Saturday, March 1, 2008

February Antics

February seriously just flew by. Even with that extra day. Those of you who remained loyal and still checked the blog religiously only to find no new entry will now be rewarded with one big fat ginormous entry. And those of you who stopped reading because of 3 weeks inactivity, I see how it is! :) Some friends you are.

Things that happened to us in February

Ben grew a beard. A really crazy beard.


Chloe started crawling and pulling herself up to stand. It's not very pretty, but it gets her around town.



Chloe developed an addiction to teddy grahams. But honestly, can anyone really blame her? Those things are fantastic!

We made the mistake of taking Elise to her first carnival. She loved her first ride so much she had to be forcibly removed from it, wailing the whole time. The crying stopped when we offered more tickets for rides. But was even worse once that one stopped.


A picture of both girls smiling! But not looking at the camera.


A visit from Uncle Josh! With requisite awesome picture taking.


Elise learned to use a computer all by herself. She’s also in negotiation to start her own job next week. She’s always loved the computer and she learned to move the mouse around a while ago. But she didn’t understand how you got the mouse to do something until she discovered the buttons. And the scroll wheel. Now she’s a pro and can play games all by herself, which is kind of nice.


I had a crazy running month. Last week I ran 60 miles over 5 days. It was great fun but I ended up with some sort of leg injury which I am just praying is not a stress fracture. If it is, no Boston for me this year, so keep your fingers crossed!

7 comments:

The Preece Family said...

Nice beard Ben! And we love the video of Chloe crawling now - she's so awesome at it! Ashley also learned how to manuver the mouse on the computer this week...although a couple of times I've almost caught her about to delete some file on the desktop. Better keep my eye on her! Let us know how the injury pans out...yikes!

Courtney said...

Cute video! I love all the pictures- the ones at the carnival were hilarious! I love the one Josh took of Elise- very pretty.

You guys are brave to let her play on the computer by herself! Addie can move the mouse and use the little wheel but we don't let her do anything on the computer unless we're right there.

Hope your injury doesn't prevent you from doing Boston! That would be a bummer!

Unknown said...

Oh this makes me smile... the Amish beard and all. The girls are so cute and getting so big!

Summer Owens said...

That beard is definitely unique. I've never seen one quite like it.
The girls are so cute. I wish I could have seen you when you visited but I was subbing in primary that day.

Christa said...

Majestic? I think "prophetic" is more accurate now. Now don't you wish you had a sensational name like... oh, I don't know... maybe "Brigham" to go with it?

Camilla Millar said...

teddy grahams are fantastic. Ben, I liked beard picture #1 best. When carnival rides end, I also feel like crying, and I am looking to hire an executive assistant--please forward Elise's resume STAT.

JD said...

loved the blog, juju. it's like my home away from home when i'm overseas.