HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA!!

It's Birthday #2 for Miss Ella.......
She is quite the little lady these days...she KNOWS what she wants and when she wants it...She is doing great with the potty, not trained but well on her way...we are STILL cutting 2 year molars....her vocabulary is getting better, she is starting to put her word into sentences. She also loves her blanket she named "manny" clueless on why its named that, but whatever works for her.
She had her first haircut this weekend, she did not like that at all, but we were able to get a trim.
I took some pictures from our events...enjoy!

Wedding Weekend

Over the weekend we went to Louisville, KY for our good friend Jesse's wedding...it was so much fun...and believe it or not it was such a nice, RELAXED wedding....we enjoyed ourselves greatly!
Ella danced but of course Liam was not having it!! And by 9:30pm they were both ready to go...but other than that we enjoyed our little getaway...here are some pictures of the event!
Sorry for the cheesy face I am making in the picture above....this is why I do not post many picture of moi'

one of my favorite new shows!!

IF I only had a drama teacher as mouth watering as this one!!! Click on the Fox on Demand link to see what I'm speakin' of......



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Introducing my new babysitter!

Our computer has become a big hit with Ella now...Liam has been playing on it for awhile, but now miss Ella is big enough to sit beside her brother and "watch"...NOW before all of you nay sayer's start...I will say it first...NOT FOR LONG....I know she will begin to think she can play too!! And then fighting will start and everything else...but for now, I enjoy the serenity of peace and happiness!
The summer is practically over...and we have settled in our new place of living....I am hoping next summer will be much more relaxed. Holidays are coming!! Halloween is just around the corner and this is my FAVORITE holiday!! Liam wants to be a Transformer and Ella...well lets just hope she will participate. She is into her age 2, and has already cut one of her 2 year molars...which may explain some of this attitude I've come across here lately...all she wants to chew on is ice...she is surviving on milk and air for her nourishment. AND she has been very interested in the potty...if she's naked she rarely makes a mess, BUT if I put a pull up on her, she tends to forget...so if you show up at our house...you may see a full moon running around the house!

Kings Island 2009

WHAT A PERFECT DAY!!!!
We woke up this morning and decided that we would surprise the kids and take them to Kings Island today...Could not of asked for a more perfect day...the weather was perfect and no one was there...no lines at all!! Even to ride diamond back ( the new roller coaster) was only a 30 minute wait!!
My son decides that after two rides he was done and wanted to go home....typical, he is SUCH a home body!! and Ella of course loved every minute of it....we only stayed about 4 hours...but it was a nice little get away...
Ella was able to ride some of the rides with her BIG BROTHER and Liam- like I said before was happy with riding just a few of them...he got a new transformer toy that was left in the car so he was more interested in getting back to that. The picture of Ella with Scooby Doo was about as close as she would get....

A very LONG POST

So lets catch up!! Chris and I had our birthdays (his at the end of May) and Mine in June...Liam went to his first MLB baseball game with his daddy on his birthday

THEN the craziness began...I put a for sale sign in our yard on my birthday June 2...and we sold our house Saturday June 6th!!! Closed on it June 24th and closed on our new house June 29th...and in the meantime packing and cleaning both houses during all the papers being signed....The kids did great during all of the chaos, and LOVE the new house...Liam doesn't even mention the old one....so I'm grateful to not have those problems....we are now living in a different city but not to far from our old one! So new friends to meet and we are still able to visit old friends too....Pictures will come, but we are still settling ....so its not Picture Perfect yet....maybe next summer ....tee hee
The next few pictures are from Father's day, Chris took the kids to the park and I see from the pictures they had some M&M's hence Ella's face!
The one by the tree is our last day at our old house....
well just wanted you all to know I"m still here and hopefully now that things are settling down I'll be able to keep you updated more....even though nothing is really happening

many post(s) to come......

Just another update.....IF all goes to plan, we will be purchasing a new home on the 29th of June....we have finally found a beautiful house! AFTER many offers on others :-) - which most of you told me to WAIT and something will turn out.....
I will post some pics...which reminds me I need to take some pictures of the MESS that I'm in now...basically my life is waking up, packing, taking it to the new house...coming home, getting children to take a nap...5:00pm hits and its FEEDING time...baths -then off to bed. then the next day we do it again! So my lack of communication is excusable I hope! Oh, and yes our house sold too..we are closing on it Wed. the 24th! SO busy is not a strong enough word.
Stay tuned!

Where Have you been??

I have been "blog" slacking, I know!!
Well here's the dish....those of you who talk to me on a semi-regular basis, know that we are hot and heavy house hunting...so anytime I'm on my computer, I am usually staring at houses. We have made offer(s) on one house, but it did not work into our favor. So we have moved on....now we are negotiating with another one at this moment, BUT we again are trying to "steal it" out from under them so who knows if this will work. Don't worry if it does, I will be sending out an update. So there you have it....I am CONSUMED with this house hunt, so much that I believe my hubby is about to take my computer away!

So onto the videos.
This was Liam's spring program for preschool...I have about 10 solid minutes of him doing the same thing that he is doing in these 4 short minutes.....standing there, shy and wishing he could find a hole to crawl in.....I sit and watch these and just crack up....it also drums up all the insecurities I felt as a youngster. Towards the end he even Yawns....!! After watching again- I do see a little effort put forth......very little.......For those of you asking yourself, What's with the towel around the boy's neck standing next to Liam?? Well that is his security thing...he had that thing wrapped around his neck EVERYDAY of preschool. Whatever works. My new motto!
After the Program video, Ella was eating Corn on the Cob and we just happen to catch it on video....and of course it wouldn't be a normal day without some new bug in the house, which Liam will display for the camera! Ella almost stabs me with a fork as well! Good Stuff at our house on a Saturday night!

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NEW PET

So we have a new pet in our house.....a baby snapping turtle....until he gets bigger....then we will have to return him to the wild! I found him outside heading towards the road....yikes!
He loves earthworms and its interesting to watch him eat them...he sneaks up on it and "snaps" it up! Liam is in heaven with it! It goes to his room every night to sleep!!