Why...?

Why have my kids been sick since before Christmas?

Why do my kids stay up until midnight now?

Why do my kids think that I should not get a waking moment without them?

Why does Ella have to teethe right while we are moving?

Why do my kids take turns napping instead of doing it at the same time now?

Why does Carter think he needs to sleep with me every night all night all of a sudden?

Why does Ella think she needs to climb in our bed a few nights a week?

Why can I never take a shower before 2:00 anymore?

Why does Carter need ME at all times?

I can't get anything done, and I can't get any rest! I am just praying that life will all go back to normal after we get settled in Oregon. It has to.

What we've been up to...

Trying desperately to pack. I only have 12 boxes packed. This is not going well.=(

Visiting my Great Grandma who is 96. Ella LOVES her.

Going to Disneyland as much as possible before we go of course...(don't mind my mess =)

Hanging out with all of the people we will miss so very much.

Our beloved Auntie Cass...

And the best Papa in the world...

and of course Ella's shopping buddy, Grammy.

Ella will miss Disneyland a lot. She has become accustom to spending a lot of time there. We had our last ho rah.

And of course our family. (We include Auntie Cass because she truly is part of our family. =) Don't know what we will do without her.

Carter finally got his mickey mouse ears. He has of course been here a million times but wanted to wait until he was a bit older. Since we are moving, we thought it was time.

That's all for now. Wish me luck with the packing. =/

Solids

So Carter starting waking up every two hours again and was attacking us when we had food in our hands so we decided to try some solids with him. He did sleep better for sure. And what do you think...did he like it?

Bringing in the New Year!

Ella has a double ear infection so we decided to lay low this year. Ella was pretty sure she needed to ring in the new year with us though, so here she is...

And Carter decided to wake up right before midnight as well...

All in all, it was a fun relaxing evening.

Christmas Festivities

Decorating the gingerbread train!

The finished product (notice the garden in the front, courtesy of Auntie Cass, to rid of the rest of the candy) =)

Sugar cookies...

And the goofball, ready for Christmas Eve.

And this is after I told her not to make a goofy face...

We went to Grammy and Papa's house for Christmas Eve. They got Ella the wood version of paper dolls. She LOVES them.

The phrase that she says to EVERYONE. (Sorry to make some of you feel less special). Auntie Cass made her a shirt with the phrase on it. =)

Ready for Santa to come, in their jammies with milk and cookies out (and carrots for the reindeer of course).

Santa brought her all the things she wanted, a big present, a dolly...

Ravioli, and macaroni and cheese. =)

From Grandpa Jensen, a doctor kit. (Quite possibly the best gift of the year). Dr. Ella has been checking everyone out to make sure they are not sick. Normally everyone will be alright. Phew. For some reason though, every time she checks Brady she says, "he's not gonna live". Haha. Not sure why but his prognosis is never good.

Carter missed our morning festivities after keeping us up ALL night. He had his own little Christmas around noon time. Not fair if you ask me.

More at Nana and Grandpa's House...

All the kiddos ready for church.

Kearis and Ella in the loft in Nana's classroom.

Playing with Uncle Levi, her "best friend"!

Aunt Shannon....another favorite time for Ella. =)

We had Christmas with Nana and Grandpa while we were there!

The tent. Probably the hit of the week!

Marissa Levi went to get their Christmas Tree and we all tagged along. Ella and Emily loved the snow of course.

Carter on his way back to the car since it was cold and he was naked in a blanket. He had some major diaper issues on the way up the mountain. =)

Ella trying to decide if she needs to go potty that bad to bear the cold up there. The answer was no!

Ella's "baby roller coaster" ride. =)