Happy Birthday Ella Bella

I can't believe your already three! It seems like just yesterday we brought you home.

You are such a sweet and spunky girl. You have changed so much just this past year. You are talking up a storm and say the funniest things. Your cutest phrase now is, Yes I did for everything. You hate being called anything but your name.You still lug your blanket around every where we go. Some things never change. You've decided you don't want to learn how to be a big girl ever. You just want me to change you! You refuse to walk up and down the stairs to and from bed. You insist on being carried. We're tyring to talk you into letting us turn off your light while you sleep so our electric bill can come down. You love Mac & Cheese and request it regularly. Strawberries are your favorite fruit. You love going to the store with Daddy. You love to sing songs. Jungle bells is your favorite. You collect stuff animals and sleep with about 5 at a time. Your a happy little girl who likes things her way!

We love you and can't wait to throw your "kitty" party.

Happy Birthday big girl!

Pucker Up.....

Our little piggy.....

I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone! Where has the time gone this year? Christmas this year went something like this... Wake up do presents and breakfast at our house, leave in the afternoon to grandma and grandpa Langes, go to Nama's house in the evening, come home and crash! It was fun but exhausting... Next year I think we are going to only make 2 trips so we can get a break in between. The girls had so much fun and were spoiled rotten. We haven't taken our tree down yet so they both are still looking for gifts daily. When your a kid Christmas can't come soon enough!

Christmas Eve PJ'S

The "hit" this year

We took the girls to visit Santa and get our annual photo. I love to see how they change so much each year. They were both really excited to visit with Santa. Ella kept wanting to go back for more. I do need to learn to take them earlier in the month. Waiting for an hour and a half to visit the old guy is getting pretty old! By the time you get up there they are grumpy and their hair is a wreck! Next year I swear I am going to do better.

Their First year with Santa...

Our California Adventure....

A few weeks ago we drove to Disneyland with the girls for a family vacation. The drive was so much better than I expected, they were both shockingly good... Thanks to a navigation system, a dvd player, and music we just may try it again!
Things I want to remember about our trip-
The look on the girls faces when they met all the princesses.
Ella taking her purse from grandma every we went.

Including all the rides and occasionally leaving it on rides and in lines.
Nothing like a two year old cry for her missing purse!
Ella having to be carried every where and refusing to sit in a stroller or walk on her own.
Chris' face while he carried Ella around on our entire trip.
Rylee telling us she could sign her autograph book for the princesses because she was a princess. How do you argue with that?
The girls picking out their stuff at Build A Bear
Renting the "family Bike' at the beach. Not sure what it is called but holy crap those things are hard to pedal. They go really slow.
The girls crying because they only wanted to swim on our trip and didn't want to go to Disneyland.
Walking in the sand at the beach with a crying 2 year old who's feet were getting dirty.
Things I would like to Forget-
Ella coming in our room every night
Ella crying most of the trip and being carried
Chris losing our camera 3 times while at disneyland
Me having to wear flip flops the entire trip thanks to a broken toe

Trick or Treat

Presenting the cutest "princess" Dorothy and Snow White...

Our girls had so much fun this year dressing up. Neither one really knew who Dorthy was and they kept asking who Ella was dressed up as. Finally I got smart and said princess Dorthy of course and that was it. I wish we had taken our video camera with us trick or treating it was pretty comical. Ella would scream as loud as she could Trick or Treat but as soon as they came to the door she wouldn't say a word. It was ear piercing loud. They both are dying to know when it will be Halloween again.

We took the girls to their first pumpkin patch this year and it was a hit! Of course the free pony rides couldn't have been why? These pictures make me laugh because of everything Ella could have picked out she really wanted these 2 baby pumpkins. She insisted on having them and carried them around the house daily for weeks.

These are some pic.'s from my favorite Halloween house that we visit annually. The pictures never do it justice but is better every year. Now that we've moved we live even closer to it.