Lanie Laughed!

So, it all happened this afternoon as we were enjoying this awesome weather outside as a family. Elizabeth was running around like crazy as Elaine looked on from her blanket. Elizabeth ran by, squatted down, and said, "BOO!" Elaine let out a precious laugh! It is so fun that Elizabeth was the first one to get a good laugh; I am sure there will be many more to come. Of course we didn't have the camera handy, so you just get a few of her recent photos.
Side note: Due to Elaine's prevalent spitting up, she is often without a shirt (just around the house) or otherwise hiding under a stack of bibs:) Someday she'll outgrow it! At least she is HAPPY!

Elizabeth Grace is 2 Years Old!!!!

Are you kidding me? My little girl is growing up! She turned 2 yesterday, and was so precious as we celebrated her special day. We are incredibly blessed to have such a supportive and generous family and group of friends. Elizabeth received a new fall wardrobe and a plethora of toys! I think she was a bit overwhelmed and would have probably been happy with just the first gift she opened:) However, she is having a blast with all of her new stuff, and we had a fashion show as she tried on all of her new clothes!
At 2 years old, Elizabeth is very verbal and can clearly communicate her thoughts and feelings and ask really inquisitive questions! She is helpful and genuinely wants to please- a characteristic I notice in many first born kiddos. Some of her favorite things to do include playing at the park, reading books, doing puzzles, watching and playing sports with Daddy, getting her hair fixed pretty, singing, counting, going to church, playing with Addie and Emma, and all around being HAPPY! She is such a joy, and we are blessed to call her our daughter.
Here are a few pics of our sweet girl!

3 Months

Well, this is the first of a series of new updates. Elaine gets precedence, because she is changing so much each day, that if I wait any longer, I am going to miss more fun things!
She turned 3 months on August 31 and is just too cute! She is very social and smiles most of the time. She has started to "talk" a lot and you can tell she is quite proud of herself! Another big accomplishment in Elaine's life has been rolling over! She rolled from front to back several weeks ago, but on Saturday, she woke up from her nap very frantic, and when I went in to get her, I found her on her tummy! She has done it a couple of times since, and today she finally showed off, so now I know it wasn't the roll over fairy- she has skills! Adding to the list, Elaine now eats like a big girl- rice cereal! She had been sleeping 10-11 hours at night, and all of a sudden she began waking after only 6 or 7 hours. She would just eat and go right back to sleep, so I decided she was hungry and needed a little more than mommy milk. The cereal has done the trick, and she is back to her 10 or 11 hours! Her tummy still bothers her if she doesn't get her medicine, and she is still quite the spitter (so I am quite the laundry woman and smell of sour milk most of the time). All in all though, Elaine Karis is a great baby and such a joy for our family!
I'll leave you with a few pics...

What is going on here?

Ummmm... How does this thing work?

Satisfaction!