Elias

Hello!
Elias had his 6 month well child visit today and he weighed 19 pounds 5 ounces and is 27 inches in length! Big boy! Such a cutie, too!

Heips
Eliaksella oli 6kk neuvolan kaynti tanaan ja poika painoi 8760g ja 68.5cm pitka! Iso poika! Ja erittain suloinen myos!

Elias is 6 months old! Elias on 6kk vanha!

Elias' 2 teeth! Eliaksen 2 hammasta!

Our little man is 6 months old today! I can't believe it! He is so wonderful and sweet and such a happy baby. we are so blessed and so in love! Elias is sitting well for about 30 seconds and then falls over. He's eating potato, sweet potato, peas, green beans, carrot, applesauce, pears, banana. He's a good eater. He has his 6 month well child visit on Tuesday, so I will update his measurements at that time!

Meidan pikku ukko on 6 kk vanha tanaan! En voi uskoa! Han on aivan ihana ja suloinen ja tyytyvainen vauva. Olemme niin rakastuneita haneen! Elias istuu noin 30 s ja sitten kaatuilee. Elias syo perunaa, patattia, herneita, papuja, porkkanaa, omenasosetta, paarynasosetta ja banskua. Hyva syomaan. Tiistain on 6kk neuvolan kaynti.. kerrotaan sitten statiigiset mitat!

Maya update

Maya went to her first little girls birthday party last weekend! The weather was gorgeous!
Tassa kuvassa Maya oli menossa hanen ensimmaiseen keverin synymapaiville. Saa oli kaunis ja tytoilla oli erittain kivaa!

Our dear Maya is getting so big! She is going to the Lower Kuskokwim School District's Busy Bees Preschool and she LOVES IT! She calls it "my favorite stool!" (can't pronounce the "k" sound yet!) Maya has learned SO very much there that I am daily amazed with the things she is saying and doing. This week she came home and sang the days of the week in the correct order, she knows the different shapes (rectangle, oval, circle, square, triangle), and she is now an avid writer of the letter "M". She can find the letter M on the keyboard and points it out to us. Maya also now can use a computer and can play games on the computer. She is such a good big sister! She loves her baby brother Elias!

Meidan rakas Maya on niin iso tytto! Han kay tan alueen "Busy Bees" leikkikoulussa ja Maya tykkaa siita kovasti! Han kutsuu sen hanen "lempi koulu". Ja Maya on oppinut erittain paljon siella! Han osaa nyt laulaa viikonpaivat englanniksi ja nyt hirveesti kirjoittelee "m" kirjainta. Maya loytaa "M" kirjainta nappaimista ja naytta sen meille useasti. Maya osaa myos pelata tietokone peleja. Maya on niin hyva isosisko! Han rakastaa hanen pikkuvelia Eliasta!

Alaskan Potut! Alaskan potatoes!

So here we are digging up our potatoes! I think we did good for our first time with a garden...EVER!!

Tassa me nostettaan meidan potut. Meni ihan hyvin mielestani vaikka oli meidan eka kasvimaa!

Bethel-

Hi!
Here are some pics of Bethel. In the past week the temperatures have dropped significantly. It's gotten down to below freezing most nights, which means Aki has been getting to scrape the car windows in the morning! We had hail a few times this past week, as well. Daytime temps are still in the non-freezing side, thankfully! But we are getting ready for the winter!

Tassa kuvia Bethelista. Taalla on laskenut lampotilat viimeisen viikon aikana. Yolla on jo pakkasta ja Aki paasee aamuisin raapimaan ikkunoita! On rantaakin satanut pari kertaa talla viikolla. Paivalla ollaan viela lammon puolella, onneksi! Mutta pikku hiljaa valmistautumme talvea varten!

HAPPY GRANDPARENTS" DAY!

Happy Grandparents' Day to Mummo, Ukki, Mamma and Pappa! We love you very much!

Hyvaa Isovanhempien Paivaa Mummolle, Ukille, Mammalle ja Papalle! Rakastamme teita erittain paljon!

Maya

Maya has been at preschool for about 1 month and she already is copying her name and copying numbers! We are so proud of her!

Maya on ollut leikkikoulussa noin kuukauden ja han jo osaa jaljentaa omaa nimea ja numeroita! Olemme ylpeita Mayasta!

Camping.. Teltailemassa

It did get cold on the last day we were there. Viilensi ilma viimeisena paivana.
Meidan teltta alue. Our camping grounds!
Beavers were busy building their dams across the river from us..
Majavilla oli kiire rakentamassa majoja joen vastapaata meista.

Camping... Lisaa kuvia teltailemasta...

Camping Labor Day Weekend... Teltailemassa viime viikonloppuna

Maya's first bikini! (Thank you Elenor for lending it to her!)
Mayan eka bikini!

We went camping last weekend for the first time with both kids. We went from Saturday to Monday, since it was Labor Day weekend. The weather was GORGEOUS! Probably in the 60's and sunny. The bugs were bad, though. But we survived! Elias was a champ! He hardly complained and the nights went well, too. It got down to the upper 30's and 40's at night so I had him in 2 layers and 2 sleeping bags and I don't think he was cold!

Menimme teltaillee viime viikonloppuna ensimmaista kertaa molempien lasten kanssa. Menimme la-ma kun oli pitka viikonloppu. Keli oli aivan mahtava- varmaan 20C ja aurinkoista. Mutta otokoita oli paljon. Mutta parjattiin kylla! Eliaksella meni erittain hyvin! Ei valittanut ja yot meni hyvin myos. Varmaan oli noin 5C yolla ja ukko oli kahdessa vaate kerroksessa ja myos kahdessa makuupussissa. En usko etta paleli!
The kids played in dirt the entire weekend, as you can see!
Lapset leikkivat hiekassa ja mudassa kok viikonlopun kuten naette!
Aiskan poijat! Mommy's boys!