Maybe we are partial to orange.....

Way back when.....



And now.....






Loving on daddy!!!

Ella Grace aka Pouty McPouterson!!!!

Funny how as they grow you notice litttle traits that do not change even when the rest of them is changing so so so rapidly.
Notice the lips on the day she was born ......

And the same expression almost 2 years later .....when nothing else looks the same!!!

Getting ridiculous.....

I am beginning to consider switching blog host sites ... I have had so much trouble with getting my pictures up here! I have lots to share but it's such a hassle that it's becoming less fun. I am just not sure if it's blogger, my computer or ME!!!
OK!
Rant over!!!
I feel better!!! Now, you want cuteness??? Because I got cuteness. I obviously DON'T have good grammar but who needs that when you GOT this......
I found Ella outside the other day pitching a tiny fit. Ok a HUGE fit but she is so tiny! In her first attempt ever to climb a tree ... she got stuck. Notice though how she .....DID.NOT.DROP.HER.BISCUIT!!!

The girls have been taking turns being sick this week and last. Ella may have had Roseola ... but she feels much better now. She had 3 days of unpredictable fever then a rash that covered her little body. It did not seem to itch but it looked gnarly. Here she is resting on the couch ...

Edie is all about "dipping" snacks these days. Well she was on the day I snapped this picture. Their desires change hourly. She loves to ask for things lately. She points and says "ball" when she wants to munch on a juicy apple ... she also says "ball" to a ...well, BALL. She calls milk a bottle .....or baaoooou to put it exactly. The other night when she and I were up just hangin at THREE FOURTY FIVE.....A.M. (she was actually sick so I won't fault her)(not that I would fault her anyway because she is still under 2)(but once they turn 2 it's on girls.....you are on your own)hahaha....so anyway!!! We were up and she got a bowl from their dish drawer and handed (threw) it to me and said ...."pop pop" ..... after some guessing I realized she wanted popcorn. When I took it from the pantry and asked her if that's what she wanted she yelled "yeahhhhhh" with her hands up in a V!!! Now how could I say no to that .....even before the crack of dawn?!?!?!

We have been talking about what to plant in our raised beds this year ...so Ella is picking the perfect spot for her plant!!!

Have you ever had one of those time that you realized 4.7 seconds too late that you should NOT have just done what you just did??!! (yeah I know, again with the grammar)!
Well that happened to me the other day. We were outside enjoying the recent awesome weather (sorry East coast friends). I asked Edie to find me a flower.......OH NO .....WHY??? She did find me a flower and brought it to me, then another, and another....smart girl....not so smart mommy!!! She will end up picking all my pretty flowers .....

Nosy Rosy!!! Spying on the neighbors......

Sweet sweet Edie.....

We have been covered up with rain lately!!! I mean the kind of rain that almost needs one to construct an ark! But I know that we need it and well, blah blah blah....I was shocked anyway to wake up to glorious sunshine this morning. The already bright at 7 am sunshine.....WOOHOO!!! I immediately decided that I would take Ella and Edie to The Bay Area Children's Museum....partly because I have been wanting to check it out and partly because we NEEDED to get out and do something!!! So we got ready and off we went......have I mentioned that I would be taking TWO 2 year olds to a big place ......BY MYSELF ??? Well, I was nervous, sort of ....but it turned out that I had no need to be nervous ... the place is awesome and it's geared mostly towards tiny tots and these girls ROCK at having a great time.
See that teensy paragraph up there ... the one you just read... yeah, that took me about an hour to write!!! Wanna know why???? Well, your gonna......The Saints won the Superbowl!!! Who Dat???? And you may or may not know that even though I live in California I am a Louisiana Cajun Girl .....and my friends are even more Cajun crazy than me!!! They are some proud (and really drunk) folks right now ....so they all want to call and share their joy with me. I appreciate it!!! I am jealous!!! Not about the drunkenness but about being in the midst of a bunch of crazy fun cajun folks!!! And the food!!! Really, I am jealous mostly of the food ...
Now some California fun......we pulled up to the museum and parked right in front of this.....(that is NOT our Volvo....)

Edie and Ella were so excited and had such a fun fun time!!! Edie mostly skipped, hopped and ran yelling weeeeeeee through the place!

The "tot spot" had a little outdoor stream set up and we all know how much our girls LOVE water!


They had an arts and crafts building.......


A place to do wall painting.....


A "shipwreck" area where you could dig in the sand for treasure! Well, Ella Grace dug her heart out!!! Seriously, like 20 minutes of digging and dumping....which is really like 47 hours in toddler time!!!!

And some more "stream" time....


The girls were worn out by the time we left!!! Ella fell asleep before we even left the parking lot! Since they were asleep in the car I took advantage and drove around a while for some awesome sunny scenery! I only had my "old" camera but she's still got it!!! I mean it's hard to take bad pictures when your subject is awesomeness!!!
We saw surfers.....

Strolling couples.......(gosh I just realized if you click on this picture to enlarge it ...it looks like a tidal wave is on it's way to sweep this lovely couple out to sea)

Fabulous greenery ...I am so sorry to my East Coast "Snowed" in friends......love ya'll!!!

An freaky ....REALLY FREAKY tunnel to get to the awesomeness!!! It was the longest, darkest tunnel I have ever been in. This picture does not do it justice because by the time I thought to take the picture (and yes I was driving and picturing) we were almost out....you can see the light. Imagine driving 5 minutes with no idea how much longer you have!!! FREAKY!!! And to make matters worse ....you really have no idea if you are under water or land...and at one point this huge leaky area dumps a bucket of water on your car.......I don't know about you but that scared the CRAP out of me. But you know me it may have been less dramatic than it sounds.....or NOT!!!

Some great Golden Gate Bridge shots.....


Here is where the Pacific meets San Francisco Bay.....

More GG Bridge......

The Next Top Models!!!!!

In an attempt to control Ella Grace's too quickly growing hair I bought them some adorable (overpriced at the Gap) kitty cat headbands. She will NOT wear bows or ribbons or bands or glue .....and she has already had 2 haircuts. Well ... the kitty headbands did the trick ... for 32.45 seconds anyways.....love love love the giant toddler glasses!!!




Sweet Edie Claire...

So today I think we got a glimpse of our future fashion .....how do I say ....."ideas" ....I bought the girls some new clothes at Old Navy since they grow an inch per hour these days ....included in the giant bag o'goodies were some really cute dresses. Both Edie and Ella pitched a rager until I put the dresses on... and since it's so cold (sorry to my snowed in friends....it's not THAT cold) I opted to put them on over their clothes ....they are so opinionated. Hmmmmmm....wonder where that comes from???

Sweet Ella Grace .....

So let me set the scene.
Mommy in the kitchen making some dinner!
Edie "helping" me!
Daddy and Ella watching a little Sponge Bob on the tube.
......Sponge Bob ends ....mommy hears "shake, shake, shake" ....thinks nothing of it.
Mommy hears ....oh Ella ......"what have you done?" ......
Enter mommy .......to THIS.......


Ella Grace found the cookie sprinkles and noticed Daddy was preoccupied with the new show that had come on....so she went to town!!!!
What was the new show that Daddy was so entranced by??? iCarly!!!! Yep, that's right ......i freakin Carly!!!!