Month July 2007

We have a new member of the family … Last monday was my first day back to work 🙁 but it was also our first day with Bernie, Elsie’s nanny. Elsie loves Bernie’s songs and silly voices and overall the… Continue Reading →

Smiles, originally uploaded by markandmandy. Dad snapped this shot with my new iPhone – Elsie clearly approves!

Smiley sitter, originally uploaded by markandmandy. Grammie bought Elsie this outfit and it doesn’t have any pink on it (well it has some purplish flower centers).

Cricket has been extremely smitten with Elsie – she wants to sit on Elsie (hopefully not to steal her breath), lay with her or she even allows elsie to grab her hair. We have to keep a close eye on… Continue Reading →

Martha did a segment on tie dying with kids so I thought Elsie and I would take a stab at it on my last week of maternity leave (sad, sad, sad) … We purchased some white onesies and some rit… Continue Reading →

I hate going to the store … so I put it off as long as possible. With only one diaper left (after raiding my diaper bag stash) I desperately need to get to the store. I came out to my… Continue Reading →

On Friday the Johnston/Olbrys crew arrived after three days of road tripping. They arrived in great spirits ready to meet miss Elsie Lane Elsie is wearing her Trumpettes – from Chris and Saira – they are too cute! We had… Continue Reading →

Mark has been taking Lola to agility class and while Grammie was here we took her up to show off Lola’s progress. Uncle Josh came along as well. Mark leads lola through the different obsticles … “tire” “Jump” “Tunnel” “Chute”… Continue Reading →

This year we celebrated a first fourth of july for both Elsie and Mark – we started out the day with a bang (and some spit up on our new outfit from Grammie). Our neighbors put on a big to… Continue Reading →

On Saturday we picked up Grammie and headed to the lake by Jessica and Yancey’s (for you Montana folks, this lake is like lake elmo only clean). We brought a few beverages and enjoyed hanging out on the beach. Grammie… Continue Reading →

Elsie is finally interested in her play gym … I think she wonders if these guys got dressed in the dark with their different colored boots (at least I think that’s what she is saying) Fortunately she has a guard… Continue Reading →