Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Birthday Cupcake
Last night after dinner we gave Ellie her first of many Birthday cupcakes! She love, love, loved it! We laughed so much and and we got to see the personality differences between her and Riley, maybe you will notice them too. :-)
Sunday, May 29, 2011
1 FULL weekend
This weekend Griff's middle brother, Andy, graduated from Cornell University with his PhD in Nutrition. The whole Jones family was traveling up to Ithaca to celebrate the momentous occasion. It officially started for us with Chris and Sarah's family driving here Friday and enjoying time together before we all made the 4+ hour trip up early Saturday morning.
We arrived in Ithaca and met us with the rest of the family for an amazing lunch. Ellie had her first pickle and she loved it! I missed her initial sour face but this is better than nothing.
After that there was a little time for naps and then off to the graduation ceremony. He is officially a doctor everyone! All the long hours of traveling, gathering research, crunching data, writing, re-writing and defending has finally paid off! Way to go Andy...I mean, Dr. Andrew Jones. :-)
Then, with all the hard work out of the way, it was time to celebrate, not only Andy becoming Dr. Andy but Ellie becoming 1! I can't believe our little girl is now a one year old. She has gone from 6 pounds 4 ounces to over twenty pounds. She crawls, pulls herself up, plays patty cake and peek-a-boo and is starting to stand on her own. She is such a happy girl and has a smile for almost everyone, unless your a little suspicious. She "talks" a lot though we haven't been able to make out a clear word yet. She loves to crawl around in only a diaper and pat her tummy. And she is strong, the girl can not only crawl up the slide (as evidenced by a previous video) but she can pick things up that shock Griff and I and have us looking at each other in amazement. We are excited to see how her little (or big) personality continues to develop.
Finally, the party really picked up when Andy brought out Rock Band, a game for PlayStation 3. Riley was on cloud nine getting to play the drums (he calls them boom-booms) and the guitar (he calls a dee-dee). We had so much fun with the grand kids and Jones boys playing songs and all of us singing in the background. I know some people say video games are a waste of time but this was one of my personal highlights from our trip. We played until almost 9:30 at night, way past Riley's bedtime and the final picture shows how dazed and exhausted this little boy was. At one point he just turned is back to all of us and hugged the guitar. He was so tired but an amazing trooper through an incredibly fun but busy day.
Now, we sit at home, thankful for the trip and the memories made and also thankful tomorrow is a holiday and Griff gets to stay home all day! I am also thankful for those in the military past and present that serve this country and make Memorial day even possible.
We arrived in Ithaca and met us with the rest of the family for an amazing lunch. Ellie had her first pickle and she loved it! I missed her initial sour face but this is better than nothing.
After that there was a little time for naps and then off to the graduation ceremony. He is officially a doctor everyone! All the long hours of traveling, gathering research, crunching data, writing, re-writing and defending has finally paid off! Way to go Andy...I mean, Dr. Andrew Jones. :-)
Then, with all the hard work out of the way, it was time to celebrate, not only Andy becoming Dr. Andy but Ellie becoming 1! I can't believe our little girl is now a one year old. She has gone from 6 pounds 4 ounces to over twenty pounds. She crawls, pulls herself up, plays patty cake and peek-a-boo and is starting to stand on her own. She is such a happy girl and has a smile for almost everyone, unless your a little suspicious. She "talks" a lot though we haven't been able to make out a clear word yet. She loves to crawl around in only a diaper and pat her tummy. And she is strong, the girl can not only crawl up the slide (as evidenced by a previous video) but she can pick things up that shock Griff and I and have us looking at each other in amazement. We are excited to see how her little (or big) personality continues to develop. 
Finally, the party really picked up when Andy brought out Rock Band, a game for PlayStation 3. Riley was on cloud nine getting to play the drums (he calls them boom-booms) and the guitar (he calls a dee-dee). We had so much fun with the grand kids and Jones boys playing songs and all of us singing in the background. I know some people say video games are a waste of time but this was one of my personal highlights from our trip. We played until almost 9:30 at night, way past Riley's bedtime and the final picture shows how dazed and exhausted this little boy was. At one point he just turned is back to all of us and hugged the guitar. He was so tired but an amazing trooper through an incredibly fun but busy day.
Now, we sit at home, thankful for the trip and the memories made and also thankful tomorrow is a holiday and Griff gets to stay home all day! I am also thankful for those in the military past and present that serve this country and make Memorial day even possible.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
By 9am
Today is is raining so that leaves us with few options of entertainment, so today became baking day. We started with yummy blueberry muffins and then we moved onto brownies. By 10am everything was out of the oven and the house was smelling amazing but at 9am this was the scene in our kitchen.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
A Visit to Iowa
We are enjoying some time in Iowa this week with Great Grandma Josephine, Shannon, Nicole, Tyler, Poppie and Grandma. Today we are off to Pella Tulip Time. I'm hoping it lives up to my expectations as I had so much fun going as a kid. I know it is going to be different pushing a stroller and dealing with three kids under three but hey, it's worth a shot.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Attempts at an Easter Picture
These are just a few of the attempts at a sweet Easter portait. I guess maybe they are sweet, just not exactly what I had in mind. Regardless it was a great Easter together. It was Ellie's first Easter and we rejoice in her life and the life we have through Christ's death and resurrection. Truly He is ALIVE! He has RISEN!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
No They Aren't Twins
Ellie on her first solo wagon ride with Daddy.
Riley's newest mode of transportation.
Decorating Easter eggs with Levi Forney.
The final product.Lately, many people out in public are asking if Riley and Ellie are twins. Sometimes they don't even ask me, I just hear them telling the friend next to them, "Oh, look at the twins." Okay, folks, they are 18 months apart. Yes, Riley started a little behind and obviously Ellie is a little ahead but they aren't twins. I'm not upset about their comments, I find them funny but sometimes I do worry that if this trend continue Ellie will have a complex for being bigger than her older brother and/or Riley will have a complex for being smaller than his younger sister. Obviously, a lot can change quickly and I think as Ellie starts crawling or walking she will slim down but for now they do look similar and though they are wearing the same size clothes some day they aren't twins. :-) In exciting news today, Riley went pee on the big boy potty and Ellie pulled herself up to a chair. Maybe these are small things to you but to this mom it is a very good day and I am extremely pround of my kiddos.
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