St. Patty's Day

This last weekend our friends Macare and Dusty hosted everyone for a St. Patty's Day celebration and to watch some March Madness. It was great to get together, esspecially since it marked the first time Elyse played will all of her friends at one time-including the newest addition to the Washington Street babies: Isabelle!

Washington St. Baby roulette: Macare holding Katie's baby Isabelle, me holding Macare's baby Quinn, and Katie holding Elyse

The first time all together! Elyse-5 months, Owen-almost 4 years old holding Isabelle-3 weeks, Sophie-2 years old, and Quinn-8 months

5 Months Old

I've made it my goal to do my best to do monthly updates as Elyse grows. So here is our 5 month update! Ben and I have officially started our half marathon training and hoping the weather turns warm soon so Elyse can join us in a jogger on longer runs. Good thing is that we live close to our jobs as our lunch hour is used to run together. We've both been really focused on committing to exercise and eating healthy because I figure it's not too early to teach Elyse a healthy lifestyle. I just spent my first night away from Elyse when I visited my good friend Stefanie for a night. It actually was pretty okay-thank God for cell phones so Ben could send me pictures which made it much easier. Ben just finished the Holiday Ski League and came in 1st for the league. Now he's looking forward to skiing in Colorado.

But enough about us, because let's be honest-it's all about Elyse :)! She is still a joy of a baby-although she's been getting over a cold and starting to teeth so she has been a bit fussier lately. Elyse finally made her YouTube debut! Check out the link below of her just laughing and giggling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sMXe774BU&feature=player_detailpage

So she weighs a little more than 13 pounds and is 24.5 inches long. It makes me so sad to pack away her newborn and 3 month clothes but so fun to unpack all the new outfits. Trust me, this girl has style! Ben and I are trying to teach her to roll over but she just isn't interested in it just yet. She still loves to play with her gym, touch and grab everything in site, and jump in her jumper. Next up, we'll be packing up to go to Colorado to visit Uncle Nick and Aunt Tara then off to PA to visit the Paranick/Philips families.

Elyse playing with her gym and toys
Sleeping on Mommy's lap

She loves her bumbo!

A silly little face.