Ruth turned a week old today. How fast time flies. As promised, here are some pictures. Anna is wearing the stethoscope that Grandpa Tidwell bought for her. I've had to limit Dr. Mortensen to giving me one checkup a day.Ruth is about as sweet as they come. I've only heard her cry a handful of times, and only when she gets really hungry. Most of the time she's content to just lie there taking everything in. We decided on Marie for her middle name.
Emily is recovering very well. We've had so much help from family and from the ward. My mom has been staying with us for a few days. The kids absolutely love having her around.Seth came in the room when Emily was holding Ruth and asked, "is that baby Rupee?" (his th's aren't very good). Anna helped him out, however, by responding, "it's not Rupee, Sef, it's Rufee."
I've been able to work from home for a few days, but plan on going back to work next week. It's been fun to be home and spend time with the family, but I'm starting to miss my job a little.
Seth has become a puzzle fiend. He started with his two small, 24-piece Elmo puzzles, but after doing them about a hundred times each, we thought we'd better get him some more. His day is not complete if he hasn't put together at least a dozen puzzles. He got bored with doing them the regular way and started doing them upside down. No joke. He still needs a little help with the 100-piecers, but I'm sure he'll be doing them on his own soon.
Anna is loving preschool. Our neighbor around the corner teaches her class Monday and Wednesday from 9 to 12. She rode her scooter there today with Grandma Mortensen. Anna's day isn't complete without coloring at least four or five pictures. She's getting pretty good too. This isn't saying much, but she's better than me. Honestly. Here's a barn she drew the other day. You'll notice the barn complete with doors, hay and a rooster on top, the farmer gardening his carrots, the sun, a bird, a windmill and miscellaneous fields (I had to ask on those).
