What a super exciting day for Ella! Her last day of Discovering the 2's, next year it will be Discovering the 3's, and NO mommy there with her. Ms. Sue had a super fun filled day planned for the whole class, starting with making a bubble blower!!! There were bubbles everywhere! Then they all got to play on the gym set for a bit, burning off some extra energy. Then there was ice cream sundaes, and the kids got to pick from chocolate syrup and a bunch of different sprinkles. Last was book reading, singing, and the handing out of diplomas and a treat from Ms. Sue. Ella was all worn out by the time we got home! What a happy happy day!

Can I just say what a nut Ella is? The things she comes up with, she just amazes me day after day. These are some of Jack's toys, there are shapes that go in those holes, or in Ella's case, hands and feet go in those holes!!! She was singing and dancing, just a goof ball! See, even though she was having a bad, crabby day, she is still good for a laugh!!!

My dream of the perfect Mother's Day picture foiled again. Tay and Cam decided it would be much more fun to spend the day with their dad on Mother's Day then with their mom, makes sense...
Ella was busy playing with Sam (who says he is her boyfriend), so Jack was the one stuck taking pics with mommy. And he didn't even want to do it, squirming and trying to escape, didn't he realize this was my last chance???
So here is Jack giving me his sweet open mouth drool filled kisses (i just love em,hehe!). And then Jack walking around, his favorite thing to do right now, and can I just mention how good he is getting at it? He can stand up in the middle of the room and take off walking!

Just because I can, hehe! Here is Ella doing her ABC's!

Jack is such a goofy goof!!! I love that I have all these fun memories of him!!! Look at my baby go!

My little slugger!!! Cam is really loving this baseball thing, and getting quite a few hits, look at this double!

Have you ever met a 1 year old that doesn't like cake?? Not me, so Jack really disappointed me hehe! He tried a little, then wanted to crawl around, so much for my idea of cake all over his face and such, oh well, it did end up on his legs and belly after he crawled through it!!!

So I actually have a few minutes and will update life even more!!! I actually got to take pics at Cam's 2nd game! Although there were winds like 100 miles an hour, and I was afraid I wasn't holding the camera steady enough, they turned out ok.
Cam actually got a hit this game, and played 3rd base, things are taking off! He really has a good time out there, and seeing him that happy makes his mommy happy! They have another game tonight, maybe they will win this one, here is hoping!!!

Jack is officially 1 year old today! This last year sure flew by fast... My little man is now walking (some of the time), has 6 teeth, loves to wave hi and by, and even says something that sounds like hi and by when he is doing it, loves clapping his hand, loves playing in the dogs water, really digs baths, so much so that he dove head first into the tub when water was already in while I was trying to get the temp just right, loves being outside, and if he isn't he is always looking outside, climbs up, and even turns around to climb down the stairs, and gets into everything!

For Jack's first birthday his Grandpa wanted to take him to his favorite spot, Hooters, oooh boy!

Jack got a kick out of the girls all singing, got his picture taken with a bunch of Hooter girls, and ate a lot (nothing unusual for him). Check out the look on Cam's face, that is the face he made when I asked him if he wanted pictures with the girls, that's a big NO mom hehe!

Well I got to go to Cam's first baseball game last night. Notice there are NO pictures, why you ask? Amy always takes pictures, that is just crazy talk. Well he played in the RAIN!!! I can't take pics in the rain and ruin my baby, er uh, I mean camera! It was the slowest moving game ever! No one was hitting, everyone was getting on base by walks alone. Then again, it was the 1st game. Me and Cam got there at 4, and didn't get done till almost 7!!! They usually only play for 1 1/2 hours. The other team was practicing next to the field it was taking sooo long. Did I mention it was COLD and RAINING? Now that is a momma that loves her son. I will be there thursday with my camera (if it is not raining). Oh and they lost, 10-0. Not because kids were getting hits, only cause they were filling up the bases with walks, and then kids got walked in!!!

Ella is such a big girl! Today she got herself dressed all by herself! And she was so excited that she finally had a pocket that she could see!!!

Guess who's walking??? Yup big man Jack decided to take his first step on April 7th, now he is up to 4 or 5 at a time! Then he gets down cause he realizes how much quicker crawling is! Jack is on the move, watch out! He also figured out how to turn around on the steps so he gets to play on them a little more often now! Less then 2 weeks till he turns the big 1!

Well I guess I can say it now, spring is here! I do believe the actual first day of spring was like 30 degrees, and we had some snow since then, but the weather has broke! The last few days have been close to 70 degrees, the kids are enjoying the outdoors (and mom) finally! We try to go for a walk each day if it isn't raining. The swingset is really getting a workout! They are on it every day! Daddy just filled up the sandbox so Ella can finally use the new shovel I bought her! She loves that sandbox!
Saturday was the kids' bowling party!! I can't say it went smooth, but they did have a blast! And that is what matters, right? When we got home daddy and I ripped out 5 overgrown shrubs and 3 not so hot looking trees from the backyard. Looks great! We just have 4 stumps left to dig out, wish us luck on that! We have a lot more room in the backyard, and big plans for it! Now to get the $ to go with those plans hehe!

Now I guess Ella doesn't believe me that it is warm out, cause she insisted she had to wear her scarf and hat, she is such a goofball! She went on the whole walk with them! She let me take them off when it was time to play though hehe!! And Jack, I've been trying to capture this smile forever!! And there it is!!!! And this is Cam at age 9, he got his favorite haircut and looked so cute in his new shirt, that I finally got an opportunity for some pictures! Now to talk the teenager into some...

Sometimes I don't think that Ella realizes Jack now weighs more then her. In fact she still asks me to hold him, or to put him on her lap. It is so sweet that she sometimes loves her baby brother. So here she is trying to hold big Jack on her lap, and then deciding she was going to take a turn on his lap next! Jack was cracking up when Ella sat on his lap, guess he was quite amused by his big little sister!

Well it is official, Jack is now 11 months old. In less then a month my baby will be 1, I can not believe it! So here are my 11 month old pics of Jack! And Ella wanted to wear her dress that I totally forgot to bring to Easter, so here is Ella's pretty Easter dress!

Tay is doing great on the pump. The specialist is amazing and is working closely with Tay. We call her everyday for adjustments, so far NO ketones, which is awesome, cause she was having such a rough time with them! Soon it will all be figured out! I'm loving how easy this pump thing is! We went to dinner the other day and I caught myself asking Tay if she had her insulin, log, test kit. Hey we don't need to bring all of that now! Just the test kit, wohoooo!! I guess I need some pics of Tay and her pump for a scrap page now, that is if she will let me hehe!

That hair! How in the world did Jack get that white blonde hair??? And those big blue eyes? I know it isn't a mix up, he never left my side at the hospital, that and he looks so much like my other kids, but aren't genetics funny? Mom with light brown hair, daddy with dark brown hair, both of us with brown eyes, then there is Jack, blonde hair, blue eyes. People always do a double take, look at me, then Jamie, then Jack, then me and Jamie again with a stumped look on their face!

Hair so light it sometimes is hard to get pictures of! The sun bouncing off it makes it disappear!

Oooh the dollhouse! The nicest lady at my moms work thought of us when she needed to find a good home for her dollhouse! Apparently they were cleaning house and it needed to go! It has always been a dream of mine to own a dollhouse, and I can't believe we get to do this for our little girl. Some of the electrical was done already, but Jamie added to it. Now to paint, wallpaper, carpet, shingle... just like a real house!!! Here are some pics of Ella playing with it, even before we did anything to it, and another of it painted. Jamie plans on putting the shingles on this week!

Could there be a more perfect shirt for poor Cam? I saw this and knew he had to have it! Some days Ella is just plain mean to Cam, taking stuff from him, and just plain being a pain. I know he would never think of taping his baby sister to the wall, but he sure was amused at the shirt I got him for his birthday! Oooh and he made me feel so special the other day, I told him how much I miss him when he goes to his dads and asked him if he felt he needed a break from me? He told me it wasn't me he needed a break from, but Ella! Nice to know he still loves me hehe!

Just a few things to add to the funny things Ella says...
Now how could I forget her "lapstick"? All chapsticks and lipsticks are referred to as lapsticks.
Today she told me her name is Annie Rose Chomas. I asked her what her daddy's name was, and she didn't know. I told her it is Jamie Troublemaker Chomas, she said no it is Annie Rose Chomas maker. Of course she is right, hehe!

While these silly things are running through my head, Ella's words for some things...
Instead of calling my contacts, well contacts, she calls them my eye tacs
When we were decorating the Christmas tree she called it the palm tree
The headphones in the mini van, well she calls them ear muffins
Her backpack doesn't say Hola Amigos, but Hola meatballs
All tv's are referred to as TiVo's (yes we have a Tivo addict in the house) and she doesn't understand why they all can't pause and play the shows she wants!
And it is always so sweet when we tell her not to do something and she says "I will not"

The famous hair twirl... I do it, my sister does it, my mom does it, she says her mom did it, so passed down for generations. As soon as Ella gets a drink in her sippy cup, her fingers immediately start twirling her hair! So sweet, but it is causing some tangling problems, and she has even gotten her finger stuck a few times, OUCH!

And just a cute Jack!! He adds so much joy to our days, and he is such a fun loving little nut! Gotta love him!

Well it is official, Ella is 2 1/2! And the best news that comes with being that age? She learned to use the potty! Oooh yeah, cha-ching! Only 1 in diapers at our house now, can you tell we are really excited about this? Overjoyed whooohooo!

And now Jack is 10 months old! He has figured out how to walk with furniture and with his push toy. It won't be long now! Oh and the Cheerio in his mouth? That is to bribe him to sit still for just one minute, cause he is a baby on a mission, and sitting still for mommy is not on his list of things to do!