6 lucky bees

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Merry Christmas '09

Cousin Kolby and Ella in their Christmas pj's--hard to believe he's only 3 months older!

Ella was a super good girl this year!

Santa's visit with all of the kids (except Colton who wouldn't go near him)! We have Bethany, Kylie, Drake, Caleb, Kolby, Charlie, Logan holding Ella, and Peyton who was the most super excited to see him!

Is there a lump of coal in that present, Caleb?

Peyton could hardly contain himself when Santa arrived! He was yelling to everyone making sure that they knew Santa was here and couldn't wait to sit next to him and receive his gift--more Bakugan! Just what Peyton wanted!

Grandma Bubbles and Ella Marie Constance

Logan and his completed Power Miner from Grandma Bubbles--amongst all of the chaos of Christmas, kids and family, he sat and put it together in just over 45 minutes!

Colton in his new cottage with a doorbell and cordless phone and all

Christmas morning and the boys are in their matching dinosaur pj's--sorry Ella. We had to go with pink for you and they didn't make pink dinosaurs.

Christmas Eve with Grandma Jeanie (and Papa Tom) not pictured

Ella and her Christmas Teddy from Logan who picked it out himself at the school shopping spree. He's such a thoughtful shopper! Colton got a wooden car, Caleb got a brand new football, Mom got a Christmas wreath and Ella got her Teddy.

Getting silly with kid wine on Christmas Eve

Oh so impatiently waiting to dive into Grandma Jeanie's gingerbread house

Welcome home Ella!

All tuckered out after her first bath at home--sweet dreams Ella!

Looks so sqeaky clean you can practically smell the Baby Magic! Love it!

Gotta love even the new pink towel!

So cozy on her first night home. The boys had a quick visit after school and then got to go play outside for a bit with dadand we enjoyed the peace and quiet while watching out the window.

Colton promptly got out of the car to shovel for us when we got home. What a kid!

Although they weren't home, we stopped by Grandma Susie and Bumpa's house after leaving the hospital so we could wait until Caleb and Logan were done with school. She got some more loving from Peyton and Colton while we were there.

One more pic before leaving the hospital--homeward bound!

Ready to roll!

All dressed and ready to go home! It's so nice to see them in clothes after 3 days of swaddling like a burrito in the hospital. That swaddling sure works though--unfortunately, I've never gotten the hang of it myself--as good as the nurses anyway.

Ella is here!

Christmas came early for us this year with the arrival of beautiful Baby Ella!

Her first visitors were grandparents and of course, two of her four big bros! The biggest brothers were still in school at this point but the little guys got to love her up!

Grandma Jeanie

Grandma Susie

Proud big brother Logan--Logan marched right into the room and put his hands out ready to have his turn holding Ella! We had to ask him to take his jacket and gloves off even, but he was ready and very attentive. Ella got lots of kisses from Logan!

Proud big brother Caleb--although we know he has lots of love for Ella too, Caleb held her for a picture and then went back to eating his cheetos and asked for the remote for the TV. Brothers!

Here--dad is all McDreamy and ready for surgery--well, ready for hand holding during my surgery! He does very well with that part!

As ready as I'll ever be I guess! Less than an hour later, Ella was born!

Brotherly Love in December

All dressed up and ready for their Christmas program and all smiling in one picture!

"Isn't that so cute?" (Peyton's words)

My two "O" boys

Here are my "A" boys

Brothers...they do not get along quite so beautifully all of the time though. However, I don't usually bring out the camera during those "other" brother moments!

Not so innocent!

Not quite the face of innocence! Colton--or Captain Cuddle--is proving to be a busy little guy to put it nicely! He gets into everything except the hundreds of boy toys that fill our house! I am hoping Santa brings something really cool to capture his attention more than a few minutes or we will be locking all doors in the house (bedrooms, bathrooms, etc.) in order to keep him from causing mayhem within minutes of being out of site!

Our puzzle cupboard emptied in a matter of minutes, not to mention the blue marker (turns out it wasn't washable either as it only faded slightly after the first shower) all over himself!
"It wasn't me, Mom!"

Friday, December 11, 2009

All Saints Day '09

Logan as St. Christopher carrying Baby Jesus on his back--the one and only doll we own (so far!) It was a fairly mellow Halloween with everyone taking their turns being sick. Logan was finally able to make it to school for his party after missing the last four days. Therefore, I was able to make it too to catch a few pictures of our "saints" at least. Unfortunately, there were no pictures taken on Halloween the next day--how do you not take pics on Halloween? We were split up as Caleb was the healthiest and went trick or treating with friends and we went drive by trick or treating last minute with the other 3 boys--only to about 5-6 houses this year.

Caleb as St. Francis of Assissi
For Halloween he was a Ninja Warrior, Logan was Ice Wolf Ninja, Peyton was a red Power Ranger at school and Darth Vader for trick or treating (we have a plethora of costumes from years past, not to mention Christmas and b-days), and little Colton was Tigger from Winnie the Poo--could've had some cute pictures but mom has been slacking the last few months with the picture taking, not to mention a whole lot of other areas! Ahhh...pregnancy.