Visit from Aunt Amie

Recently Aunt Amie came to visit. She brought a gift for Elsie, which Alstan is so kindly helping Elsie with. She also brought Alstan a birthday present, which we didn't get any pictures of.

"She's so Cute!"

Alstan loves to show affection to his sister. He gives her kisses, hugs and tickles her cheeks. He also loves to express: "She's so cute", "she's so tiny" and/or "she's so happy" pretty much every time he sees her.

Lil' Princess

Elsie is already playing the part of "Our little Princess". She is now enjoying her baths almost as much as Alstan does.

Playing Farmer Alstan

Alstan thought he should have time to play a bit more "farmer" before heading to Lisa's in the morning.

New Shoes!

Elsie got some presents at Alstan's party too. Jessie is putting on her new black dress shoes from Aunt Tracey.

Playtime!

Stanton and Elsie

While everyone else finished eating Stanton got a few minutes to hold Elsie before the Aunties came calling again.

Good Eats!

For his second party we didn't let him eat just the frosting off the cake. His daycare provider, Lisa, made the cool Mickey Mouse cake.

Birthday Parties are Fun!

More Elsie

She's got her little barrettes in her hair so everyone knows she's a little girl. We're not quite sure what her eye color will be yet, but you can try to decide for yourself. They are still kind of gray now and it's hard to tell if they are going to be brown or hazel or maybe even a shade of blue.

Birthday Party #2

Alstan had his second birthday party last weekend. Mom made the hats with the help of Alstan's aunties. Only those who wore hats were in the group picture. Some got out of it!

Elsie Marie

It has been a tough week in the Van Overmeer house. First everyone but Jessie got colds. Alstan has been getting his nose wiped every 15 minutes. Poor Elsie also got a cold and has been very raspy. As if colds weren't bad enough, the whole house got a dose of the flu. Hopefully we made it through the week though.

Cousin Brittany

Brittany came to visit Elsie and the family last week.

Bath time for Elsie is play time for Alstan

Bedtime

Here is Alstan curled up on the couch with Grandma and Grandpa. He likes to cuddle up next to somebody to drink his milk and watch a little TV before bed.