Big Girl Bed

For two weeks now Ellie has been sleeping in her offical big girl bed! We pulled the crib/toddler bed over to baby Hammer's room and just like that she started sleeping in her new full sized bed. We were a little worried about how she'd do the first night since when Jared was putting it in her room she had said "no" a couple times. But when bedtime rolled around and her new sheets were on it she asked "What's this?" and I told her it was her new big girl bed and where she's going to sleep from now on. She looked at me, eyes big and wide, gasped and said "I DO IT!", crawled into bed and went to sleep.

Thankful Mommy

I just wanted to express how lucky and thankful we are that I have an employer who allows me to work from home in the morning when daycare opens late. And as a result this is what I work alongside. Too sweet.

Our Mini Baker

Daddy had to work late a couple of nights last week so Ellie decided to help Mommy get out her busy body tendency (aka preggo brain) by doing a little baking. We made peanut butter cookies for which she dumped in every ingredient and then helped me smoosh the cookies with the fork.

New Eyes

Well its finally done - Jared got the new set of eyes he's always wanted! About two - three weeks ago, he and his cousin Zane went and got Lasik together. It was a fairly quick procedure and a really quick recovery time. Jared's vision the next morning was already 20/15. That's impressive. Both of us have said and continue to be soo surprised on how our evening routine has changed since he just hops into bed.

The flash from the camera was really bothering both Jared and Zane immediately post surgery hence the closed/squinty eyes. Post surgery they had to wear these protective goggles for 24 hours and then over night for a week.

A Surprise Baby Shower

So surprised and honored that my friends threw me/us a shower in anticipation of our newest family member's expected arrival. I was literally a mess of tears when I realized what was going on. I had thought we (Jared, Mom, Dad, Ellie, John and I) were going to lunch to celebrate Dad's birthday (the previous Wednesday). When we arrived the host/waitress asked if we were there for the baby shower, I automatically without hesitation answered 'NO' and didn't even think it was odd that my mom didn't mention her 'reservation'. When the second waitress asked us if we were there for the baby shower, I still answered without hesitation 'NO'. Jared said the waitress told him later, it was clearly her blonde moment...when Jennifer jumped out and told me the real story that's when the tears came. I was so excited to see so many of my friends and Jared's family members there! So many cute and lovely homemade blankets, hats, etc! Not to mention all the Coug apparel this little guy now has. How cute is this little setup?



Remember this picture from Ellie's baby shower?



Well the exciting news is that two of these girls are expecting babies of their own. Kristin is expecting a little girl in May and Jessica is expecting a little boy in June. So excited for both of them. Of course though it wouldn't quite be the same unless someone didn't shove a balloon up their shirt for their fake belly - Thanks Jenn!

Singing

One of the new things that Ellie picked up from her cousins over Christmas was watching videos on YouTube. Although as the boys will attest, her videos are much, much different from those that they like to watch. They love monster trucks and Ellie loves toddler/nursery rhyme songs. We've wanted to video tape her for awhile but being the ham that she is she always stops and says CHEESE! and then doesn't sing if she sees the camera or even my iphone. So I got her from the back side. :) Jared and I melted this evening as she sang multiple songs - here's Twinkle Twinkle, but she also loves The Wheels on the Bus, and If You're Happy and You Know It...

New Year's Eve

A late Happy New Year to you all from us! New Year's eve was pretty low key for us as Ellie was fighting an ear infection and we just aren't late night people any more. :)

But we did get to take in a WSU basketball game in Spokane! The Cougs played Oregon State in Spokane Arena on Saturday afternoon so we made a family outing of it. Ellie loved it! I mean loved it for the 1st half. She danced with the cheer squad and loved seeing Butch the Cougar out on the floor. We had great seats that enabled her to actually watch the game from standing or sitting so that helped too.

Here she is saying Cheese for the camera!