Elsie's World

This week Elsie joined the 8-month old group. Here are some of the things we love about Elsie this month:

* is sleeping through the night (most of the time)

* smiles more than ever before

* laughing on her own. We often wonder what's so funny!
* tumbles, rolls, and stretches, no crawling yet - Sören predicts it will happen sometime this week.
* plays a mean game of peek-a-boo

Friday night date night at El Tequila, our favorite Mexican restaurant! The food is surprisingly good for a restaurant that is attached to a gas station:


Elsie is showing off her do to her cousin Gabe who likes to sport a Mohawk:



Elsie enjoying a good read:

Every (little) person makes a difference

This afternoon, Elsie said this: "Rwalad. Rah-lah. Bah-bah-bah-bah! Gru-lunmph."

After much discussion, debate and careful decoding, Anne and I believe this is an approximate translation of her statement: "I want to do the MS Walk on May 4. You can push me in my stroller since I don't know how to walk yet. What's more, I think you should use my blog to ask people to donate money to sponsor us. Make it happen."

Well, who are we to say no to such an adorable, selfless and intelligent young woman? So we bundled Elsie up in some warm clothes, pulled one of Anne's MS Walk T-shirts over the top, and went for a "training walk" to our local park.

You can make a donation — large or small — by making a Paypal payment to soren24 at charter.net, or mailing a check to us (payable to National MS Society) at 17224 Finch Path, Farmington, MN 55024. Whatever you can give will help. Elsie (and Anne and Sören) appreciate your support and promise to post photos of the big walk. Thanks!

The Best Medicine

I'm making my Elsie blog debut to share this video of Elsie's first swimming pool experience during our trip to St. Louis. I don't know if she's enjoying the water or the faces Anne was making at her, or both ... but this is priceless. Watch and enjoy: