Visit to a farm

A couple weeks ago, several farms in the county organized tours where people could visit and hear about some of the behind the scenes stories about running a farm. Eliana was agreeable, and Karina didn't object so we made an excursion of it.

Last week, we also celebrated Emily's birthday. Eliana equates having a birthday to having a birthday party and didn't understand why we didn't throw a party for mommy. Instead, we celebrated by going to Cold Stones. This was Karina's first time and probably won't remember much of it.

Mommy and Daddy shared a large cup of sweet cream with peanut butter cups and peanut butter. Eliana wanted to have the "blue" ice cream (bubble gum flavored). But after sampling it, opted for her standard sweet cream with "candy" (sprinkles).

We also had angel food cake. Eliana helped to blow out the candles but really was interested in only one thing--the red candy letters on top.

And we went to Red Robin. They give you a free sundae for your birthday. But for every bite that Mommy took, it seemed like Eliana snuck in 4 bites...

Eliana's maternal instincts manifest themselves in new ways all the time. Here, she put her baby doll in the chair where Karina sometimes sleeps.

Here is Eliana, you guessed it, breastfeeding her doll.

But the most fun thing to do is to hold her little sister by herself. She requests this about 6 or more times a day. "I'm holding her all by self!" she'll say.

Karina definetely recognizes her sister. Eliana loves interacting with her and gets a kick out of seeing Karina smile back. Here is Eliana jumping for her sister.

Eliana is getting better at dressing herself. She practices every night with her PJs...

Now that our lives have settled into a routine, we started potty training Eliana. (Or as she calls it, "potty train", and she'll sign the sign for a choo-choo train.) She's actually done pretty well and gets one piece of (small) candy as reward. Also very exciting is that she gets to flush.

Also a sign that Eliana is growing up is that her 2nd 2-year molars have come in. They bother her, but only a little she says.

So that's the update from us. Hope you're doing well.