Happenings here

Here is a recap of the last few months!

I'm pretty sure we had the cutest little cowboy and bunny on Halloween!

Wyatt had a fun time on his first trick or treating adventure!

We made stops to see some great-aunts/uncles and grandparents.

Just love these two!  They're so sweet to each other!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving in Indy with Crystal and Philip and their boys. 

Crystal made lots of yummy food and the kids had lots of fun playing together!

Wyatt really enjoys being a big brother and "helping" his sister! :)

 Christmas was quite fun this year...a little crazy with two!  We started the "elf on a shelf" tradition...I forgot to add a picture of our elf "Patience"...Wyatt named her...haha.  He had fun finding her each morning...here is a picture of what he left for Santa and Patience (elf donuts) & yes, mommy walked away for a moment and Wyatt got a hold of the green sprinkles ;)   (and woops, I forgot to take a picture before mommy...er....Santa, had eaten one cookie and drank one of the cups of milk!)

Christmas morning...

 All Wyatt asked Santa for was a cupcake!  Really?!  A cupcake?!  But Santa brought him one :)

Clint and Wyatt both caught the stomach flu right before Christmas.  Fortunately Wyatt woke up Christmas morning acting back to normal!  Although in this picture you can really tell he lost some weight from the puking and not eating normal!  Ella and mommy didn't catch the flu, yay!  Ella seemed to enjoy herself!

 And a few more shots from Christmas!

Happy girl

Ella is getting close to 5 months now and I haven't posted much about her!  So here is an update...

She is such a happy baby!  She smiles ALL the time!  It's really quite sweet :-)  We all just love her so much!  Wyatt is super sweet with her.  She's really content, much like her brother was.  At her 4 month appt, she was 14 lbs, which is just above average and she's in the 95th percentile for height...also like her brother.  I hope they enjoy it now, because if you look at their parents, they don't have much hope for height ;-)  She's really strong and loves checking everything out.  Especially her big brother!  It will certainly add to the fun and craziness once they can play together! 



She seems pretty proud that she got her arm through there!





She just melts our hearts! 

Words

Every day, I am amazed at how much Wyatt talks and the new words he is using.  He is constantly surprising us with new phrases and the kid cracks us up!  And he usually has some cute facial expression to go along with it too :-)

Thought I would share a few of his new ones...

"I'm thinking....."  (which is usually followed by..."about a bear", "crocodile", etc.)

"I hear sumping" or "I hear a boice" (something or a voice)

"I'm gonna throw you in the pond" (yes, I hear this quite often!)

"I'm a cowboy"

"That's different"

"Get gun, shoot crocodile"

"How 'bout....." (this is how he "bargains" for things!)
"Mommy stop that, I'm a boy!"

 

This is Wyatt being a cowboy...apparently he can put anything on his head and then he's a cowboy :-)



And again, he is a cowboy :-)

Love him!

Camping...take 2

These pictures are of Wyatt & Ella's first camping trips...

Wyatt, on the left, was 2 months old when we camped for July 4th, 2010.

Ella, in the bow :-), was 1 1/2 months old when we camped for Labor Day, 2012.

I knew I had to get the same pic of Ella, since I can't believe how similar they look!

And how fortunate that she had a green bow to match! :-)

Camping this year was a bit crazier than ever before, but I am so thankful that we can begin to create some fun memories as a family!

And here is a pic I snapped of Wyatt while camping when he was supposed to be taking a nap!
He was just too cute I couldn't resist...

Some favorites...

I decided to ask Wyatt about some of his favorite things...here is exactly how he responded :-)

Favorite toy:  "Spencer"  (One of the Thomas trains)

Favorite thing to watch:  "Veggie Tales"

Favorite book:  "Train"

Favorite food:  "Eggs"

Favorite color:  "my crayons"

Favorite sister:  "Ella"

Favorite song:  "baby sister don't cry"

Favorite snack:  "crackers"

Favorite animal:  "penguin, otter, doggy, duck"

Favorite outside activity:  "watering can"

Favorite thing about Ella:  "kiss her"

This kid cracks me up...watering can?  haha  He does do other things than play with watering cans...like riding his big wheel...swimming...etc...

Here are some common phrases that Wyatt says....

"Mmmm, dat yummy"
"Oh no, big crocodile coming"

"Watch train?"

Recently my sister Kathy had dropped off some dinner for us (oriental lettuce cup thingys).  I gave Wyatt the noodles and chicken, knowing he wouldn't eat the lettuce.  Well, he said he wanted the lettuce, so I gave it to him & he took a huge bite and said, "mmm, dat yummy", then immediately scrunched up his face, spit out the lettuce and said, "mmm, dat yucky."  :-)

And here is miss Ella, looking as cute as ever...sadly this is an "old" pic...like from a couple weeks ago...she has really filled out since then & doesn't even fit in this outfit anymore! :-(

But I just love this pic with her bright eyes!

Ella's current favorites...

Eating

Pooping

Sleeping

And she has really started "talking" to us...so cute!

And here is a picture of MY favorite things :-)

LOVE them!



One of these things is just like the other...

Check out how similar these precious babies are! 

Can you guess which picture is Wyatt and which is Ella?

It's not too hard...but goodness I can't believe how much they look alike! 



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Isabella Dora

Our sweet Isabella Dora decided to grace us with her presence a day early!  She was scheduled to arrive via c-section on July 18...however, this little lady got her way when she decided to arrive early on

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:51 am.

Here's the story...

I woke up that morning around 3 am with contractions...they didn't seem all that bad, but they didn't let up either...I decided not to wake up Clint right away, in case they went away...and prayed that they would stop...I'm all about schedules and she wasn't scheduled to come yet :-)  Plus, Clint was going to be working an hour away from home that day...so my prayer was that they would stop or that we'd be at the hospital in a few hours.  Sooooo, when they didn't stop, I woke Clint up around 5 and we decided to get around to go to the hospital.  Mom was able to come pick Wyatt up and we were on our way to the hospital.

We arrived around 7:30...the nurse checked me out and I wasn't dilated at all.  I wanted to go ahead with a c-section if possible...so she checked with Dr. Morgan, who was on call that day, and when she came back she said we were all set to go!  A c-section had just gone in, so we'd have to wait about 1 1/2 hours.  They took us back to our room to wait and we ended up being next door to my cousin Kyle and his wife Christina, who had just had their baby girl Paige on Sunday.

I labored for the next hour and a half and then went back to the operating room.  It was a bit different this time, knowing what to expect and also knowing that Ella was just fine.  Also different because they had music playing in the operating room when I got in there...this seemed a bit odd...and no joke, when Ella arrived at 10:51 am, 'Welcome to the Jungle' was playing!  

Finally meeting our sweet baby girl was so amazing!  She is just so precious!

Isabella Dora

Born ~ Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 10:51 am

7 lbs  14 oz   20 inches