What Goes On...

Fishing with Daddy,

Washing dishes with Honey,

And some more dishes,

Relaxing with Riley and Taylor,

Loving on baby Dylan, (whether she wants it or not!)And savouring some delicious fudge sicles!!

Spring break has been "wild and crazy"!!

Fashionista

She has a sense all her own...

The unicorn hood from our halloween costume, the fur vest from Nana and the silky princess nightgown from Honey are a few of our favorites. It's even better when we wear them all together!! This is what happens when it gets "too" quiet at our house!

Snowy Sunday

Well, we woke up yesterday morning and I thought we were in the wrong state. No offense to our weather forecasters, but usually when they call for snow we see...none. So, you can imagine our surprise when we woke up to this...

Ella really loved it and couldn't wait to get outside, last year she cried when some snow fell on her boots, this year she was in love...

It was FREEZING...daddy was sweet to share his hat!

Ella and daddy built a little snowman, too. I think she would have stayed outside all day if I would have let her. Maybe if her gloves had been waterproof I would have, but we're not really "prepared" for such things down here in Alabama.

It was a beautiful sunday and a nice little treat!!

Ella's pick...

...for the next American Idol. She just couldn't help herself when he started singing. She said, "Oh! I like him, I need to dance." She gets really into about halfway through and has a big finish!(So sorry it is sideways, but I couldn't get it turned around without it disappearing.)

Oh Deer! Part 2

This time it was at a farm instead of our house, but hey, a deer is a deer!!

Ella was feeding him corn and would beckon him to come back when he tried to walk away.

There were more than just this one, but being that it was slightly chilly they were all snuggled up together...I guess Jethro here was more hungry than cold.

She really had a wonderful time...we all did!

Rub a dub dub...

...three sweeties in a tub!!

Last weekend Juli had to go out of town, so Matt and I kept Elissa (4) and Luke (9 mos). Ella really enjoyed them being here and I think they had fun. Hannah (16) came along as well. She was such a huge help since I've been so puny lately.

They also spent some time here...

While Luke did this... Matt really enjoyed his only male companion, they bonded-it was cute!

And sometimes we even shared our inner "drama queen" with everyone. It looks like this...

All in all it was a productive weekend: Juli and Scott got some time alone with no kids, Ella learned how to share (sort of), we inherited a wonderful oil painting to adorn the blank wall over our couch from market, and Matt and I got a little slice of what life will be like with more than one child...I will miss my nights of uninterupted sleep!! But bring it on.

Baby Euten: 7 weeks 5 days

We met our newest addition for the first time yesterday. And like two years ago when we heard the first heart beat the reaction was much the same: my eyes filled with tears and my heart filled with joy! What a wonderful miracle to hear such a strong heart beat, it made the past 7 weeks of utter sickness and nausea well worth it. And because of little "newbie" I can only stare at this computer screen for a VERY short amount of time before it makes me S-I-C-K, hence the lack of posting lately. I must say, though, Ella is excited-she loves babies. Though I think she was mildly disappointed yesterday at the ultrasound...it wasn't quite the "baby" she expected to see. December was a big month for us. Matt and I celebrated four years together, he turned 31 the same day we found out we were pregnant again, we had a wonderful stay at the Opryland hotel in Nashville and of course Christmas. Those pictures will have to come later-my computer time is sadly over!!!