Oh, Ellery!

This baby girl can go from giggles to the depths of despair within seconds.  See what I mean???



She's an emotional roller coaster.  BUT, roller coasters are never boring, and always keep you on the edge of your seat.  We love her like crazy...tears and all. 



On The Move

It's hard to keep up with this one...

She scoots and army-crawls all over the place.



Our Marin is definitely on the move!



Saturday Night Fun

So we braved it and took the family to Chuck E. Cheese tonight for some pizza and good times.  It shouldn't be too busy, right?  Well, a lady who worked there told me that the last time it had been that crowded was sometime in August when twenty birthday parties were all booked at the same time. Perfect!  After all, who would be at Chuck E. Cheese in the dead of winter on a Saturday night?  Just everybody and their mother, that's who.  It was crazy, but it was fun.  The hardest part was finding a booth, and after that, the mouse worked his magic, and Liam (and his parents) had a blast!

Playing in MinneSNOWta

Liam loves playing in the snow.  When we were visiting my family over the holidays, Liam had a blast, and it didn't matter that it was 5 degrees outside.  Kids don't care.  If you grew up in a climate that had snow on the ground for regular periods of time during the winter, you know the feeling of snow sneaking into the cuffs of your mittens, your damp hat covering your eyes, causing you to have to tilt back your head to see what's in front of you, and that blast of heat you experience when coming back into the house after being outside for more than ten minutes.  Well, Liam experienced all of these and begged for more.



All Bundled Up




Avonlea




Jeff, Debby, and Avonlea Brave the Cold





Getting Used to the Snow




Taking the Plunge!





Making Snowballs





This is fun!




Time to go Sledding with Uncle Patrick




Jon Joins the Fun




Don't do it.




Building a Snowman




Liam and His Snowman




Nicely Done, Boys!



Church Correspondence

When we picked the kiddos up from the nursery yesterday, all had notes of correspondence reminding us how big our babies (all three of them) are getting...

Since the girls are both sitting and scooting around, it's time to promote them to the Creeper class.  They'll miss the sweet workers in the infant room, but the teachers in the Creepers are great, too!

That's right...we've had a GREAT weekend of potty training.  I don't want to jinx it, but I'd say the boy is (90%) potty trained!!!

Seven Months

Winter

It's cold in Dallas right now, but not cold like this.  I took theses pictures when we were up visiting my family in Minnesota at the end of December.  Brrrrrrr...  

Potty Training Haiku

We're getting closer

And making lots of progress,

But still have glitches.