other randoms...

ellis got her first tooth december 19th... then the second december 31st...

and since it has taken me this long to write about it... she just got her third on february 13th and the fourth is close to breaking through... poor girl!

jones likes to read the newspaper... as i was cleaning up out back he was telling me how much everything cost and what was on sale... he found a sale on ice cream at rite-aid... so we went that night! thrifties ice  cream... cookies and cream!!!

[january 4th 2012]

this is how my girl likes to suck her fingers...

shes hard core...

and sometimes she has to hold her hand in her mouth so it cant escape...

and other times she has to do this inbetween each bite of food...

and stick her pointer finger up her nose...

and rub her pinky finger on the side of her nose...

shes got a lot going on!!!

[january 7th 2012]

brother and sister...

[january 8th 2012]

jones likes to write his name...

i had no idea that he was practicing this at school... then he surprised us one day...

a few days later he wrote this... i started him out with the 'j'...

[january 20th 2012]

loving the summer-like days and the swimming pool...

jones is too busy swimming and playing to take any pictures...

[january 27th & february 3rd 2012]

this little girl is feisty... one day she was hitting the spoon and bowl out of my hands, spitting her food everywhere and just making a mess... i think everyone knows i dont always do well with messes... so although i was a frustrated i decided to laugh it off and smile... got my phone out to take a picture of the mess she was and had made to send to brent - then she pulled out this face...

the head to the side pose... with an 'im so cute' face...

gatta love it!

[february 3rd 2012]