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ellen and dave made graham cracker states today. apparently ellen took a bite of one and said "look daddy! oregon!" so they made washington and california too. dave and i are trying valiently not to stifle our dear daughter's ideas/creativity. even when it comes to eating crazy weird things that we think are nasty (like vegetables for instance.) tonight we had eggs with ham and cheese for dinner and ellen asked for her usual two dips - ranch and ketchup in which she dips just about everything. but it's not just that she dips things, she drags whatever it is through the ranch first, then ketchup. and half the time she leaves out the dipping food and just uses her fingers. apparently this is a great delicacy for her. she also discovered salt and pepper tonight so she added that to the routine. in other news, isaiah is getting huge. i think last night when i went to get him in the middle of the night i picked him up and thought "holy moly, this kid is heavy." i think he gained at least ten pounds between dinner and his midnight snack. my back has actually been hurting from holding him the last few days. I'm either gonna have to start working out or he's going to have to learn to walk. and that may not be too far away since we discovered tonight that he absolutely loves to play piano - and will stand up to do it. so i guess he's going to be a huge 6'8" linebacker/concert pianist.