Juliette loves to eat!

Juliette continues to enjoy solid foods. Her new favourite is yams mixed with oat cereal. She gets very happy after a good meal. Way to go Juju!

Starting next week, Hudson is going to be spending two days a week with us. We are very excited about this, especially Ella. Here's a picture of Ella and Hudson getting used to having a snack together.

Juju's friends...

Since Ella got to see her boyfriend, Hudson, on Thursday, it was only fair for Juju's boyfriend to come over on Friday. Here are Oren and Juliette holding hands.
Our friends Andrew and Colleen had twin girls in mid-November. Colleen and her girls came over and had lunch with us last week. Here's a picture of all four of our girls. From left to right: Elise, Maya, Juliette, and Ella.

Ocsar

Ella loves her stuffed Oscar the grouch. She calls him "Ocsar" and takes him everywhere these days. She likes to give him 'diaper changes', and dress him up in her glasses and necklace.

Ella would rather wear a backwards baseball hat than have her hair in a ponytail. Here is a picture of Ella and Juju playing together. Below is a video of Ella putting her hat on, requesting a tea party, and dancing on the ottoman to some of her favourite music.

Ella's first ponytail

I have been patiently waiting to put Ella's hair in a ponytail. Although she doesn't have much hair, I put her hair in a ponytail for the first time the other day. She quickly pulled it out and told me "no tail", when she got downstairs she put her baseball hat on backwards. I guess she's a tomboy at heart.

Juliette continues to be a happy baby.

Happy 60th Grandpa!

Grandpa Rob turned 60 on Saturday. Auntie Morgan organized a nice dinner for him at the Boathouse. Grandpa had a great time enjoying a delicious meal, socializing with friends and family, and of course showing off his granddaughters. We love you Grandpa!

Happy Birthday Hudson!

Ella and Juliette were happy to celebrate Hudson's first birthday with him. Hudson had a wonderful birthday party that we all enjoyed.

Who is enjoying the cake more- the birthday boy Hudson, Ella, Jonas, or Spencer in the background?

Here's Hudson opening his gift from Ella and Juju.

Ella is quite taken by Hudson's dad, Keith. She likes to follow him around and call him "Keit".

Thanks for the new outfit Grandma Jo-Ann!

You may be asking yourself 'why is Ella naked?' We have been asking ourselves the same question lately. The other morning Spencer went to get Ella out of her crib and found her completely naked with her onesie, sleeper, and diaper in a pile beside the crib. Then, the past two nights when we checked on the girls before going to bed- we found Ella sleeping in her crib naked. The first night we saw it, we couldn't stop laughing. We looked at Juliette in her crib sleeping peacefully,and then turned around to see Ella also sleeping peacefully in her crib, only Ella was sleeping naked. It wasn't quite as funny last night when we found her this way and the sheets were soaking wet and she had pee in her hair (better than the alternative).

Thank you Jonas!

Just as Ella was finishing her lunch on Valentine's Day, we had a surprise visit from Jonas (and Kara). Jonas gave Ella her first Valentine. He coloured her a heart and gave her a box of cookies. Ella was so excited to have her own box of cookies! Thank you Jonas!

Thank you for all the great pictures, Uncle Matt. And thank you for letting Ella take a few pictures with your camera as well.

Ella is quite entertaining in the Jolly Jumper. Since she sees Juliette go in there on a regular basis, she is suddenly interested in Jolly Jumping again. They both put on quite a show.

Ella has perfected the move we like to call 'airchair'.

Happy Valentine's Day!

A visit from Grandma Jo-Ann

Grandma Jo-Ann came to visit us this weekend. She had a great time bonding with the girls and even looked after them while Dadda and Momma went to a wedding. Thanks Grandma! ...and thanks Juliette for taking a bottle.

I miss you Grandma!

Here's Ella pretending to talk to her grandma on the phone.

Super Ella!

Ella enjoys doing tricks on her bike and saying "super Ella". And of course, no video is complete without saying "hi Dadda".

Ella and Jonas

Jonas came for a visit this week. He and Ella had a great time playing together. Their favourite activities included playing the piano / xylophone, jumping on the ottoman, playing peekaboo, and wearing each others' shoes. The exchanging of the shoes may have worked out a little better for Ella than Jonas (Jonas is seen wearing a girls' dress shoe with a bow in the picture above, and Ella is seen wearing Jonas' boots in the picture below).