We told the boys today about our plan to take a family vacation next month to Sea World.  Jonathan was super surprised and excited - talking about everything we'll see and do.  Seth was pleasant but didn't really say much.  With how much he loves marine life (especially orcas, dolphins and sharks, and knows every last fact about all of them,) I was expecting him to be ecstatic!

Jonathan was celebrating and we were all talking about it, and Seth asked, "Who will be our babysitter?"  "What?"  "Who will be our babysitter?"  (Small pause, while I realized what he was thinking, and then, "....Oh, Seth, no, no, you're coming with us!"  And then Seth was ecstatic.  Poor little boy!  He was happy for us to be going, and thought he was just going to have to stay home!!  It made me laugh and broke my heart all at the same time.  So after he figured out he was going to Sea World too, the land of his dreams, his little happy smile was as wide as it could go, with eyebrows up and eyes open wide, bouncing a little on his seat at dinner and clapping his hands.

Love that kid.

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Ellen is 2 months, 13 pounds, and the cutest little girl on the planet.

She coos and smiles and loves to interact with us. The boys especially love to lay down by her and talk for a while.  (The next three pics are of when she was younger...you know, way back last month.)

Seth is, of course, furthering his personal quest to continually present the wackiest of faces.

He and Jonathan have loved the beautiful summer days together.  Here they're getting packed and organized for an expedition out back.  Back packs, containers for treasures, manuals and maps, the whole bit.

Luke is growing older by the second too.  He's the most amazing 18 month old kicker (of balls) you will ever see in your life.  He can drop kick like a champ, and he has some power in those kicks that you just don't expect.  I think his sound effects when he kicks give it some extra umph too.  :)  He even goes around pretending to kick when he doesn't even have a ball.

And here's the post hair-cut shot.  Gotta love those blue eyes.

Despite all our coaching, he still calls Ellen "dada."  Baffling really.

Note the rolls. Love that!! There's nothing better than a healthy baby.

She's a doll and a half.  :)