Going to Work

This evening after we finished eating dinner, Ella told us that she had to drive Juju to work. Apparently Juju works at Costco on the "cash registerster". Ella informed us that Juju is too little to "touch the Costco ceiling" though. Ella works at a "trunking company", she recently switched jobs from where she used to go to work at "the bank". Coincidentally, our friend Miriam just went through the same job transition.

Rainy Day Fun

After returning from the beautiful weather in Phoenix, we were stuck inside for a couple of days last week because of the rain. We found some fun inside activities to do, including filling the bath with bubbles and putting our hands in. In the picture above, Ella is putting on her 'bubble beard', and below Ella decided she should 'wash Juju's hair' with the bubbles.

A visit from Jonas...

The other day we had a visit from Jonas while Kara took baby Mattias to the doctor. Ella, Juliette and Jonas had a great time playing together, but Ella and Jonas couldn't quite agree on Ella's age. The conversations of 2 and 1/2 year-olds are pretty funny!

Baby #3

Baby #3 had a big day on Thursday. First we had an ultrasound, and then a doctor's appointment. The ultrasound went really well and although we haven't received the full report details from our doctor yet, everything looked great. We were able to see both sides of baby's brain, hands with 5 fingers, feet with 5 toes, the umbilical cord, kidneys, the liver, and the spine. The baby was very active during the ultrasound and was flipping around and kicking. It was so cool to see. The whole family came in at the end of the appointment, and Ella asked "is that our baby"? She was intrigued with baby's movements and told everybody about how baby was flipping inside of Mamma's tummy. Whether baby is a boy or girl will remain unknown until the day of birth... any guesses? Spencer thinks he saw male parts during the ultrasound, but I'm pretty sure he thought he saw this at our other ultrasounds as well :)

In the above picture you can see baby's hand with 5 fingers, baby's head (off to the right) and baby's legs (to the left).

In the below picture you can see baby's toes.

Off to Arizona...

Last Thursday, we travelled to Phoenix for Uncle and Auntie Jaynie's wedding. Here are the girls waiting to get on the plane. We flew from Bellingham - Mesa. The girls did so well on the plane and we had a great time in Phoenix.

The hotel we stayed at was amazing. We were treated to our room, thank-you Uncle and Auntie Jaynie!

There was a park for the kids to play on and we also tried some croquet.

Uncle and Auntie Jaynie's Wedding

After Momma finished getting her hair done, the hairdresser curled Ella's hair as well.

The girls looked like little dolls in their flower girl dresses.

Juliette with Aunt Barb having a snuggle.

Dadda and Ella- all dressed up!

Juju and Grandma.

The girls loved dancing at the wedding and made use of the little stage near the dance floor.

Auntie Jaynie and Uncle looked great. Jaynie's dress was so beautiful and suited her perfectly. Better pictures coming soon!

Ella was the flower girl and Auntie Jaynie's nephew, Aiden, was the ring-bearer. They both did a great job of walking down the aisle. Ella threw all of her flowers right away, so they were clumped near the bottom of the aisle and then she ran up to the front. Very cute!

At the end of the night we went back to the room and Ella offered to help Juju take her shoes off. They were very well behaved for being up past their bedtime!

Wedding Anticipation

We are all very excited to go to Uncle and Jaynie's wedding. They are getting married this Saturday.

Quiet Time

Ella now spends her quiet time in the downstairs room. I love to hear the little conversations she has downstairs with her dolls. She usually spends her quiet time 'making soup', taking her dolls for a walk (and sometimes giving them time-outs), and 'reading books'.

Ella and Juliette sometimes like to have their snack sitting together on the 'ledge'.

Dadda and Juju wearing hats brought to us from Scotland from Uncle Brian and Auntie Jan. I'm pretty sure one was supposed to be for Ella, but Juju insists that Dadda wears it from time to time.

Left-Handed

Ella has favoured her left hand for a long time. I used to think it was just a coincidence and I thought she would be right-handed just like her dad and mom. I was wrong, and she is definitely left-handed. She loves to colour and draw with her left hand and she usually eats with her left hand.

Happy Birthday Natalie!

We celebrated Natalie's first birthday today. Natalie turned 1 on January 10th. Here she is getting her first cupcake.

Juliette and Ella love cupcakes and to them a birthday party = cupcakes.

A better view of Ella's new haircut.

Juliette giving Natalie her gift, a sweater and a book.

Juliette showing Natalie how the book works.

Snow!

The girls were so excited when they woke up and saw snow on the ground this morning. We went outside and built a snowman.

The snowman was a little hard to build because the snow was quite wet... but here he is. He fell over shortly after the picture was taken.

All Bundled Up

The other day it was very cold out when we went for our morning walk. I dug up the girls fleece one piece suits out of the garage (they hadn't worn them yet). They thought it was fun to wear their suits and they stayed very warm in the stroller. Now if only they made these in adult sizes...

First Trip to the Salon

Our favourite hair dresser is Auntie Jaynie, but since we are attending her wedding next weekend, Ella settled for a haircut at the salon. This salon was fun because Ella got to sit on a car while getting her hair cut. Ella has had 2 haircuts from her Auntie Jaynie. Both times she has just needed her bangs trimmed, but this time she needed the back trimmed as well.

Ella enjoyed sitting in the car and did a great job of looking where the hair dresser asked her to look.

A side view of the end results! Her haircut looks adorable. She has been telling everybody "look at my haircut".