Family Pictures

We had our family pictures done about two months ago! We took them at 7 AM because it gets so hot here! We were still dripping with sweat by the time we were done! There wasn't even a breeze it was so hot! Here are a few of our favorites!

Eastons 6 Month Pics

A few of our favorites from Easton's shoot!

Ella 18 month Pics

We got Ella's 18 month pictures done about 12 hrs before our plane took off to go to Utah in June. We had scheduled to do them a few days before but we got there and a freak rain storm occurred so we rescheduled! In between shoot times she managed to run into a wall and bruise her head really well but Savannah did some good editing and you can't hardly tell!

Zoo Trip #753

This week was Andrew's finals week! We are so glad it is over! Only two more finals weeks left ever!!! One day we went up and gave him a study break at school and went over to the zoo. It is only about 5 min from his school. It was really humid so we only stayed about an hour.

The giraffes were all out and this was one super close! Ella was in awe of all the animals.

We always have to see the elephants!

There is a new baby giraffe as well that is less then a month old. It was out and was amazing to see. They are so small yet so big as babies!

This week....

The weather has gotten so much better the last couple of weeks. It is still hot but it is bearable to be outside for a bit.
I found these sidewalk paints at Kroger in their summer clearance and thought they would be fun, plus they said washable so Ella could use them and not ruin her clothes! She loved them! I had to drag her in the house almost two hours later so I could make dinner. She sees them every time we walk into the garage to leave and throws a fit because that is what she wants to do!

I made Easton stay in the stroller for the first little bit!

They both have such cheesy grins in these pictures!

Then we let him free and he was ok until he ate the chalk!

This is Ella's beach hat!

Sitting together again! Easton is obsessed with this sippy cup. He loves it! He especially loved it once he figured out that something was in it and he could get it out!

One of Easton's front teeth popped through last night, that explains the chewing on everything, the gate being a favorite!

Slide and Car

A few weeks ago we found this slide on clearance and we had been looking for one so we snatched it! Ella loves it! It is nice to have something different for her to play with!

She wasn't happy when I told her to come get in the bath and get dressed, so when we were done she ran right back over to it!

I had been trying to find a Cozy Coupe car for my kids for a while, ever since Ella played with the one and my moms house for hours this summer! I just didn't really want to (and couldn't really afford to) dish out the fifty to sixty bucks! Well yesterday morning I decided to go to a consignment sale and I found one! I was excited. It is practically new and it was $25! A much better deal! Andrew wonders why people buy things like this for their kids because it hardly looks like it has been used. It has become the new favorite and Ella has spent the last two days getting in and out of it! She is learning to share with Easton as well! She wasn't all that excited when we made her get out so Easton could ride in it!

We have been using the carts with cars at the store lately so he knew what to do, grab the wheel and spin it!

Ella pushed him through the house. It is nice his feet don't touch the ground so he won't get them hurt!

She had enough and wanted back in so bad that she got in with him! They both didn't mind it though!

Looks like we don't need to buy any Christmas presents now!