We have been MIA

Sorry it has been sooooo long. Our computer crashed and burned! A lesson to you all and a hard lesson for us....BACK UP ALL YOUR PICTURES! Anyway, lots to catch you up on. While we have been technologically challenged we celebrated two birthdays and are about to celebrate another.

Happy Birthday Ella! I can't believe she is two and is truly living up to being two. Her vocabulary has exploded and she talks in small complete sentences. She is a riot and picks up on everything. Lately, she has been saying to Elizabeth, "What is da matter, wady (lady)?" Eric and I have been cracking up. She enjoyed her Elmo birthday and really got the hang of what a birthday is. Now whenever she sees anything on tv she says,"want that for MY birthday." Funny! She went in for her 2 year check up and weighed a little under 27 pounds. She measured 36 inches tall!! She was 90th percentile for height and 50th percentile for weight. That is about where she has been her whole life. Way to go for being consistent, Ella!





We are gearing up now for Easter and Andrew's fourth, yes, FOURTH birthday. Our little man is getting so big. He also has been a crack up lately and so helpful with Elizabeth. He loves that she interacts with him more and more. Yesterday, Elizabeth was fussing and he said, "Mommy, I think she needs some of your milk, then a bottle, burp, fill her pants and go to bed." :) He definitely covered all the bases!


Papa came down for the kids' birthdays and we got to go to Chuck E Cheese. The kids had a blast! Ella pretty much just ran around crazily but Andrew had a great time playing all the games.





Elizabeth is growing by the minute and has not a hint of newborn left in her. She is rolling over from back to front and holding things in her hands. I still marvel at the stages that the kids go through. It is still enchanting even the third time around. She is "chatting" all the time. She has regressed with her sleeping....grrrrrr. So we are trying hard this week while I am home to get her on a strict schedule. She is definitely not starved since she weighed 15 pounds 2 ounces at the drs. She measured 25.5 inches long. That put her in the 90th pecentile for both height and weight. She is a chunk to say the least. We have started her on cereal in the past couple of days and she is loving it. Hoping that fills her up some and she gets to wanting to sleep again at night.

Elizabeth's Baptism

Elizabeth was baptized March 1, 2009 on her exact 3 month birthday. It was a wonderful day! We were blessed to have two Grandmas here at the same time. My Mom flew in from Ohio to be Elizabeth's Godmother. Luckily, we also had Stella here who "manned the troops" while we were on the altar for the baptism. Thank God for fruit snacks, right Stella? Heehee;) Elizabeth was an angel the entire mass and slept until the water was poured on her head. She didn't cry but was a little in shock. :) I love the way our church does baptisms. It truly integrates you into the whole mass. Even the songs they sing during communion they put Elizabth's name in. Just like Ella, she wore my baptismal gown. I think that is pretty special. I am going to have it preserved and see if we can make it another generation. Here are some pictures from that day and some extra of the little chunky monkey!
P.S. We do have another daughter but she absolutely refuses to get her picture taken lately. So Ella pictures are soon to come, hopefully! :) Enjoy...

The Best Baby EVER!!!

Things are busy here as usual. I have gone back to work and the children have adjusted beautifully yet again. We are so blessed to have Stella down here watching the children. She is truly a gift from heaven! The kids just love that they get to be at home with Grandma and I can't tell you how wonderful it is to go to work and know that they are being so well taken care of. I just couldn't ask for anything more.

Andrew and Ella are doing great. We moved them into a room together and so far it has gone relatively well. We are still dealing with early wake ups since they start giggling and playing as soon as their eyes open. I am sure it will take awhile for that to wear off.

Elizabeth gets the best baby award! She is unbelievable! She truly is the happiest little thing and a champion sleeper! Last night was her first night that she slept through the entire night! From 9:00-6:00, she was out like a light! Amazing! Most nights she will go to bed around 9 and make it till about 4 or so. Such a good baby! At her 2 month check up she weighed a whopping 11 lbs. 4 oz! And I am sure she has put on at least a pound since then. The girl definitely loves to eat! She is just growing right before our eyes. It is so bittersweet! She coos and "talks" all the time and is working on rolling over. She has started that full body smile. You know when they just wiggle all over when they are smiling because they are so happy to see you!! Nothing like that in the world!

Since I haven't posted in awhile be prepared for LOTS AND LOTS OF PICTURES!!! :)

Andrew is Elizabeth's biggest fan!


Andrew and Ella reading books together.

Ella, the fashion diva!






I am developing quite an addiction to matching clothes for the girls. :)