Spring?!?!?

I'm not getting my hopes up too high that winter is finished but I am taking advantage of any days the temperature goes above 50! I can't tell you how nice it feels to walk outside and not have my face freeze off! Though it would be nice to have sunshine along with the nice weather I will take what I can get :)
I went with my sister today to Mingo Park. We walked there since it's not too far from my house. Ella had fun and is finally starting to be big enough to play on everything! It was so nice to get fresh air, exercise, and let the kids run around.

Micah crawling

He's still a little slow but he is crawling!

8 months!

Wow, I'm way behind on my blog!!!! I just got back from a wonderful vacation to California so I will make sure and update all about that soon (I have over a thousand pictures to sort through!), but for now here are some 8 month pictures of Micah looking oh so cute in his sweater :)

7 months! (very late)

I'm finally posting some 7 month pictures of Micah. With the holidays, family visiting, and potty training Ella, things have been crazy around here! I haven't had much time to blog anything =(

So....Micah is almost 8 months! He is getting soooo close to crawling. He gets up on all fours and does the whole rock back and forth thing so I know he is trying. The other day he pretty much "scooted" himself across the living room in an attempt at grabbing Ella's sippy cup so I'm not sure if that counts as crawling? He also just got his top two teeth so he now has 4 little chompers!

Snow falling on Delaware

We have finally gotten some snow this winter. We took Ella out to play since she is the only person in our family that actually likes the stuff =) My mom bought her a pair of snow boots when she was out and Ella wants to wear those things everyday! You can imagine her excitement when we told her she could FINALLY wear them and in the SNOW! She had a blast outside playing and did not want to come in even though she was an ice cube. I think the California girl in her is officially gone, she is a mid westerner now!

Daddy taught her to eat the snow, yuck!

Christmas and New Years

We had a great first Christmas as a family in Ohio. My parents and brother came out Christmas Eve so it was so fun to have them all here to celebrate with us. We opened presents Christmas Eve with my sister and her family and then finished off the rest of them Christmas morning. Micah and Ella got soooo many presents it's unbelievable! I think they are set on toys for a long time. We spent Christmas morning with my parents and my brother. We put all the presents under the tree the night before so it was fun to see Ella's face as she came down stairs and discovered a tree full of gifts! Ella was really fun to watch open presents, the best was when she was opening one she said "Oh my word!" (I guess I say that more than I realized)

After we opened presents we enjoyed a delicous breakfast and then relaxed for awhile.

My mom got Ella a"Bitty Baby" made by American Girl. We are going to Chicago for Kylee's birthday in June to the American Girl store and thought it would be fun if Ella had a doll to take.

The tree Christmas Eve

Ella ran right to her tricycle Christmas morning.Micah and all his loot
Ready to do some baking!

My sister and her family came over for a delicous Christmas dinner. My dad's birthday is on Christmas so we also celebrated that. We had fun playing games, dancing to some Johnny Cash music, and eating yummy cheesecake =)

A birthday kiss for Papa

My sister and her kids came over for New Years Eve (Kurt was working) as well. Our theme was a "Frugal New Years" because we used food that we already had in our cupboards. Kym had a bottle of champagne in her fridge from a year ago that we used after googling it to make sure it was still ok =) Everyone stayed the night over here so we had a full house! In the morning we made a delicous breakfast that consisted of eggs, sausage, cinnamin rolls, toast, and fresh fruit!

2008 has been a crazy year for us with many ups and downs. We were blessed with our sweet boy in May who has brought us so much joy! We have had to trust more than ever in God and his provision this year which continues to strengthen us. God has humbled us and showed us that we are not in control of our lives and though sometimes it hurts we pray he continues to teach us this. We look forward to 2009 where we will watch Micah celebrate his first birthday and Ella will be three! We pray we will live our lives for Christ and that all we do would Glorify Him!

I will end with a picture of the cousins in their Christmas outfits. My mom made Kylee and Ella's Christmas dresses and they turned out BEAUTIFUL! She bought the boys all their outfits too so they were matching. The Kaelber/Giorgi's were a big hit at church =)

Merry Christmas!

more to come later.... =)