When He Says "I Don't."

Rebeccah and I both appreciated this article in the New York Times, with a great illustration of good boundary-setting in a marriage. -Stephen

seriously, it's past time...

for an update. So much for "using this as an update site." haha. Really, I should so be doing that instead of just browsing facebook, anyway. Blah.

So here's the short version:

Elsie now has FOUR teeth! Wahoo! Finally. Those top two took a month to come through. Poor baby. It looks like she's now working on her two side top teeth. Hopefully these decide to come just a little faster.

Wichita is starting to look more and more like spring!! Grass is green, trees are green, things are blooming...it's beautiful! I love this town!

Elsie is loving the outdoors, although actually sitting in the grass is not too cool yet. Every time she sees her stroller, she points to it and waves her arms (her "I'm excited!" action). We've been exploring the local parks and neighborhoods a lot lately.

She's also recently discovered the rain, and loves to watch it through the back windshield of the car while we're driving (she has lots of opportunity, since it IS the rainy season!).

just a few pictures, for fun:

from our impromptu photoshoot in Boulder, CO, for perlalu.etsy.com...so fun!


Trying out the swing in the park with daddy...

On the move

The Wagners are on their way to Wichita! We are in the middle of a stop through Houston to do "late" Christmas with the Pedricks, and some support raising. We will be heading on to Wichita in about a week - so ready to see our new home!

Elsie did a fabulous job on the road so far...we are so blessed by her. She was, however, very ready to be somewhere with a floor to play on. :)

We hope to start using this blog more as an update site - we'll see how that goes. Elsie is sitting here beside me, ready for some action. So I'll leave you with the most recent family photo, just off the Rio Grande river in Langtry, TX:



Much love!

Four Months!

Little bit is now four months old...and what an amazing four months it's been! To celebrate, Mama and Elsie headed down to the beach for some fun and a photo shoot (so we could include Daddy who was all the way out in New York, looking at Noah Webster's desk...but that's for another time!). So, here are the latest takes of our sweet baby girl!

an explanation...

The first round of Elsie's (slightly late-going) baby announcements have been received, and it's time for a little explanation. We've had some questions as to the 1 year old comment...:)

Well, after 9 months (give or take) in utero, and 3 months outside, she was one year old the end of September. Now, granted, the announcements weren't sent until October, so they're a wee bit outdated, but we were out of town, and then Steve's been traveling, and, well...here we are! So, if you couldn't figure out the announcement, now you can be in suspense no longer. :)

A four month update is coming soon...

Two months!!!

In honor of baby Elsie's two months outside the womb, we thought we'd celebrate with a short recapping:


here we are, just after she was born...hard to believe she was ever so tiny!


one month old, after her first visit to Islands for some yummy tortilla soup...



at our friend Miriam's wedding, August 9...





while Daddy was out of town in South Dakota...one of the pics we took to send to him.



at Aunt Brandy and Uncle Ted's this past weekend...just checkin' out the camera :)

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cute pictures contained within! :)