Ella's 3rd Birthday Party

I can't believe she's 3! Well, not yet officially. That's not until September 19th. We decided to have her birthday party the same day as Noelle's baptism since family was in town. We had a packed house! Also wouldn't you know that it rained a half hour before the party and it hadn't rained for a month. Go figure! I think all 35 people that were here enjoyed themselves despite. Unfortunately, these are about all the pictures I took. I was too busy running around doing other stuff.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!






An evil, evil gift from cousin Sophie. This recorder has mysteriously disappeared..hmmm???




Here are the treats! Yes, I made them all myself AND they were yummy!

Cousins

I love this picture so much that it gets it's very own post. This was taken after Noelle's baptism. So, I'm surprised my girls aren't in the throws of a fit.

Sophie, Lenie, Alexis, Ella, Noelle and Rachal


Don't they all look fabulous???

A bunch of whatever

Here are some random pictures that I couldn't quite fit anywhere else.

The fam - I know it's blurry but I had to post it since we rarely get a pic of all of us together


Our double stroller


Ella doing her famous pose


Wow! What a great looking couple.


Ok, maybe not so much

Noelle's Baptism.....finally

Finally Noelle is baptised. It took nearly 17 months to get it done. Ella was baptised at 10 weeks old the wonder Father Donner at Sacred Heart in Gladwin. Unfortunately he passed away only months afterwards. When we moved to Ohio we himmed and hawed about joining a church. Well, Noelle was born and we needed her baptised but noone would do it unless we were members. So finally this January we got our act together and joined a church.

There sure is a difference between baptising a 10 week old and a 17 month old. Ella didn't make a peep during her ceremony. Noelle was quiet but it was smack dap during naptime so she was restless. It looked like we were playing hot potato with her while standing up with the priest. She only wanted one of us to hold her for a few seconds at a time. All in all everything went smoothly. Phew!

Here's the star of the show!


Ella with cousins Alexis and Rachal


Waiting for the ceremony to start






Here's the crew. Noelle's Godparents are John's sister Tina and her husband Lenie.

Jump Around

Ella got this bounce house from her grandparents for her 3rd birthday.


Ella LOVES 'jumpolines', although with this one I think she likes the slide more. Her and Noelle have had a blast jumping in it!

Yes, I do normally put pants on my children.

Our Princesses

The girls love dressing up as princesses. Luckily Aunt Tina has a bunch of girls that are in dance class. So, she gave the girls a ton of super cute dance outfits!!!! They will have fun with these for years!

Here are the Royal Princesses (I swear Noelle was not drinking)

All about Noelle

Noelle was the most wonderful surprise John and I could have ever received. She is such a joy, although she comes with a LOT of attitude. She is a riot to be around and has us in stitches most of the time.

She is almost 16 months old and is running all over (including the couch, ugh), climbing up and down the stairs and is constantly telling us thank you. She has finally figured out some words and tries to repeat others we say. She loves to dance and will always tell us to say 'duck' when singing Old McDonald. She also will do the motions for Itsy Bitsy Spider. She is our lover and is always running up to hug our legs and rarely turns down an opportunity to be held. This is the opposite of how Ella was at her age. It's nice to have a baby hug you and lay her head on your shoulder. We need to cherish these moments now because who knows how many more years we have of it.

Right now she is trying to steal Ella's milk since hers is all gone, but Ella isn't giving it up. She is such a little brute. Ella better watch out in the next 6 months. Oh boy.

Even though she gives us attitude now it's nothing compared to a defiante 2 year old. I'm already dreading those times with her. I'll sure miss this sweet baby age she's at now.