The Past Week

It has been a pretty laid-back week here at the Dison house. I thought I would post some pictures of what we do when we get bored.

Elena makes a pretty convincing little piggy: "Oink!"

Last year's costume still fits:Dan and Elena having fun:

Caleb and E. playing with bubbles on the front porch:

Grandparents' Day

Elena is grateful that she has

the most awesome grandparents ever!

Here is a picture of both sets on her blessing day:
She doesn't get to spend as much time with them as she would like, but she loves them a lot, so she wanted to say:
We also took a video of her saying hi. Unfortunately, we waited until Sunday afternoon and - as all church-going parents know - Sundays are hard on little ones. The video is cute, but she did need redirecting a couple of times. :) Enjoy, Abuelita and Abuelo, Granny and Grandad!

"Knocking" Down Blocks

This is a just quick video that I thought was cute:

La Oreja

Elena has had a cold for almost a week now, but she's on the mend. This morning, we went on a walk with Emily and her baby Sadie and we played with Caleb and Ella Joy at the park. She was having a pretty good day. After her nap, she was being super fussy and whiny and I was trying to figure out what was going on when she grabbed her ear and said, "Ear hurt." After asking if she was sure a couple of times, I called the pediatrician and we were able to get an appointment right then. Turns out, Elena has an ear infection like she said!

I am so grateful that she can express herself now. It must be empowering for her. I'm also really glad that we started her on the antibiotic before bed tonight because she just woke up crying when the ibuprofen wore off. We got to cuddle and watch Curious George while we waited for more to kick in and she's asleep again. Soon she'll feel better without being medicated. :)