Welcome

Finally, the Chalens have made it into the world of blogging, and now we just hope we can keep up with it all. On this blog, we will share with you some of the every day joys, laughs, and possible frustrations that our family of four goes through. At this point and time, things are quiet in our household....as in the girls are finally sleeping, Justin has headed to bed, and I (Elizabeth) am hoping to get a little bit of work done for my doula certification. Somehow another weekend has passed us by, and we are into August already. I am not sure how that happened, but the summer is flying by! We are getting ready to celebrate Lucia's first birthday on the 14th of this month, and she is really growing fast. She is pulling herself up on everything she can find, giving sloppy, open-mouthed kisses to everyone and is trying to play with big sister Savannah more and more. Sometimes Savannah goes along with it, and sometimes she doesn't. It's hard being the big sister and actually having to share things! Savannah and Justin had this interaction the other day while Justin was getting out of the shower:
Savannah: "Knock Knock"
Justin: "Who's there?"
Savannah: "Savannah"
Justin: "Savannah who?"
Savannah: "Savannah Chalen!"  Which was then followed by her running around the house saying "Savannah Chalen, Savannah Chalen, Savannah Chalen!" It was the cutest thing ever, and neither of us had ever directly told her that was her name, so all we could come up with was that she has heard things like "Savannah Ruby Chalen, don't push your sister over!" enough times that she figured it out. One smart cookie, huh?

Pictures will be coming soon...