My Birthday Week!

Every once in awhile I can get her to look at the camera and say CHEESE!.  The only problem is that she now closes her eyes! lol

So I was really bad at taking pics last week!  We were just really busy!  I am usually driving my family crazy with my camera but it was just one of those weeks where we were not home at all and had too much to do! 

Last Tuesday was my 28th bday...We had dinner at Dustin's parent's house after my tball team mom meeting.  Then on Wednesday we met my dad at Macaroni Grill to celebrate.  On Thursday we went to my Grandma's to celebrate with my Aunt Jean, Uncle Joe, and Aunt June.  On Sunday Dustin and I went duck pin bowling and out to dinner with Lindsey and Michael.   Lindsey and I usually head downtown every year for a night out for our birthdays (Her bday is 3 days after mine) but we settled for a date night with the hubbies instead.  Guess we are getting old because it was just as fun to me! 

NERDS!  Can't believe Michael and Dustin wore the same shirt to go duck pin bowling!

Owen went to the dentist Thursday and he is still cavity free!  I made his next appointment for 6 months from now and had to make Ella one too since she will be two in October!  Makes me sad how fast this is going!

Other than that we had two more great tball practices and Owen is getting really excited for the Opening day parade and game tomorrow!!  On the way to school today we talked about who was coming to his game and he said "My grandpa can't come because of work, but that's ok because he will just watch it on TV."  Owen watches baseball on TV with Dustin a lot so I'm guessing he thinks tball must be on TV too.  So cute! 

 

 

Coloring time! (or homework as Owen calls it)

 

Miss Ella Rose is 18 Months!

Why is time going so darn fast.  I feel like Ella was just a little baby.  She has turned into such a fun, sweet, crazy little girl that has brought so much joy to our family!

 

 

Ella at 18 months...

 

~Words: Dada, Momma, Cat, Snack, uh oh, Kathy, please, night night, ball, baby, hi, bye, pappy, nene (grandma)

 

~Loves all things girly!  Baby dolls, jewelry, dresses and LOVES to (pretend
) put on makeup with Mommy.  Although she is girly she loves to play cars and superheros with Owen.

 

~She is LOUD.  She has mastered the girl scream and it is making us all pretty crazy!!

 

~Sleeps great!  She sleeps 11-12 hrs per night with a 2-3 hr nap everyday.  Every night she sleeps with her pink blanket, two doggies, Barney, and Dustin's monkey that he had as a child. 

 

~She doesn't watch too much TV but when she does she is crazy about Yo Gabba Gabba!

 

~ She is still very much a mommy's girl but is head over heels for her daddy and gets so excited to see him pull in the driveway everyday.

 

~ When she isn't screaming at her brother for antagonizing her, you can find her laying her head on him on the couch, copying whatever he is doing, or wrecking any toys he has set up!

 

~Ella is pretty independent.  She is very different from her brother who needs constant entertaining.  She loves puttering around with her dolls, talking on her cell phone, reading books in her green chair, and coloring.  She also loves playing outside.

 

 

We love our Elle Belle!

Warm weather and Baseball!

This week we spent a lot of time outside!!  Finally.  I love how it really wears the kids out and they are actually ready for bed at bedtime! We went on a lot of walks and played in the backyard as much as possible! 

Owen had his first baseball practice.  He loved it and had so much fun!  His cousin Skyla is on the team so he is very excited about that and about meeting other kids his age.  Dustin did really great working with kids that age.  It was funny to see him around all of those 4 and 5 year olds. 

Love this picture of them walking to our first practice!



Love this action shot of Owen running home (red shirt)

Here are the rest of the pics from our week.  There aren't many.  Ella was fussy with teething.  I think she has two more molars coming and a runny nose on top of that.  Owen was giving us a run for our money with some behavior stuff.  He is such a good boy the majority of the time so when he has a few days where he is not so well behaved it feels way worse and makes me crazy!!  But luckily he got it out of his system and has been better.  Until next time of course!

Always wants to sit in her doll stroller!

 

 

Ella turned 18 months!

Ella saying PLEASE!

Never wants to take a pic with mommy



Became obsessed with her rain boots this week

She was sure that they matched her church outfit

We went to the park with The Raders

Owen and Nolan playing soccer

Ella screaming at Locklyn.  Big shocker

Ella and Locklyn walking up the hill

Easter Celebrations and More!

Our Easter wasn't quite what I expected!  Ella came down with the stomach flu yet again.  That makes twice in one month! ugh.  She was feeling better Sat evening (the night before Easter) so we still made it to Dustin's mom's for dinner and an Easter egg hunt.  Here are some pictures from that.  The kids had fun with their cousins!

Owen, Skyla, and Dani (Ella wanted nothing to do with her mask)

Ella loved finding eggs!

Happy!

 

 

Easter Sunday we woke up and Ella was sick all over again.  That meant we had to miss our Oakley family get together and my side of the family too.  Owen was really bummed.  My Aunt and Grandma promised him that the next Saturday we would have a belated Easter.  So that is what we did this weekend.  I dressed the kids in their Easter clothes and off we went.

Cousin Hadlee came to visit!

Marshmallow overload!

 

 

The last couple weeks Owen has been practicing his tball skills with Dustin in the back yard and at the park.  Dustin is coaching his team and their first practice is tonight! 

Had to take a break for some park fun!

 

Here are some random pics from our week. 

 

 



laying in the chair...working on her laptop...no big deal

Orange Leaf YUM

This is the look I usually get when I get my camera out!

Library story time!

Owen pretending to be a pirate...peg leg and all!

sibling coloring contest

Also this week I got a rare night out with Lindsey!  We had so much fun and it brought back a lot of silly memories!



 

Our trip to Columbus

We decided to go to Columbus for an overnight stay on Spring Break.  Owen loves staying in hotels, so he was so excited!  The kids love running around the room and jumping on the beds of course!
We played putt putt (We were a little disappointed that there wasn't a course anymore, just a putting green but the kids still loved it!) and we swam in the pool.  Ella didn't want much to do with getting in the big pool.  They had a little creek that flowed into the pool that she loved to splash in.  After playing, we had dinner and ice cream at Culvers.  Then we headed back to the hotel to play in the arcade.  We finally went back to the room and played Trouble with Owen and went to bed.  Such a fun night that got us out of the house and out of our routine.  Here are some of the pics from our night...

Ella looking too cute in her suit and cover up!

Getting tired!

I told them all to pretend they were sleeping!