Family Pictures

My brother Brock so kindly took some family pictures of us while we were camping. And I actually like some of them, it is so hard to get a good one of everyone!

Me and my (big) Babies!

Love them so much.

This was one of the last pictures we took and if you can't tell Oliver and Elle

are both DONE! haha

I love this one of Oliver...such a little cheese ball

Carp 2010

We went on our annual trip to Carpinteria in September and we had sooo much fun as usual!

Theses are pictures my brother took up at a park that is right up the street from where we camped.

Elle and her Daddy!

Oliver throwing his baseball.

Daddy throwing Elle up high!

All of us

Photo Shoot with Aunt Bree

Bree wanted to take some picture of Elle and Oliver, it was a few months ago but I am just now getting them up! I loved almost all of them, but here are just a few!

Elle (9 months old)

Elle and Oliver

Oliver (3 Years old)

Too Cute! Thanks Aunt Bree

THREE!!

Oliver (3 years old and handsome as ever!)

Adison, Oliver, Payson and Sarah on the bounce house/water slide

Elle, Me, Josh and the Birthday boy with cake still on his face!

Me helping Oliver open presents..he LOVED all of them!

Ollie with his pirate Birthday cake!

(Josh helped me make it and we thought it turned out pretty cool and so did Ollie)

I can't believe that my baby boy is 3 years old! I still can't get over it and it has been over a month now!

Anyways, he had a great Pirate Birthday party. He ran around, jumped in the jumper and went down the water slide a million times! But I think his favorite part was the PRESENTS!

Oliver is such a great little man, we just love him to pieces. He is so sweet and caring and yet never stops making us laugh! He is a little joker ( I wonder where he gets that from). He cracks me up because he remembers everything! And he is a great little helper. We love him so much and we feel so blessed to have him as our son! Love you little buddy and Happy Birthday!

Oliver and Elle

Oliver (3 years old) and Elle (9 months old)

I took them in to get pictures the other day and this is what we got! I LOVED this one of them together. I also got Oliver's 3 Year pictures and Elle's 9 month pictures (previous post). It was a lot of work this time, Elle fell asleep on the way over so it was really hard to get a smile out of her. And Oliver was too funny he did everything the lady told him and first then slowly started to get bored, but we got one good one of each of them and then this one of them together!

Elle's Monthly Pictures

7 months old

7 months as well...I loved this picture because I said "clap Elle, clap"

and she did and they caught it. That was her new "trick" for the month!



8 months old..she is just too sweet!

9 months old...this month was by far the hardest. She did not want to sit still
for anything and this was the only one that even resembled a smile..oh well.

Her Doctors appt. is on Monday so I don't have all of her stats but I know that is still super CHUNKY! Her two top teeth just broke through yesterday and she got the bottom two at 7 months...this makes me a little nervous, She has already bit me once and that was not fun! She has been crawling, standing and walking along the furniture for about a month now. She has just starting to try to stand on her own but is still really unstable. She babbles and talks to her toys and Oliver. She screams at us to let us know if she wants something we have. She is still a BIG Mama's girl, which I love, but she has gotten better about going to other people. She loves her Daddy to put her to sleep when he is home. She loves to play with Oliver and mess up anything that he is building. She hasn't sucked her fingers for about a month now, which is good and bad in some ways, now she nurses ALL night long, but at least she won't be sucking them when she is older. She loves vanilla yogurt and anything sweet. She has been drinking out of a sippy cup for a few months now. She is such a sweet little girl and we love her so much!

Fourth of July

Oliver holding his sparkler, his loved it but didn't want it

to burn his feet.

The whole gang..can't ever get everyone looking

let alone smiling at the same time :)
Elle and Oliver..love them so much!

We had a great and relaxing fourth. Lots of good food and family!

Bree's Graduation!

Me and Bree (sorry only picture I got was with her eyes closed)

All of us (except Josh) with Bree


Getting sprayed with Silly String!

I can't believe that my little Sis graduated from High School, it is soo crazy! She is now an Adult..scary! We are so proud of her. She is the best Sister and an even better Aunt to my kiddos, they Love her and so do we!

Congrats Bree!

Random Pictures

Oliver and Boots the kitty. My Mom got a new kitten and Oliver will not leave it alone. He loves it! His face says it all!

Oliver and Elle in their New Pjs ready for bed.


Elle all messy after eating her biscuit. She loves her sippy cups and water!

Oliver and Elle with Daddy at the pool...luckily they both love being in the water as long as it isn't too cold.

Blueberry Farm

A few weeks ago we went to a Blueberry farm out in Temecula with our friends. Oliver loved and was so Excited that it had a red barn!

Oliver, Evan and Dalen

Oliver picking the huge Blueberries


His bucket was full of them!

He loved it!

We had so much fun and the Blueberries were Great!

DISNEY

So we try to go to Disneyland pretty often and we just went on Tuesday and that will be the last time we can go until the end of Summer..but thats ok because it was way too hot and crowded. These are pictures from Tuesday and the time before back in May.

Oliver on one of his favorite rides the Carousel. He insisted on where his Pirate shirt for Pirates of the Caribbean..funny kid!

Elle sleeping...such a sweetie

Oliver at the Lego store... I think he was in Heaven!

Oliver being a goof ball...he has been so crazy lately, he cracks us up all the time!

Family Picture...sad that this is the best we can get anymore!

Update

Wow it has been so long since I have updated our blog!

We have been pretty busy, but nothing too exciting just the usual.

Oliver (in his 4th of July Hat) and Elle laughing with him.

She loves him so much.

Yes, she is already crawling! I can't believe that she has grown up so fast!

She started crawling at 7 1/2 months and almost right after she started going up the stairs.

And now she pulls herself up and tries to stand on her own! I am so sad that she is no longer a little baby!

Me and Ollie. He is such a BIG BOY now that he wants to take the pictures, so I made him take one with me and then he took some of me and Elle..Nice face!


Oliver's picture of Me and Ellie Bellie

Our 1st Beach Trip

We headed out to the beach for the first time a few weeks ago and we had the best weather!

I love this picture of Elle in the sand, she loved it!

It was so hard to get Oliver to stop playing a take a picture, so this is the best we could get.

They had so much fun and can't to go back A LOT this summer!

6 Months

Elle's 6 month pictures

I really can't believe how fast time flies by, she is actually almost seven months old already, but the doctor visits are scheduled at the end of the month so that is way these are always so late.

-Elle now sits up mostly on her own (with her boppy behind her just in case)

-She is ready to crawl, she gets up on all fours and lunges forward

-She moves all over

-She rolls both ways

-She doesn't like strangers talking or looking at her

-She is a Mama's girl but loves her Daddy too

-Sometimes will only let Daddy put her to sleep

-Still sleeps with us

-She is a very good eater (if you can't tell by her chunky arms)

-She is always happy

-She loves to play with her toys and Ollie

It makes me so sad to see how big she has gotten. She is always so happy and smiley. We love her so much and feel so blessed that she is our Baby Girl.

Happy Birthday JOSH!

Happy Birthday to My favorite person in the world!

I love you so much and feel so blessed to have you as my Husband and father

of our kiddos.

Our Family at Disneyland

Josh working hard!
I hope that you had a wonderful Birthday and I am so glad that we were able to spend it with you this year. You are my best friend and I love you so much!
Happy Birthday!