only 1 out of 5?

Elaine is the only kid in sight for another couple of days. Wow! We went out to eat and did a little shopping, some cleaning and now blogging?! Oh yeah did you catch that? There are 5 now. Our newest addition is my dear sweet cousin Isabella aged 10. She will be living with us starting Friday. We are looking forward to having her and sharing our lives with her.

December 27th 2010 Islands of Adventure Harry Potter's Hogwarts

Happy 1st Birthday #2 Elaine!

As promised here are the birthday pics. It was a small bash but Elaine seemed to have gotten everything she wanted and it shows. Money (Great Grandma Paxman), Baby Building Beads (Mommy and Daddy), a puppet (Gretchen bought for her with her own babysitting money), shoes, clothes including glow in the dark skeleton PJ's (Aunt Shelley), a pull behind puppy (Aunt Kendall and Family), a lovely card designed by Mona and Sonny, and her own Bitty Baby American Girl Doll (Grammy). And of course the terrific Radio Flyer Nana and Grandpa got her for her 1st Birthday #1! Thank you Everyone for making it special!

 Cooool!

 Yeeaaaah!

 Mine. 

 What else?

 Um, it's ok. I'll just have a little.

 Well, I couldn't possibly... ummmmm. No, I really don't want any, ummmmmmm.

 Oh my gosh! What have I done!

Saaweeeeeet!

I almost forgot about these party crashers! Just kidding. This is the best bunch of siblings Elaine could ask for.

Elaine is turning 1 already!

Elaine is such a sweet soul that we couldn't imagine life without her. 

She has touched our lives with her tiny growls and her incessant "Hi. Hi. Hi.".

She's so big and looks like daddy  now more than ever!

  Her curiosity and love of nature may get her into trouble at times but it is important to let her explore.

 I taught her to water the herbs this morning so... 

...she watered the pavement.

"Maybe I'll stop to taste this bit of moss."

"Come on Dad, I'm totally ready for a run! Pleeeeeeease take me."

Even though we aren't ready for her to turn 1 we are looking forward to another year packed with love, learning, and excitement from this tiny miracle.

Work work work.

clean clean clean.

cook cook cook.

drive drive drive.

wash wash wash.

spend spend spend.

go go go.

goodnight-kiss goodnight-kiss goodnight-kiss.

I do it all for my 3 girls.

Who does this child look like?

She resembles someone new everyday couple of days. I still think she looks like Sonny. I finally replaced the camera I sold earlier this year so look out blog.

Elaine at almost 9 months

Elaine on Gretchen's Birthday with avocado on her shirt.

i promise to blog soon. i promise!

31 days left till we are UT bound. All heck will break loose I bet. We can't wait!

Modeling?

I've always said Brielle knows how to work the camera and look where it's landed her!

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(top right: pictured Brielle Roberts)