Big Day!!!

Today was a big day in our house! Anna peed and pooped on the potty for the first time EVER!!!! We were at Carrie's house this afternoon and Anna tried one time. She didn't have any luck the first time. Then I put her down for a nap and left to go the FCA. Carrie said she heard Anna kind of crying (which she never does) so she decided to go check on her. She asked her if she needed to poop. Anna said yes, so Carrie took her. Carrie put her on the potty and then gave her privacy. Carrie said a few minutes later she heard the poop and then the pee! Anna said, "Can I have my sucker now?" So Carrie gave her the sucker! I was playing basketball at FCA, so Carrie called Mark so he could come tell me. I couldn't concentrate on the basketball game after that.

We decided to celebrate the occasion, so Joe came to Mark and Carrie's after work. We loaded up 4 kids and headed to Wal-Mart and McDonald's!

Heading to Wal-Mart so Anna could get a treat!

We need big kids at our house.

We wanted Anna to remember this day, so we bought her a microphone so she could sing while she sits on the potty and a baby that goes to the potty!

Celebration dinner at McDonalds!

Ella is 6 months old

I cannot believe that in 6 months we will be celebrating Ella's 1st birthday. Time is going too fast for us. Ella has changed alot in this past month. She has cut her bottom 2 teeth and she is eating solid foods (cereal, green beans, yellow squash, peas, and butternut squash). She LOVES all her foods so far and has finally figured out how to eat with a spoon pretty well. She also is turning over consistently and we are working on sitting up.

We went for Ella's 6 month check-up on Friday since we were going to be out of town this week. She weighed 16 lbs. 1 oz. and is 25 1/4 inches long.

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Today...May 3, 2010

We had to wait for Ella's shots, so she took a nap on Daddy.

Catch Up

Sorry I have not been blogging lately. Here are pictures from the past few weeks.

She sucks on her thumb all the time now!

No we are not really potty training yet, but we are trying to get Anna to actually pee on the potty so she might start to understand the concept. She sits on the potty (big and small one) alot, but cannot actually pee on it. This day, she sat on the potty for an entire episode of Dora...still no luck.

Checking on the garden.

Ready for our spring photoshoot last weekend!

Ella's first tooth came in Tuesday, then today we noticed the 2nd one on the bottom had popped through!

Carrie and lauren left me with 5 kids the other day..whew, I'm glad I only have 2 right now.

Anna led Corbin and Joel in Ring-Around-the Rosie

Ella's new favorite thing to chew on since she has cut her first 2 teeth this week!

We let Anna choose between Cracker Barrel and McDonalds for breakfast this morning. Can you tell where we went? She loves playing at "Donalds"!

Look how big I'm getting!

Ella likes playing with Regan!

Nana and her girls.

Poppy and Ella

I love cuddle time with my baby girl!

Ella"sDedication

We had Ella's baby dedication at church Sunday. Joe's parents came to visit for the weekend. We had a great time visiting with Grandma and Grandpa. Joe and his dad put in a raised garden Saturday and also cooked the meat and dessert for dinner! Thanks guys! Grandma took care of the girls while I went to a baby shower Saturday morning. Sunday, my parents, Ma, and Aunt Janet came in for Ella's dedication, then they all came back to our house for lunch. We had a great time with our family this weekend.

Ella's Baby Dedication...April 11, 2010

We are so thankful to be a part of such an amazing church.

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family. Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Poppy, Ma, and Aunt Janet all came to town for this special day!

Nana and Poppy

Our family...

Ma and Ella. Ma made Ella's beautiful dedication dress.

Anna wanted Aunt Janet to push her in the swing.

Ready to head to church with Grandma and Grandpa!

Grandpa rubbed Ella's burpcloth on her gums. She LOVED it!

The only time Anna acts jealous is when Grandma or Nana are holding Ella.

Cuddle time with Grandma

Daddy brought home ice-cream last week. They have been sharing a bowl alot lately.

Happy Easter

We had a great day celebrating our Risen Savior! Anna has been saying all day, "Jesus is alive!" She knows why we celebrate Easter! Nana and Poppy left yesterday, so we spent the day with just the four of us.

Easter 2010

Silly face


My girls...

Daddy and his girls!

Great lunch at O'Charleys. It wasn't like being at Nana's, Grandma's or Ma's, but it was good.

Ella is 5 months old

Ella has changed alot in this last month. She is now eating cereal 2 times a day and is trying to cut her two bottom teeth. We can see them, they just have not broken the skin yet. She chews on things and drools ALL the time. She rolled over the other day (this was not the first time) but I think the first time she did it was a fluke. Now she gets up on her side all the time and tries to look behind her back. I think she will be turing over all the time really soon. We moved her bedtime up again, so now she is finally going to bed at 8:00 just like her sister. She usually wakes up talking to herself between 7:30 and 7:40. I don't feed her until 8:00 though. She is also being able to stay awake alot longer now between naps. Her wake time is usually 2 hours and then naps for 2 hours!

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Today...April 3, 2010