The End Has Arrived

Today, August 28, 2008 marks the end of naptime as I know it...Ellie successfully climbed out of her crib.

As is often the case, I could hear the two of them laughing and giggling in their room for about 90 mins after I put them down for their nap. After about 20 mins of silence I then started to hear only Ellie whining so I thought I'd check on her and see if maybe she needed a new diaper. As I approached the door I could hear her saying "I go see Mommy" and then the door knob turning. As I opened the door Ellie met me on the other side. She'd probably been out of the crib for a while because everything from their dress-up box was out and all around the room, every toy from their crib was also tossed all around - not unusual for the two of them, but some toys seemed to reach new distances and were in further corners then normal.

They've both been redressed (oh yeah, they were nekkid exept for their diapers) and put back to bed with much protest from Ellie. I can hear her voice again down there....little bugger has probably gotten out. Again.

What we're in to

A lot of people ask what the girls are in to so here goes:

Ellie: building block towers, hanging with Mommy, playing with the neighbor's cat, counting to 10 (and sometimes higher), singing the ABC's, The Wiggles and Blue's Clues, putting on her tutu to dance, and trying to climb out of her crib

Winnie: taking anything that Ellie has, anything Princess related - current faves are Cinderella and Ariel, Doodlebops, dancing, singing, being the jokester

We're new here

Okay, so we're finally trying to get in to this blogging thing.....have tried MySpace and Facebook but figured this would be easier for a few people to adjust to...no signing in and getting a user name and password just to see what's going on with those crazy Gondek Girls.

It's been a busy few months for Winnie and Ellie - Daddy (Derek to the rest of us) came home in April after 15 long months away just in time for bday #2, great family time with Daddy in June, beach trip in August with Josie, PopPop, Jody, Timmy, Patch, Tim, Kristen and the McGlones, new friends moving to the area (Avah) and old friends moving away ("my" Gracie)...yes, at 2 years old they've dealt with their first friend moving away thanks to the USArmy.

As for Derek and Maura, Derek is back to work - just came back from the 82nd ABD convention in St. Louis and is gearing up for a trip to Alaska next month and Maura is back in school. Yeah, fun times. But it's gotta be done.

We hope all is well with you and we'll try to keep this thing updated often.