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We moved to the new apartment yesterday.

Everything went smoothly.

We are tired.

We close on our new house tomorrow.

We will move again in the middle of June sometime.

We won't have internet at the apartment between now and then.

I will miss it.

I will use free Wifi when possible.

That will be difficult with three young children.

I won't be blogging.

But I will be back (please don't disappear forever, dear reader....)

Baby Dedication...

This is a precious video of Ellie's baby dedication from last week (I cry every time I watch it)....



And this is a precious video of Isaac upstaging the whole thing at the end. Look closely... he was a total ham, waving to the ENTIRE crowd.... man, I love that kid....

Isaac is 4!

We had such a fun time celebrating Isaac's 4th birthday last week! I love 4! 4 is so much fun! Isaac is so much fun and brings SO MUCH JOY to our lives!!!

We had a party with our families the day before Isaac's big day. It is SO fun to live close to family again! Isaac's one request was that he wanted "animals" for his birthday.... specifically, lions! :) And I was personally thankful that I could buy one tube of jungle animals at Michaels, color some icing, and make a super simple cake. With all of the chaos and moving going on in our lives right now, I NEEDED simple! :)

Working SO hard to open a card.... cute!

The kiddos and Grandma and Grandpa Greene!

The TWO birthday boys.... Isaac and Grandpa Burch!

Our birthday boy with a little bedhead the next morning!

He was SO excited about a guitar strap for his favorite toy of the house!

... and you'll have to watch the video to witness his excitement about the monster truck!He is 4.... but still such a little peanut! :)

8 Months

Whew. It has happened. Our Ellie is 2/3 of a year old! She is such a doll.....

~ Her first tooth popped through about a month ago, and now, her second one on the bottom is working its way through, too. She is a little grumpy about this one (you can just barely see the first one peeking out in this picture!)

~ Is on her third round of antibiotic in less than two months for ear infections. Unfortunately, her left eardrum has even ruptured twice. Boo....
~ Is quite sturdy when she sits up now and loves reaching for toys

~ Thankfully, is more agreeable when it comes to the carseat now

~ Isn't crawling quite yet, but does that adorable little thing where she spins in circles and sometimes, even squirms her way backwards a little bit, too
~ Is JUST starting to pull up a little bit
~ Still uses her swing occasionally (and thankfully, doesn't always end up bent over like this!)

~ Likes most of the food that she has tried: rice cereal, oatmeal, barley, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, green beans, peas, avocados, bananas, applesauce, peaches, pears, apricots.... her personal favorite seems to be grandma's applesauce mixed with rice cereal, and her least favorite has been peaches so far! She even started getting the hang of those little Gerber puff things, too!
~ Dedicated at church last Sunday! Such a special day for our family!

(Doesn't Isaac look thrilled in this picture?! To be quite honest, this picture doesn't begin to capture what this little ham did on stage during the dedication! I'll try to post the video one of these days!)

~ Unfortunately, still a crummy sleeper. Wakes up twice a night to nurse. Sigh... We are hopeful that once we get into the house, she has her own room, AND we get her over these darn ear infections, the sleep will come. Hoping, hoping, hoping....
~ Does like her exersaucer, but always prefers to be held! That has made packing interesting!

~ Still adored by her big brothers! Aaron loves to carry her around, and Isaac loves to give her kisses and hugs. We have to remind him to be gentle CONSTANTLY as he "taps" her on the head!
~ Obviously, adored MORE THAN EVER by her mommy and daddy, too. We feel so blessed....

YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

We are no longer home owners in NY!!!!!!!!!!! :)