Pinkalicious

For school one day last week Bella was to dress up as her favorite book character. She chose Pinkalicious and because Randy was off that day we were all able to see her in the parade!

catch up

A little late posting all of these but here are the last of the Christmas photos... a few from Christmas morning here at our house and then a few from Christmas night as Randy's parents, complete with Aunt Joanne and Uncle Dick! And then a few more from my grandmother's house with my mom and their big gifts.

Christmas With Extended Fam

My aunt is always on top of things. This year for Christmas Eve she had all the costumes to act out the first Christmas. They elected Randy and I to be Mary and Joseph since I am expecting. Ha! Anyway, the kids loved it. Ava was a sheep but wouldn't put on her hat and kept stealing baby Jesus and Bella was one super proud angel. Dinner was wonderful as usual and we had a blast singing and dancing after. Here is where I say it every year- There are five original granddaughters, plus eight great granddaughters on this side of the family. My cousin has a son, Bradley, but he is almost grown himself now so having a boy is still a shock! After eight consecutive girls, plus my sister's due in June, which will make nine, this little baby boy Eich is going to get a lot of love, dress up and who knows what else! We are going to need to find him some manly men to hang out with and many sports to play ;)

First Hair Cut!

Bella asks to go to the "Beauty Shop" on a daily basis. Whether we pretend and I do the work or we go get a real hair cut, she loves it all. It had been a few months since she got it trimmed so on a whim one day I decided to make her wish come true and we headed to the Beauty Shop. I also decided with Ava's wacky "layers" and lack of curl these days, I may get her a trim if all went well.

When we arrived, both girls were chomping at the bit to get in the chairs so I went ahead and signed them both up. I let Bella go first so that Ava would know what to expect and maybe lessen her anxiety. There was no need though because she was READY! She waited in her chair patiently and they hadn't even called her name.

Bella wanted her hair cut short like in a picture she saw of herself (as an 18 month old!!!). Yikes. By the time we got there she was describing it like a male friend at school. Um, where did my princess go? I met her in the middle and told the lady to stack it and bring it around to angle towards her chin. It ended up a little shorter than I would have liked but Bella was happy.

Ava tapped her toes the whole time and "drove" the taxi she was sitting in, just soaking it all up. When I would smile or gigggle she would put her tongue in her cheek, like "Yeah, I know Mom. I'm sassy." Anyway, I got a similar cut for her and they were ADORABLE! Unfortunately she has not let me do too much blow drying in our day to day life so it isn't always laying right but it is still cute. As part of the first hair cut package, they took a wonderful picture! The ones I have are good too but don't show the finished product so I took their picture the next day after baths and my attempt to dry it.

Getting Crafty...

From my grandmother to my daughters, crafting is in the blood. Most girls do enjoy it I guess. Ava is the newest member of our little club. She is crazy about the activities they do at school and wants to do all those things her big sister does. Recently she started asking to paint on a daily basis (not to crafty per say but fun nonetheless). With Advent season in the works, we have been doing quite a bit of other things. I caught a few pictures of some of our adventures.

Christmas Celebrating Begins

We had Christmas with my Dad this past Sunday. With everyone's work schedules, trips and multiple families to visit, we get creative and celebrate at all different times. We had a nice dinner at my Dad's and opened presents. The girls were spoiled with princess sleeping bags, a princess game, a matching fishing rod for Ava, and some other things. It was a great start to all the celebrating with family.

It's a...

BOY!! I am still in shock. I thought we were having another girl and had her name all picked out. It will take some getting used to. I heard myself say, "son" and "brother" today and it was STRANGE. Anyway, we are happy to have a healthy baby and will post his sweet ultrasound pictures later.