Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The last month

Seth turned 6 months at the beginning of February! Crazy! Everything
was great at his checkup. He was a tall 28.5 inches long, and a solid 20 lbs!
He's a happy, ACTIVE mama's boy. He is nearly impossible to hold most of
the time, as he loves to wrestle around, and is too strong to contain. He
gets around really well, and is very close to crawling fully, belly off the
floor and all. We are totally in for it.

Ellie is growing more and more Ellie. She is so crazy and energetic.
Very stubborn and rough, but she also loves to hug and be sweet and
will help with almost any task you need. She is speaking better and better
and is finally having the patience to start learning some letters and things.
We love our fiery red-head. 


We found her a "princess house" on clearance at Target. Oh the bliss.


She wanted to buddy to play with and enlisted Seth. If you enlarge
this collage, it's a pretty funny sequence of attempted (but failed) escape. 


Luckily Seth's tough enough to take Ellie's roughness, and he actually
loves the attention too. They are best buds. 

Loved this one. Trying to close the door and lock away her captive. 


Everything is better on a stick to Ellie. Hotdogs, bananas,
marshmallows, you name it. 


She wanted to try her jewelry with her dress one
Sunday morning. Such a funny girl. 


Then after church, it was Super Bowl snack time that week. 


I like a good chubby-baby picture every now and then.
Seth has some good ones. 


Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies... super chocolatey, super
moist, super chewy. They were a winner. 


 Grandma and Grandpa performed beautifully in the ward talent show.
Of course, Ellie couldn't not be a part of it. Shortly after it started though,
I had to whisk her off the stage as she was yelling and hitting set pieces. 

The cute little man.


The cute big man... with his First Prize certificate from the ward's
Chili Cook-Off. He made a Dr. Pepper chili we named
"Chili con Awesome". Go Adam!


That amazing man also brought home some sweet new running
duds for me after work one Saturday night. Thanks, husband!
I love you!... that jacket is like heaven... I want to wear it every day.


Luchadores.


For Cathy: Here are our Valentine Cake Pops. They were yummy,
and pretty easy to make. 


Ellie thinks all smoothies or shakes or chocolate milks are best
out of Grandpa's muscle-builder protein shake cups.


Seth LOVES the dogs. And luckily, Tucker does very well with him. 
They are a cute pair.