9 months!

I can't believe she is 9 months already! Where does the time go? She is such a sweet fun baby that is loved to pieces in our home! I love this stage and I want her to stay little FOREVER!

I took her to the doctor today so here are a few fun things......

* height......28 inches

*head circumference......17 1/4

*Weight.......18lbs. 14oz

*wears 12-18 month clothing

*she has 5 teeth

*crawls everywhere!

*pulls herself up and walks along the furniture

*says mama and dada....(she just babbles it..she's not actually referring to us!)

*has the brightest blue eyes

*has a huge smile

*HATES headbands in her hair

*loves to be outside

*loves her blanket on her face when she sleeps

*favorite toy has to be the dishwasher.....she loves to climb inside and then unload it all over the floor!

*drinks 4-6 bottles a day

*HATES babyfood....

*loves to eat everything that we eat! she loves otter pops and ice cream! (i know we are bad parents) if randy opens the freezer and gets out the carton of ice cream she's right there begging for some!

*still doesn't sleep through the night

*has NO SCHEDULE at all....naps when she wants and goes to bed at night when she wants!

*is loved by everyone!

We love you ellie and are so grateful you are in our family! Thank you so much for all the love and happiness you bring into our home and lives!

Total CUTENESS!!!!

Let me start by saying that I have the most talented amazing aunt EVER! My Aunt LeAnn makes a quilt for all of her great nieces and nephews.......She has made my kids the cutest quilts ever....but when she came knocking at my door today I about died! Is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen? The front is just amazing and the back is so darling also! Our sweet Ellie is named after LeAnn and I just love how her name is on the quilt! I LOVE all the colors and I'm dying to redo Ellie's room now in all these colors....I want to frame the quilt and never let Ellie use it...but I had to promise LeAnn I would let her play on it, and cuddle it! Oh it's just so cute!

Thanks so much Aunt LeAnn....what a fun surprise...Oh and wait till I show you the outfit she gave Ellie...the cutest thing ever!

Happy 4th!

carlsbad 2010

Every summer we go to carlsbad california and play on the beach! My kids love this place and it quickly has become their favorite vactaion spot over the years. All of my family goes so it's quite a group....I took this photo of Ellie and Randy just outside of our trailer. Some years we have camped and some years we've brought the toy hauler...with a baby it's a must to bring the trailer!

Daddy Loves his baby!

These are the stairs we climb down quite a few times to get to the water..Our campsite overlooks the ocean...HEAVEN!

Anney with her new best friend "NITOLE!" She keeps asking about her all the time. Nicole is my cousins wife and Anney just fell in love with her.

Aunt LeAnn....Everyone's favorite and the life of the party!

Ellie loved the water and the sand....

Some of the gang...

Whitney and Megan

My dad.....he plans this whole trip every year and makes sure it happens....He loves it!

Trav-Man.....He is growing up!

Anney

Travis with his favorite cousin Walker!

Tay-tay....She'd live in the ocean if I let her....She loves the water!

Happenings in JUNE!

Ellie let us all know she HATES baby food so we have to get quite creative in the things we give her....we did find out she LOVES grated cheese!

Megan was a winter fairy in her big dance recital....The put on Cinderella and it was fabulous!!

Taylor is only doing tumbling know so she was in the pre-show....She's gotten really good!

Anney just had to sneak in for a picture....surprise surprise....

Aunt LeAnn came into town and taught the girls how to wear makeup.....They loved it and ask me everyday if they can wear makeup!

Megan....trying to hold still while she applies her eye shadow...

Impressive huh?

Ellie Learned to sit up....she's 6 months old now!

Her favorite is to be on her tummy and crawl!

We celebrated fathers day giving dad all of his favorites!

Such a pretty girl!!! 6 months old and 16 lbs! She's a doll and we love her!

End of The Year Festivities.....

Here's Mom and Ellie......trying to entertain ourselves as we sit through the awards assemblies!


taylor received Principals Outstanding Citizenship....She has received this award every year since 1st grade! Good Job Taylor!

travis receiving his honor roll award! great Job Buddy!

taylor receiving her honor roll award also!

Ready for 6th grade Graduation! He asked me if it was scary that I was getting so old and I told him heck no....it's more scary the thought of you going to junior high! SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Accepting his certificate from his teacher Mrs. Duke!

Travis' great friends Dylan and Elijah!

These are such great kids! Heidi, Dylan, Kaden and Travis

My kids invited some of their friends from school over on the last day for a end of the year swim party.....They had a great time! Here's taylor with Amberlee and Andrea

the Boys all did stunts off the diving board!

travis

Even Megan had to compete with the boys!

And of course....Little Miss Anney!

Kaden

taylor and her friends....these girls have all been friends since kindergarten and are such good girls and they all good along so well together!

Megan doing a little hula and Brooklen thinking she is CRAZY!

happy 6th Megan!

Happy 6th Birthday Sweet Girl! I can't believe this little girl is already 6 years old and about to graduate from kindergarten! It seems like just yesterday she was born and now she is 6! She is such an incredible kid with such a fun personality......we laugh cause we always know where we stand with her...she's not AFRAID at all to let you know what she thinks about you or something else! Even as a baby we always joked that we could read exactly what she was thinking across her face! We love you Megan and are so happy you are in our family.....Here are 6 fun things about you!

*She is extremely smart and a awesome reader....she reads the scriptures right along with us every morning....

*She loves to play school and write things.....I found it very ironic that 4 months into kindergarten she could recite all of the kids first and last names in her class and in alphabetical order....that's just from her teacher taking roll everyday! She can also spell their first and last names all correctly...I find pieces of paper all over the house with different kids names on them from her class!

*She loves babies and playing house.....she will make a great mother someday.

*She has the best imagination ever...she can play by herself for hours!

*She loves to play outside, ride he bike, and swim...

*She requests I make orange chicken EVERY night for dinner......she loves it!

We love you Megan and are so lucky you are in our family.....you're the cutest and sweetest girl ever!

Christmas Day FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

My grandma weight made a bunch of Christmas Wall hangings years ago and decided this year to give them to us kids...This is the one I picked!

Kendall And Olivia

Bethany and Shelby

My mom's brother Kerry came into town for Christmas...Megan, whitney and Laynie LOVE him!

We gave my grandma Leavitt tickets to see Mary Poppins at Gammage...She was so excited!

Lindsay, Bethany, Tyson, Brigham, Shelby and McKay

Grandpa Keith and Grandma Weight

McKay, Travis and Walker

Cute Little Gracie...She's adorable!

Randy, Anney (and her Christmas Baby) and Mommy!

Taylor got so much jewelry for Christmas....she loves every bit of it!

Megan, Whitney and Olivia

For Christmas Bethany and Tyson gave my parents the best gift ever....They had been trying to have a baby for years...They decided to surprise everyone with an ornament with their baby's first ultrasound picture! It was so awesome and we are so excited for them!

Anney wanted a hula hoop SOOO bad...thanks grandma and grandpa!

Walker and Travis got ASU basketball tickets for christmas!

Laynie, Megan and Whitney (I just noticed all of their hair was doen the exact way) All opening their barbies from grandma and grandpa

taylor got a 3 barrell curling iron and some fun hair stuff

Grandma great with sweet baby Ellie who is 10 days old!

The Best Christmas Gift Ever!

On to the Ferrin's now for more presents and fun! All the grandkids lined up on the couch waiting to open presents!

Travis got a HUGE kite!

Anney got ANOTHER baby...she loves them all!

Cute Sweater taylor!

Grandpa and Grandma Ferrin always give the kids a new pair of jammies for Christmas...most of the time they match them with the cousins that are close to their age...

For Christmas us girls all got a 4 day trip to Prescott....this is the second year we've done it and we LOVE it!