All Tuckered Out

Poor Ellie. She was being her usual angel self and I didn't even realize how tired she was. One day she will learn that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, a fact that her brother constantly takes advantage of. In the meantime...she gets naps in her jumper.

Cereal

Ellie has been very interested in food lately. She watches us intently when we eat, and if she can reach it she grabs it and takes it straight to her mouth. I've been letting her chew on spoons, and today there was something on her spoon...her first taste of rice cereal! I figured she would end up spitting most of it out because she is still young and isn't supposed to be able to swallow well, but surprisingly she ate it all!! We all know she loves to eat so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. My baby is growing up way too fast. As usual we took a million pictures:

Notice the clean bib!

Patient of the Day

Guess who was in the hospital, again? Cole is getting pretty comfortable there. He went under anesthesia today for the fourth time in his 2 1/2 yrs of life...and he did awesome! He was such a good boy the whole time. As usual, he was a big goofball and entertained the nurses and other patients in the recovery room. Cole was the best patient there! Everything went really smoothly and Cole was happy the whole time, but we are sure glad it's over. Hopefully this will be the last time we have to do this.

We didn't get any pics in the hospital, but here is an after shot showing the damage: a green "bandaid" on his elbow from the IV, neon bandaids on his knees from the joint injections, and his 4th popsicle of the day. Bandaids and popsicles...what more could a little boy want?

Perfect end to a Horrible day

Yes, that is puke. The cherry on top of a full day of cleaning up vomit, a bajillion baths, and continuous loads of laundry. I was putting clean sheets on his bed, again, so Cole could go to bed, and he decided to rock on the horse while he waited. Unfortunately for Ellie she was lying on the blanket you see in the picture. Cole managed to cover himself, the horse, my legs, and Ellie's face in vomit. It has been a long day.

Four Months of Sweetness

Look at those cheeks!

Ellie loves to smile :) She is such a happy baby...Mommy's angel!

My little angel is 4 months old! She has gotten big way too fast. She weighs 17.2 lbs and is 25 1/2 in long. She has lots of chubbers that I just can't get enough of! She is so much fun to play with right now, always cooing and giggling. I love to walk in her room right after she's woken up and see her face light up and her excitement to see me...it melts my heart! Ben and Cole are smitten as well. We all love her so much! Ellie is such a sweet angel and we are so blessed to have her in our family!!

Ice Storm

Where the heck did we move to? I would say it's just a little south of the North Pole. We woke up this morning to freezing rain. I thought that rain would be a nice break from the snow, but I didn't realize that because it's so cold here the rain immediately turns to ice. Ben's school was closed, again, because everything here is covered in ice.

Our apartment was covered in a layer of ice:

Even the bushes looked like ice sculptures

Our car was one big car-shaped sheet of ice

I'm not complaining though, because we got an unexpected day with Ben! And he was home to see Ellie role over from her stomach to her back for the very first time! Thank you Iowa.

Ridin' his Motorcycle

One of the many doctors that Cole gets to see regularly is his opthomologist. We got to drive 2 hrs on Thursday to see Dr. Olsen again. Cole was a big boy and climbed up in the chair without mommy this time.

This is the one doctor that Cole likes to see, probably because there are no needles and he likes the fun toys the assistants use to check his vision

He especially likes the moving animals on the wall. While waiting for the doc, Cole decided to sneak a chair over to pet the doggy. He's pretty smart when it comes to getting something he wants

He knew exactly what to do with the "motorcycle"

The appointment was super fast and easy as usual. When Dr. Olsen pulled out his "motorcycle", as he calls it, Cole knew to put his chin on the chin rest and look into the machine. He didn't need any help at all. He is an awesome patient and such a big boy!