Ella-isms

Our little girl is growing up so fast. All of a sudden she looks more like a little girl and less like a baby. She says the funniest things. I wish I could remember all of them but there isn't enough time in the day. Here are a few of the recent ones...

While we are sitting at lunch on Saturday, Brady and Ella have this conversation.

Brady: "Ella, may the force be with you."

Ella: "May the force NOT be with me."

Today, when I am prepping Ella for the fact that she will be having a nap so we can go to the store when she wakes up.

Me: "We will take naps, then go to the post office and the grocery store."

Ella: "Ok, we will go to the post office, then Albertsons, and then Roberts!"

Me: "What is Roberts?"

Ella: "Come on, you know what store Roberts is!"

Who knows what Roberts is, but apparently I should.

Yesterday, I said something to Ella that she didn't know what it was. She proceeded to tell me, "I don't know what that means" over and over as I explained. That's what I do to her when I don't understand what she's saying. =)

"Carter, I will call you Boo-Boo." Apparently she has given him a nickname and it is one in the same with Elizabeth's.

Last night we ran to Taco Bell for dinner since we were out of food, and as we pull up Brady realizes that the sign says they temporarily only take cash. As you know, we never have cash so we had to move on. Ella really wanted a cheese roll up so she said asked why we were leaving.

Ella: "I want a cheese roll up!"

Me: "They only take cash and we don't have any. We have to go somewhere they will take our card."

Ella: "But I have cash!"

Me: "Ella they don't take imaginary money so we can't pay for it. What do you want from Wendy's?"

Ella: "A cheese roll up...and I HAVE cash!!"

Bless her heart she really wanted to pay for dinner so she could have her cheese roll up. =)

After getting after her for days about being quiet while Carter is sleeping she tells me this.

"Stop hammering Mom, Carter is sleeping!" Oops.

A couple of evenings ago we are sitting playing and Ella says,"look Mom, I have Jeff and Martina on my back and I am flying like Dumbo!" Do you think she misses Disneyland? =)

Yesterday I am sitting on the floor playing with Carter and Ella jumps on my shoulders.

Ella: "I'm a magnet man!"

Me: "What's a magnet man?"

Ella: "You know cause I'm stuck to you. I'm a magnet man!"

And the most frequent.

"Come on, lets go upstairs to take a nap" (or anything upstairs she doesn't feel like doing).

"But I can't, my legs are broken!" =)

She sure keeps us laughing. It is a good thing because these two's definitely are terrible at times. =)

Goodbye old house...Hello new house!!!

Well we said goodbye to our old house a week and a half ago. The drive was LONG and exhausting. We were very lucky to have the help that we had. Don came down and drove with Brady in the truck and my dad and Cass drove with the kids and I. I am pretty sure our car got the short stick. Ella was over all pretty good. Nana made a bag of surprises for her to get each little while and that kept her quite entertained. My mom also got her a couple of new movies and a ton of new books for the ride. In the grand scheme of things, she didn't complain a whole lot. I ended up sitting in the back quite a bit, switching with Cass every little while. We were in between two car seats, getting the screaming in stereo. It was awful! Turns out Carter cries EVERY time he gets put into his seat. Nice. I have plans of staying home the rest of my life. Thank you to all that helped. (And to Cass and my dad for not leaving my kids at a rest stop). =) As for the new house, we LOVE it. It is so big and there are so many places to put things that I cannot even find things to fill some of the cupboards. It is only a few years old so everything is really new. Ella loves running through the house and really enjoys her new room and own bathroom. As for Brady and I, we have our space back! We have a walk in closet and our own bathroom! The garage will be nice once our stuff is all out. =) We love our new ward and are settling in nicely. We sure miss all the friends and family down there though. Here are a few pics. More to come.

Ella and Lexi. Ella sure will miss her best friend and neighbor. =(

Carter and Jaxon. Didn't really get to know each other much, but they were friends. =)

Here's Ella on our drive enjoying one of her new surprises!

Take a look. He is not crying in the car for once!!! I know, weird.

Grammy and Papa donated their playhouse to Ella. It's in our yard and she LOVES it. Thank you!

The day we dropped Papa off at the airport. Sad. =( We miss you!

Now that is my cute little guy with his normal (non-car) demeanor.

This is pretty much a whole lot of what Ella has been up to.

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.