"A Party's a Party...

...but a party with friends, now THAT's  party!"

As hard as it is to believe, Greyson and Ellie turned one last week. 

Weren't they just this size?!

Last weekend, we had a little birthday party for Greyson and Ellie. It was so fun to have our house full of little cousins (only missing Luca and Avo). We are so blessed with families that consistently love on our kids.

Christian, willing and ready to help out Ellie with her cupcake

Greyson ate his cupcake faster than I thought possible

Lucas and Tehya were even able to come

 

 

 

Sweet Poppy

Both E&G hook their little toes up under the highchair trays when they eat.  I think it's so cute ;)

Still going strong... we should get cupcakes more often!

Gonna Have to Keep My Eyes on This One...

Anyone who knows my daughter, knows that she loves to be loved on.

In fact, if you are holding her, and she wants you to love on her, she will arch her back and turn her face to the side, giving you the maximum cheek surface area wherewith to plant your kisses.

Well, the other night, Clint took the kids and I out to Jockamo's, a fun little pizza place in Irvington. After we ate, I was holding Ellie, when I noticed that something had caught her eye.

I turned my head to see what she was looking at. And there he was. A tall male server. She watched him clean off a table, stop by another -- never taking her eyes off of him.

It suddenly became apparent to both her and I, that within 30 seconds, he would be passing by our table. She kept watching and as he neared, she arched her back, turned her face...and then, much to her dismay, he passed right on by. She jerked back up into sitting position, and watched him walk off. She seemed apparently stunned that someone could resist kissing her cheeks.

Oh boy... here we go :)

Sights and Sounds

So here we are at 5 months and two teeth later... It's fun watching Greyson and Ellie study each other. Greyson watches Ellie closely and smiles at her a lot. Sometimes, I think that he thinks she's a toy. He'll wrap his fingers around her ear and try and chew on her. She's not a big fan of that move...

Here are a couple of video clips of life around here. And no, we're not always this "happy" :)

I love to watch Greyson watch this video of himself. Whenever he sees/hears himself laughing, he breaks into a smile. It's adorable! (PS...It's kind of hard to throw a ball up into the air with one hand while videotaping with the other :))

Happy Father's Day!

Marcelle the Shell

A tale of two children...

Today is Greyson and Ellie's 3 month birthday. And it has been so fun watching these two grow! We most definitely have two different children living with us. 

One is curious, always looking around, sometimes too social to eat...

the other is more calm, pretty peaceful, and is more content just sitting on your lap...

but both love to be outside and have the most the most beautiful smiles!

They really seem to be noticing each other now. When they are in the crib together, they seem to study each other. Almost always, they end up cuddled into each other. On different occasions, I've found them holding hands or linking arms and once I even found Greyson's fist in Ellie's mouth!

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning.

And the answer is...

Clintdawg! (as Joel loving referred to him)

Several of Clint's aunts thought Ellie looked like Clint when she was born. We couldn't see it until we pulled out Clint's baby picture and saw a resemblance. Still, I think our kids are a good mixture of our two families. Here's Clint holding Ellie when she was just a few weeks old.