Ella and Boo Boo Bear!!

We had an injury in our outdoor adventures tonight!! Ella fell off her truck and "forgot" to put her hands out to protect her noggin!! Nothing a kiss from boo boo bear can't fix!!

Action Shots

Not to say we are parents of the year here, but hey, we are desperate to be outside for longer than one consecutive day!! So, our living room as for sure become the play ground!! Here the girls (Em in her tutu of course) are jumping off the top of the couch and Ella is being thrown by dad in the other shot!! Obviously, I didn't have the camera set on my "action" setting!!

Emma's Mission

It has become Emma's personal mission to pick up ALL sticks, twigs, bark pieces, etc. in ALL yards!! She takes this job very seriously and is entertained for hours! (It takes that long when your sister comes and throws the sticks all around again!!). Not sure if we will be having a bonfire or what?? It's pretty cute really!!

They are on to us!!

We have figured out a trick (well, dad did) to get the girls to lay down for naps, and now have to use it for bed time with it being lighter out. We lay down by the door and look under the door to see their little feet hit the floor, at which point we say "get to bed!!" and they scramble back to their beds. Well, who's fooling who??

Bath Time Now!

At two, they are starting to like getting their heads wet and lay down in the tub now. They will also take the bucket and dump it over their heads, as well as use the back of the tub as a slide!!

Random Shots

Update

Ok, I will confess, we haven't been doing a great job at getting pictures these days, so posts have slowed down due to that, but also because these ladies absolutely exhaust me!!! So, I'll give you a boring written update!

I've been blessed with great sleepers still. Even with their big girl beds, they go to sleep around 7 or 7:30, after having their 15 minutes of chill/reading/play time before lights out!! They are getting up around 7ish, at which time we all converge to the couch to watch some cartoons before mom wakes up enough to get breakfast.

Things they love: doing everything on their own, Dora, brushing teeth, naked time (they, mostly Emma, will not leave their clothes on now that they have figured out how to take it all off), dancing, helping mom in the kitchen, playing with Josie, baths, kissing boo boos, Emma and her tea party's, Ella and her potty time (seriously 15 times in two hours, I go with it at this point!!), jumping on their beds, Ella closing doors, Emma wearing her tutu (pretty much non-stop at home), and answering the phone.

Things they hate: when we don't have time for them to buckle themselves into their car seats, when they can't have a bite of whatever anyone is eating, Emma doesn't like it when Ella acts like mom and tells her she can't do something (for ex. Ella pointing to Emma's hand showing me she has marker on her hand, when Ella had the same thing and I was asking Ella why she had marker on her hand!!), and when mom or dad leave and they can't come.

My favorites of late: getting them up from nap only to find that Emma went big potty and tried to "change her own diaper" (I spent the next 20 minutes scrubbing the floor and washing every single blanket, pillow, sheet and animal in their room!!), saying "good night Ella" and hearing "Night, night mommy!" or "Bye bye mommy!", watching Emma "shake it" or her having her little tea party and feeding her baby, Ella's facial expressions which are more mature than should be for her age, hearing them sing songs, and hearing their adorable giggle when they play together!!

Christmas in March???

Cousin Lisa (and daycare Lisa) brought the girls and our Christmas gifts from Grandma Eilers and G Aunt Joyce and Rob (we forgive you Lisa for being a tad late in the delivery!!). Thanks for the gifts!! We are loving the gloves and night light buddies!!!

York Bowl-a-ram-a-thon!

The girls got to stay with grandma and grandpa while mom, dad, and Aunt Carrie went bowling in York. The girls believe it's very important to keep your skin hydrated during the winter months and found it important (and fun) to put lotion on everyone before we left!!

Silly Girls!!

Mommy's little helpers!!

Fun fact: One of the funniest sounds I hear these days, is the sound of the girls pushing their little red chairs into the kitchen to "help" me!! It still cracks me up!! As soon as they figure out that I'm cooking, usually Emma starts the procession into the kitchen!! They are the best and very busy!!

1st Real Hair Cut

Aunt Carrie came over to trim the girls' little mullets behind their ears...not much, but it looks a little better (besides the fact they look like boys!!).They weren't too crazy about it, but did better when they had the mirror to keep an eye on her!! Emma dressed up for the occasion!!

Show me daddy!!

One of the favorite things the girls do these days is to look at the pictures on dad's phone....Emma needed a better look so she decided to snuggle up!!















Fun fact: Emma is a mommy's girl currently and Ella is a daddy's girl. On the way to daycare this morning, I loaded up the girls as Travis got ready to run errands....as soon as I started backing up, Ella started crying "No daddy, no daddy," I quickly figured out she wanted to say good-bye and said, "you want to say good-bye to daddy again?" She immediately stopped crying and started looking around for him. I pulled back up the drive way and honked the horn for him to come out. Rolled down the windows and he gave each another kiss. " Bye, bye daddy," Ella says, and was fine and dandy the rest of the way!!

Seseame Street Live

The girls went to see "Mo" (Elmo) Live as a gift from mom and dad from their b-day!! Emma sat up on her chair with a serious look on her face the whole time, while Ella sat back deep in her chair (and yes, they sat the whole time) almost falling asleep before intermission!! They were entertained for almost an hour and a half, just didn't get that into it!!

Coco Keys Water Resort!!

The first two are the girls showing off their new swimsuits to dad, taking turns dancing on the box and "adjusting" their diaper!! Next are pics from the water park, which was great!! Even Ella didn't mind the water!! That's Emma going down the water slides and the whole family LOVED the lazy river!! Great time with the KC cousins!!

Spending time at home!!

Ella got herself dressed that day!! Next is Emma's tea party with her babies!! And last is the first time I found them asleep out of their beds!! This is after two hours of trying to get them to nap!!

Fun facts at 2!!

Fun Fact #1: Ella likes to open doors these days. She will run to let Josie in and out (which dad is very excited for and feels having kids is starting to become worth the hassle!), and she opened the door for the both of them after nap time (which they just peaked out as they knew they weren't allowed out!!!).

Fun Fact #2: Emma gets a kick out of herself when she toots!!

Fun Fact #3: Emma is our biggest fit thrower currently (changes weekly) and is a bit of a drama queen, but will be the first to give your boo boo a kiss when you need one!! She also is into kissing cheeks, and will turn your head to kiss the other side!!

Fun Fact #4: They both are into cuddle time after bath and will cry when we lay them down to get dressed!!

Fun Fact #5: They both don't want to mess with the little pottys and prefer to straddle the big potty (and they MUST have toilet paper to finish the job whether they did the job or not!!).

Happy 2nd Birthday Ella and Emma!!

It has been two years since my life has changed forever!! Holy cow!! The girls didn't care too much about cake and ice cream this year. Mom let them have apple juice!!! That's Ella helping herself to the goodies on the table and yes, that is a tutu she is wearing at the bottom!! All girls need a tutu!! Too cute!!