Swing Set...

Well, the past week and a half we've had quite a few people come over to help us put together a swing set for the girls.... THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped!!! The girls, Matt and I ALL LOVE it!!!

First we have some pics of having fun while the swing set is being built....

Such a big girl!!!

And my happy little swinger!

We tried the big girl swing.... BUT....

Who wouldn't want a pink swing?

Such a fun fort!

Okay, we ALL enjoy the swing set, and here are a few videos to prove it...

Matt and I had a few competitions, and well, we can both go forwards AND backwards doing the following....

And Emily and I had fun too... Sorry Matt recorded sideways!

Sitting and Laughing...

Emily has been SUCH a good sitter since April, and so we took a video then! And well, we love her laugh too... How could we not share these videos???

Laughing...

First 'solids'...

Well... Emily had her first solids on Sat. It didn't go quite perfectly, but it was entertaining to us... And of course we wanted to share!

To put it in one instant... this sums it up...

But we still gave mama big smiles!

We did try again on Sun. and she played with it in her mouth a bit more and then spit it out again... We'll just keep trying!

New Kitchen

We gave Ellie her brand new kitchen (finally), and she just loves it!

And the girls also love the box that it came in. I made a little house out of it for them. With some prodding from Dada, Ellie was even able to get Mama to join her in her little house!

Toys aren't only for kids...

Here is Mama with her grand marble creation...

And Dada used the tub crayons to do a geography lesson. Ellie now knows where her most of her extended family lives!

Another video...

Ellie was just so cute playing with her train, and having a 'troll' under the bridge.. Her weeble-wobbles take turns who is the 'troll'...

Otherwise, we had a great weekend this weekend... Matt took Ellie to the park on Sat. (I took Emily for 3-month pics!) then this morning (Sun.) we took the family to the zoo... And then after naptime we went back outside for more playtime... I think it might've been too much fresh air as Ellie was wiped out before 7:00! (Unheard of for her!)... Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for having us over Patti and Megan!

On Wed. night Patti and her friend Megan invited the whole family over for dinner, and we had a blast... Thought I'd share some of the pics...

Here's Uncle Terry getting some Ellie-time, they also had a great time building blocks!

Auntie Patti and Bapa are always fun!
And here's Auntie Annie crawling underneath legs with Ellie!