some days she doesn’t get the belly that high off the floor. and i am totally okay with it. i am not in a rush for her to crawl around everywhere at all.
she’s getting her second tooth in… being a trooper about it.. but mommy likes to find excuses to snug and squeeze her anyways. 🙂

grammies found these pictures of daddy yesterday and i loved seeing the blond haired blue eyed version of els! 🙂 of course, she looks more delicate and feminine.. but those big eyes… she definitely got them from him! even the nose and lips look so similar! even the little hair flippy on the side! haha!

oh and why, yes! i DO have other children besides elsie!!!!!! 🙂 😉

it is so much harder to get pics of them when they are in school all day.. i just happened to get this last week. but you know it’s bad when i had to go back to august to find this pic of caleb! 🙂

daddy’s proud moment of the week: caleb is learning the sound letters make, particularly that begin words… so daddy, trying to be so tricky, says: "xylophone". caleb says: "you think it would start with Z… but it starts with X." daddy was stunned! go get em caleb! 🙂

i really wish she was smiling in this pic.. but she was wondering what the heck that thing was behind her ear. 😉 this is what she did soon after to the sweet little flower:

so here she is… at seven glorious months:
just starting to get her first tooth in, looks like she is done with her clogged tear duct thing (yay!), losing a bit of hair on the back right of her head from sleeping on that side alot, starting to wake up in the middle of the night for some reason (i’m hoping it’s just the teething), sitting up well, doing the army man crawl.. only if she has to.. not a big fan of being anywhere but on my hip.. napping 2-3 times a day.. loving fruit to the point where i have to mix it in with her veggies just to get the veggies down.. starting to use her sippy cup..buries her head in my shoulder when it’s too sunny out.. starting to gnaw at my shoulder so when i walk around in public, everyone tries not to stare at my slobbered/soaking shoulder…waves hi to people, especially her brothers and sister.. loves to play with "her laptop" — or anything else that is not a designated elsie toy 🙂 (notice her basket of toys beside her.. UNTOUCHED.. story of her playtime)

and just another that i loved from the other night.. this is her thing she does when she gets tired.. rubs her face, flips her hair, scratches her neck and then the 2 fingers go straight in the mouth.

and while i am at it.. making this motherlode of a post… here’s for our bay area family.. your new little nephew/cousin/family member… aut’s son: kainoa muelu aka cutie patootie!

oh and thanks to all you who visited the angel wars’ site… and put orders through.. so sweet of you all.

thank you 🙂

Yes, I’ve resorted to using my wife’s blog to plug my super dooper animated hit series (see link to incredible sweepstakes at right).  I admit, it’s cheap.  But then again, you might win an iPOD with 30 gigs of memory.  Of course, you’re probably thinking, "Chris, I never win anything, and everyone knows that internet sweepstakes are crap." 

True, true.  In fact, the more likely scenario is that you’ll sign up, not win, and recieve periodic emails from my company telling you to buy something to do with Angel Wars. (shirt, DVD, toothbrush?) So, why bother clicking on that there banner?  Well, if you have a kid in your life that loves action adventure, appreciates a good fantasy yarn, and pretends to be a superhero on a daily basis, then this just might be for you (and there’s always the remote chance you’ll win the iPOD.)  And if it isn’t, you might think of someone it is right for as you’re watching the trailer to see if you won the iPOD (clever, no?)  If that’s the case, we’ve got a little " send to a friend" button included on the eCard landing page (clever-er, no?)  Of course, you could always pass up on the whole affair, but then your slim chances at a free iPOD would become none.  Thanks in advance for supporting the cause!

going on here. lots of scrapping. nice weather. school is good. okay fine, here’s elsie from today. this weekend she turns SEVEN months!
the only thing that would make her sit still was this darn buzz lightyear phone!

ok, i’ll take this one. 🙂

how could she look completely different in a matter of seconds?! i swear, she gives me the greatest looks! and she is wearing one of kira’s dresses from forever ago! crazy huh?!

and update on skipping boy: he is skipping with full force now. 🙂 very happy! 🙂 🙂 🙂

check out the garden  tomorrow night! it’s such a great theme. 🙂 i LOVED it!

have a good weekend!

little dude came home today very sad. today in PE they asked them to skip and he could not. i didn’t realize that my boy does not know how to skip. i don’t remember ever teaching the others how to skip. i don’t know why caleb has never skipped a day in his life. maybe he has much more important things to do….than skip. 🙂 (older pic with older lens of happy boy– this is not how he looked today…lol)
in other parenting news… this one is teething. see how she sorta has that bottom lip in?

she’s quite the resourceful little gal.. she sucks on it to soothe her gums. at least, i think that’s what she’s doing. she hasn’t been too fussy.. a bit when it’s time to sleep but overall not as hellish as i remember teething to be. 🙂 like the sheet wrinkle marks on her face? she just had a good sleep. yay!

here’s a few quick shots with the new lens. it’s a 50 mm 1.4 .. haven’t had good lighting in the house lately (some are noisy and my wb is totally off on some- i need to break out my yummy speedlite again) so hope i get some good ones at the wedding today! 🙂 i mean, i better. 🙂

have a good weekend. 🙂

….it’s not a picture of elsie! (she got shots today at the docs and weighs 15 lbs 9 oz)
…..i am posting twice in the same week!
…….i got a new lens! (ok, it was only my 3rd pic with it. i only got it 5 min ago. i need to play with it more.) 🙂

and of course!!!!!!! it’s GREY’S ANATOMY TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🙂 I LOVE THURSDAYS!!!!!

you know, like in finding nemo?! 🙂 elsie gets a kick out of seeing herself in the mirror. everytime. big smiles. here she looks like such a KID to me! i mean… where is my 6 month old?!

not much to say. saturdays filled with soccer. getting into our school routine. it’s really sinking in with caleb that he has to go to school 5 days a week and actually has homework. lol. i have been procrastinating. blah, blah, blah. i did try and get a nice new lens today and our camera store was sold out. total buzz kill. 🙂

post before the internet goes out!

my internet connection has been wonky lately. hate that! so a quick post before i’m not able to get on again.

kira picked this cute turtle for her sister. how could i resist? every girl should have a pink turtle for the bath! she really loves this thing. 🙂

soccer season has started. kira is in a new division which means a HUGE field to run around on. cam kicked butt at his first game. BOTH kids scored goals- we were so excited! i wonder how the kids feel to see their big waters clan on the sidelines cheering for them. we get rather giddy out there! 🙂

in other news.. caleb already has his halloween costume all planned out. he wants to be aang from avatar – he wants chris to be appa, his flying bison, and elsie to be momo, his pet lemur.  i think she has the lemur’s eyes! 🙂 yes, we are all about the avatar in this house! 🙂