looking at old pottery for awhile!

 Erik and I enjoyed the Museum of Natural History, and Gabe especially had a blast!

A real dinosaur bone!

Don't worry...that's just a napkin over Elisa's face.  She was licking it, so obviously she could breathe just fine :)

Every 15 minutes or so there would be a "flood" complete with lightening.  Gabe thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Playin' around

Can you spot Gabe's cute face in these old movies? 

Panning for "gold"

Daddy and his princess

4 Months Old!!

Make that 4 and a half months old as of today.  Our sweet little Elisa got her shots today.  Erik has Fridays off so I made him go in with her.  I scheduled Gabe to get his flu shot as well (@ Lake Pleasant Pediatrics w/ Dr. Ravi) so for a minute there we had two screaming children.  But Gabe got over it and so did Elisa--kind of--she had a hard day after that.  Poor girl. 

Here are her stats:


Weight:  14 lbs----40th percentile
Length: 26 in.-----90th percentile
Head: 16 in.------40th percentile

So another long baby.  She's definitely more petite than Gabe was, but that's okay, we like little girls and big boys!  I can't believe she has doubled her birth weight.  And I especially can't believe she's four months already.  Crazy.  We love her!!

Elisa's Blessing Weekend

Last weekend Erik's parents came down for Labor day and Elisa's blessing.  I was a fun weekend and it was nice to FINALLY have Erik home! Erik gave Elisa a very nice blessing and she looked beautiful in her gown. 

Gabie being daddy's twin

Elisa's Blessing Day pictures:

It was hard to strap her in her carseat with the long dress on!

I embroidered her name on her gown, you can't see it very well here though

Our Family picture--the first one since Elisa was born!

Proud daddy

Gabe being Grandpa's twin