Elliot's 3

Today is Elliot's 3rd birthday! Hard to believe she's already 3 years old! WOW! We went to church this morning and she was so excited to go to her new big girl Sunday School class. Well, turns out it was a special day and there was NO Sunday school. Poor thing. Afterwards, we met the Hersman's at Peter Piper Pizza for Elliot's birthday lunch. They have some games and stuff there. (like a super mini Chucky Cheese) We had never been before so the newness was really exciting to El. When we got home, she had received a few presents in the mail that she got to open and was excited about that. We don't get her gifts until we celebrate her half birthday in June! :-)

Christmas Day

Elliot was so into Christmas this year. She woke up and the first thing she noticed was that SANTA brought her presents in her stocking. This alone would have been enough to make her day! She kept saying, "I told Santa I don't need any more treats, because I have treats--but he brought me some treats!" I think it took her about an hr. to get through her stocking (and there really wasn't that much in it!) Then, it was on to present opening. Granted, we took our time, stopped and ate, etc. but it took over 3 hours to do this! It really was fun watching her get so excited about everything. I was exhausted at the end. Her "big" present from us was a new bike. We saved it for last and she rode it for about 30 seconds, said it was scary, and went and got her tricycle out of the garage! So much for that idea! As of now, I'm thinking her favorite things are her view finder, blocks, & twin baby stroller. Wes worked hard all afternoon on making a turkey! He did a great job. He made a stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and rolls. We had the Morehouses over to eat and it was a really nice evening. I think we were all just exhausted by the end of the day. Click here for more pic's

Christmas Eve

We had such a great Christmas Eve this year. After my doctor's appt, we went home and Elliot got to open all her presents from her Nanny and Poppy! She had so much fun & got some great stuff, including fabulous new Happyville blocks that she loves. After nap time we all got ready and went to the Christmas Eve service at church. Afterwards we had the Hersmans & our friend Renny over for a light dinner. Wes had some traditional things they always ate, so we tried to prepare some of them (meat/cheese tray with sandwich rolls, shrimp ring, etc.) We even tried a new recipe for a delicious cheese ball! We also enjoyed our birthday cake for Jesus that we made. Elliot insisted He wanted strawberry, so that's what He got! :-) It was nice having the Hersmans over as we were friends in Korea. We got to meet their little guy Kelton the day he was born, and he got to meet Elliot the day that she was born! Not many people saw her that day either!! Click here for more pic's.

Babies Update

Figured I'd blog real quick about these little one's before it's time to post stuff about Christmas.

I had an appt. today and everything looks great! Baby A's heartrate was 136 and B's was 142. I'm starting to get convinced it's 2 boys :-) We'll see. Fundal height measured 31 cm, which is 2 weeks bigger than where I actually am. Doc. said it doesn't really matter much what you measure with twins. When he felt the sides of my belly (which are VERY full of baby all the way toward my back) he said I'd be real big before this was over. haha.

I had bloodwork done last week to check iron levels and for diabetis and all came back normal! YAY! Blood pressure is good AND I've gained 5 lbs. in 3 weeks! That's exciting. I'm just very thankful that everything is going great and there aren't any problems/signs of preterm labor.

I'm still working on convincing the doc. that Elliot needs to be in the room when the babies are born. Unsuccessful so far--but I told him I will keep asking. He said most 2nd babies are born within about 10 minutes of the first....maybe even 30, but he seemed in no hurry to get #2 out. Which is a nice relief to me. At least I know if the 2nd isn't born in 10 minutes they aren't going to rush into a c-section or anything crazy like that.

I also want to postpone the clamping of the cord and he said he'd compromise and wait 1 minute. I guess that's better than 5 seconds :-) I'll take what I can get...now it's just getting it to actually happen! Oh, and here's a fun fact: in most cases both babies are born, and then the placentas. I guess the placentas usually fuse together at some point and time even though the babies are in separate sacs. Neat, huh?!

Well, my next appt. is in 2 weeks and then I will start going weekly! Crazy, but Elliot will be in school 2 days a week so I'll have time to do all these appt's. I'll also have to start going to the hospital for non-stress tests once/week in 3 weeks. busy busy. Now, I just have to make it to at least 36 weeks cause that's when my mom gets out here! I'm pretty sure that's possible.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Cleaning Day

Elliot & I decided we'd clean up our house today. Okay, I decided and she played along :-) She straightened up her kitchen, playroom, bedroom, & living room. I was super impressed with her hard work so I told her she should call her Mimi and ask if she could open a Christmas present early (knowing it was a mop/broom/bucket set). She was allowed to open it & was SO excited about the mop and bucket! It was cute. We have 2 vacuums, so I always let her use the cordless one. However, while I vacuumed all she did was follow me around asking if she could mop! As you can see in the video, she was pretty into her mopping-she wouldn't even really talk to me. She even helped mop under the furniture where it was really yucky! (yah-I know--she's almost 3 and she still doesn't really like clothes! :-) Sorry!)

Baby Items

We made our first big purchase for the babies yesterday-a double stroller just like the picture! Oh my goodness, it's like pushing a bus! haha. At the store Elliot exclaimed "FOPPERS & MINT ARE GOING TO SIT THERE!" Hilarious. When we got home we put both the infant carriers in it to make sure they fit and it was hilraious...just makes it all more of a reality-2 babies! WOW! It pushes really nice though, so I can't complain....it's gonna be my ticket to freedom outta the house so I do appreciate it. :-)

It's so cool because people have been so generous with their left-over baby stuff. Friends have given us a swing, an infant carrier carseat, a high chair, and even a really nice crib! The only other thing I bought was the papasan swing I really wanted which I found on craisglist (LOVE that site) for $20!! It's in great condition! Now, we have 2 of all of those items we would have been set with if we were just having 1 baby :-)

Hangar Party

Last night we had the Christmas party for Wes' work. Elliot had a blast. They had bouncy houses, coloring, face painting (which we didn't have time to do), dinner, etc. Wes had the job of flying Santa in. We told Elliot ahead of time that Daddy was going to be Santa's helper and she said, "He's coming from the mall? Why can't he drive from Tucson?" Okay, maybe she's too smart for this Santa non-sense. haha. I asked her what present she wanted Santa to bring her and she said " A Daddy Pony." (Perfect--since that's what he was bringing her!) She already has one that she calls Mommy & one she says is Elli. OH, she also said she needed a Daddy pony hairbrush. Once she sat with Santa and got her present she wanted to open it. Of course this was totally fine. At first she said, "it's not a Daddy pony!" and seemed so sad, but as she got the paper off and realized there were like 5 little ponies in the package she said, "I got a bunch of Daddy ponies!" haha. Bet Wes never thought he'd be playing ponies and have them named after him when he was younger. He even had the priviledge of decorating their braids with beads! :-)

On the drive home I got 100 questions about where Santa was staying that night and how he was going to get there since Daddy wasn't flying him. She asked if he would be going back to the mall for the night? We debated over doing the whole "Santa" thing for a long time and have just decided to go with it for a bit, but never lose the true meaning of Christmas. It really is fun to imagine things with your child. However, sometimes I feel like a liar. hmm. It's cool to see how far her imagination can go though. This morning when she was eating breakfast she said, "I'm so happy I got to see Santa last night." She is totally enjoying it.

CLICK HERE FOR A FEW MORE PIC'S

Random Story: At play group today they were painting and a little boy came over to make a picture. She looked at him and said, "How come he don't have his life vest on?" HAHA--he didn't want to wear a SMOCK! :-)

A few short video clips of Wes (in the seat you can see in the cockpit) arriving with Santa:

28 weeks/Name Help

Well-I'm now 28 weeks pregnant with these kiddo's!! That means the 3rd TRIMESTER has officially begun!!! Praise the Lord! Maybe they'll come to meet us in about 10 weeks :-) (That's what I'm hoping for at least.) I think I'm already just about as big as I was when I had Elliot--and I thought I was so big then! HAHA! I was thinking today that I already have the weight of baby in me that some people have when their single child is born (about 5 lbs.) Crazy!

Thinking about 10 more weeks left brings me to this dillema: we have NO names for these children!! Do you guys have any ideas??? Seriously, if you have ANY suggestions we're open to hearing them. Of course, we do like something a little different that has a good meaning. If the name means "hole in a wall" or something like that, we probably won't use it. But, who knows....that may be better than nothing...and it's better than "Foppers" and "Mint" like Elliot calls them. I guess it's obvious...we REALLY need help!!

Santa & Nativity

We went to Tucson yesterday so Elliot could see Santa. As we walked up they were closing for lunch, but we were able to beg our way in. She spent the morning coloring a picture for Santa which she was able to mail to him. Snow shot out of the mailbox as she was sending her letter!! She thought it was great! After we left she told me, "Penguins live in the North Pole like where I sent my letter to." I was pretty impressed with the connection she made.

She also got to press the "naughty or nice" meter. I don't think it made much sense to her. haha. She still had fun. She then jumped right up in Santa's lap. My pictures are crappy of that, but she enjoyed talking to him. She told me he asked her "Do you want a puppy?" and she said no! haha. Silly girl.

She has named our babies Foppers & Mint. yah, very very random...but she consistently calls them that now. Yesterday afternoon she started talking to my belly and said, "Foppers and Mint, I saw Santa today!!" It was funny. Before she left on her hike with Wes this morning she had to give Foppers and Mint a high 5 (Which invovles 2 nice smacks on my belly), a kiss each, and a hug each. I think she's quite excited about being a big sister. She seems pretty interested in babies lately and always wants to hold them.

Last night we went to a "Walk Through Bethlehem" at a church. Kinda like a live Nativity. Elliot had a great time and seemed to take it all in. There were even goats, pigs, etc. to pet afterwards and she loved that! Then, we went on a hayride. I've never been on a Christmas hayride, but it seemed to excite her. We actually just rode through a neighborhood which was a little odd. When we got off she told us how she really liked the hayride! Guess things are more exciting to 2 yr. olds than to us sometimes. It's sweet to get to see her excitement about things lately. So much fun!

OH--I just couldn't leave this picture off. Elliot will kill me when she's a teenager, but this is seriously one of her favorite parts of the mall--the FAMILY bathroom that has "Kid-sized" toilets and sinks! HAHAHA

Babies Update

I had another level 2 ultrasound today and both babies looked great! It sure is fun to see them. It was hard to capture their little faces on camera today. They are getting so big. Here's a picture of each and their little "stats:"

BABY A

*In the picture it's face is on the right and it is looking at you. (it's not easy to make out-sorry). The pointy part in the middle is the chin.


*Baby is head-down!-and hopefully it stays like that. I know it's been like that for weeks. It's legs are curled under it, and boy does it know how to use them to kick me good!


*Weighs approx. 2lb. 2oz.


*Was opening and closing it's mouth during the u/s.


*Started opening it's eyes while we were looking at it.




BABY B

*Picture is a profile of the baby. Hand/arm are at the top, head bottom right. It's nose looks really long in the middle. :-)


* Weighs approx. 2lb. 1oz


*Is in a crazy position squished on the right side of my body. In some picture, you could see Baby B's feet right by A's head. This baby is almost all the way to my back on the right side and up in my ribs.


*In general, B is much calmer than A. Now that I've seen it's position, It's probably just too squished to move a lot! haha.

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We are so thankful that they are growing healthy and that my body is carrying them well so far. They measured my cervix and said it's very long! YAY! That means no shortening or dilating! Earlier this week I started having Braxton Hicks contractions. I began having them around this time with Elliot too! I got up from the computer and it looked like someone vacuum sealed my belly. It was in the most ackward shape and super hard. Just part of my body preparing to birth these little one's in just a few months.

Cookie Party & Zoo LIghts

Elliot's cookie party day finally arrived!! She's been looking forward to it for weeks, so when she woke up on Saturday we finally got to say, "Yes! It's today!" She couldn't wait for her friends to get here. We had a nice time decorating all the cookies that we made on Friday (gingerbread men, snowflakes, Christmas trees, Starts, & circles) and enjoying the potluck. Click HERE for all the pic's.

Rolling out the dough for our sugar cookies:

Hardly able to wait to get into the cookies (silly face):

After the party we ventured to Tucson with Beth and her kids to go to Kohl's and see the Christmas lights at the zoo! The kids had a great time at the zoo:

Peanut Butter Balls

As a family tradition-Wes must have his mom's peanut butter balls. The last 2 years he's even made them himself, and this year Elliot got to join in on the fun! Another tradition for her to have. It was messy, but they had fun mixin' up all the stuff. ooey gooey.

26 weeks

I had an appt. yesterday and FINALLY didn't have to have an ultrasound done. It was so nice. (Even thought I have a level 2 ultrasound next Monday which takes about an hour). They listened to the babies hearts with the doppler and the heartrates were 145 and 154. I'm beginning to think there's at least 1 boy in there since Elliot's was never that low. When the nurse was listening to the hearts Elliot declared, "We have boys!" It was funny.

I've gained another 5 lbs. since my last appt. so that is good too! I am still measuring 2 weeks larger than I am (fundal height was 28cm.)

I'm a little bummed about the whole hospital setting still. For some reason I just can't get over it lately. I was asking some questions at my appt. and not only do I have to have the babies in the operating room, but I have to be on the O/R table! Do you know how awful, skinny, hard, FLAT those things are? I'm just kinda perplexed how you give birth on something like that? I asked the doc "how, squatting?" And he kinda ignored me. haha. He said they'll let me have lots of pillows--oh wow--thanks so much! UGH!!

I keep trying to talk Wes into doing an unassisted homebirth, but he's not on board--not one bit! :-) I understand why, because I know it's kinda crazy, but I also know we could do it. Maybe I've been too inspired by my hypnobabies MP3's I've been listening too! Which I said I'd review for you. The affirmations is very nice & inspiring. I've only done the hypnosis once and fell asleep. Gotta try it again.

New Traditions

Lately, I'd been wanting to do some kind of advent calendar with Elliot. However, I wanted it to have some kind of meaning behind it. Target had a sale on an advent nativity with the boxes you open and it was perfect. I thought it would come with some kind of Bible story for each day...but no luck with that one. Maybe you're supposed to put candy or something in each day.

Then--I remembered something... I had been wanting to incorporate the Jesse Tree into our Christmas somehow. When we were in Korea, we made the ornaments as part of our PWOC Christmas celebration and I loved it. The whole point is that for the season of advent it goes over the geneology of Jesus. I like it because it's a little different than just reading the story of Jesus' birth, the 3 wise men, etc. and goes back to the Old Testament, beginning with Jesse the father of David. I found a few different ideas online and went with one that seemed super kid friendly. It has a little devotion for each day which I made into a booklet and had printed. There is also ornaments you can print out so I printed them, shrunk them down, colored, then laminated them. Now, each of our boxes in our advent calendar has an ornament to put on our Jesse Tree (which is just our table center piece).

I'm so excited to have a new little tradition we can do with our kids each Christmas. I'm sure as they get older, we can go into more detail. My point in sharing this, is to see if you all have any other ideas that you do with your kids? I'd love to learn some more things we can do at this fun time of year! So, all you bloggers/commenters our there--share what you've got! :-) OH--and if anyone is interested in making one of these, I can email you the file for the booklet as a word document. It took me forever to get the formatting right. haha

Our Advent Calendar & Devotion Booklet:

Here's Our Jesse Tree!

Christmas Decorating

We've had lots of fun decorating the house for Christmas the past few days. Most of all, it's neat to hear Elliot talking about baby Jesus, Wise Men, etc. She thinks a Christmas tree is only a Christmas tree because of the star on top! She had a blast decorating the tree and putting all her ornaments in one spot! When I started to spread them out she said, "Why are you moving my beautiful pile?" haha. I felt kinda bad!

She requested a little tree for her bedroom, so we ventured to Walmart today to get her one. She had fun decorating it. We also got her a little nativity scene to play with. She lined up everyone outside the manger and then put the animals and baby Jesus on the roof for nap time! haha. They were all looking or angels. :-) Later this afternoon we went to the library and got a bunch of Christmas books. The selection of Christian Christmas books was surprisingly limited. I think I found 2 total! Isn't that crazy? We gathered quite a few other one's about Santa...but I think she already gets that that isn't what Christmas is about. (I hope at least).

I think she has an old soul sometimes. Last night she went outside and just sat in her rocking chair to look at our Christmas lights. She has Wes and I go out and grab a chair too. We all just at on the side walk looking at the few lights we have out. Tonight we got home and she opened the front door and just sat in her rocking chair looking again. It cracked us up!

Well, I hope you all don't mind reading all my stories about our days and kid. (Guess you wouldn't check if you minded). I think I just enjoy reflecting on the things that we spend our time doing, and in the mean time-get to share a little of our lives with you. May God bless you in this most joyous season of Christ's birth!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We got to spend a nice day together. We watched the Macy's parade in the morning and Elliot was totally into it. I told her Santa came at the end so every act, marching band, balloon, etc. that came on she would say, "Did they find Santa yet?" She thought everyone was searching for him. My standard response was just, "not yet...keep watching." :-)

We had Thanksgiving with our friends the Gibbs. They have a 2 yr. old, so Elliot had fun playing. Dinner was great and so was the time with friends. We hope you all had a as wonderful a day.

Today also marks 25 weeks of pregnancy! I'm so excited. I greeted it with my face in the trash can puking this morning, but that okay. Just got some reflux problems. haha. Let's just say I'm very much looking forward to the day these babies are strong, healthy, and ready to come meet us! I think it will be such a relief for my body. :-)

24 weeks

We're still getting along here with this pregnancy. My calendar yesterday said that the babies are about 11.8 inches each and about 1 lb. 5 oz. Definitely growing. Today, it said that babies are most active between 24-28 weeks. I find this slightly disturbing since they are already moving so much it's painful!!! It seems like one of them is moving all day long. Yesterday they went on and on for hours just bouncing all over the place. After a while it started to make me feel nauseous. I have such mixed emotions because I love knowing that they are moving, healthy, and growing...but I sure wouldn't mind if they settled down sometimes :-)

We got to meet with our doula last week and it was really nice. (Thanks Stephanie!) She has a lot of good nutrition advice and it's good to have someone to be accountable to about this since it's the hardest part for me. I've been doing great with drinking 3-4 qts. of water a day (4 qts=1 GALLON!) She even has a special Healthy Momma Tea that I drink everyday and it's great! Another thing is drinking 1 TBSP of Chlorophyll everday, and it's really not bad either. My struggle is with eating 100 g's of protein a day. But, I'm trying my best. We got these drink mixes of fruits/veggies and another of vitamins and some protein. I was drinking one of each everyday until I puked it all up the other day! Guess it didn't settle quite right. so...I'll work back into that. You know, once something comes up--it takes a while to actually "want" it again.

I think that's about all that's going on for now. (I'm just getting kicked in my gut as I type). OH--one more thing, my pelvis was getting SO much better. I was actually walking around outside while Elliot rode her bike one day. It was great. Then, she decided to ride her bike down the neighbors driveway which is quite a decline. I went running after her before she got into the road and that was a mistake. Ever since I feel like the pelvis is ripping in 2 again. oh well, better than my daughter getting run over by a car (even though there wasn't one coming. haha)

I'm off to order a hypnobirthing twins MP3. One's a hypnosis track and the other some kind of affirmations thing. I'm not sure what I'm getting into here--but I figure it's worth a shot and $15. I'll give you a little review the next time I update. :-)

Hope you are all doing well and have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week!!

Here are pic's of me from Today (LEFT: 24 weeks) and pregnant with Elliot (ABOVE: 32 WEEKS!) Oh my goodness, I think I'm as big now as I was 8 weeks from now with her! SCARY!

Learning Generosity

Last night we took Elliot to Walmart to buy gifts to fill a shoe box for Operation Christmas Child. She decided that she wanted to do a box for a girl. I thought it might be difficult for her to pick out crayons, hair ties, candy, etc. and not want it. HOWEVER, she was very excited about her project! We brought our empty shoebox with us so we'd know what would fit. Everything we picked out, she would put right into the box (She did try to open the candy canes though--and the picture is of her putting some candy canes in our box as we packed it this morning).

We went to the jewelry section to get a little necklace. She decided on one, but then she really wanted to buy bracelets. We told her that we didn't have anymore money for bracelets, but maybe she could give this little girl one of hers from our house. (Saying this mostly as a distraction to so we could get out of there) We got home (it was already 10pm) and Elliot ran straight to her room. She said, "are they in my top drawer?" I said, "What are you doing?" She then told me how she was looking for a bracelet to give to the little girl! I thought it was just so sweet. We searched her jewelery drawer, the playroom, and the toy basket in the living room and never came across any of her bracelets. I have no idea where they went. So, Elliot insisted on giving this girl a necklace. I know, they say not to give used items in your boxes, but how could I deny my child for wanting to be so sweet with her things?

While we were hunting for a bracelet Elliot asked, "Are we going to go to her house to give her this stuff?" I just told her the little girl lived too far away and that someone from church was going to help get it to her. It sure is neat to see your child growing up and having a spirit of generosity! I couldn't ask for more.

FREE Photobook

**UPDATE**They have extended the deadline to finish your book until NEXT Saturday, NOVEMBER 22nd!! Even more time for you to create!!

My aunt called the other day and said that you can get a FREE 20-pg. photobook from snapfish! I created one and it's totally legit! Just follow this link to the OPRAH WEBSITE, scroll down a bit and click on the "Get your free book!" link. Only catch is you have to click the link by 11:59PST FRIDAY, November 14th and you have to FINISH and ORDER your book by SUNDAY, November 16th at 11:59PST. Not much time, but it'll save you $30 if you are in need of a photobook. The shipping & handling is just $6.99, plus $1/pg. if you go over 20 pages. I think my total for a 22-pg. book was like $9.60. (There was AZ state sales tax too.)

OH--and don't get scared at checkout. It will look like you are being charged the whole amount. You have to enter all your c/c info and hit checkout. Once you can review your order, it will take OFF the $29.99 for the free book. As long as you've followed the links for Oprah's site, this coupon will be in your cart for checkout at the Snapfish site. :-)

Okay just thought I'd pass that bit of info. on. Happy creating if you decide to make one. I thought it was pretty fun!

22 weeks

I am now 22 weeks pregnant! YAY! I had an appt. today and it went well. I have officially GAINED 6 lbs over my starting weight!! I'm pretty pleased with that. They did a quick ultrasound and the babies heartrates are 152 and 161. Both are currently head-down and next to each other. In the picture I'm posting above, you can see both of their heads. The bright ring on the left and the right is each kids head outlined. You can even see the lobes of the brain if you look carefully. The little line squiggling above the baby on the left is the membrane that is separating the two babies.

I didn't get to pay to much attention to the ultrasound today, as I had Elliot destroying the room. She turned on some machine (I have no idea what it was) then decided to start playing with some expensive light thing. I don't know why I thought she was old enough to sit...next time she'll be in her stroller with a bunch of snacks! The same thing happened when I went into the room to talk to the doc. I saw a guy I hadn't seen before. He wasn't too bad. In fact, he was probably just honest about his policies. He won't deliver B breech for the simple fact that he doesn't have experience doing it. He said if you ask him if he's better at a breech delivery or a c-section, it's the surgery. He said Breech deliveries are becoming a lost artform. They just don't really practice them in med. school and don't want to use anyone as their guinea pig. I respect that this was an honest answer, it's just sad that our medical system is this way. You gotta start somewhere...someone is always going to be some doctors "first." We'd rather slice and dice a woman up because it's what is known?

Off my soap box now. At this point I'm just feeling confident that these 2 are going to be headdown and that they will be just fine at the birth. If not, I'll get some accupuncture & chiropractic work and they'll turn that way! :-) It's hard to believe we have 18 weeks until the due date. I'm constantly being kicked and one already likes being up near my ribs where I can hardly breathe. This is definitely going to get interesting as they get bigger and really start running out of room-hard to imagine!

Halloween/Beach Day

Elliot got to go trick-or-treating with her cousins this year. We actually met at Andrea's dad's house (dressed as Santa for the evening) and walked around and into our old neighborhood. It was nice to be with family and see some old neighbors.

Funny story: So, we've been calling this costume a "Bunny" costume since I was little. I just stuck with it, added a tail, and called El a bunny. Well, my cousin Maggie started talking about Elliot's kitty ears....and it dawned on me...oh my goodness---those are definitely NOT bunny ears!!! HAHAHA. All these years we've called it a bunny and I have NO idea why. My poor child was dressed like a kitty with a bunny tail! I should have just made her a long tail and called her a cat. Instead, she was a mix-bread. HAHA!

Don't the kids all looked whooped in the picture of all 4 of them? They were SOO tired.

Saturday, the day after Halloween, we tried going to the beach. It lasted like 30 minutes, then a big storm rolled in. It's pretty much been rainy OR cold since we got here--very weird for this time of year!

Here are some more pictures of the last few days!

Boat Ride

Today Uncle Kyle and I took Elliot out to Lake Washington for a little boat ride and playground time. She had a blast. We even had a little picnic while on the boat. Here's some PICTURES of the fun!

Fall Festival

Last Saturday we had the Fall Festival up at church. Elliot was super excited to wear her bunny costume (which was mine from a dance recital when I was 3 or 4). All we did was add a little tail to it (which she was rediculously proud of and wanting to show everyone). I almost cracked up because as we were walking through the parking lot when we first arrived there was a little girl walking behind us. She looked at Elliot and proclaimed, "She has a tail!" Kids must like tails! haha. OH, and before we left the house Elliot said, "Is it time to go to the bunny festival now?" HAHAHA. I think she thought everyone was going to be dressed up like rabbits!

She really did enjoy looking at everyone with their costumes on. Her great Nanny and Grandpa Bailey were here to see her, along with Kaitlin, Travis, Bailey, Aunt Donna...and she met her cousins and uncle/aunt up at the festival. We all came home afterwards and had fun going through all the candy! We sat in a big circle in the foyer and looked at it. It was hilarious.

More pictures are HERE.

Trash Pickin'

We found Elliot a little Dora bike in the trash the other day. It's pretty cute. She had fun washing it up with Uncle Kyle, and turns out it even has sound effects.

I gotta post these videos so Wes can see her, they aren't the most exciting b/c she was a little too enthralled with the sound effects to want to talk and ride her bike! haha

And, instead of making another post about nothing, here are more PICTURES of our Florida fun!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

I was going through a photo album at my parents last night and found some pic's of me when I was almost 3. I was pretty surprised by the resemblance to Elliot! Elliot saw the pic's tonight and I told her that they were Mommy, but she said, "no, those are me!" (The top pic. is me sitting, middle is Elliot washing truck (for comparison), and bottom is me swinging)