Sisters

Another talker?

Some of you might be inclined to think, "Wow, Emily talks a lot. Ellen will probably be a quiet kid." It seems that Ellen has instead taken this as a challenge. A challenge she will win. She will be the Michael Phelps of screaming.

I love these giggles!!!

It's equally awesome that Emily is helping me make her laugh. I have more, but limited myself.

CHUBBY kid

4-month pictures, a bit late

Poor Ellen. I neglected to mention a major milestone--she rolled over! She turned from front to back last week, on her official four-month birthday, 8/5. Here's how she measures up:

Here she was at one week (how does 8lbs. look so scrawny?):
Not quite rolling over, but fun anyway:

Silliness

(Disappointed that I won't feed her anything but tots)

Blueberries

We met up with the Budds to pick blueberries yesterday, just before delicious dinner at their house. I neglected to get any pictures of playing at their house, but I did get some at the blueberry farm. We had to be quick, but we managed to get four pounds of blueberries for $3.

Film festival picture

Talking & giggling

At Auntie Kim's

Before going to the annual Garden Home film festival (Kim's boss throws a big party and shows a movie on a giant screen in his yard every year), we hung out at Kim's. Emily played with Jenn's niece & nephews (Jenn used to be my roommate, and now she's Kim's neighbor).

Boots and coloring

Kim came over for dinner, and Emily tried on her boots. Yikes.
Everybody colored while Kim & I made caramel corn.

Four-month checkup

Ellen now weighs in at 15 pounds (!) and is 24 3/4 inches long. That's not much bigger than Emily,
although looking through her baby book I noticed some discrepancies with measurements...the AF had her at 26 inches when she was 4 months old, then our other doctor (whom I tend to trust more), and her at 25 inches when she was 6 months old. So I guess we'll just have to compare weight.