I thought I would add these too! Here I am at 2 1/2 years old.

Here is Elle at 2 1/2 years old.

Ivan turned 6 months on Tuesday! Wow, how time flies by when you are having fun! He is the best little baby, not like Elle wasn't. He is just always content, laughing and talking up a storm. We had his 6 mths photos taken today and I can't wait to see them.

I was going through old photos today and came across these. I wanted to share with you the differences between Elle and Ivan when they were both 3 months. You will have to wait for Ivan's 6 mths ones. Enjoy!

WOWEE! So I finally figured how to get into my blog to update. For the past month, my computer would not let me get in.

I have a lot to catch you up on! I took the kids to Ohio for two weeks at the end of September. We had a really fun time. The plane ride there was not bad at all, the flight was not full. Ivan got his own seat, which worked out great.

I had a wedding to attend of my dear friend Tracy. Tracy and I have known eachother since kindergarten or even before. We lived just one house away from eachother; which meant we were always together! The wedding was absolutely gorgeous and the reception was at a winery. Her are some photos from her wedding.


After the wedding, I met up with my aunt, cousin and her kids at the zoo. It was one of the windiest days, but it turned out to be so much fun. We spent like 5 hours there, not one of our kids had a tantrum and we saw pretty much every animal. It really was fun! Ivan met his second cousins for the first time.

I met up with some friends from high school. The four of us all have kids so we had a playdate! Elizabeth, Annamarie and I all have daughters around the same age; they played so well together. Kelli and I have kids that should have been a week apart, but that was not how they wanted to come out. Her daughter and Ivan met for the first time. It was really cute.

We then ventured to Patricks parents house. Its always relaxing there, we just hang out and talk.

My sister and I had been wanting to go to an apple orchard to pick apples. However we went to a pumpkin patch. We went on a hayride, fed the animals and viewed scarecrow making. The kids swang and did not want to get down, I totally need to get them a swingset!

My mom had a brunch and most of our family and her friends came over. It was really great seeing everyone and having them meet Ivan. Well for a minute or two, he slept most of the time everybody was there.

September

Can you believe it is already September?!! AAGH! (Patrick is over my shoulder telling me what to write. He wants me to write- F*&^ instead of AAGH! lol) That means holidays are getting close! Patrick wanted to get a new pair of high-top "Chuck Taylors." I bought his last pair at AZ Mills, so we headed there. I remembered my friend Tera telling me about Rainforest Cafe, so we had dinner there. Elle loved it, but was a little scared at the fake gorillas and elephants that move and make sounds. It really is a cool place, we sat under the stars(fake!) It had 5-6 huge salt water tanks filled with beautiful fish, Elle loved them.

After dinner, it was time to shop for Patricks shoes. So we went into every shoe store there, which is around 10 stores or so. Along the way, Elle found a little carousel with Clifford on it. She wanted to ride it, so she got too.

Well at dinner, we told her she could ride the big carousel with the pretty horses on it. She was so excited, so as we were walking the mall, she kept yelling "horsies!" She did not want to go into one more shoe store. We had to keep telling her that we were on our way to them. We finally made it to the carousel and we let her chose which one of us she wanted to ride with her. She picked "Papa."

The best part of the night was when she saw the trampolines. She ran over to them and stared at the kids jumping and giggling. I asked her if she wanted to do this and she said "yes." So we let about three kids go in front of her, just to see if she really wanted to give it a try. After they were all done, she still wanted to do it. Okay so $5 for 3 minutes of jumping, here she goes!

This is as far as she got! Patrick and I noticed tonight that when she gets nervous, she puts her fingers in her nose. She was very brave, she hopped right up onto the trampoline, let the girl harness her. Then that was it, the girl told her where to put her hands and she got scared. She wanted "Mommy!" She told me she wanted to go home, so we got her down. We congratulated her for trying and told her maybe next time. She was still proud of herself! The girl gave us our $5 back too. A great time tonight, lets make it a fun-filled September!!

Elle is so, so into her Disney movies. Some how, she can pull the exact movie out of a stack(only the binders are showing!)every time. Today she wanted to watch Tinkerbell, I then remembered I had these wings in the garage. I went to pull them out, I put them on and flew into the house past her! She loved it and immediately wanted me to take them off and she wanted to wear them. She is so cute!

Tonight we went to Walmart, and of course, I had to look in the clearance toy section! Guess what we found! Tinkerbell pet party playset. It has the smallest little pieces, but she only wanted Tinkerbell, ladybug and the caterpillar. She is sleeping with them tonight.

Elle loves, loves to play. She is great at pretending! Her imagination amazes me more and more each day. She has always liked this hat, but this is the only way she will wear it. No one can help her put it on, she is the only one that can do it, its pretty funny! Enjoy:)

Yes, she does have pen marks all over her body! Thank you Patrick:) He lets her draw on herself when I am not home. She told me she was a zebra! haha

Ivan has officially turned over from his back to his stomach!! This was a huge step for him. He has also been pushing up on his hands from his stomach for some time now, but never was caught on film. Here are some photos from today, enjoy!

So our Walmart now has a Clearance Toy section!! I love having Walmart here in town, but at the same time I hate it. Its so addicting when you have kids to always see what great deals you can find. Well, I found the kids a car! It was kind of a pain to put together, but they both love it! Here are the photos of our new car, enjoy!

I put Ivans little bumbo seat in now, so he can hold the steering wheel and not fall over, so cute:)

SMACKDOWN
So our friends Jodi and Bob are into WWE. I have never watched this type of wrestling on TV, or watched it ever. They had been bugging us to come with them when WWE came to Phoenix. So we thought, why not?! WOW, not for us. It was fun to see the drama and how ridiculous this show was. Our highlight of the night was seeing Darnell Dockett who is a DT for the Phoenix Cardinals. I took a photo of him as best I could with the lighting in the arena.

It amazes me that people really like this type of thing, it had so much drama involved. I can see why kids like this, but adults?? I am not here to judge, just weird! Anyways, Bob had told me he wanted cotton candy and a foam finger. On our way to our seats at the beginning of the show, we bought him a mask, belt and t-shirt. We had awesome seats, 3rd row from the ring! That was cool too, plus okay, I will admit some of the wrestlers were very good looking:) It was a great night, whether we liked the actual show or not. Bobs motto is "I will not make you have fun!" We always have fun, no matter where we are!! Enjoy the photos!

I have had photos of Coral that Ali and Brandon's friend Sandra took of her at 9 days old. They are so good and she captured some great emotions from Coral. Enjoy!