Day One Hundred and Thirty Four.

 A couple of Spidermen came with us the the local fire fighters open house. A lucky RCMP officer got to have his photo taken with them!

Day One Hundred and Thirty Three.

Daddy and Ben had a Star Wars night...Ben was very excited for it. He went up to jon and whispered..."guess who is getting a juice box!/"  "YOU ARE!". He then proceeded to talk non stop through the whole movie, he loves it SO much!

Day One Hundred and Thirty Two.

Ella has been taking steps every now and then for awhile now, but starting about a week and half ago when she was ten month old she really got going and now...she is walking everywhere!

Day One Hundred and Thirty One.

11 Months Old!

1- Ella is VERY busy. She never sits still.
2- She is walking everywhere now!
3- She is still seems teeny tiny...but she is almost 20 pounds.
4- Ella has a great sense of humor, she loves to laugh.
5- She gives high fives, waves, signs "more" and blows kisses.
6- She says "Hi" now and very enthusiastically.
7- She is an amazing sleeper! She naps from 12-4 everyday and sleeps from 7pm-8:30am. This doesn't surprise me too much as she is so active when she is awake.
8- She adores those brothers.
9- She understands a lot of what we say to her. When I say "Ella don't touch!" I can see her will power  making her shake with effort to obey...but curiosity will take over while she shakes her head vigorously at herself as she touches the forbidden object anyhow.
10- Her curls are really growing now, she is going to have beautiful blond curls. Her eyes are the most piercing blue with a very dark ring around them.
11- She wants so much to be a big girl. She doesn't want to play with anything "babyish" she just wants to do what the boys are doing.

Oh she is so cute. This girl can make you tear up with how very very adorable she is. She makes my heart so happy.
One more month until she is one! I can barely believe it! We are so excited to celebrate her!

Day One Hundred and Thirty.

My favorite Mother's Day gift this year... the potato masher of course has a certain...eh hem... significance...

Day One Hundred and Twenty Eight.

Jake and Ella watching a movie...(or more accurately Jake watching a movie and Ella taking the batteries out of the remote and hiding them in her cheeks...her favorite scoundrel-y activity).

Day One Hundred and Twenty Seven.

Jacob is my middle child through and through. He is always a character and keeps me on my toes. I must say "Jacob be careful!' 20 times a day (hour?). He is busy and active and fearless. On this particular night however he wasn't swinging a stick through the air, jumping from shelf to bed or tediously balancing across a rock wall...he was simply walking across the living room. Unfortunately there was a blanket on the floor that caught his feet and in an instant he went down, hitting his face full force on the wooden coffee table that is usually in the basement but was left after we brought it up for company. There is a certain kind of "crack" that you just know as soon as you hear it, is not good. I braced myself when I picked up screaming Jake for what I might find. It was as bad as I expected...blood...and teeth not positioned where theywere a moment earlier. A trip to the ER confirmed that his lip, while bitten did not need stitched and his teeth were going to need further treatment. The next morning I brought him to the dental surgeon who had him in his office and under anesthetic within ten minutes. I barely had time to digest the news...his four front teeth could not be saved. They were damaged down to the root. He got my reluctant permission to pull them all.
Poor Jake. He was so swollen and bruised and sore but he was back at the park the next morning sliding head first down the slide like nothing had happened at all. He has mastered the art of side chewing and still looks awfully cute with his new gummy grin. An early visit from the tooth fairy sealed the deal (and she even brought a little something for the almost 6 year old in our home who has been counting down the days until a loose tooth and was a little disappointed to find out that his 3 year old brother beat him to it by 4 teeth!).