ellen and isaiah both slept for a little more than three hours today. at the same time. this is amazing. i used this valuable precious time to read harry potter, so i feel i can take some time tonight to write a bit. ellen seems to have an uncanny ability to know when isaiah has woken up. we'll be sitting in her room or the living room or whereever doing whatever it is we're doing while he sleeps and she'll say "baby awake!". for a while i was telling her no he's still sleeping because i didn't hear anything. but she's been right just about everytime. so now i listen to her. its been really hot the last few days so tonight i took ellen over to the city pool to go swimming. it took her a couple of minutes to loosen her grip on my neck, but she had a wonderful time and even encouraged me to leave her on the side of the pool and go try out the rope swing. i graciously declined. poor dave stayed home with isaiah and witnessed his first tears. he's having a hard time sleeping because it's so hot i don't want to swaddle him, but for some reason he just will not stay asleep if he's not wrapped up tight.