Leif is a big brother!

We've been telling Leif since the beginning of May that "this is the month when Baby Brother is going to come out of Mom's tummy," and we've all been in great suspense waiting and wondering when exactly Baby Bro would decide to emerge. I had been feeling weird off and on for weeks (very different from the end of my pregnancy with Leif, when I felt fine right up until my due date and beyond), and finally, four days before his due date, baby brother Bjorn Stefan decided it was time to get out of the womb AND FAST!

Since I don't anticipate being able to keep up multiple blogs while raising two kidlings, the dramatic story of Bjorn's entrance into the world, as well as the continuing adventures of big brother Leif, will be told on our new family blog, gaalswykipedia.blogspot.com. For now, I will limit myself to posting a picture of Leif meeting his baby brother at the hospital. So far, Leif seems pretty enthused about being a big brother, for which we are grateful (and hope it continues!).

Our little speller

Aaron has gotten in the habit of spelling out a couple of words on the wall of the tub using Leif's foam bath letters whenever he gives Leif a bath. To our surprise, some of the words seem to have actually stuck in Leif's memory, even when he seemed much more absorbed in his splashing around than in paying attention to Daddy's spelling lesson. We can only hope he's still this interested in spelling once he's in elementary school and faces years of weekly spelling tests! Or are those a thing of the past, now that kids can just learn to type when they're in preschool and use spell-check??

2nd birthday video

As usual, I have fallen quite behind on sorting through our video clips of Leif and posting the best ones. Here is one taken back in February, on Leif's second birthday. We were amused by his running commentary on what he was putting on or taking off this peg board toy, particularly things like, "Take off green one; put on NEW green one!" It does not take much to amuse this two-year-old.