So its been awhile, Ella is growing so fast and I'm not posting enough pictures!
She had her 4 month check up on Valentine's Day...what a big girl she has become!
Weighing in at 16.12lbs and 27 1/2 inches long...Doc says she's is an average 9 month old. Which she is wearing 9 months in clothes....where did my baby go? She can roll on her belly from her back and she avoids Liam as best as she can, but in the pictures above you can see Liam is always where she is and sometimes snakes will appear on her head!
She also tried cereal for the first time, as you can see, she wasn't a big fan.
Liam is still a good little boy...we are testing each other in willpower with this stupid potty training...we have good days and then we have mostly bad days...I will win eventually! He says he will "Never" do it, but he will if I am doing the wiping!
We went to an indoor water park called Great Wolf Lodge across from Kings Island in Cincinnati, OH...Lots of fun, go on a weekday it gets crowded...we were getting cabin fever. Well here are some pictures, enjoy!

Well its Christmas time...almost! Ella met Santa for the first time this year...she liked him.
Liam, well he thought his knee was close enough. He also thought if he told him what he wanted he was going to get it at that moment....needless to say, he's not to fond of Santa, we left crying cause Santa didn't give him Thomas the train right then. Oh, the innocence of children, how it makes you smile.
The next few pictures tell the story of the Santa Express in New Haven, Kentucky.
What an experience that was! First of all, was not worth the money. Second, we were all sitting on the bench and Chris leaned over to ask Liam what we were about to do...and the poor child with excitement says "we are going to ride the train" lost his balance, fell off the bench, cracked his chin on the wood floor below and split his chin open. Chris wanted to take him to get a stitch, but I thought not. I did not want any part of that battle. It looks fine now, just sore. Now on to Miss Ella, she had this nice little Christmas outfit on and then kablam! She blew out her diaper...now I was prepared and had another outfit and 4 diapers...and 3 diaper changes later and Kablam another blow out -well lets just say she rode the Santa Express naked. I had two blankets with me so I wrapped them around her and then we called it quits and went home. The picture with Liam by the presents shows the blood all over his nice white sweater, which I got out with dishwasher soap. Little tip for ya!
The last picture is part of our little playgroup that we have here. I love it-cause of the wonderful mama's I have met here- they keep me sane.

Halloween 2007

Halloween came and went this year and we had a wonderful time...we went to Indiana for the festivities and I didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted - due to my busy schedule, but here are a few. My Aunt Mona dresses up every year for her Halloween trick or treaters...she's always a treat. Liam went as a Pirate - rrrrrr just in case you couldn't figure it out.

IT'S FALL! MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.

Liam has enjoyed lots of fall activities and as you can see He just LOVES getting his picture taken. Liam has turned 2 years and 6 months, lets see he knows his colors now and can still count to eleven. ABC's are a work in progress. He is adjusting to his baby sister slowly. Ella is 3 weeks old and she is still doing great. Sleeps most of the time, giving me 2-3 hour stretches at night and usually longer during the day. She is growing fast already..we are moving towards size 1 diapers.....Here are some of the latest pictures.

WELCOME ELLA MARIE SPURLOCK
BORN OCTOBER 5TH, 2007
WEIGHING 7LBS 9OUNCES
21 INCHES LONG
She is quiet and sweet...I'm sure she'll change but right now I am going to brag all day if I want too...because Liam was never quiet-sweet, but never quiet.
I'll update more throughout our growing progress.

Well it's almost the end of the Summer. I can't believe it went so fast. . We've been to various picnics and fairs which by the pictures you'll notice I'm absent due to a growing belly
here it is at 32 weeks and yes my face is somewhat caught off guard because my mother doesn't warn me when she is about to snap the picture, and some of you might say "heard of digital pics?" yes I have and the batteries were dying so I had no choice but to take what I got.We just got back from Indiana and had a nice visit with cousins Jayden and Ryleigh, Liam hasn't seen them since June....and was very excited to see them...also he gets to do more "big boy" stuff when they are around. Like stay up late, and eat sweets....but we're back in "tucky" as he calls Kentucky and mama has put the hammer down again.
Well I have 7 weeks left and then we will be welcoming baby no name in the family.....
And I almost forgot to add a recent picture of our neighbor's little boy Logan...if you scroll down you can see how much they've grown this summer from the last one.

Florida Vacation

Hello all. Just wanted to share some pictures with you from vacation...we went the first week of June....had a great time. Liam loved the ocean and the pool...which was a sigh of relief. He called the ocean "bullshun" which sounds like something else...it was cute but confusing when it first came out of his mouth....wasn' t quite sure what he wanted to see? I have more updates, but for now I am posting Florida pics.