I'm on to this Flash Back Friday thing!

Two years ago we celebrated some of the many May birthdays at Disney Land. Isobel turned 6, Ian 4, Danika 3, Ruben 1 (April).

We also went camping with the Steenbliks on a warm summer's day. Little did we know during the night we entered the Twilight Zone! We woke-up to freezing temperatures and
snow all over our tents!

One last thing, my sister Molly started her Guide Dog training career in
2006 with Navarone!

Ellie's Blessing

Ellie had her baby blessing at church last Sunday. She got to wear the Christening gown that her great grandfather wore. It's nearly 100 years old! Ian wore it too, for his baby blessing. (He's embarrassed that I put him in a girl's dress!) 

Little Pumpkin

Here's the Baby

On Valentine's Day Mike and I went into the hospital at 6:00AM and out came our baby at 2:33PM. Isobel and Molly left for a snack and came back just in time for the pushing (a total of 2). If they would have been gone for another 5 minutes, they would have missed Ellie's big entrance! Mimi and Lynette came shortly after to greet their newest Granddaughter. Lynette's 3rd and my Mom's 18th! They got to get in on the guessing of Ellie's weight. Ian was the closest with 9 lbs. She was 9lbs. 2 oz. They measured her length at 20 1/2 inches at the hospital, but 5 days later at the Doctor's visit she measured at 22 in (I guess it's not exact). Isobel and Ian are very excited to have Eleanor here. They both are great helpers. Isobel can't hold her enough and Ian loves to put the diapers in the Diaper Champ (It is fun how the diapers go in the top, you slide the handle to the other side and magically the diaper is gone!). Thanks for all the loving wishes and help from everyone!

Wow! Oranges Really Do Grow in CA!

I have no green thumb. I can't keep a cactus alive. We planted a couple orange trees about 3 years ago. We were totally surprised to find actual oranges on it this year. Granted, we did get a funky teeny-tiny-little orange (I swear, I have bad plant mojo). See the orange dot in front of Ian's nose. I am impressed that we got 15 other oranges though. 

Getting down to the wire:

O.K., so I went to Kiddie Kandids in Babies R Us, and this is what you get for the FREE sitting:

My personal "favorite" is the Heart on the Tummy! The cropping leaves something to be desired. You can see my rain boots in a couple pictures. And I just look fat in the more front ways shots! 



But hey, it's free!