Big Bums

I don't have a picture for this so just scroll down and look at my last post if you need a visual aid. I had a WIC appointment yesterday and they weighed and measured Elaina. I was in shock when they told me her stats. Last month at her 4 month check up she was 19 lbs, 26 1/2 inches. This month (yes, one month later) she is 21 lbs, 27 1/2 inches. Holy Cow. That child is growing. It seems like almost an impossible rate of growth. At least we know that all of her spitting up isn't effecting her growth at all. She is either going to slow down soon or she is going to be as tall as Keira sooner than later. So funny to watch the genetics at work.

Our Cupcake

Our cute Elaina is 5 months old as of the 31st. Where has time gone? I thought we just brought her home from the hospital. She is one of the sweetest babies I have ever met. She LOVES anyone to give her attention. She is definitely going to be the social bee of our family (not that it is hard with a family full of introverts.) She talks and talks all day long and if someone gets into her line of sight she squeals and laughs and talks, talks, talks. You just can't find a happier baby. We are so happy that she is a member of our family.
By the way, her Grandpa Allen apparently just HAD to get her that shirt because it is so true. She is everyone's cupcake. Just look at those cheeks!

Merry Christmas

Here are some pictures from our Christmas morning. For Christmas Eve we stayed home because we didn't want to deal with the roads. We had a fun night of pizza and Christmas movies. Then for Christmas morning I woke up early (not by choice, my body wasn't ready to sleep in the middle of the night. Darn work schedule) so I had breakfast all ready for everyone when they got up. We had our traditional "Good Stuff." Keira hardly ate anything. She was too excited for presents, which she could see from the kitchen table. We had a fun morning of opening presents. Keira opened every single present we got no matter who it was to. Elaina and she each got a rubber ducky and she kept making them kiss. So funny. Elaina was content to just sit and watch. She thinks her sister is pretty fun. We then got ready and went to my mom and dad's brand new house. It was the first time that we had been there and we really liked it. We will love driving there when the snow has melted. :) After spending a couple hours there, we went to Grandma Inman's and played with cousins. That is always really fun. Tomorrow we are going to Rick's parents so Christmas will continue for us for one more day. We hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year!

P.S. Rick was obviously there for Christmas morning but all we got were two pictures of his hands. Whoops!

Family Picture Fun.

My cousin, Tyra, was in Washington a couple weeks ago and volunteered to take our family pictures. She has been doing photography out of her home as a business for a while now and I have admired her pictures so I was excited that she did that for us. We had crazy times with the baby spitting up on everyone one and everything and Keira being more interested in playing with cousin Anabelle (Tyra's almost 2 year old) than getting her pictures taken. We also just made up places in my Aunt Mary's house to take pictures. Tyra has really cool things at her house but did a great job with making things work. Check out her other stuff at www.momentsbytyra.blogspot.com. Oh, there are tons more but these are my favorites of the bunch.

Playing in the Snow

When I got home from work this morning it was snowing pretty good. So I got Keira up and got her all dressed and we went outside. I wanted to play in the snow with her for just a minute before I went to bed. She absolutely loved it and I made her a little "snowman." Rick is going to take her out later but she had fun for a couple minutes with her mom. I made her hot chocolate when we got in, which she has never had before and really liked that too.

Who is Who?

I took a picture of Elaina today playing in her brand new jumperoo her Grandma Marcia got her for Christmas (a little early but we needed it now!). I was wondering how Keira looked at this age so I went through some old pictures and found some pictures of Keira in her exersaucer (which she got too big for and broke which is why we no longer have it). They just happen to be about the same age. I think Keira is about 2 weeks older in that picture than Elaina. They look SOOO much a like. I can't believe it. I just love their chunky cheeks! It will be interesting to continue to watch them both grow and we will see if they change or stay very much the same. Their personalities are worlds apart so hopefully they will be compatible and love to play with each other. So much fun.

Oh, Keira is the top picture, Elaina is the bottom in case you didn't know. :)

Christmas is Coming

Elaina loves to be burritoed for her naps. Still. Do we think she will ever outgrow this? She is dang cute though. Also, she must always have a bink or a finger (or fist) in her mouth at all times! We can usually tell where she is in the house because we hear a sucking sound coming from that room. So funny.
We got our tree up and decorated. This is our first full size tree so I bought a new star and tree skirt. Keira helped pick out the star. When I put the tree up a week ago she knew a star was suppose to go on top. I have no idea how. It must be in a book or something. There is no way she remembers last Christmas and even if she did we didn't have a topper on our little tree. The ornaments have only been up for a day and have already been rearranged and taken off many times. We also are looking for our baby Jesus for our nativity scene that has gone missing. We just love our little kids.