Elle beats up a crab

Although I refer to the "crab" as a lobster in the video, it is indeed a crab and Elle beats Mr. crabby up with her "keys" in the video.....she actually "plays" now. How fun. 

Elle Patricia will be 6 months old on Sunday! So hard to believe a 1/2 of a year has gone by.....really...has it?? Mother's do not lie when they say, "they grow so fast, enjoy every minute" and we really, really have. She is such a joy and such a good baby. We are lucky. I remember very vividly my Mother saying how much she loved the baby years for all three of us kids. I would say to her, "were you nuts having three babies so close together?!!"  It was a lot of work I suspect, but I also imagine we all brought her so much joy.

I'm glad I got pregnant when I did or else I think we probably would have waited another few years to even try and now I am happy to be a "younger" Mom. One of the last days I saw my Mom was at the Close's home for Easter, she said to me, "when are you going to have babies? you're going to be soooo old". I would never tell her. Even though I knew I would one day have a child, I never even gave her a hint. She probably thought I would never have them the way I acted. It was all a front Mother....I knew how badly you loved kids and wanted to see me as a Mom. I hope you see me now.  And I couldn't be happier that we had our Elle. She truly came for a reason and at the right time, she came to rescue me. Talk about pressure.

You would just love her Mom and Dad.......