matryoshka

elenora is was playing with her matryoshkas this morning. she was saying things like "this is the littlest matryoshka" and "this one is bigger" and "this one is the biggest."

then she just looked at me with the middle-sized one and said "this one's the middlest."

the other day as we drove to momby's house, ella suddenly exclaimed "wait a minute! wait a minute! i didn't see the horses outside today!"

tonight she suddenly said "you know what?"

i love that she's picking up on all these phrases and incorporating them into her speech.

today i went to the hospital and had a blood test to determine if i'm pregnant. i've been nauseous since wednesday, which is not common at all, so i called my midwives and they sent me for the tests.

the tests were negative. which i'm relieved about. but it seems everyone else is a little bit bummed about it. even j. said that he was a little disappointed.

we're waiting to hear about a rental house that we've made an offer on. crossing my fingers, really. the house is wonderful.