The new DIY canvas photos. They turned out pretty good! Can't wait to put them up!

    We also got Ella's headboard and letters done today. I'm thrilled that they turned out so well! She loved it too!

 

   Ella in her shiny new rockstar pants and hipster jacket on the way to get donuts with daddy. What a lucky little girl she is!

 Eva at Ella's frind Kennedy's bday party. She was sitting on the queens throne! She felt special for a few seconds.

These are all the kids at the party! We only knew 3 others from school but the girls had so much fun. And apparently Kennedy and Ella are the bestest friends as you can tell.

 

Well we have made some changes and changes are always fun! Ella's room is complete and she is happy how it turned out. We will soon put up the canvas's and be done for awhile, considering I finally got a new job! Yay! I got the official call yesterday and start Feb. 11th. I think we have almost everything in place for it. We have found a new daycare lady whom a lot of my other friends know so I know she will be wonderful. I'm excited to start my new career with a hospital as an admissions hospice nurse, hopefully this position takes me far. The girls had a good weekend, kind of lazy but nice to catch up and relax. We have been taking care of a sweet little teacup yorkie (dog) named Izzy since last Thursday, we have her until this Sunday. The girls love her maybe a bit too much! ;o) Evan hates her but his fondness is growing I think. We now know for sure that we will NOT be getting a dog anytime soon. Too much for me too handle! We are excited to tour Ella's new schools tomorrow and will  let you know how they go next week. She has 2 options so hopefully we can get some insight on each of them tomorrow. We are enjoying the 65 degree weather that will only be here for another 12 hours probably, so outside we are headed.

My birthday

Me and my girls on my birthday out for dinner.

Look at how happy I look! Yes CAKE!

                                                         Ella's ready to blow them out!

                                             Ella dressing up her and her puppy!

                                              Daddy and Ella made a perfect cake!

  We (Becky and David and I and the girls) painted Ella's room. The girls had fun helping! Eva didn't last long but Ella couldn't helped forever.

     On MLK day David and Evan took the girls to the zoo, bless their hearts because it was freezing; 20 degrees, snowing and blowing. Becky and I stayed home to paint, wish we could have relaxed but there's never time for that. The girls didn't complain once to me about how cold it was.

                                                 Sisterly love!

Ella's new room, we have a few more things to finish up but should be complete within the next week!

 My new Northface fuzzy jacket from my bestest friend Jenna for my birthday! Eva likes how soft it is too.

 Eva was on Uncle's team when we played a game. She doesn't have the attention span for much yet.

 

 

                                          Uncle David made me a snowman, I love it!

 

Ella got her hair CUT! It got a little shorter than expected but it was starting to get pretty tangly and neither her nor I want to deal with that so we made it better. We all like it!

Sorry for the delay, I have been working more and Uncle David and Aunt Becky were here for almost a week. They came last Thursday to help out by watching the girls while I slept from work 2 days and also so Evan and I could escape normality for my birthday to go stay in a hotel. No big plans were set just shopping, movies, eating/drinking, and relaxing. We had a super time away and appreciate everything Becky and Dave do for us, which there are certainly no words to tell them exactly how much they mean to us. They also helped us get some projects done around the house, painting/fixing. Ella's room turned out great and she loves it. I have become quite the do it yourselfer. :o) Dave and Becky helped me get started on Ella's headboard, just 1x6 boards, stained and put up for Ella. The cheapest headboard I could think of especially since Evan thinks they are not necessary. We (me and Ella) also painted her a mirror pink and put sparkles on it, she loves it! Tonight I also just put some pictures on canvases to hang. They are expensive to buy so I made my own, they turned out great! I will post pictures of all this stuff as soon as we get them hung. So other than keeping busy we are doing well, Eva has a cold again so kind of miserable. Tonight we started our 10 day dog sitting service, Ella and Eva are going to have a great 10 days. I will hopefully have some time to myself :o) I hope everyone is staying warm because its a cold January.

Sick

Well we had a very tough week, we ALL got sick. Ella was the 1st one last Saturday and then slowly we all caught it. Puking and everything! Not fun to be around or have! So I'm hoping that this week is much more enjoyable.

We finally got out of the house this Saturday when it was 55 degrees and went to the park, The perfect outing!

Ella's balancing!

Ella and Eva's new favorite thing to do at the park.

Evan and Ella went for a little hike while Eva and I stayed close to the park.

Eva and daddy got groceries and Barney caught Eva's eye.

Crazy picture in Janurary, huh! It was in the 60's and the smores were amazing. 

The girls were singing Jingle Bells, loudly!

My sick girlies! Poor things.

The night I was the sickest, the girls had fun with daddy, making a Reds snowman. They were very proud!

 

I hope everyone enjoys their week! Prayers go out to those who need it! ;o)

Happy New Year

Ella played dress up! Ella likes to get dressed everyday by herself now, and she always picks a skirt and a puppy shirt or brightly colored shirt with sparkles. She is definitely all girl.

Ella showing her attitude!

We spent New Years day with some close friends!

Winter Wonderland with daddy after the basketball game.

OSU BB game with daddy!

Ella at Winter Wonderland with daddy!

Ella got ready and said she was playing baseball at Wrigley Field. So now she's a baseball player. Eva had to go to so put her Reds hat on!

Ella and Evan battled in shoot the frog in the cup!

Evan and Ella at Winter Wonderland after the the OSU game. We have had a busy and wonderful week. We were doing something everyday, playdates and pictures, and shopping. It has been one of the snowiest times of the year here so we are enjoying that. We did successfully make a baby snowman, the snow just never was perfect for it. I don't think it will be around for long though, the temperature is going to get warmer this next week and I'm ok with that. The girls have been getting along great and play well together. They have been playing a lot of dress up lately and pretending to be other people. Its cute to see who they become. They also have been enjoying the wii, Eva's favorite game is the dance game and Ella's is her puppy game. We went over to the neighbors on New Years Eve until 1030, came home to put the girls in bed and then on New Years Day we were with some close friends, Sammy's mom and dad Melissa and Steve. Wednesday I had an interview with Mount Carmel Hospice, it is an admissions job so a lot of paperwork, less care. I think I would really enjoy it, I will shadow on Tuesday and should know by the end of this next week if I get offered it. It will be just casual so maybe 2/times a week while still keeping my other clients. I'm excited! Thursday we went to Susan's and had Eva's 3 year pictures taken and some Valentines as well. I hope you like them as well as I do! Also on Thursday night Evan took Ella to an OSU basketball game; they had a lot of fun. Friday I worked like normal and Saturday was a relaxing day and a visit to the pet store. Saturday night Ella puked and was up all night sick, as was mommy, so today was spent resting although Eva was feeling fine so tried to keep up with her. I did send her to a b-day party which she felt like a big girl going all by herself. I dropped her off and as I opened the door and helped her out she said bye mom. I told her I could at least walk her to the door. She's growing up way too fast! She did miss me though! Ella was just tired today with a temp. but no puking so hopefully tomorrow she wakes up feeling rested and well and I pray that Eva does NOT get sick at all or any of us. My cousin Mike is here from Denver, Colorado tonight and tomorrow night so I hope he stays well also. He has been coming once a month for the last 3 months for his job, so it has been nice spending some time getting to know him better. I hope everyone is doing better than we are now!