Can we talk?

Can we talk? That is what Miss Elwyn Ruth seems to be saying in the first picture to me. Now of course her Daddy thinks she has mischief on her mind, and he is probably closer to being right. Mostly this one just shows her two fabulous teeth. Which, by the way, are about to be joined by a third any day now.

The second picture is one of Elie with all our neighbor kids. Emma, Olivia, Sally and Elliot. They had propped her up like a princess on blankets and were showing her how to play with her doll that afternoon. What fun they are and how lucky we are to have them next door.

How to see the pictures

Hey, I've had LOTS of comments that when you get an update in your email box you aren't able to click the link and see the picture. I"m soooo sorry. Here is the way a couple of folks have solved the problem.

When they get an email, they go to their webbrowser and type in www.athomewiththepattersons.blogspot.com this takes them straight to our page...pictures and all.

Then they marked our page on their favorites list, so that then when they get an email letting them know I've made a post to the blog, they just delete the email and go straight to our Blog.

If that doesn't work for you please let me know and I'll figure something else out.

Now on to the next post and more of what you really want.

Sometimes Life Stinks...

Even when you are 8 months old. Like when mommy puts you down and you really just want to be held, or when Max won't let you play with his Spider Man. Fortunately when you are 8 months old you always have your feet around to make you happy again.

You know she really is cute....even when she cries.

Elie makes her KU debut

Daddy took Mommy and Elie to their first KU Football game this weekend. KU beat up on Southeast Louisana but best of all Elie thought all 40,000 people were there just to see her. She made friends with the folks in front and behind us and sang and laughed the whole time. When KU made a touchdown instead of waving the wheat, Daddy waved the Pig (before dinner that is) She even made it through most of the third quarter when Mommy and Daddy pulled the plug on the fun. Basically it was 8pm and bedtime with no signs of Elie slowing down.

Fortunately for Mommy and Daddy she slept the whole way home.

Mom is Crazed Freak...

OK, so I was having lunch with an old friend about a month ago and relating all the stupid and absolutely first time mom things I had done, when she told me that I should put a little of that on the blog, not all this sugar coated candy stuff...so here goes Patt.

This past week I was neurotic. No I'm serious completely neurotic. I was convinced that Elie was going to choke. You see we are just getting into serious real food (not just that pureed crap in the store) and I was just sure that because I didn't know what I was doing she was certain to choke to death.

My first victim was Kristin. At the pool I"m having a fruit plate and sharing with Elie...in the course of a bite of cantaloupe I asked Kristin if I should be feeding her cantaloupe, Kristin said just so long as the piece are small enough. Sure enough about 2 seconds later Elie coughed up a hunk of it and Kristin said "See pops right out!". Good thing she was there.

A couple of nights later at a friends house for dinner I had purchased organic biscuits that the box CLEARLY stated were for children at least 9 months old. So when Elie bit off a big hunk I went into fits and begged Bill to dig out of her mouth...much to Elie's surprise and dismay.

So finally the following day we were at Grammy and Grandad's. Daddy had gone to the store for supplies and mommy thought "oh this biscuit can't hurt". The poor child gave one slight cough and I went into freak mode. I wailed to Carolyn that Elie was choking just as I was turning her over and beginning to slap her back violently. Carolyn then came to my rescue and began digging the biscuit out of her mouth (which I don't really think was there). In the process she scrapped her mouth so there was just the smallest amount of blood, to which I just knew we had to go to the hospital. Carolyn level headed, got Elie a sip of water and suggested I nurse her since the poor kid was scared half to pieces and crying. Of course that did the trick and after a stiff drink mommy came down from her ledge.

The following day my weekly email from "what to expect when you are expecting" was titled...Do you Worry about Everything? So apparently I"m not the only freakish new mom on the planet, which is in some small degree comforting but also a little embarrassing.

I took their advise and went for a run. I plan to make it a habit...

Learning to Crawl

Elie has been a very busy girl this last month and here is the videos to prove it. We are only weeks away from crawling and life changes once again for mommy and daddy. All I have to say is...we aren't ready.

Rub This....aka BBQ Baby

It's been a while since the gals were in Colorado doing our BBQ thang, but I thought I would share some shots of "little Miss" being the hit of the BBQ. Our tent became the "one with the baby". As you can see Elie worked very hard...sleeping and playing with Aunt Barbie and Aunt Peggi. Now that is the way to be a team Player

Alot is happening

Well I got a GREAT email from Auntie G who was visiting Uncle Ernest and Aunt Jane in Jackson. They all seem to be doing well and agree with Big Bill that we hope Miss Elwyn has red hair....but it just made me realize I needed to do several updates.

So first...about the house. These pictures were taken about a week ago, but as you can see things are coming along. Since these were taken the floors have been completed and now we are just putting the final touches on it all. Hopefully the guys will be finished this week so I can have my house back and then all we do is wait for the cabinets. Whoo Hoo!