Elena's 1st CD

Yet another highlight of our stay in Rochester was visiting Uncle Tom’s studio. Seth’s uncle is a DJ on the radio, and we brought Elena to the studio to record her talking. Of course, she froze up and wouldn’t talk even though she talks almost non-stop otherwise. We eventually got her to say a few phrases, and Tom put her voice over a few songs so she now has her very first CD. He also put her on live radio. If anyone was listening to the radio in the Rochester area and heard a little voice going "uh-oh!" and "bye-bye" during a Mariah Carey song, that was Elena.
She loves her new CD and gets mad if we try to play anything else. Here's a video of her dancing to it in the studio.

Pumpkins

As promised, here's footage of Elena running through the pumkin patch.

Our Little Lab Rat

While in Rochester, we were able to go visit an orchard with all sorts of yummy apples and pumpkins. Elena had a blast running through the pumkins, yelling "Pumkin! Pumkin!" (although it sounded more like "Papi! Papi!") I'll save that video for another day.

Also at the orchard, there was a little maze for the kids to run through. We stuck Elena at the beginning and she very quickly ran through. It was an easy maze, but we were still pretty impressed. Here she is at the finish. As soon as she was done, she ran back to the beginning and started over. What fun!

Making Friends

We're staying with Seth's aunt and uncle in Rochester this week while he trains for his new job. It's loads of fun, and Elena loves having more people to play with. She woke up at 3:00 this morning and kept trying to get out of bed, saying "Ka-col" (that's how she says Michael, Seth's cousin).

I was also going to write about Elena's progress in the world of making friends, but the news has already made it onto another blog (with a better picture than I have) so I'll just direct you there. Joy writes better than I do anyway. Simply click on Muffinshire on the right side of the screen and read the entry for Sept. 29th. Ciao for now!