Snow, Snow & More Snow....as you know :)

Last week Gracie got to do a cheer at a bb game. Everyone was really excited to watch her & actually everyone behaved rather well...hmmm....

All of my pics turned out awful but I had to post one so you could see her :) :) she is really good at it and is still shy at the same time. Here she is red cheeks and all ;)

What? Did you ask me how in the world does Jagger look so big??? I know!!! My handsome man - Not sure what I would do without him???

Jagger is pretty proud of himself in this chair - and as you can imagine he is still such a joy to be around. Such a great baby!!! He knows how to make everyone smile! I should tell you that Ella was good once too ;) Just kidding!!! We all know that she is still a blessing just like Gracie & Jagger but she is crazy, wild and loud blessing :) :)

SNOW.....DAY....!!!!!

What fun!! Jagger was just loving it! Ella & Gracie were eating it up too (Ella really ate it up - you can tell by her chin) If Jagger takes a nap I might have to try out the new sled :) :) :) I must go now since our day will be filled with lots of dressing and un-dressing in snow gear & playing Wii.

Happy New Year!

I'm not the biggest fan of this but Justin thinks its pretty cool that the girls want to get on the roof with him. Just typing this makes the stress in my sholders go out of control...seriously when did I become afraid of everything? Oh yeah, 7 1/2 years ago when I became a mom...Ha!
This might be hard to read (its small) but my grandpa turns 88 today. We mailed a card to him and Gracie made this picture and heart to go with it. She made 88 candles for the cupcake :)

I am aware that this picture is completly blurry but this sums up Ella and Jagger's relationship. She is all over him all the time and he is usually ok with it.....I am not always ok with it but as long as he is smiling I let it go...

I can NOT believe that Jagger is almost a walker. What? How? When? I don't know when his first steps will be but he sure isn't holding back these days. It just doesn't even seem possible?!?!? I have to say that I feel so blessed to be at home with them. It is just an amazing feeling to be here and to love on them without all the pressure of what HAS to be done~ not that I don't get that panic feeling sometimes ;) but really, I will treasure this as long as it lasts.

Gracie is glad to be back at school with her friends but misses her cousins too :) Ella is back to making messes...just this morning she squeezed an orange to make real orange juice for her daddy...her recipe takes salt and pepper too :) can't wait for dad to get home and try it!!!!!

Happy New Year!! May 2011 be very kind to all of us!

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