Sibling photo fail

You know that moment when your kids are in matching outfits and you envision a photo opportunity like this.....

Thinking it will turn out magical and you would be stupid not to blow it up and stick it above the fireplace.


Well a photo opportunity arose the other day and I didn't really luck out. Lets just say none of the pictures will probably even make it into the photo albums.

Thumb in mouth 

 baby falling

 oh man we have buttons on our clothing

 smothering

 big sister controlling

decent 

ok this last one is pretty stinking cute

Photo opportunity 2 came up days later and the poor photography skills became evident once again

 searching for belly button

 discovered there are snaps on babies pockets

 awkward creepy eyes from baby

 controlling big sister part 2

 a fight breaks out

 act fast one is looking at the camera and smiling.

choke hold

Well it doesn't always work out the way we envision it, but i still think they are pretty cute baby girls and one of these days I'll snap that perfect matching outfit sibling picture. 

princess shoes

This is what it is like when Ella spots Princess shoes in the toy isle. 

I was totally suckered into getting them after the fit got so loud and she was convulsing over these dumb princess shoes. 

And here they sit. She wears them ALL day long. A different pair for different duties around the house. Glass slippers for cooking dinner, Rapunzel slippers for walks and so on. My Mom has sent most of them and more come each month in the mail. 

The shoes go on walks with us and give her blisters

(the goggles often go on walks with us too)

 They go to the pool with us too

It's not just princess shoes, it's shoes in general..

She will stop any women in the store and get down on her knees and admire their shoes and ask to try them on. We can't even make it one minute in Old Navy without her shoes off and another pair on. 16 pairs were tried on the other day thank goodness I didn't have the baby with us. She even pulls out her old baby shoes and miserably walks around in them all day

 Thank goodness this little one hasn't been corrupted by the "shoes" yet

A Few Videos from my phone!

I have been taking some videos these past few weeks on my phone. Ella could sit and watch herself over and over again all day long. She skips over any videos of Everette though because she is pretty self centered at the moment!

All of Ella's dreams officially came true when she found out she could feed a real baby!

This is Everette's first time eating...I think she did pretty well!

Here she is tucking babies in to bed. She calls them peoples.

Here she is trying to be a mommy to Ever

And finally a little interview with Ellie James

Good ol' Moms

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS IN MY LIFE

My mom was kinda a babe

And this little babe got her eyebrows. You probably don't see it but I see my mom every time I look at Ellie.

We are lucky to have wonderful women in our life

 Women who gave us life and support us in our life decisions

 James and I have great moms and they are even better grandma's. Our children are very lucky to have them in their life. They love to spoil my babies and I love them for that. 

I feel so blessed to have a mother who not only loves me but admires my accomplishments and is proud of the mother I have become every day. She tells me often that I am doing a good job with my babies and I need to hear that. She has words of wisdom for me and is always there to listen to me. My mom is very thoughtful and has a strong desire to give back to those in need. I learned this from her at a very young age and it is what fueled my desire to serve in Africa. 

James is very lucky to have a mother who appreciates his humor and desire to help others. She is always finding just the right toys for him to make his stressful study life a little more fun. She is so patient with me at the sewing machine and finds joy in being with my babies. 

  

MOMMY FRIENDS!

I'm also incredibly grateful every single day for these amazing mommies in my life. We are together almost everyday and we are all going through a very similar journey. There are MANY more of you and you know who you are!!! We see each other WAY more then we see our own husbands at this time in our life. We love each other, gossip with each other, share baby clothes and toys, birth stories and poop stories. We watch shows together and make bows together! When I am nursing they will run and pick up Ellie out of the sand and wipe her nose and clean up her cut. A mother couldn't ask for a better group of girlfriends. We support each other in this crazy thing called "MOTHERHOOD"

And I love them because they gave my babies best friends to play with and grow up with. I love these babies and enjoy my time with each of them!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

Little Ruby Jane

I went to high school with a family friend Matt and then later became roommates with his younger sister Jamie the year prior to marrying James. He lost his baby girl and I enjoy following their family blog.

When I look at their blog I tend to give my girls more kisses that day, I tend to slow down and lay on the floor with them so we can giggle and paint toe nails and I tend to be so grateful for eternal families.

I wanted to share so you too can slow down and squeeze your little babies cheeks and kiss those little fingernails and be grateful for the health in your family.

They are trying to spread the word on organ donation....



here is their BLOG

5 Months and 27 months

Baby Ever is five months old this week!!!!!

She just got shots and did great. So happy the whole visit.

15lb 8oz

She really is smiling like this 24/7 so don't think I just get lucky and she smiles when she sees the camera.

Discovered that papa has prickles on his face and she likes it!

She loves Ella and enjoys watching her play

Ok so when wearing mustaches she doesn't smile, but that's about the only time she doesn't.

Ever is doing great. She is happy and healthy. She has started rolling from her back to stomach all over the place. She has two little bottom teeth already and is becoming more interested in food when we are eating. She nurses wonderful and sleeps through the night. I couldn't ask for a more pleasant baby girl. Love her!

           Ella is 27 months and no words are really needed in describing what she has been up to lately.                                                                       

It's about all we do around here these days. Dress up in gowns, look for rings that have fallen behind the couch, putting on heels, finding just the right princess song on Pandora for her, watching princess movies, mommy wearing crowns and then going to the grocery store without realizing the crown was still on my head...... fun stuff I tell ya. She Still hasn't set foot out of her big girl bed without me right next to her. Sleeping great through the night and eating great too. She is 23 pounds now. That's a 2 pound weight gain in 2 months. I was so excited to hear the news!! We love our princess.

Mama has been makin bows like crazy

Oh and I FINALLY started Ever's scrapbook

 Papa has been doing this
Who even knows what papa looks like these days???? All we see is the back of his head.

home depot day

Most of my buddies know this already..... but did you know that Home Depot does a free craft for kids the first Saturday of every month?? If you didn't you should go. The kids get an apron and a pin for every craft they complete. Ella has three pins so far and loves it so much. 

Today they were making a planter box for Mothers day.

Ella- "mom I use the hamburger?"

Mom- "what???"

Ella- " I hamberg with the hamburger?"

Mom- "oh yes honey you can use the hammer."

I really love it when she zones out and watches cars drive by and hamburgers my fingers. 

Once finished she painted it and held it up to me and said..

"mom I make a baby bed"

So we promptly went home to play babies while Everette napped.

Sooo I lucked out this year and got a baby bed for Mothers day! Yay for me!