Holiday Cheer AND Half Birthday Celebration!

I just had to share this one...AWWWWWW...Love them :) Doesn't Jagger look really big there :(

Ella had her 1/2 birthday celebration at school on Monday. We took brownies (her choice) and watched them talk about her and sing to her. She was lots of fun to watch and she really enjoyed getting the attention ;)

This is the circle of months and the candle in the middle is the sun. They had her stand up and walk in a circle each time they told a story about her until she had been around 4 and a 1/2 times.

All of Gracie's concert pics are blurry but I was hoping you could still see her pretty hair. We got haircuts the same day so her lady curled her hair. It was really cute and she really liked it a lot. She tried to not wash her hair for days..... :) I told her I would try really hard to do it the same way with nice clean hair and that she might start to stink if she waited any longer to shower...She agreed!

Holiday Cheer

My pics didn't pop up in order so we will start with the last one first :) This is the "finished" gingerbread house.....Yep, your impressed aren't you?! The girls were not happy when we got home and there was only one house. I thought (silly me) that we could decorate one together as a family. I was wrong. And since there was only one house they would not let me follow instructions on setting the house up before decorating.....

Ella working on the house...ALONE. No Gracie...

This should have been the first pic. That was you could tell by the look on Gracie's face on how this project was going...I think she helped her sister for about 20 seconds and then said forget it. Oh well - we attempted and failed this year. Maybe next? Or maybe it was just such a mess that we will move on to gingerbread men?

Jagger really loves to stand at the TV when the girls are playing Wii...it stresses me out so I am always moving him so that he does not damage his eyes or brain cells....

This is for the grandmas who know how much Ella loves to cook! She was so excited to see these at the store...So far she has made eggs with them ;)

Jaggy Boy & Ella Bella

Ella has been ready for snow. This picture is of Ella and Jaggy boy laying in the sled watching Toy Story 3......I wish I could fit in there with them ;)

LOOK Mom & Dad ...Look what I can do! I really should say THANK GOODNESS JUSTIN MOVED THE MATRESS DOWN LAST WEEKEND!!! This boy would have been on his face if it weren't for his daddy. (and the help of Gma Kathy)
He really loves standing at the window and looking out - it's stinking cute!

Halloween is not over for Ella Bella Kay Ward.... Don't mind the lunchable all over her.....but check out the green teeth that will be a part of our family until she is 18.

I'm going to have to look for a pic of Gracie - she isn't big on pictures...still :( Her class pics turned out cute so I might try scanning those. We did get family pics taken by our friend Kelly.... and those will be on our xmas cards!!! Hope everyone is ready for the holidays!

Itsy Bitsy Crawler

Just wanted to share this little video of Jaggy Boy crawling......His sisters have a really BIG job ahead of them, making sure all their "little" objects are picked up and in their room :) For those of you who know what silly bands are ...UGHHH

Crazy kids

We had lots of fun trick-or-treating this year! Happy Halloween!

Where is all my free time?

Gracie has a silly face but i thought it was really sweet watching her swing Jagger the other afternoon :)

Jagger is 7 mos already....

This girl can get herself into crazy positions....

I really thought I would have been posting more on the blog but time is really going by fast! Staying home is going really great...it's more relaxing in the Ward house these days!!! I hope Justin would say the same?!?!?!? ;)

I'm sure I will have some halloween pics up in the next week or so. Hope everyone is doing well!

Jagger 6 mos

Jagger is having lots of fun at 6 months!!! He likes to sit and play when his sisters are not fighting over him. He also likes his baby food with his favorite being squash and pears. He is SO close to crawling, if he only knew how close the battle would be over :) Today is my second day at being a stay at home mom ~ all thanks fo my wonderful husband!! I'm thinking some days might be harder than others but this morning I had my first morning with just Jagger and it was priceless! What a treat! Our nights are much easier and relaxing now that we don't have to get a million things done before the next day! Gracie LOVES riding the bus home after school. It's my favorite ....watching her run down the yard after they drop her off! Ella thinks it is stinking cool that she gets to come home after school. She has already helped me give Jagger a bath today. She thought it would be helpful to get into the tub and put as much shampoo into her hair as possible.....I couldn't really get mad for two reasons 1. She's so dang cute 2. I have time now to let her be silly. The kids are all growing so fast so I am VERY thankful to be able to slow down and enjoy it for a while. Hope everyone is doing well!