Sunday, September 27, 2009

Where Have All The Bandaids Gone?

Eliza had her friend Eliza over to play (one of our friends calls them "E Squared"). They were playing quietly, which is always a cause for concern. Then we found them holed up on the bathroom floor surrounded by band aid wrappers. As you can see in the picture, they were having a pretty good time peeling and sticking. When I was a kid, I had a sticker collection that I could use for my peel and sticking needs. I guess Eliza might need a little more direction. Although, we have given her stickers before, and they just end up on the window (where they don't come off), or on the TV (where they don't come off), or all over a two year old's back (don't ask how they got there, just know it took me a good week to get them all off). Maybe using up all the band aids isn't such a bad idea after all...

Saturday, September 5, 2009

4 Days Old!

Lily is 4 days old! It is amazing how fast they change and grow.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Welcome to Lilian Claire Stapf!!!

Baby Lily has made her appearance at last!!! Monday September 1st, at 7:06 am, Lily made her debut. She is 7 lbs 12 oz, and 18 inches long. As you can see, she has piles of dark hair, and round, round cheeks. At this moment, she is sleeping. That wasn't the story last night however! We are all happy that she is here at last!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Starting To Catch Up...

As I write this entry, I am feasting on a peanut butter and carmel sandwich. I never knew you could find heaven between two slices of white bread!! Well, I don't really know if I can say heaven, I mean, there is no chocolate involved after all. Maybe the heavenly waiting room then. Mmmmmmmmm. Alright, I am going to go way back before Easter, and come forward from there. These first two pictures are Bonnie being super silly. She made a leprechaun hat at school and she is showing it off. Oh, my Miss Leprechaun, what a big nose you have!! Isn't she just plain cute? During Spring Break, we went with our cousins to Turtle Bay. It was so much fun! The kids all got along really well, and we didn't lose a single one of them! This first picture is all the cousins together before we went in. This scary picture is of one of the exhibits. Ethan looks a little too comfortable behind the wheel than I would like! Bonnie is looking at the fish in another exhibit. This is everyone on the sundial bridge. It is a suspension bridge that moves with the wind. It is actually pretty freaky, but I tried not to think that I had all my children on a moving bridge over the Sacramento River. The kids loved it of course. Ethan is hanging from one of the suspension cables on the bridge. He thought he was mighty big stuff to climb up there and hang. Then he dropped, made the whole bridge shake, and gave me a heart attack! Oh, you see the blue stripes on the bridge beneath him? That's glass! That's right, G-L-A-S-S!! I guess I might have freaked out a little. Eliza saw some geese swimming in the river, and she wanted to make sure everyone knew about it!