Oh little Ellie

So anyone who knows Ellie knows that she is CONSTANTLY sucking on something, whether it be her clothes, thumb, finger, you get the picture. Well now she has discovered the art of sucking on her toes, she loves the big one. For some reason she doesn't think that she can get them with pants on so she waits until I am changing her diaper to pop them in. She is such a funny little thing.

Boys will be Boys

So I spend all day long telling Ashton how nice it is to play soft and how I like how gentle he is being with his blocks today all to have Dad come home and crash cars into each other and drive them like crazy all over my house, bless his heart!

Remanising

So I went to see Samantha and her new little baby the other day and it made me realize how fast time flies. It seems like I was just pregnant and ready to burst and couldn't wait to have the baby. Then came little Ellie belly and I couldn't wait until she was sleeping through the night, now I can't wait until she can self entertain a little more. Well seeing a new baby made me stop for a minute and enjoy the moment. I know that I had to remind myself to do that often with Ashton because sometimes it is a lot of work having a new little one. Ellie looked so big compared to a little newborn and it made me realize that my little baby is growing up, possibly a little too fast, maybe I will stop feeding her and she will slow down a little, just kidding. I thought I would post some pictures of me as a B-I-G girl and my little girl.

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year with the kids. Our tradition is to go to Colorado where my grandparents live and spend the holidays with my family. This kids got spoiled rotten and loved every minute of it! One of Ashton's favorite presents was temporary Cars tattoos that Santa gave him in his stocking. Everyday he would insist on getting another one on his arm, now I know what my answer would be if he ever asked for just one real one. Ellie was so funny, she is starting to scream just because. She will be smiling and happy all while screaming an ear piercing scream. She managed to continue this the entire week we were in Colorado, what a vocal little girl!

Christmas Pictures

We got Christmas pictures done on Friday. I think that they turned out pretty cute! Both of the kids were really good except for one incident. Ashton has been starting to notice the differences in people around him, so he has pretty much humiliated me on numerous occasions by pointing out heavier set people, asking my doctor why he was brown, these types of things. So there was the sweetest little girl at the picture place that was the same old as Ellie so I was talking to her mom. The little girl had a large birth mark on her face and I should have thought about little stinker Ashton. So of course he says, "Mom what's that on her face." The woman didn't hear him and I ignored him hoping that he wouldn't say anything again, but oh no. He then said "Mom, MOM WHAT IS ON HER FACE." To my great fortune, the woman didn't hear again so I just said I think that we were going to wait outside because it is was so lovely out there. This was a lie because it was pouring rain and if I remember correctly it felt about 10 degrees below zero with the windchill factor. People inside Kiddie Kandids were staring at me like, why does that crazy lady have those poor children outside in weather like this. Little do they know about what I have to do to keep any remaining dignity that I have. Other than that, things went just lovely.

Brother and Sister

I love to watch Ashton and Ellie grow together as siblings, they are so funny! Ashton loves to watch Curious George while I make his breakfast in the mornings. He now has Ellie loving it too! They snuggle up on our chair, with our cat of course, and watch it together. Ashton tells me, "Mom, Ellie wants to watch George now." Priceless! My favorite thing about this picture is that Ellie looks like she totally knows what is happening on Curious George, I think that she is pretending for Ashton's sake!

Fun in the Snow!

We were so excited to wake up to snow this morning! Brian got a chance to try out his new four wheeler while Ashton played all day in the snow! I thought he would get cold but he only came in for a nap and some lunch and other than that he was out in the snow with Dad. I tried taking little Ellie out there, but she decided that she would rather stay inside where it was warm!