What a weekend!

Ella started crawling yesterday! She has been pulling up on all fours for a couple of weeks now, and early last week, she started lifting up one hand and moving it forward. Then on Thursday, she would do both hands (no, not at the same time!), and finally on Friday, she'd do a third. Yesterday, she really started to take off! She now goes about halfway down the living room. Wow, look out world!

And then today, Ben went pee in the potty! This was then followed by two accidents, but it's definitely a step in the right direction! Whoo-hoo! We made a big huge deal about it, and he thought that it was pretty cool. We'll see how things progress this week. We thought that we'd tackle this potty-training thing at Christmas time when we'd both here, but maybe it'll start now...

Other than that, I've got nothing to report. Can't wait for Christmas...

I have a new addiction...

Starbucks Peppermint Mocha.

Yum.

My friend Marla nailed it - it's like Christmas in a cup.

It's kinda funny when...

Ella spits up a bit in her mouth, and then makes this hilarious sour face when she tastes it.

And you know what? Mommy makes the same face when it ends up in her mouth.

'Nuff said.

What was he thinking? (And some more stuff...)

This is what we found when we went in to check on Ben tonight. If you have any ideas, let us know! We're at a loss...




















Otherwise, things are just fine here in the Sheppard house! Ella is a total joy - she is pretty much always happy, unless she is really tired or really hungry. Ben is a crazy, silly little boy and keeps me hopping!

Mmmmmmm...Robeez...














She'll be crawlin' any day now!














Just a funny picture from last weekend...note Grandma Joan's mouth too!














Here's Ben watching "Dumbo"...














Ella was just as engrossed as her big brother!