Christmas day!

 Waiting with Daddy to come out and see what Santa brought!

 Ellie was really into the Teddy Grahams in her stocking.  That's all she wanted to do.

 Direct quote: "Color Elmo World!"

 The aftermath...

 Nate enjoying his new Kindle!

 Rockin it at Just Dance 2!

 Fun with my new camera!

 Santa's 'mini-me' even made an appearance!

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve 2010

 Cutest girls you've ever seen!

 Christmas Eve excitement!

 Favorite place of the babies--in the toy bin!

 Christmas jammies and slippers!

 My girls were extra interested in our present to Grammie.

 Sticker nativity with Grandma.

 My cute Angel Ellie.

 Mary and Joseph

 Most of the crew...

 Making sure 'Jesus' is still in there.

 Ellie's favorite toy--her cousin Brayden gave it to her but she calls it "Landon thank you." 

We think that in her mind Landon gave it to her because he got one for his birthday a couple weeks before...

 

Ryan sporting his BSU beanie with beard guard done by Terri Anne.

Brayden got a BSU snuggie and asked Ellie if she wanted to snuggle with him.  She climbed right in!  This girl loves blankies!  It was so cute!

Happy Birthday to You! Ellie is 2!

My Ellie came to us 2 years ago at 2am! I can't believe it's already been 2 years! She is full of energy and personality! A few of her favorite things:

hair 'pretties' (notice 2 in today!)
her booster seat at the table with buckles
babies
she LOVES to talk and tries to say everything
She will yell for you if you are not where she thinks you should be.... (DAAADDD!!! WHERE ARE YOU? EAT!!!!)
She calls all candy 'trick-or-treats'
She is a big fan of 'Dorya & boots!'
She can spot Santa ANYWHERE

Happy Birthday to my little angel! You are so precious and we are really glad you joined our family two years ago! We love you!

Snow day!

Livi finally got to build a real snowman.

We got to use our snow blower for the first time since we bought it last year. It was GREAT!

Family Pictures-attempt #1

This was our attempt at a family picture--take note, there is NO family picture! But we got a lot of cute ones! Ellie was a little stink and just wanted to run around. If any of us tried to hold her or got too close she would have a complete meltdown! Turns out she was cutting a tooth as it showed itself the next day! At least she looks like an angel in all these pics! Olivia was our little model. These pictures are already causing Nate to dread the upcoming "teenage" years with our cute girl! The kissing one is not our favorite--I was laughing so hard hard because I could hardly hold my head up for that pose, it was really awkward! We're happy with what we got and we will try again for that "perfect" family picture in the spring!