Grandma and Grandpa Visit!

I'm trying to stay on top of blogging so that I'm not too far behind when baby brother arrives!

This past weekend Grandma and Grandpa Hund drove up to visit and exchange Christmas presents.  We had a nice weekend together and Ella had lots of fun coloring and playing with her Grandparents.  We made a trip to Costco, a really yummy dinner out and a trip to Cabela's so Ella could see the fish!

What's in here?

So excited!

What is it?

Coloring with Grandma and Daddy

Adorable apron Grandma made

Big girl checking out the ATVs at Cabela's

Loving story time with Grandma!

Lately

In the week or so since New Year's we haven't been up to much, mostly laying low as it has been pretty darn cold here!  On Monday the temp never got above -7... and I think our outdoor thermometer reads a little high.  We spent this past weekend getting things ready for baby and Nick made some big progress on finally getting our basement organized.  Hopefully we can get that giant mess under control soon, as I pretty much avoid going down there at all costs because the mess is overwhelming to me!

New Years Eve Nick got home early and I got to go to the store by myself which felt like a mini vacation!  And on New Years Day he made lunch and did dishes and made sure to watch Ella for me so that I could watch the Spartans win the Rose Bowl!  He pretty much deserves an award since New Years Day is his most favorite football day ever.

Pointing to horses during the Rose Parade - and yelling "DOG!"

Sparty in the Rose Parade - a great start to 2014!

She wanted her hat and gloves on almost all day

Corso finally made the right pick!

Climbing on Daddy!

Building

The Rose Bowl Champions trophy Ella built me

  And just some pictures as of late:

Daddy taught Ella this "Glamour Shot" pose

Petting Zoe is the best!

Baby in a hoodie

Helping to get ready for baby

She climbed in all by herself and LOVED rocking!

Baby Update:

{36 Weeks Ella} / {36 Weeks Baby Boy}

The Khans Come to Visit!

Although we decided not to travel home this year since we are getting close to my due date we were super happy that Jamal, Kristin and Caleb decided to come see us for part of their vacation time!

We had a nice weekend together mostly just hanging out at home and letting the cousins play together and exchange gifts.

It got a little quite and when we found them they were "reading" to one another :)

Hanging out with Uncle Jamal and Aunt Kristin before bed

Playing with the new zoo animals from Aunt Jen, Uncle Ramon and Lilly!

Story time!

New blocks!

We were also able to take Caleb out to play in the snow for the first time.  Neither Ella or Caleb were too thrilled about it though, but it was pretty windy and cold that day!  We pretty much snapped these pictures and headed home!

 
We are so glad they came to visit - it was a fun weekend full of laughs!

Christmas Post

So I am behind on blogging again... I'm not sure why I can't keep up lately, I felt like I was on a pretty good roll of once a week for awhile, but not lately!

Anyway, we had a nice Christmas at home, it was the end of 4th quarter for Nick, so he finally had a break in his work schedule, so we just relaxed all day.  Spent most of the day in our PJs actually, which was really nice.  I also got to take a nap, so I really appreciated that!

Sunset off our front porch on Christmas Eve Eve

All ready for Christmas Morning!

Ella took a bit to figure out what was going on, but once she figured it out, she was quite the present opener!  She loved tearing the paper and wanted the toys out of the box as soon as the paper was off.  Which posed some problems considering toys require a LOT of work to remove them from their packaging.

What do I do??

She LOVES her new trike, she climbs on and off all on her own and loves to be pushed around :)

Big Christmas smiles!

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas as well!

Next year will be a family selfie of four!