Visit with the Kaufmans

On Tuesday evening, we went to visit our friends, Jeff & Cole Kaufman. Long-term blog readers may remember Cole from our Buffalo visit back in July 2007. He and Ellison are 11 days apart, and their due dates were the exact same day! These 2 little Scorpios (referring to Ell & Cole here) share a love of The Wiggles.

Cole with his daddy, Jeff

I love this pic of Ell - she looks so old!

Ellison was being so sweet handing the balloon to Cole.

OK, this looks bizarre, but I had to capture Ellison's first somersault (hee hee). Cole was like a pro gymnast doing somersaults like crazy, and Ellison soon found that she wanted to try it, too. It hadn't occured to us to teach her that skill yet, but she thought it was cool. It was cute watching these two.

The kiddos with their daddies.

I love this pic - the little tikes giving each other a hug.

Cole's grandma Gigi brought a cute surprise for the little ones - little matching cows (well, Cole's was blue, of course). Ellison keeps calling it, "My hippo". My child does know her animals - it does look a lot like a hippo for the record.

It was getting to be close to bedtime for the toddlers. They both plopped right on my lap and sat still as could be as I read to them. After a long while, they would each start to glare at each other, then a hand would gently "push" at the other, and then one would try to claim more lap territory than the other. A glimpse into the future of life with a sibling??? (And no, I'm not pregnant for those of you about to spread some rumors! If you think you see a tummy on me, it's all of the Puerto Rican food I scarfed down for 8 days).

[November 25, 2008]