We had a great trip to NC this past week.  Elise did so well on the plane rides and all the hopping around to different houses.  It was a full trip, but a great time with family.

Elise is 21 months old!  This month we had the fun of VBS, and Elise got to spend a few days alone with Daddy while I went to a conference in Atlanta.  They had fun at the zoo, library, park, eating lunch out, and playing in the sprinkler, but she was worn out by the time I got home.  She still loves the park, reading, feeding her bunny and babies, seeing the horse statues around town, eating meals on the porch, and watermelon. 

It’s a girl! Elise is about to have a little sister!

I can’t believe it’s taken us this long to post… We have a baby on the way!   Right now we’re 18 weeks along with baby due mid-November.  This week I’ve been able to feel the baby start thumping around a bit, and Josh even felt it once, too.  Fun times!  Ultrasound is next week.

Elise is 20 months old!  We spend our time at home playing, outside playing, at the playground, watering the plants, cooking in her kitchen, and starting to color with crayons.  Her vocabulary is still exploding, and she’s starting to put words together like “wash hands” and “phone ringing”.  You can just see her little brain ticking away and she processes new words and information.  She loves to look at the pictures in her Bible, especially the babies and snakes - where’d that come from?!  And her latest stalling technique at bedtime is “more pray”.  It’s hard to turn that down!  We are already surprised by what she remembers and her budding imagination.  She’s definitely a toddler and will let you know (loudly) when she’s not getting something she wants.  But she’s still a sweet girl!