Hat and "Globes"

Last year it was a hopeless cause to get her to keep her hat on.. and forget gloves. This year, she just loves wearing her hat and "globes". She doesn't always like to take them off!

An Old Playdate

Melissa and I took Eliana and Evan to the mall (probably a month ago already!) and they're now into giving each other hugs and kisses. These pictures are priceless and we can't wait to show them to the kids when they're older.

We're still alive :)

I didn't realize it had been a week since I last posted. I've once again been really sick. Ellie had a bit of a cold, but I ended up with a monster cough and chest congestion. I've been sick for what feels like forever and I think I may be slowly on the mend with every muscle in my body aching from all the coughing. I actually left the house today with Eliana.

Eliana brought her picnic table into the kitchen tonight as I was making supper. She made herself her own little meal of what she'll tell you is "crackers". But, before she pretended to eat them she said "Come Lord Jesus..Aaaaamen".

With my not feeling well, we went for the easiest way to get our Christmas tree...we got it in 10 minutes from Menards.

Playdate

Here are a few pictures from a previous playdate that I didn't post yet. Ellie doesn't have any of her classes this week due to Thanksgiving and of course she and I both have a miserable cold

Sesame Street Live

We told Eliana last night that my mom would take her to see Sesame Street Live, Elmo's Green Thumb in the morning. Well, guess what? She woke up saying "nana, Elmo!" over and over and over. We learned our lesson. Anyway, mom and Ellie had a wonderful time. Mom said the look on her face was priceless. Eliana loved watching Elmo. Thanks mom :)

She took her nap today with her Elmo doll.

Little girl going to the BIG show.

Playtime

To say the least she's ecstatic to go to the Y on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This day we were going to a playdate though, which she was equally excited about.

Camera Time

Eliana has definately been keeping us busy. She surprises us with the words and phrases that come out of her mouth that we never knew she was catching onto (don't worry, none of them are bad).

Self Portrait...

Playing with her shadow.

I guess it's a "cameraphone"

Finally!

I have had the hardest time uploading pictures and I finally got it to work. I just gave up for a couple of days. Ben has been gone again with the other pastors to a meeting in Milwaukee. Ellie wakes up in the morning asking for "dada" and asks for her daddy all day. She really misses him. Of course right before Ben left on Sunday both Ellie and I started to not feel well, onto the next cold of the season.

Ellie's new thing is lifting the cushions from the couch and playing. I caught her flipping up the cushions and reading her books.

Hiding

Eliana has been into hiding lately and wanting us to find her. The other day I caught her trying to hide in the blinds.

Midway Maternity Pics

Some of you have been asking about my expanding tummy, here are a few pictures from a 24 week maternity shoot. I'll have more taken in January and those will include Eliana and Ben. Amy, the photographer, did a great job with the editing as I had some big red circles on my stomach from where the nurses put the monitoring patches on me when I was in the ER.