Sweet and Silly Ella

Ella has been quite creative lately! She has the most vivid conversations with herself! The other day I left her in the kitchen to eat her lunch while I went to tend to Lucas. I could hear her talking in a high story like voice. In my mind I thought she probably hadn't take a bite of her lunch since she was doing so much talking. I found her lunch almost gone and learned that she was making up some kind of story about which hand could "eat" more. All I could do was giggle as I saw her imagination working.

Here, her little people are having a feast!

This is an advent calendar that she took all the boxes out of and made a train. If you look closely you can see that snoopy is riding in a "train car".

When we are out running errands she always find some way to be creative and a little silly!

Her kids meal bag from Chick-fil-A became a hat.

She found a spot on the cart that is "just her size". She likes anything small... that means it's "just my size" as she says.

After we went to see the movie "Bolt" we went for burgers and milkshakes! She was quite excited to get her very own... and yes, it was "just her size".

Ella was very interested in decorating our tree this year! She was concentrating so hard to get those little hooks to stay on the branches.

This is her new face. She looks a little ornery but she is trying to look nice.

Six and Seven Months

Oops... Last month slipped by with out my remembering to blog about my baby boy growing up...

Lucas' Six Month Pictures:




And the Seven Months Pics:

Catching up -October

A look at October...


Lucas isn't sitting up on his own here but he likes to be in the middle of the action... This "bumbo" seat has been really great!


Lucas is helping Daddy do some "work". (We have a very similar picture of Ella helping Daddy at this age)


We got a little distracted while doing laundry... Who could resist this kind of cuteness!!


Bath Time! I just started putting them together in the big tub. It sure is easier this way! Lucas is such a kicker... I think if we put him in the pool he would just start swimming. He kicks so intensely for several minutes then looks at you like "do you see what I'm doing, isn't it great!"


I just love bath time pictures... They just looks so clean and cuddly!


Lucas loves to watch Ella! She makes him laugh so much! In this picture, Ella wanted to be just like Lucas and lay on a bear!


This was our Family Dedication at church! Such a sweet reminder of the precious gifts God has given us the opportunity to shepherd and train up in righteousness.


Lucas is just starting to sit up alone. It only lasted long enough to snap a couple of pictures. He hasn't really progressed much in sitting but he is starting to scoot these days.


Snuggled up and ready for bed! They are in Ella's bed here.


Our little Colts / Bears fan! We can't forget our roots!

And of course we also had our trip to the pumpkin patch and the harvest festival but you can read more about those in previous posts!