Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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]

2 weeks...

we had such a great christmas and new year in arizona...
it was so fun to spend time with family and friends for two weeks!
unfortunately i left my camera at urban before we got to arizona, so i dont have many pictures and the ones i have are iphone... not always the greatest... but better than nothing... or other peoples pics

first... how fun is it to see your friends kids together... they are all so cute!
the kids played while the husbands played football!

funny faces...
i love these kids!

thanks chelsea for the great pics
[dec 22nd 2011]

....

then we went to flagstaff & williams to ride the polar express...

jones has seen snow before this... but probably didnt remember much of it...
so he loved having a snowball fight with his dad... then ganging up on me and attacking me...
i think one of my favorite things in the world are peoples laughs... and jones couldnt stop...
its the best when your kid cant stop smiling and laughing!


snow!


getting our hot chocolate...


the conductor & santa...
i cant explain the excitment he had when he heard the conductor come through the door and say, "tickets, tickets please"
his face says it all! 
he was so happy to see first the conductor and then santa shortly after that!
it was one of those - you-get-tears-in-your-eyes - moments because you are one proud mama!


testing out his bells...


"i can hear it!!!"

it was so fun to have that experience!
only awkwardness was when the chef that served us hot chocolate kept asking brent to dance with her...
[smile!!!]
[december 23rd & 24th 2011]

....

christmas eve...
martindale family party!
santa outfit... thanks to my dad!


christmas morning...


the excitment of waiting at the stairs...
did santa bring gum?... an umbrella?... and a guitar?...


yep... shark umbrella... gum... in his cheek... and...


guitar...
he doesnt have to pee... this is how he HAD to stand in the picture!
rocking out!
he loves his guitars!


ellis was so excited too...  loved her little laptop...
[december 25th 2011]

....

we had so much fun!
and did so many fun things...
lunch with friends...
arizona science museum...
tia rosas mutliple times...
childrens museum of phoenix...
the library for 50 cent books...
the phx zoo...
family parties...
the inbetween...
and last... jones got his shirt bedazzled by sally...


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

hearts...

 i


heart


you


this is jones doing a justin bieber heart with his hands (pic 1 & 2) ... 
then his own heart... that he squished (pic 3) ...
then he had his first valentines party and handed out these... (below) ...

happy valentines day...

[pictures february 13th 2012]

Thursday, February 9, 2012

7 months...

i cant believe that another month has flown by... here are a few new pictures of ellis at 7 months... crazy how much she changes and so fast!


we went to the pool and ellis loved every second!
january 27th 2012


you cant complain when it feels like summer in the middle of winter!

....
on february 5th we went to my aunt and uncles house to...
[yes... she is pinching his bum...]


...see their new little guy... ryder... and be there for the baby blessing...


family picture with grandma mikesell...


the 4-g pic...


crazy when you can see four generations at once!

....
more updates coming soon... i cant believe i still havent posted about christmas!

Monday, January 9, 2012

1/2 today...


january 9th 2012



6 months old


17 lbs & 3 ozs


has tried apples, rice cereal, bananas, carrots and sweet potatoes...
favorites seem to be bananas and sweet potatoes


loves the sound of her own voice...
ask anyone sitting by us in church


26 1/4 inches...
yes those are some cankles



more to come... 
because ellis has two new teeth, had her first christmas while dressed up like santa and much more...
she took the photographs yesterday [jan 8th 2012]

Sunday, December 25, 2011

a merry happy...


... merry christmas...
&
... happy new year...

[december 3rd 2011]

Saturday, December 24, 2011

december happenings...

coronado island...
[december 3rd 2011]





ellis turned 5 months...
[december 9th 2011]
[pictures taken december 3rd & 14th 2011]



parade of lights at oceanside harbor...
[december 10th 2011]






school nativity...
[december 19th 2011]