THEY OUTNUMBER US NOW

i heart...

tv. confession is good for the soul, so here goes.

as long as i can remember, i have fallen asleep at night listening to the TV. when i was a teenager, my dad would come in my room and turn it off before he went to bed. and now, dan turns it off. :) but my favorite shows to fall asleep to are seinfeld and king of the hill. why? because i've seen them so much i don't even have to watch. they play in my head. i'm usually asleep before they are even over.

i've discovered a new station: pbs hd. they have a totally different line-up than the regular pbs station. i love the programming, it's high on earth science. LOVE earth science. i've been recording cool shows these days. i have to admit, the hd channel has really tight graphics. my new favorite pbs shows: frontline, secrets of the dead, nova, walking the bible, exploring space and history detectives.

i think now we probably need to contribute to pbs. with emily's curious george fixation and my pbs fixation in general, we owe a lot of money to them. oh yeah, daniel watches a lot of their saturday morning programming. although they've jacked with their schedule lately...

i wish i did not love TV so much. i just hope i don't make my kids love it. some days though i turn it off all day. the quiet is nice. i try to do it a couple of times a week. i'm working my way up to having it off a lot. :)

i feel so much better!

Elliot's new trick

our other two kids were way too pudgy to get up on their knees at 6 months old! you can hear ethan in the background cheering him on. the other two want him to start crawling but i'd rather have him rolling around on a blanket for another month or so. rolling around is so much easier. i'm not ready to chase a crawling baby! but watching elliot do new things is so bittersweet. he's our last, so with every milestone i get a little sad. 6 months is my favorite age though.

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Since I posted last...

dan and i celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary.
dan and i actually got to go to a movie...at NIGHT!
elliot turned 6 months old & his new trick is getting up on his knees and rocking back and forth!!
mae mae came to visit.
i've been sewing. A LOT! :)
dan went to an aerosmith concert.
i found a new way to waste time; jeezball - i aim to beat bf's high score.
after 4 years of the same hairstyle, i got my hair cut -- short with bangs and layers!!
emily learned to play air hockey.
ethan has a new favorite friend. wooszanna.

that's all. pretty boring around here. i haven't even taken any pictures.

Rock-a-bye baby, baby, baby

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Especially for Uncle Brian

how about this:

best pic of the older kids, after "we all fall down" of ring-around-the-rosie.

no pics of elliot and the rest of the kids. he slept for all of about 3 hours of their visit! :)

Fast friends

the rogers came for a visit this weekend. we were all excited! the last time our kids got to play together was Christmas year before last. it's hard to believe how much they've all grown! ethan and sarah were just babies, and emily and hannah were 2 and 3.

the kids all had lots of fun. about 10 minutes after the rogers arrived, the kids quickly got reaquainted in the gameroom. there was tons of running & jumping, screaming, sqealing and laughing. the kids got to stay up late and play, and the grownups stayed up talking and laughing too!

the kids got along well. emily loved hannah because she wears cool tights. ethan loves sarah because she can take care of herself! we did have to keep a eye on them though. we must have asked "what's going on up there" a million times! we relied on hannah to give us reports on what was going on! :) she's a good sister and friend.

hopefully it won't be so long between our next good visit. thanks for making the trip you guys!