3 Years Old

I can't believe it!  My baby is 3, I know this post is a long time coming and I want to share some of the great pictures we got right before she turned 3.  So here are a few and then afterwards some of my favorite Elliana moments and sayings:

These amazing pictures were taken by the fabulous Jessica McAllister at Flourish Photography!  You can visit her website here: flourishgallery.blogspot.com  I'm SO in love with these pictures!  Thanks again Jess!

Elliana is:

38 3/4" - 85%
34 lbs - 79%
her head is still off the charts!  ;)

Elliana can do the following:

~write her name
~say her ABC's
~count to 20
~knows her colors
~fully potty trained
~buckle her own seat belt
~ride her tricycle and scooter
~get dressed

Favorite sayings, words and quotes of Elliana:

~Urslut (Ursula)
~ Daddy, you're a little tramp (courtesy of The Little Mermaid)
~sleeping booby (Sleeping Beauty, of course)
~Yesterday while driving in the car she informed me that she was tired, because she was talking a lot.  She does exactly that, talks a LOT!
~Birds hang upside down like possums

Elliana LOVES to sing songs and would love for me to sing her to sleep every night, she loves music.

We sure do love our little princess!

Christmas

Here are a few pictures from Christmas!  We had a great time and just hung out at home by ourselves, it was       kind of lonely but nice to just be lounging all day.

 Pretty much a picture perfect Christmas Eve moment!  Stockings hung by the chimney, fire going, tree lit up.

 Christmas morning, Elliana was SO excited that Santa finally got her one of those candy canes, she'd been asking for weeks!

 A new puzzle!

 A Lightning McQueen Car!

Elliana has a bit of OCD and had to sort everything out by type.  Goober...

30 Weeks

I can't believe that I've made it 3/4 of this pregnancy!  Phoebe is going to be here before we blink and I'm not sure I'm ready to have another baby in the house!

Here is a picture of my belly at 29 weeks, so it was taken just over a week ago!  I'm feeling pretty well most of the time, but I've recently started up with some pretty severe back pain that is NO fun!  Hopefully I can get that under control soon!

Enjoy!

Finding out...

So my Sister-in-Law Heather put on a great party where we were able to find out the gender of our baby!  It was a great idea and we had SO much fun!  Tom and I had no clue what we were having, and we were so excited to find out with our families.  The only people who knew what the baby was before we did were my sister in law Heather and my Mom...because she wanted to buy something for the baby....Enjoy the pictures!

 Opening the box, we had no idea what was in it....just knew that it would tell us what the gender was.

 It was such a great idea, she put balloons in the box, we were shocked!  Elliana was SO excited!

 They're pink! It's a girl!

 Elliana with a knowing smile on her face, she knew all along that it was a sister!  And sister's name is Phoebe.  We don't have a middle name yet, but Phoebe is the first name!

November

I'm so behind on blogging, this whole working, having a 2 year old and being a mom/wife thing is a LOT harder when you add a 2 year old to the mix!

We were able to spend Thanksgiving in Sandy with my family and we had a really great time!  Tom and I contributed a Turkey (that we got for free from shopping at Winco).  The deal was if you spent $100 you got a free turkey up to 25 lbs.  So we decided to contribute it to the family.  It was a great turkey and a wonderful meal!  My parents were also able to come from Idaho Falls with Alexis and it was so nice to see them!  We love spending time with Mimi and Papa Brian!

It's a.....

Tom and I are very excited to announce it's a GIRL!  Tom was VERY shocked, and I was a bit surprised....we had a great time with our party and are SO excited to welcome a cute little girl into our family!

Vote

Hey friends and family!  Make sure you put in your vote.  Voting will go through Saturday at 12 noon, before I place the answer on the blog!  We are finding out the gender this weekend and would love to hear what you all think we're having!

Tom thinks it's a boy...I am completely undecided and Elliana, well of course she thinks it's a girl!  Right under the picture on the top of the blog is where you post your vote.  The question won't show up, but you can see the answers, either Boy or Girl!  Have fun!  And I'll post the answer Saturday!