E & E's 2nd Birthday Party

The girls turned two a few weeks ago, but because this month has been so busy with moving and temporary moves we decided we would wait until the end of the month to celebrate. I also decided after throwing a party last year and making all of food, decorating, cleaning up before and after, and being party host.....that was enough for me. I've known all year long I wanted the girls 2nd birthday to be held somewhere other than home. We chose the Play Boutique in Lake Oswego. Our girlfriend Avery had her first birthday here back in October and E & E had a blast. The people at the Play Boutique are wonderful and did such an amazing job. The girls had so much fun and loved every minute of playing. We chose a Minnie & Mickey mouse theme in honor of the girls latest obsession. February is the perfect time of year for a red & hot pink color scheme - yea for Valentines day!

Emily answering the door...

Ellery

Ellery....not quite sure what she's doing

I could hear Ellery saying "hello?"

Ellery

Emily going for it!
Family Pic!!! We never take enough of these!

Emilina answering yet another door...

"Cheese"

Annual Grandparents picture.

Party's over ;(

E & E's First Haircut!

The mullet look finally got to be too much for me, so we bit the bullet and took the girls in for their first haircuts. They surprised me and actually sat in the chair...ok hummer, and sat still the whole time. They did have the dear in headlights look and Ellery kept checking herself out in the mirror, but they didn't cry and did everything the hair dresser asked. While they only cut a minuscule amount of hair off the end result is much cleaner and my babies look so much older!!

Emily picking out her moral support - a rubber ducky and a care bear.

Emily - All done!

Ellery - "what is going on?"

Ellery is scared to move

Ellery's moral support - "Care Bear get me through this"

What a big girl!

Lincoln City Ladies

Two weeks ago we loaded E&E up in the car to head to Lincoln City for a long weekend with their best girlfriend Avery and her parents. They still weren't feeling great so I was really nervous about how the trip would go. Of course, they fell asleep just 10 minutes before we arrived. Emily woke up happy and Ellery woke up very angry. Fortunately they went back to bed fairly easily. The next morning both girls were happy and smiling and had lots of energy! YEAH!! The antibiotics finally kicked in! Ellery loved the beach on Friday but didn't like it on Saturday. Emily just wanted to run around and draw in the sand. We all had a great weekend away and the weather was fabulous!

Ellery & Emily having a snack at the beach
Daddy and his girls taking a walk

Family!!!

Avery + Emily + Ellery = Best Buddies!!

Ellery

Em & Mommy

Ellery

Emily

2 Year Well (Sick) Baby Appointments

Yesterday we went in for the girls 2 year well baby check ups. The moment our name was called and we started to walk the hall down to the exam room Emily started to yell "no, no, no" and "bye-bye". Looks like we can't fool them anymore. Both girls were upset by the time we made it into the exam room and they got increasingly angry for the next 45 minutes. Boy was that fun. The good news is that Emily weighs 22.3lbs and Ellery is 24.9lbs. The bad news is now two days after her last check Ellery has an ear infection and a nasty throat thingy. Emily's new antibiotics finally seem to be working...kind of. Hopefully they kick in very soon for both girls, these last few weeks have been brutal. Aside from the normal sickness stuff going around right now, the girls are healthy and getting bigger. The Dr was very pleased - although it was hard to hear over the yelling of E&E.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Girls

Can't believe it. E & E are two today?? Wow. Just amazing. Too bad they don't feel that great. Emily has had a cold and by the time I took her to the Dr she had a pretty raging ear infection. She started antibiotics on Thursday but she and her sister were both monsters over the weekend. I took her back to the Dr on Monday and the antibiotics hadn't cleared up the ear infection at all. So now we're on another one hoping that relief kicks in soon. Ellery's ears were clear, but boy is she an unhappy girl. We have their 2 year well baby apt tomorrow so we'll be able to make sure she still has clear ears. Fingers crossed that they both feel better before our trip to Lincoln City this weekend.

More updates tomorrow after well baby check up.

Oh, and we've moved out of our house. It officially is owned by someone else. Our new house will hopefully close in 2 weeks if all goes well. Keep your fingers crossed.

So Not Babies Anymore........

It's February?? This year is flying by already! Next week the girls are going to be 2 years old! How did this happen? I just watch in amazement as my little babies develop into to smart little girls. If you ask Ellery how old she is going to be she yells "two!" and all day long I hear "what dis?" "Who dat" "I do it" and "mommy, mommy, mommy.......". We've found out that they can sing their A,B,C's and will finish the word in each sentence of "On Top of Spaghetti". Amazing...just amazing to watch your children grow up.

El & Em Holding Hands

Music class at school

Ellery playing Peek a boo

Emily

Ellery pushing Emily

Dress up time at school. Emily

Ellery

Keeping Tabs On Each Other

Glad to see that Emily has her sisters back!

Graphic - don't look if you don't want to see staples

At first I couldn't see the staples but if you look in the exact middle of the picture you can see two of the three clearly. Poor baby!

But this was taken just two days later and does she look like she's hurting? Maybe it's the bottle of wine that is easing the pain......KIDDING!

If You Are Afriad of Messes....Close Your Eyes Now

FULL BODY PAINTING.........................

Ellery

Emily

Now doesn't that look like fun!?! Thank goodness they do activities like this at school so I don't have to feel like a bad mommy for never letting my kids make messes like this!

Ellery is in the top left corner and I think Em is one who isn't really getting painted

Emily's ER Visit

Our Star

Check this off our list of firsts. Emily had her first visit to the ER on Sunday. She was sitting in her booster seat that attaches to the dining room chair. For some reason she was starting to throw a tantrum and was pushing with her legs off the table and making her chair rock. Before we could get to her she pushed hard enough to push the chair over backwards. The chair hit the floor followed by Emily's head hitting the chair seconds later. I thought she was just scared and mad until I saw the blood and the cut. We wasted no time and loaded Em & Elle into the car and headed for the ER. An hour and a half later we were home and Emily had three staples in the back of her head. She's doing great and if you didn't know she had hurt herself you'd never guess. Girlfriend has a high pain tolerance and she didn't get it from her mom.

At school on Monday her teacher was singing "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and when she got to the part that said "one fell off and bumped her head" Emily started to giggle and say "Emi, Emi, Emi", while patting the top of her head. What a smart girl! We go to the Dr on Friday to have the staples removed. That should be fun.

Both girls are talking up a storm. They will attempt to say anything you tell them. They repeat EVERYTHING. They said "mommydaddy" over and over and over again. They've turned into little girls and are no longer little babies. We have the tantrums and attitudes to prove it. They are acting their age in every way possible.