8 weeks old! Holy cow. Where has the time gone? I can't believe she's (almost) 2 months old! Matthew will be 2 in four months!

Speaking of how big our little girl is getting... Here are some pictures of her in her little blue dress from this past Sunday.





And a short video so you can all get the full effect of the cuteness

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I wish I had caught him in action, but I'm posting this so you can all get a good mental image. Matthew pretends that his lightsabers and swords are either weedwackers, vacuums, or brooms... depending on which parent he's mimicking. At this particular moment, the lighstaber was a weedwacker... and he was wearing my sparkly Roxy flip flops as he "edged" the dining room. It was awesome.



I rarely have the patience to let Matthew go to town when he's feeding himself because I have a hard enough time keeping up with his messes as it is. I figured he needed some practice with his spoon, though...











My little movie star



My parents, being the wonderful, loving, generous grandparents they are decided that Elise needed a Cabbage Patch doll. Apparently I was pretty fond of my doll as a kid and I actually still have her at my parents' house. She'll be making her way here soon thanks to my mom, but they also wanted Elise to have her own... Well, apparently toy stores are no longer carrying them in store and some don't even carry them online anymore. I was lucky enough to find a newborn doll with brown eyes at Target. Here she is:



Well, both kids are doing well. Elise still doesn't want to get with the program and I'm pretty convinced that she could care less about what Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam have to say. As a result, I'm still tired =). Otherwise, though, she's cooing a ton and smiling at us here and there. Hopefully we'll be able to catch one of those smiles to share with all of you.

Matthew is... well... he's 20 months old and acting it. He's smart, charming, and incredibly funny... but he's also a daredevil... Crazy kid.

One last video. We LOVED when Matthew did this and love it just as much when Elise does it. Not so much the sneezing, but the sigh that comes afterward.

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Well, he's here.

Zion Benjamin Ramirez
May 22, 2009
7:15pm
8lbs, 10oz (I was way off. My guess was over 10lbs)
20.5in

Zion and Elise were due 3 weeks apart. Seeing as I went early and Elizabeth went late, they're actually 7.5 weeks apart. I guess everyone is doing well. Elizabeth labored for 40 hours and pushed for 2.5 of those hours. She also did it all natural. She is my hero. From what I'm told he got my dad's cleft chin. Looks like we already have something in common =)

Just a quick update with a few pictures. Apparently my brother and his wife are at the hospital right now. She's been in labor for over 24 hours at this point and they just broke her water. My nephew is on his way. It's a bittersweet moment for me. I wish I could be there.

I found Matthew trying to climb into the bookcase. He seriously can't sit still.



Ok, so he'll sit still long enough to watch a little bit of a movie.



Ok, here's what's going on here. Elise was on the floor for some tummy time and Matthew was so excited that he ran up to sit next to her. Well, he misjudged the distance and ended up kicking her in the head. That's why she's crying. She's got a nice scab on her head now, but at least it was all done in love.









It's sad, but we just realized the other day that Elise is 7 weeks old and we litterally had no pictures of her and Gilbert. Here's their first picture.



A couple more of my silly boy





And finally, a video of Matthew playing with Elise and giving her "kisses".

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Well, both kids had their check-ups today and I survived my first trip to the pediatrician without help. Matthew wasn't a fan of being there. In fact, when we pulled up in front of the building he took one look at it and said "no". However, being the amazing big brother that he is, he helped me push the stroller into the dr's office while wearing his Batman sunglasses and I have to say he looked pretty awesome.

He wasn't fond of the shots, either, but I expected that. I had him go first so he wouldn't see Elise getting her shots and then freak out when he realized the same thing was going to happen to him. He did get concerned when Elise was getting her shots though. He kept pointing at Elise saying "Baby? Baby? Baby?" as if what he really meant was, "Mom, pick her up! Don't you see what they're doing to her? Are you crazy?!" It was cute.

Here are the stats:

Elise

Height: 21.5in (50%)
Weight: 10lbs 3oz (55%)
Head: 14.5 (45%)

Matthew

Height: 32.5in (30%)
Weight: 27lbs 9oz (70%)
Head: 20.25 (still above 95%)

Mommy is tired. Elise can't make up her mind on whether or not she wants to start sleeping better at night and Matthew is still testing every boundary he can. Mommy is tired =). Not a whole lot new around here in the last week or so. We don't get out much these days =).



Elise's first black shirt thanks to Auntie Amber (my college roommate). Check out the cheeks.





I finally got brave enough to attempt a picture of the two of them together



Our family on Mother's Day



Already a rock star



Matthew asked to hold Elise and I helped him out. Unfortunately, Elise wasn't thrilled about being awake so she doesn't look too happy.











We finally got Elise's crib, which frees me up to do more around the house because I can put her down for naps in the playpen in our room instead of on the couch. The playpen has been in her room for the last few weeks and with as much as she naps, I wasn't about to try go up and down the stairs several times a day with Matthew in tow. We also don't have a monitor for her room yet and with her napping on the couch, I always had to be right there to make sure Matthew didn't try to pull her off the couch. However, now that the playpen is back in our room, I have the freedom to get more done. It's nice =). Here's a picture of the crib thanks to Mana for the bedding and Grammy for the crib.

Happy Mother's Day =)

Well, Matthew is still doing well and I haven't seen any evidence of a rash so we still don't know what caused the fever. He's been cranky and tired since the fever broke so it was definitely something.

This is Matthew when the Motrin kicked in. "Cheese." The spot under his eye is a mosquito bite.



This is how he spent most of Monday. Daddy decided to take advantage of the situation, too.



He was all about Daddy when he was sick. He's wearing shoes here because he asked for them even though we didn't actually leave the house until today.



I'm posting these simply because my babies are beautiful =)



























My sleepy kids.

Matthew passed out in my lap around 7:30 last night, which is unusually early for him. I had to take pictures of my boy sleeping peacefully.







And of course..



Ok, funny story. Matthew has never really seen any of the original Star Wars movies. He's seen the cartoons but Anakin is still Anakin in all of the cartoons. Well, when we ask Matthew to say "Vader" he always changes his voice. Neither one of us taught him this but we love it. Here's a video =)

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