Catching Up with My Two Cuties!

I feel like I'm so neglectful about blogging right now and I feel like the pictures keep piling up but where is the time??  Here are only a few of what I have in my never-ending picture taking life of my girls and some new facts about each one.

Avery Jordan - 
*you are now finally waking up on your own and coming downstairs without us coming to get you.  part of me is a little sad about this, but mostly i'm just so happy to have you go play in your playroom before we (and i mean ella too) wakes up :)

*you are also getting up by yourself in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom without waking us up.  i think this is even better than you getting up by yourself in the morning.  sometimes you tell me you go to the bathroom 3 times in the middle of the night.  i'm happy for you to do it on your own!

*you have become such a cuddle bug and want us to hug or hold you.  i know part of it is bcuz you see us holding ella, but i'll take it right now. 

*you love school, your friends there, music class, when anyone comes over, when we go anywhere, still not the greatest eater but at least you mostly try it and what you do love you definitely eat, like listening to music, playing games on the ipod, calling people on the phone (already!!!)

love you kiddo!


supporting her team!

girly-girl getting her nails painted.  every one is a different color!

eating her ice cream we got from the ice cream truck driving around the neighborhood. she thought it was so cool and there were soooo many choices! seriously...how do they make any money??

still loves wearing her dinosaur mask from ben's birthday this past spring!

Ella Ryann:
*so much to tell about you!
*14 months and I can't let go of you not being a "baby" anymore

*you babble all the time and have a few words that you can say, dog, hat, hop, da, you try hard to say avery but i think that one will take some time.  you understand everything!!!  and you are for the most part a good listener when we tell you no :)

*you have pretty much dropped down to 1 nap and it's taking some time for me to get used to it. some days you can't make it, and we go for the double but those days are becoming fewer and fewer

*you are such a little piggy...and eat everything you can.  i honestly don't know how you stuff it into your little body.  it's fantastic to watch and see what you will eat.  things i never even knew babies would like!   as long as there is food around or in your hand, we are great :)

*you walk like you've been walking your whole life.  and, we are still waiting on putting the gates up bcuz you are interested in the stairs but not any further than the 1st one.  it's only a matter of time

*finally, your top teeth have come in and the back of your mouth is just a bunch of mounds while your molars arrive.  Just wait until they all come in and the things you will be able to eat.  you are going to love it!

*you are such a smiley baby, have such a great spirit, kind of a mama's girl, i can't give up the bottle yet bcuz it's my last thing that keeps you my baby, you love stuffed animals and give them hugs, you will dole out the kisses when saying goodbye but only to everyone else and not me...i get hugs though and steal my own kisses, my favorite time of the day is putting you to bed bcuz after your books and bottle we have our one-on-one time and it's is the best!!!

*thanks for completing our family sweet girl :)

uh-oh, where's lovey??  how this munchkin wakes up :)

already helping me with the dishes.  she must be sitting because she looks so tiny!

she loves her bears!

not such a baby anymore!

waving hello

she points at EVERYTHING!

movie star!

and, she is in love with her playroom and wears avery's necklaces all the time!  anytime she goes in there, she comes out with a necklace on.  shoes and jewelry...you're in trouble tim!

Birthday Celebrations

We've been busy with birthdays this Fall and we still have more special ones to come!

We celebrated this sweet girl, Keaton's 3rd birthday in September.  I still remember the day she was born when Tim and I waited up at the hospital with their family to meet her.  We were so happy to find out that she was a girl because they didn't find out the sex of the baby during their pregnancy and now when Avery and Keaton get together, they have such a blast! 

This was the hardest pinata to break open.  Luckily, all the kids got several chances with the bat and bags full of candy and toys.  What a fun party!

We had several family birthdays in October to celebrate. My Mom, both Molly and Mollye, and Don.  We celebrated at Molly and Don's for their birthdays and went to go see Connor play in his football game.  Here are the girls waiting to blow out the candles with Molly on her pie:

 And the rest of them jumped in too!

Check out this field that Connor plays at for his football games.  He's in 5th grade mind you!  Awesome!

The rest of the kiddos staying busy trying to catch the football from us up top.  We are genius! This can only lead to injury and trouble!

 How sweet is this pic of Rich and Ella??

Look at how big #6 Connor is getting! 

This is the only pic I have for Darmi's birthday.  I almost didn't get this one but I just had to snap one quick.  What a beautiful day for her birthday!  We spent the morning with her and took the girls to the park after lunch.  Then Poppy and her came over for her requested enchilada dinner and the best Baskin Robbins pie we've ever had because it was filled with German Chocolate Cake ice cream, both of our favorite ice cream.  Too bad she left it at our house. Sorry Mom, we owe you another pie.   Happy Birthday Everyone!

Did You Know that Purses Can Make Cute Hats??

Before bath the other night, the girls became a little cuckoo and took this purse and turned it into a winter hat....whatever, I just go with the flow!  They thought it was so funny!  I think they are pretty funny!

Happy Halloween!

happy halloween from snow white on her way to school!  she was so excited to see all her friends and go to school dressed up!

and here's ella sans tutu at her kindermusik class.  see the bear she is holding??  she is in love with this bear and wants to hold it whenever possible during class.  we are getting better, but it's an obsession i'm trying to break.

we went to the jurney's to trick-or-treat and look at our sweet girls in the family.  i can't believe i got ella to look with the other 2.

check out the ghost face running around the house.  i thought he told me he was "death" face.  either way, he had the fake blood coursing through the mask!

poor girls...he was FREAKING them out :)

but see, there was a ninja behind them to keep them safe!

and they were off! they were running to every house and got quite a stash.

ella and i had to return early to their house while the kids finished trick-or-treating.  she was really enjoying playing with the cauldron of smarties by the front door. i was surprised she didn't start eating them.  she is very into taking things out and then putting them back. 

Super Saturday

This past Saturday was one of those glorious days outside and our day was jam-packed and it was great! 

Ella's in the process of dropping her morning nap (imagine tears streaming down my face right now) so we dressed the girls up and took them to Kinley & Kale's Halloween-themed birthday party.  I didn't do the whole costume thing for Ella this year because Kitty had made her a super-cute onesie and I made her a tutu so I thought that would work.  Avery wanted to be Snow White so score on that costume too because we already had all she needed :)   I wish it would so easy every year!

My cute little Ella!  I just want to squeeze her cheeks and give them lots of kisses!

Avery got her face-painted by the clown they had.  She made a crown on her face to go with her costume.  She loved it and kept asking me all day if any of it had come off.

Bouncing in the bounce house they had...all to herself!

Aves and Kinley...such pretty princesses without their costumes.  Those came off in no time :)

Oh yeah...she's found the slide!

Pumpkin bowling!  Such a cute idea. The kids loved it!

After Ella went down for nap, I took Avery up to Watters Creek for their Halloween festivities.  Hayride, band, tattoos, hair spray color, crafts but best of all...every store participated in trick-or-treating.  Avery loved it because she got so much candy and I loved it because I got to check out all the stores.  Found some new ones I have to go back to!

Tim had taken Ella to the park after her nap so Avery and I met them there.  I don't know where these kids get their energy!

Somebody please help me get up to the top so I can slide down...Again!

She thought she was so cool because she was swinging higher than Tim's head

Ms. Adventure here trying to climb up this thing.  She's so adventurous and even followed Avery up to the big slide and slid down with her.  Don't worry Tim and I followed her all the way up and Tim let her slide with Avery.

Last shot of me and Aves before we left to take them to Darmi & Poppy's for the night.

Happy parents ready for date night!