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Sad to say I have a ton of video of the girls but none of the computers are firewire compatible -which is the cord I have with me to download from the camcorder. These images come from Grammy Bear's camera -which we haven't been using a ton. Hence, again, no Arielle. Really, she's fussed over and loved on probably more than Elly but she's too fast for the camera and my videos aren't downloadable right now! It's too funny, though, the coincidence that this is the second post without her.

Otherwise, things here are going well. Brandon will arrive in a few days and I am SOO excited to see him again. Elly is going to be a month old this week and has settled into a wonderful rhythm and schedule. She's also plumping up quite a bit - which is strange for me to see compared to her willow-o-wisp of a sister. She sleeps from about 8pm - 7am with my alarms waking us both for feedings. She only bawls for obvious reasons - diaper changes in the middle of the night, baths, change her playing position if it's been awhile etc. There are a few times of "What do you think is wrong?" but few and far between. The Lord has given us another amazing blessing in this beautiful, bright-eyed happy little girl. Speaking of our first blessing, she is doing well. A little whinier lately that I was attributing to testing the limits only to find out that she was working on a molar. . . Boy, did I feel bad when I found out that. The principal of obedience still stands but I definitley would've been more understanding and cuddled with her more. Oh well, she's none the worse for wear and laughs just as much - you live, you learn.




She already does an amazing job of pushing with her legs and shimmying a bit. It's amazing how fast they grow.


Elly and her Papa Bear. Elly's working on neck control. . doing really well.



We've been having a lot of thunderstorms here . . which often equals gorgeous sunsets. This is one of them, taken from the Rodgers' porch.



The following is a link taking you to a video someone made of Brandon's API class that he just graduated from. If you want to see what he's been doing - click on the link. If it doesn't work - copy and paste. The website is pretty safe except that at times the two ads are advertising some dark video games. Simply hit the refresh button and it will change the ads. Sorry, I can't figure out any other way of showing you the video since it is such a large file.

http://files.filefront.com/API+Class+0829wmv/;10653647;/fileinfo.html

It's crazy to think that this is what he did every day. What a stud. Oh yeah, if you want to play a version of "Where's Waldo" - see how many times you can spot Brandon. We've counted three so far with some questionables.

That's all. Love to you.