Happy Valentines Day!

Daddy and Ella pretending to sleep, Eva didn't get the memo though! :o)

I took the girls mini-bowling on Monday with some friends for Valentines Day! They had a great time!

Eva loved it too!

Ella was invited to Ayla's birthday party. Ella, Lila, and Ayla went to Sweet and Sassy a store for toddlers. They got their nails painted, hair done, and make-up on. They loved it and all sat so well! No fussing! Ella and Ayla are checkin themselves out in the mirror. too cute!

Ella all dolled up and posing!


The 3 girls!

The girls getting thier hair done!

Ella letting her BLUE nails dry! She was happy!

The air is sooo dry here, the girls' hair is always crazy!.

Ella and daddy!

Eva's a crawler!

We went to a tea party! The girls put their tutus on and everything. All the girls were running around Sammy- what a lucky little boy.

The girls eating at the tea party table. Eva had a great time too and she even got to sit in a Dora seat. She loved it!

The girls had PB & grilled cheese sandwhiches with fruit snacks and kool-aid.

Another pic of the kids at the tea party table!

So another week gone by so quickly...its already Wednesday sorry for the delay. I mentioned we were all settled in but we're still busy deep cleaning- wiping down closets/blinds and shopping for the perfect furniture. It takes a lot of time! Plus we have been busy with the moms club stuff and playdates. We had a tea party last week, a birthday party that was amazing for Ella, and mini-bowling on Valentines Day. Just the other day we went over to a friends house to let her puppies out to potty and fed the horses and pet the kitties so the girls thought that was pretty cool. And big news....Eva is now walking!! Yay! Well you still have to force her but she definitely can walk across a room easily. Ella is great with her and helping her and cheering her on to keep walking. As long as people are cheering her on she will just keep on truckin. Ella has quite the imagination and its great but gets old quickly. She always is screamin theres a monster/Lion coming, we better run and hide. It keeps her moving. I cant wait for Eva to get older so she can be crazy with her. Ella recently loves hot choc. and Eva eggs. Well I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day! We did- got flowers from daddy and I made the best cheesecake ever!

Finally Settled

Ella and Eva riding their pony.

Ella and Eva wearing their tutus from Auntie Nellie. They came with a book "I wear my tutu everywhere". Ella wanted to do just that, I hid them though so she can't.

Ella and Eva coloring at the table. THe table I couldn't wait to get rid of but that is still with us. There just is no way we can eat in the dining room. It is carpeted and that is out of the question with 2 little girls. I plan on paiting the table legs which will greatly help its appearance...I hope!

Our lower level half bath.

Our room/bathroom

Our room

Ella's room

Ella's room

Eva's room

Eva's room!

Front door hallway. To the left in the office/dining room. I did not include a pic. of it because I forgot to take one and its not completed yet. We are looking for a desk and a couch for this room. You have already seen my new dining room table so you know thats in there.

Kitchen

Living room

Living room

Ella wearing a Brutus the buckeye hat in the mall.

Ella and Eva with Rosie Red. We went to the mall last weekend to see some of the Reds players.



We had a playdate with Aiden and Eli and Ella loved Eli, she wouldn't leave him alone.

Eva loungin on the couch watchin Dora.

Eva and Ella in the morning at our new house.

I took the girls to this Firefly cafe which is a modern indoor play area for kids 2-5. I made some extra time for them while we were moving. I felt like I didn't pay a lot of attention to them so we took a day and went to play with a friend.
They all loved the bounce house. Eva, of course, couldn't bounce but Ella and Sammy helped her out.

Playing on the playhouse. Eva loved it as you can tell!
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Both Ella and Eva loved all the empty closets/cupboards to play in.

Well I know its been awhile since I last posted. So sorry! We just got internet/cable last Tuesday and I just haven't found the time to update. I also wanted to include pics of the house but the weekends are when we get the most done. We now feel like this is home! We still have things to buy/shop around for but it will be done before we know it. Life is busy, when Evan's not working I am and vice versa and then he plays BB on Wed. nights so we dont really get the option to get a lot done. Eva is still NOT walking, could totally if she wanted to. She can walk across the room with Ella holding her hand and I know she doesn't support her she just isn't confident enough to do if herself yet. Ella and Eva both love the extra space. We all run around and utilize the entire house including the unfinished basement.
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That is now our gym- a new treadmill (for my b-day), weights, and cable tv, couldn't be better. We have started working out when the girls go to bed at night and it seems to be working just fine! We have been pretty busy with the moms club activites lately and playdates each week. So everything is great in our world but we're thinking of you grandma. We love you!

Move Complete

Eva with her favorite stuffed monkies

Our new dining room table that we do not use. It looks amazing though! It sits on carpet so until the girls are a little older we will be eating in the kitchen on our old table that I will be painting.

Eva reading...She loved to read books.

Ella loves to read too!



It's a dream come true...to have an attached garage, no wall to wall neighbors, and more space. Most of everything is unpacked and we are going to organize the rest of it this weekend. We then will post pictures so you all can see our marvelous house. Sorry I haven't updated sooner, we still do not have internet/cable but I am at work tonight so have it here. Uncle Dave and Aunt Becky sent lots of pictures of the move and I am including some, I want to take more after the weekend and show you the finished product. They were such great help, we really could not have done it without them. Thank you! We are supposed to get internet/cable on Tues. so hopefully later next week I will be able to update again. Eva and Ella love their own bedrooms and the stairs. Eva still isn't walking but could if she wanted to, she prefers to knee-walk.

We're moving!

Our new house: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths! More pictures once we get moved in!

It's about time I say WE'RE MOVING! We are so extremely excited and way past ready to move into our 1st home. Of course, its not necessarly ours because we're renting but we can do with it what we want. We haven't been taking too many pictures, I guess we have been preoccupied with packing and shopping for the new house. Evan's trip home went well and Mary's surgery went smoothly. Mary went home already on Sunday and is quickly recovering. She feels alright but gets easily tired. Evan was happy to be home and was excited to see all the boxes as Becky and I were busy packing while he was gone. It was my Birthday on Sunday and it was one of the best yet. I got flowers,2 baseball hats, CAKE, a treadmill, and the keys to the house. So exciting!

I got flowers from Evan and flowers from our new landlords. They're wonderful!

Ella and I on my birthday.

We went over on Monday to start cleaning it and we barely got any done. The girls were bored and the house was filthy. So I found a friend to watch the girls on Thursday so I could go all by myself and hopefully get it ready to move in. Uncle Dave and Aunt Becky are returning on Friday to help us move this weekend. What wonderful family we have so close by! Wish us luck and good weather on our moving weekend.


Ella watching Dora, naked with her mouth open. Too funny!

We're moving

Look at Eva's long hair and good news I'm finally starting to see some curls now. Yay!


Eva and Ella dancing at the library during the milkshake song.

Ella thought my concealer was lipstuff. Oops!

The girls and I reading books we just got from the library.

Uncle David took Ella outside to play.

Eva got this Zebra from G&G Lindahl for Christmas. Well they both love it and want to play with it at the same time so they go for rides.

Ella was sick one morning so she laid on the floor and Eva was having a great time crawling over her. It was a good thing Ella didn't feel too terribly bad.

This week is a little different than most. Evan is gone and Aunt Becky is here to stay. We are packing up all of our stuff to move on the 22nd so feel so out of routine. Mary's surgery went well today and is on the road to recovery. She will be in the ICU until tomorrow around noon and than will be in the hospital for roughly a week. Send prayers her way!
Ella and Eva are adjusting well to mess well, they like to play with and on the boxed and with new things we find in storage (umbrellas and boots- who knew it was supposed to rain today ;o)) Ella has a great imagination. She is really excited to move into more space to run around in. I forgot to mention last week that over Christmas time Eva got 3 new teeth on the top and is working on the 4th one on the top now. She isn't too fussy but likes to chew on stuff, completely different than Ella was. She is NOT walking yet and seems to have no interest in it but defintely gets where she wants to go quickly by crawling. Becky has been great with the girls and swears Eva can say puppy. She is also amazed that Eva pees and poops on the potty. My big girl! We were at stortime today and Eva loves the milkshake song and she very loudly tells everyone that she does. The teacher and the moms were all laughing at her as she swung her head back and forth, screamed, and giggled, while jumping up and down on her knees. I'm going to have to record it and try to post it. I have never posted a video before so hope I can do it. Its so cute!
Well wish us luck, we will soon be in a house! yay for us!