Sisters

Eliana and Alexis have finally started to "play" together. Alexis always wants to be by Ellie and play with her toys. As I've mentioned before Ellie really hasn't wanted anything to do with her. She recently started showing some interest in Alexis and I love it. When we go into get Eliana up in the morning she clears out a spot in her bed and tells me to put Lexie in. She tries to teach her how to clap and even has given her her blanket. That is a really big deal for Ellie. Her blankets are very precious and she never shares them. Every morning this happens and Lexie grins from ear to ear as Ellie plays with her. She has even started sharing her toys. When I put Lexie down I always give her her container of toys and see picks things out and plays with them. Ellie has stared bringing other toys over and dumps them around Lexie and the two of tem play. I love to watch this interaction between them. It is so sweet.

Daddy's Girls

My girls are such Daddy's girls. I love to watch them interact and the smiles they get on their faces when they see him are priceless.

Do They Look Alike?

I was flipping through a scrapbook to day and found a picture of my Nephew (hope you don't mind Melissa) I was blown away when I looked at it and couldn't believe the resemblance between him and Lexie. To me they look so much alike in these pictures. I've always thought Lexie looked like some of his baby pictures. What do you think?
Lexie 7 months

Carson 6 months (three years ago)

What is even funnier is that they are sitting in the exact same spot on my parents living room floor.

Ellie Bellie

I realized there hasn't been many posts about Ellie lately. Lexie has kinda taken over the blog. Maybe that is beacuse right now Lexie is my sweet and peaceful child and Ellie is my defient and high energy child. That will switch soon I'm sure they seem to take turns being the "good" one. I love Ellie at this age and one of my favorite things is doing her hair and putting in cute hairbows, which she finally leaves in her hair. Her hair is finally long enough to wear in a ponytail and I had to atke of picture of it beacuse she looks so cute!



This picture I feel really captures her attitutde lately. I feel like she has that "are you talking to me" look.

The Perfect Family Night

With Nick being out on strike he is working back at his old job. That means a normal shift and he is home for dinner and the night. I have to admit I absolutely love this and for this reason I am enjoying him being on strike. I love being a "normal" family that has dinner together and spends the evening together. I think the girls are loving it just has much as me. We had our first true family night this week. We went to the park to play soccer but the soccer fields were being used so we decided to go walk down by the river. Ellie has never been to a river before so we thought she would enjoy it. Since I thought we were only going to play soccer I didn't bring my camera, I know wish I had. We walked along the dirt path looking for a spot that we could navigate down with two little kids. It was such a sweet sight to walk behind my husband and daughter and see them holding hands. We eventually found a spot where we had to walk down a steep, but short hill and climb over a fallen tree. Can you just picture me with Lexie in the Bjorn and a soccer ball in one hand trying to get down to the river. To make it better I was also wearing flip flops. Ellie and Nick continued holding hands and walked all around the river bed. Ellie of course had to play in the mud and get all dirty. Nick I know was worried about what I would say because she was wearing a new white shirt and she wiped dirt down the front of it. When we were done Nick allwoed her to walk up the hill herself, of course he still had ahold of her. She was so excited and loved every minute of this. She found a place on the side of the hill that was rather steep but she wanted to climb up it. I could tell Nick was exhautsed and just wanted to go, but he walked up with her and told her to see how far she go. She was grinning so big and was so excited that she got to do this herself. She is getting to be such a big girl. We came home and of course had baths and then read some stories out of Ellie's "My First Book of Mormon" (Thanks Mike and Melissa!) It was a simple night but it was spent together and it was awesome. Thanks Nick for bearing with us and letting your little girl explore.

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