that’s what the school crossing guard said to me this morning. ha! who says that still?! lol

well we made it. our first week back at school. and yes i totally consider myself back to school since i have the craziest pick up/drop off schedule… with a baby in tow. i miss school buses! kira loves middle school. i love driving by it at random times of the day and trying to see her. cam has his best friend in his class. caleb is quite the stickler to rules in kindergarten and i am so proud of him! 🙂

and me and my girl.

a very rare treat for me. not her being in my arms.. but being in my arms while asleep! after SO many years of putting my other kids to sleep like this.. it is so weird not to do that with els. she doesn’t like to be rocked to sleep. she wants to be put in bed and will do it herself. but this morning, i got a treat. she wanted me and i soaked it all up. mmmmmmmmm… sweet smelling baby head all in my neck. 🙂 🙂 🙂

happy friday.

when you tell people your baby is six months.. it’s like a whole other age group- she’s not with the itty bitty newborns anymore. she is at that next stage. the stage that is hardest for me. hardest to keep up with but at the same time, hardest to say goodbye to once she reaches her next stage.

so here she is— all giggly and gorgeous.

sitting up well…loving her solids…especially bananas…mommy is loving making elsie’s food at home…just started doing the blinky-pretty-eyes/scrunchy nose thing when she is flirting…wakes up at 445 every morning to chat to herself and falls back asleep (thank goodness!!!!)…then wakes up at 700-730 for the day….naps 3-4 times (which i am sure will totally fall apart once school starts tomorrow)…doesn’t care about her toys.. but loves everything she can’t have- Ziploc bags, Grocery bags, plastic packaging… she loves ribbons and straps to her carseat/stroller…sucks her thumb with her fingers out like she is playing the trumpet…not one bit interested in crawling.. is perfectly happy being carried around on my hip all day (eeeeek my back!)

sweet, sweet, sweet. 🙂

https://watersfive.typepad.com/there_was_this_one_time/files/dada1.mov

so i was in the middle of major scrap productivity yesterday and didn’t want to get sucked into the computer. sorry auts. 🙂
here they are!

everyday we had different people come visit us. it was so nice to have everyone there! i love the kitchen and the eat in area. i love the big windows that look out at the ocean. i love that elsie will keep her hat and sunglasses on. i love bonfires and smores!

i love falling asleep and waking to the sound of the ocean right outside the balcony. i love the kids playing outside for hours. i love barbecuing!

love that we did this so late in august– that school starts next tues– and that it was the perfect way to end our summer.

after a glorious stay at the beach…summer is officially over….more pics later today.
🙂

for things to blog about. i’ve been hoarding pics and stories to scrap. and just feeling blah about the blog in general. here’s one- the girls had a playdate yesterday. look how cute they are in their matching babystyle (eeek as i went to link that, i saw that the sale is now to 50% off!)

yeah so i am a total onesie mom. i pretty much leave elsie in her onesie from bedtime unless she drools too much or has an accident… then i put her in another onesie. i looked at her closet full of pretty dresses and decided everytime we go out she will wear a dress. she already does for church, but thought i would go ahead and include trips to the PO and grocery store too. this is what she thinks about the dresses:

and 2 weeks from today… at THIS exact time of the day….

my 3 goobs will be in school.(minus the mohawk!) AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! does it sound like i am sad about that or very excited? it’s very weird because this was to be the time where i would be alone.. maybe get a parttime job or something.. the first time in 11 years to have some me time 5 days a week… but noooo… hello elsie. 🙂 just kidding. i’m very excited to have some alone time with her…but i think she’s going to miss the entertainment the big kids provide. 😦

chris and i went out on sat night and we saw this really funny movie. i love it when he takes me to see something that i have no clue about and i walk out of the theatre looooving it. i also love dates… and we’ve been understandably deprived lately.

this is where my camera was left during those first few days of vacation:

sundance. no, i didn’t get to go. went through his pics for him today though and he got some good ones. so proud of him! 🙂

last week we were seeing lots of this:

it seems in just a few days, she is really getting the hang of it. now, she can sit up for a lot longer. neat!

i know that many of my pics might look the same.. but i can totally see a difference.. a little change of expression, a different spark in her eye, i see it… it’s a whole new elsie. in this one, she’s pursing her lips oh so cutely.

happy monday!

i am so glad we decided to break up our vacations into 2 smaller ones this summer. now that this one is over, we still have one more to look forward to! here’s pics galore!

i couldn’t resist superman in the phone booth!

waiting for everyone to wake up so he can swim:

kira did it! she taught cam how to swim!

and the last swim of the trip.. bright and early.. little elf came out to watch them

a pic of the 4 of em that i likey 🙂

and another attempt at a family picture by my friend. we got some cute ones- thanks, lisa! 🙂

i think this is my very first post without a picture. 😦
we are on a little vacation and i am camera-less. 😦
chris meets us for the rest of the vacation tonight. 🙂
we get free internet in our hotel room. 🙂
i had a latte AND a dr. pepper tonight. 🙂
i love jenni and her kits.
it’s almost midmonth at 2p’s.
elsie is beginning to recognize her name. 🙂
i have been waking up in the morning to elsie scratching the mesh on the playpen. 🙂
kira is teaching cameron how to swim. 🙂
it is gorgeous where we are. 🙂
but i think i am allregic to the sun. is that possible? 😦
i had some good times with my mom while we were here. 🙂

have a good week, people. 🙂

and i just don’t know how i feel about it. none of our other kids were thumbsuckers. she still prefers her 2 fingers but is slowly liking that thumb now too. i like that she knows how to soothe herself.  but..but…but.. i don’t know. she’s been a big sleepy head lately.. i think she’s having a growth spurt!
for jen, a bigger profile pic:

taken by my sweet SIL. i think this is our 2nd pic of us where we are all together! we always have one person missing. (look how wittle elsie is there!)

and proof that after 11 hours of sleep, you can wake up beautiful!