Funny Food Facts by Ella

" I can't eat butter....remember last time. Butter makes me cough. Butter isn't good for me"

"Grammie told me that roast beast isn't good for me. She told me not to eat it"

"Can you give me something good and healthy for me to eat? Candy is healthy for me."

"Mommy/Daddy (depending on who isn't home at the time) told me I shouldn't eat that. It isn't good for me. It could make me sick"

As you can see, we have a super picky eater on our hands.......

Paul's Birthday Weekend

Well.....we were a bit late since Paul was out of town on his birthday, but we did some celebrating this weekend. We headed to Chick-fila on Saturday before cheer class. Paul was excited to see Ella cheer since he missed last weeks class. Saturday evening, we headed to AH-SO to meet the McGlasson family and celebrate Paul (1/15) and Jen's (1/16) birthdays. The food was fantastic and it was great spending time with our friends. Sunday, we headed over to Suz and Pat's for pizza and wings (compliments of Grammie and Papa) and homemade cheesecake with homemade blueberry topping (compliments of Suz). It was a beautiful day and we were able to spend some time outside in the sunshine.

Paul getting ready to catch the rice ball that the chef tossed his way

onion volcano

notice the kids wouldn't take their eyes off the fire

Paul's proudest day......his kids in matching Liverpool shirts

Logan looking at his daddy

The picnic

Daddy with Logan

Blowing out the candles

Tummy Blowing Squeals

Logan is very noisy these days and we LOVE it!

Thought we would share a bit with you!

(please ignore how great I look......it was first thing in the morning)

Our Princess....An Ella Update

It has been a while since I have posted anything. It has been busy around here since Thursday when Paul went out of town. Ella was very upset because it was daddy's birthday and he was missing it (to be celebrated next weekend). We had grammie stay over with us on Thursday night and Suz,Pat,and Jack on Friday night to help Ella cope with daddy being away. Ella told Grammie as we were walking through Target, "Grammie, it is just not fair. I want my daddy to come home. Oh, I miss him." She was finding pictures that she had taken with her camera of daddy and kissing them. She is daddy's girl.

Ella is very much into being a big girl and is so proud of accomplishments that she makes. She had to show both Grammie and Uncle Pat how she can get dressed by herself. Uncle Pat let her pick out her clothes and below is a photo of her choice. Daddy was proud that she chose a Liverpool shirt.

She had her first cheerleading class on Saturday morning and is so happy to be back in a class with her friend Brooke. They were SO cute in class and the teacher did a great job with them. Ella has been sharing her cheer with everyone since class....."GO TEAM GO......WE'RE NUMBER 1" I can't wait for next week's class!

Ella spends her days practicing writing her name, having stories read to her, riding her bike, and watching her new favorite show "Scooby-Doo" (thanks to cousin Jack).

Ella's most favorite thing to do is to tell everyone she meets that she has a baby brother "Loags" and that she is a "Big Sister".......so sweet. She sure does love her brother!!!

Our poor little girl woke up last night about 45 minutes after she went to sleep with a horrible case of croup. I had to call into work on what was to be my 2nd day back (caused some stress to me) and off to the doctor we went this morning. She got a shot of steroids and has been doing MUCH better today. Let's hope we get some sleep tonight because last night was rough for all of us!

"i've got style"..........mommy convinced her to change before we left the house.....whew!

"Go team go.....we're number 1"

Poor little sore leg from her shot today......she told Loags all about it

Such a clever boy!!!!! A Logan Update

Logan is such a sweet....sweet boy (have I ever said that before?) He is SO close to rolling over onto his tummy. He is talking SOOOOO much and I swear he said "mama" the other day. His big blue eyes are so beautiful and make you smile. Right now he is sitting on his daddy's lap and his giggle is the cutest sound ever! He watches every move his sister makes when she is near him. He loves to have his hands in his mouth and he is such a "knuckle sucker". Logan is sleeping so well these days....asleep at 8:30m and up at 5:45am for a snack and then usually back to bed until 7am. I LOVE this little boy!

Sitting in his bumbo with his new tray and toys

playing on his monkey island mat

eating his knuckle sandwich

check out his hair.......so stinkin' cute....you can see all the spikies in the back

there's those blue blue eyes

the monkey mat is so
fun!

fell asleep while playing......still holding on

Mr. Blue Eyes

Such a beautiful baby!!! Mr. Blue Eyes! He must be on a growth spurt.....slept 7pm-6am. I am one well rested mommy. Thought I would share a video of his cute "talking"

It's SNOW much fun!!!!

Today we headed to St. Joan of Arc Preschool where my sister teaches to join them for snow day. Ella has not seen snow before and was convinced that we would have snow for Christmas, because that is what happens in all the shows and books. She didn't quite know what to think of it at first but loved it! She especially liked that she got to wear her "rain boots"her first snow angel....
a superhero snow pose?

more smiley snow angels

tossing a snowball at Auntie Suz

Ella and her snowman

cute little snow girl

daydreaming in the snow

yet another snow angel

"E.....L......L......A spells Ella"

Ella has known how to spell her name for a few months now and today I thought I would start working on the writing the name part. It was a bit of a struggle at first, Ella gets very fidgety and doesn't like to try to do things that she thinks she can't do......."it makes me nervous mommy". The "E" nearly put me over the edge.......it was a tough one, but after that it was pretty smooth.

It only really took about 30 minutes and she was good to go. I thought maybe she would have a tough time remembering how to do it when Paul got home but she did great.....

Bumbo Boy

Looking like such a big boy in the Bumbo seat. I can't believe how much this little guy has grown in the past month. He is still such a sweetie!!!! I LOVE his giggle. In this photo, he is wearing his lucky Cardinals jammies....he has worn them the past 3 games and you can bet he will have them on this Sunday!

Oh No.......look at Ella's role models

Uncle Pat and Daddy LOVE Beyonce's song "All the Single Ladies" and were listening to it and dancing with Ella. Ella loves to shake her bum-bum and claims that "Grammie taught me. Grammie shakes her bum-bums. You've seen the pictures".....that is what Ella says. Grammie thought that was pretty funny and denied it completely :-)

I found myself singing the song and asked Ella "If you like it so much ....." and Ella replied "you put a donkey on it" SO fUNNY!

Again Like Mother, Like Daughter

Unfortunately, my poor Ella has inherited my ability to wake up with the craziest of hair!!!! Sorry Ella, you got mommy's bedhead gene!

Happy 3 months Logan!!!!

Our sweet baby boy is 3 months old today. I can hardly believe it....time has flown by. What a sweet, sweet baby this little guy is. He spends his days smiling, cooing, and now giggling!!!! He started to giggle for the first time yesterday and it is the cutest sound in the world!!!! He loves to kick his legs and wave his arms. He is grabbing at toys and he gets so excited when he gets one. Logan is a happy little guy and one thing is for certain ........ he LOVES his big sister!!!

check out his hair!!!

Big Girl.......

Ella's poopy face was the same even when she was 2 weeks old!

Ella has been in undies for almost a year BUT there was one catch......she would not poop in the potty.....no way. So, I (being the good mom) went out and bought a bribe...a tinkerbell dress. So, Ella saw it, wanted it, and pooped in the potty and then was done and asking for a pull-up again. That was months ago. I didn't want to force the issue. I have seen way too many kids her age in the hospital with constipation so I waited patiently AND 2 days ago, she decided to start going in the potty. Ella is SO very proud of herself and can't wait to tell everyone the news. Good job my big girl, mommy is so very proud of you. I LOVE YOU!

Some good old fashioned photos

My mom and sisters My mom

My dad

Scanning.......

My Christmas present from my parents was a photo scanner.....great gift.

I finally decided to open it up last night and give it a go.....well, it is a bit addicting. I was hard at work scanning away some photos from the good ole' high school days. I was posting them on facebook and laughing along with so many others at our choices of clothing, hair, etc..... It has been fun! I am also looking forward to scanning in lots of photos that I took before the digital age.....will be nice to be able to have a back-up of all of them!

A Relaxing Morning on the Couch

It has been a long time since these two could cuddle on the couch together because of all the 'sickness' so this morning was a long time coming. They sat happily watching t.v. together. Such sweet kids......I LOVE EM'!!!!!!!!!