Sometimes Blogger drives me crazy. Currently, it won't let me post a title for this post. I was going to call this entry "Fourth of July and Bikes", not really creative, but a title nonetheless. Enough rambling, here's the kids and a little info. behind the pics.

We just arrived back from a trip to Hornell, NY to see Dennis' sister, Pat, and Lewisburg, PA to see our good friends, the Rosenbergs. We had a wonderful trip and the car ride wasn't even that bad! We had this brilliant idea to leave when Sadie woke for her nighttime bottle around 4am. This idea backfired for several reasons. First, Sadie decided that this would be the night that she sleeps through the night so we had to wake her up from a deep, deep sleep at 5. Second, when you put your kids to bed at 7pm they never get to see darkness. Eli and Sadie were so excited to see the moon, street lights and other nighttime things that they didn't fall asleep quite like we had anticipated. But, it was fun to hear them giggle at the darkness.
We all loved seeing Aunt Pat. Eli and Sadie loved Pat's drawers full of all of her OT stuff. I can tell that their fine motor skills have improved already!!
The Rosenbergs just added another addition to their family in March. It was wonderful to finally meet Alexey. It was fun for the grown-ups to have to work around 4 different nap schedules. We didn't get to do much, but it was fun just visiting and watching the kids play. Oh, and Eli LOVED Gabriella. He called her name for hours and did a very good Marlon Brando impersonation when he called her name with an anguished,"ELLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!". We spent the Fourth of July with them and Eli got his first taste of fireworks, which also resulted in his first burn with fireworks. Now he knows we aren't kidding when we say, "Hot!".


Sadie is getting around in many different ways. She has upgraded her army crawl to a full-fledged crawl. It's amazing to watch her cruise around on all fours. She keeps surprising me when I put her down in the living room and she ends up in the kitchen. She's pulling herself up and starting to cruise with the help of the furniture. But, her favorite trick is letting go of the furniture and smiling with "look mom, no hands" pride. She also has a new way of getting around. She's discovered the fun of going for a ride in the car! Eli thinks this is very cool. He loves to crash into her.

Eli also loves his "bike". Here he is with his best buddy, Ky, going for a ride. His feet don't actually touch the pedals, so he has to do the Fred Flintstone walk to go anywhere.