Christmas pictures

Here are some pictures from Christmas! Finally uploaded them!





















Picture overload I know!

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Ra & Zach are getting married!

My sister Rachael is getting married! Zach asked her to
marry him in December, and their wedding is going to be May 5th! We are so excited and really love Zach- he is perfect for Ra! We are having a lot of fun with wedding planning right now- it is going to be beautiful!





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Merry Christmas!

We had such a great time this Christmas! Katie was so excited about everything this year- from helping decorate the tree and front door, to our elf on the shelf "josephfiv" (we don't know why she named him that either), to Christmas Eve services. She was also very excited about Christmas being Jesus's birthday- she wanted to make sure we would be making Him a cake and that she could help! We read the Christmas story several times and Katie was very concerned that Jesus was not born in a hospital, because that is where babies are born! She decided that if He wasn't born in a hospital that he should have been born in a hotel,because she loves hotels and they are kind of like hospitals,right? We explained that there was no room at any "hotels" and that is why he was born in the manger.

This was Ellie's first Christmas and she was so cute! We did not buy her as many things as we did for Katie, which was fine because she played more with the boxes and paper!

Christmas Eve we went to the service at our church at 3:00, then met my family at their church at 5:00, then after that we went with the fam to our traditional Christmas Eve dinner....at El Chico! We have been going there for at least ten years- before Jason and I were married!

Christmas morning was great- Katie slept in our room that night just in case she woke up she wouldn't see anything before she was suppossed too! We got up around 8:00 and she ran in and saw that the cookies and milk we had left for Santa had been eaten, then ran around the corner and saw all of her presents!

Fall Pics

A few weeks ago we had fall pictures taken by my friend Mitzi Penick- she has taken pictures for us several times and they always turn out great! Ellie was in a bad mood the day/afternoon of the pics, but we did manage to get her to smile in a few!











I love these girls! They are so much fun!

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Eight months old!

Ellie is eight months old now! We have had several new firsts this month- she has started cruising on the furniture and has even let go a couple of times! I think she will be walking in a month or two- Katie walked at 9 months and I bet little sister will too! She will hold onto her little walker and it is so cute!






Ellie also had her first tooth pop up, which is great except that she has started biting me- not fun for me at all! I'm hoping she will stop soon!


She has also started waving "hi", clapping, and saying "DaDa". She loves her big sister, even though Katie is a little rough with her- Ellie will be a tough one! She will have to be to survive Katie!



The girls had fun at Halloween- Katie was a princess (of course) and Ellie was an "Ellie"phant!






Jason's parents are in town for about a month, so it has been fun to see them and for them to see the girls! They last saw Ellie when she was 3 weeks old! We are glad they will be here for Thanksgiving too!

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Happy Half Birthday Ellie!

Today is Ellie’s half  Birthday! I can’t believe this baby girl is six months old! Ellie is learning how to sit up on her own, but even though she is not very good at sitting yet, she can already crawl! She will crawl a little, then roll a couple of times, and somehow end up on the other side of the room! I think she is moving so early to keep with big sister-or maybe to get away from her!

We started eating cereal this past week and she is getting the hang of it-it is a very messy process, with more ending up on her bib and the high chair than in her mouth, but I’m sure in no time she will be eating a ton!

We have our six month appointment later this month, so I will have to post some stats then!

        

Big sister Katie is LOVING school! She loves her teacher and I think she would like to go every day, but we are sticking with three days/week for now. She cracks us up with funny things she says and does like:

* She said her Bible verse of the week from school was: “Children, obey your parents and if you remember this you will get a sticker.” 

* “Mom, I’m exhausted…I need a nap!”

* She insists that she is going to marry Byron Binns!

* She loves “bacation” and staying hotels and was so upset when we had to come home last week!

* She eats pancakes EVERYDAY for breakfast…but every morning she pauses like she is really thinking about what she wants to eat and then says “I’ll have……pancakes!”

April 2011

We are adjusting to life with two kids- well, trying to at least! Ellie is doing great- she wants to eat all of the time! She has gained weight and is growing like a weed! Katie loves her baby sister...sometimes a little too much! We have to tell her to "be gentle" about 100 times a day, but at least she likes her! We stay home a lot- it is a lot harder to get two kids ready to go somewhere than one! It took me about two hours to get us all ready and just go to the post office last week! I am sure it will get easier, but right now it is a big challenge. It may still be awhile before I attempt to take them both to Walmart!