Little Girly

I am so swoon by my little girly I can hardly stand it!
She is so me in so many ways. She LOVES to climb on everything. If there is a box on the ground, she will climb up and sit on it. I was known to be found on top of things I should never have gotten on. She HATES to cuddle; apparently I didn't either when I was little. She is so impatient. I wonder if I was too from the get go? She has no fear. She LOVES the water. She will practically climb into the shower if the bathroom door isn't closed before getting in. She loves to sleep on her tummy... That is the thing I miss most while pregnant. She is a good eater and loves food!
She is my little side kick and is always next to me.

Oh, and everything belongs in her mouth!

S'up

This is what's up at our house.

Ella clinging to me for dear life.
She is constantly pulling up on me, hugging my leg, looking up at me crying for me to hold her. She may as well be back in my stomach, I carry her around all day anyways! =) At least she only weighed 6 lbs. then.
I know, one day I will miss looking down and seeing her there!
I actually can't help but smile when I look at these pictures.

On a side note. I edited the pictures with the Pioneer Womans new set of actions. She released her second round and I love the Seventies one. I used her Sharpen THIS, and Seventies on both these pictures. If you have photoshop, download her actions. They are free, and so fun to play with. I love her Boost and quick edge burn in her first set, and in the second the one for making the eyes pop, sharpen this, and seventies. Really, you could play for hours!

Imagination

Today is Cole Bug's Birthday, so I thought I would post a couple of pictures that I feel truly portray him as a Dad.
The other day he got the itch to have an experiment day with the kids. He took Tate out to the store and came home with a couple of bags full of random things. He pulled out the kitchen cart and had it all organized with his different ingredients for the experiments.
Cole's sister and her family also joined in on the fun and even brought a few things as well.
I will spare the scientific explanation that was given to the kids while doing the following:

Dropping a handful of Mentos, The Fresh Maker, into a diet Coke:

This is what it did instantly:

We all wondered what would happen if you had a mouth full of Mentos, and drank a Diet Coke?

Next the kids played with dry ice. The second Cole mentioned to be careful, Tate backed way up, and was on the extreme side of being cautious.

This one was SO fun. They mixed corn starch with water. It forms a dough that is runny if you don't play with it, and as soon as you squeeze it, and play with it, it goes rock hard. Then when you stop it goes back to being runny. I don't know who liked it more, the kids or the adults. It reminded us of the guy on The Terminator, that is liquid and comes back together.

Look at how swollen Tates eyes are here: He had a trip to the doctors a few days later, to find out that he had a sinus infection.

I can't remember what made this geyser, I think he had the kids put food coloring in a cup and added vinegar to baking soda?

This is just an example of the fun things He is always doing with Tate. He is always putting together fun things to do with his little buddy to to teach him, but also have fun.
Happy Birthday Cole, one more year behind us... I look forward to the many more ahead!

Holidays

We had a great Holiday Season.
Christmas Eve was spent at Cole's Mom's.
The evening consited of Ella not sleeping, baking cookies, reading Christmas stories, and a sweet round of singing... My solo was for sure the best! =)

Christmas Morning:

Yes, that is slobber all over her face. She should win a prize for how awesome she can drewl!
Tate ripped through the presents. When he was all done, I was surprised that the first thing he wanted to sit down and play with was his Moon Sand.

At my Mom's, she played dress up with her grandkids:

It was really cute!
She made elf costumes for all the grandsons, and little Christmas fairy outfits for the two girls.
The "Elves" where in charge of passing out the presents.
(The twins where also dressed up, they are just not in any pictures.)

A Day Early

Wishing you all a warm and very...

Tub Time

Some fun pictures from the kids bath the other day.

Let It Snow

Like every other child, He was so excited to get out and play in the snow.
I was excited too! I love to watch the snow fall. It's on my "favorite things list," or it would be if I had one.
He has been waiting so patiently to build a snowman, and kept saying "what will his name be Mom?" This morning we ventured out to make it, only to find non packable snow. So we improvised and built a mini Frank... that is his name. (I named him because Tate kept saying no to every name.)

9 Months

Making her debut with her 9 month pictures...

Weight: 17 lbs. 10 oz. = 25 %tile

Height: 28" = 75 %tile
Head Circ: 44 cm = 50%

She started crawling at 8 months and is following me everywhere around the house.
She does an army crawl but is quick.
Her smile is still the sweetest thing to me and she loves to laugh.
She loves her brother and he loves her. It is so much fun to watch them together.

And one for my main little man, cause he is a little devil, and also the sweetest little boy all wrapped up in one.
He is into hiding my things from me and then forgets.
I am currently not able to prove that I have a drivers license because he decided to put it who knows where?

Just because she is 9 months today...
This picture was a few months ago.
I'll post some of her 9 month pictures soon

Gimmy

This little girl has a bad case of the "gimmy's" when it comes to food. and toys. (She is old enough now that she will follow Tate around and take his toys. When he takes them back she SCREAMS like a girl. It's actually not cute at all.)
She is really starting to get her personality and boy does she like food.
I think she would sit and eat all day if I let her.
This morning I put her down with some banana puffs to enjoy and she polished the bowl.

She is our little stink that's for sure.

A little side story so I don't forget:
This morning Cole got up and did the morning ritual with the kids... Get the boy his snack tray, which usually consists of crackers, cereal, and a piece of bread; a drink; and a movie.
Get the babe some toys.
Go back to bed.
We don't really get to go back to sleep, but it is nice to try.
We were lying in bed when we heard Tate start to laugh so hard. The laugh kept getting closer and closer to us. He ran into the bathroom. Ella was chasing him. He closed the door. She pushed it open and went in. It was so funny to watch them laugh together and play.