We've been quite busy around here the last month or so, and I hadn't realized it had been a full month since I put anything on here!

Rebecca likes to colour, and often gets quite focused on what she's doing. :)

Elias enjoys swinging in his swing, although I'm starting to wonder if he gets motion sickness, because most times that I put him in it, whether he was recently fed or not, he starts spitting up a lot (hence the bib)!

These two ADORE each other. Elias is starting to greet Rebecca with a smile, and she does similarly. They're going to be quite the pair when he's big enough to get around on his own! Not sure I look forward to those days, LOL!

We were given a set of foamy tiles that can build a play area from the pastor at church. He had used the black sides (on the bottoms) as a floor cover for a weight room, until they had their daughter. At that point they turned the weight room into a nursery, and just put the tiles into the attic, so they were thrilled to find someone who was wanting/needing them! I did a little 6 week photo shoot with Elias on those tiles while Rebecca was asleep one day, and the following pictures are from that.

Rebecca decided to go 'swimming' in the puddle at the end of our drive way last week. She got mud all over from head to toe... starting out by dunking her head in it, and then lying down in the puddle! I put an end to the puddle play when she started drinking the water. I'm just glad that they're finding that nursing children receive special enzymes that coat their intestinal tract to prevent bacteria from entering the blood stream! Good thing she still nurses!!

Rebecca has recently discovered how to work the spray bottle, and loves to play with it. She spent about an hour one afternoon spraying the bottle in her face. It's a great way to cool off around here when day-time temperatures are still reaching 100F or more!

In immigration news, we received notice for my next biometrics appointment. Apparently they want my fingerprints and picture again! I was reading online that with recent remodeling of the immigration laws, there are actually people who aren't having to complete the second interview, and instead are just receiving their 10yr green card without having to jump through that last hoop. I'm kinda hoping we're going to be one of those couples, because I really think it would be a pain to have to take two very young children to that interview!

Oh, and Rebecca is now fully toilet trained (at least I think so). She VERY rarely has accidents unless she's sleeping quite soundly, and often wakes from a nights sleep being dry as well. I'm quite impressed that she's fully trained at 21 months, and am not anticipating it being quite that easy with Elias. Definitely not expecting it to be as early as with her! It would sure be nice if he decided to train that early and easily though!

Anyway, I think that's all the updates on everyone I have for this past month... but I could have missed things, so hopefully that's everything!