Here’s a few pictures from our beach trip this year!
Potty Training January 19, 2015
It’s all fun and games…
until you actually have to sit on the potty.
But they say it takes a village.
Lily turned 6!
Lily turned 6 last week! Ted was out of town on her actual birthday so we celebrated as a family the night before.
We went to Kids Place to let the girls play.
They weren’t afraid of anything.
And neither was Ted 😉
And then celebrated at home and she opened her gifts from us. She wanted to save the others so she had something to open on her actual birthday. Ava and Ellie made her a Build-A-Bear, which she was thrilled about.
On her actual birthday, we took cupcakes to her school and ate lunch with her. Ava and Ellie got to practice being a kindergartner.
Happy 6th Birthday, Lily!!
Christmas 2014
We had a great Christmas 2014.
Ava had a Christmas play at school and she made a mighty cute sheep.
The girls thoroughly enjoyed decorating.
We went to the Awaited show in Cincinnati with Pop Pop and Nana, who came to spend Christmas with us. We didn’t get a family picture this year at the show, but I just love this one of Ava and Nana.
And we just had a great Christmas!
Cousins in the Bluegrass
Anna Grace and Josiah came to visit us the week before Christmas. They stayed a week and we had a great time.
They played outside a lot.
And played inside a lot.
When you are the youngest of five kids and it is Christmas time, you end up being baby Jesus in the manger…or baby Ellie in the toy box. I’m not sure baby Jesus had a pillow but it was nice of the kids to think of it for Ellie .
Oh yea, PaPa came too 😉
And Josiah got some ‘man time’ in the basement with PaPa.
And you can’t come to Lexington without seeing horses. These are just a few houses down the road from us and nobody got bit! Success!
Although things got a little scary at times…
In the end, I think everyone had fun.
Big Girl Bed
Ellie got a big girl bed! We bought another bunk bed and Ellie is sleeping on the bottom bunk, in the same room as her sisters. She did great adjusting and we had an extra bed just in time for their cousins to visit.
Ellie turned 2…awhile ago! August 15, 2014
Ellie is two! It is a little bit of old news now, but she is a third child, ya know.
She had a great birthday and enjoyed celebrating with family. Lily and Ava made her a Build-A-Bear dog and she loved it. She also got lots of great gifts from family.
I’ve had a few requests for me to repost Eliana’s story for some people that I’ve met recently.
Click here if you would like to read it:
I’ve also had a lot of people asking for an update on Ellie so here it is:
Ellie is simply amazing. She hasn’t had any major problems since she was born. Her only issue is she seems to get fevers for no apparent reason. At one point she had a fever for 5 months. The doctors checked everything and never found anything wrong. Eventually it went away. She gets them occasionally and there usually isn’t a reason.
She is monitored closely at her well child checks for growth and development. She is also monitored closely for symptoms of tumor development, since she is at risk of having tumors develop in her body from her placenta. So far so good…she had an ultrasound of all of her organs when she had her five month fever since a long term fever could be a symptom. Everything checked out well.
She just had her 2 year old well child check and all is good. And we confirmed she still has her healthy fear of doctors that inflict pain. She screamed from the second they called her name until we confirmed we were ‘all done’. Then she was laughing and trying to make friends with the doc who was WAY OVER her screaming. And it should be noted, she didn’t even get any shots.
She is still hanging out in the 5% for height and weight on the growth chart, which is where she’s been for awhile. The doc says they don’t care what percentile she is in, as long as she is growing. Which she is, just on her own curve. Which kinda fits her personality anyways 🙂
We are so thankful for everyday with this pretty girl. What a blessing!
Our Girls 