Our March Madness

We have had an exhausting month. Tidus has decided that his new years resolution was to start waking up a lot at night:) Not really, the poor boy has been having some ear problems and digestion problems which have caused him lots of pain that keeps him up at night, pray for him! We still are struggling a little bit but every month seems to be better than the last. Both kiddos have been having a rough time staying well this month, we have spend a small fortune in cold medicines and what not. We are praying for spring to come as soon as possible:)
I also started a new job this month, I no longer work in the nursery on Sundays which has been a nice change of pace, I am now a consultant for Rodan and Fields! Brent is taking a class for his pastor's license that he has been learning a lot from and enjoying.
Here are the latest pictures of our cute little people:

Finger painting

Tidus' favorite toy, the dishwasher!

This little man LOVES to high five, he has his little hand in the air all morning at church and smiles at anyone who gives him five. SO sweet!

YUM!

They are ready for easter:)

It is near impossible to get them both looking and smiling so pretend that Ellie in this picture...

is sitting next to Tidus in this picture:)

His first painting

This girl LOVES to craft! Girl after my own heart:)

More Snow

We had more snow here this past week! (I am very ready for summer to get here) Ellie is a fan of snow, she loves to help daddy shovel and when they are done they play for a little bit. 

Tidus is 7 months!

Love this smile and the cute little teeth:)

Ellie fell asleep "reading" today, so sweet!

Happenings

I have completely gotten out of the habit of updating everyone on our kiddos. So sorry! Too much has happened since my last update to even remember everything but the pictures summarize the past few months. Ellie turned two, loves going to gymnastics and is so close to being potty trained. Tidus is 7 months, is army crawling and is the happiest baby I have ever met. Brent finished turning our two season porch into a play room for the kiddos and we celebrated our fifth anniversary!

We went to a new place to get our Christmas tree this year.

Tidus hanging out under the tree, he loved looking up at the lights.

Ellie loves feeding her baby brother:)

This little man's smile is AMAZING!

Yummy food.

Brent and Ellie were working on Ellie's model pose:)

Christmas 2013

Ellie has a thing for lines, pumpkins, books, toys... You name it, she lines it up.

Ellie was the flower girl from Uncle Josh and Aunt Tiffany

Hanging out at the park, so content.

Playing with Grandma

Grandma Stanton and our kiddos.

My goodness, that face, I could kiss it all day...

This one too.

Helping Daddy put up the ceiling fan.

The first snow of the season happened to fall on Ellie's birthday

This year was a party we will never forget. Tornado warnings caused a last minute location change and some time in the basement.

Tidus' Dedication

2 Months!

Tidus turned two months last week and got his first round of shots too. Poor guy was not a fan of the shots and got a bit of a fever for a couple of days. It was the worst experience I have had with shots so far but it is over now! Here he is with his cute little smile!

Big sister decided to join the photo shoot:)

Speaking of big sister, Ellie has been a busy girl as always:)

She built a city with all of her little people.

Learning to swim with Dad.

She loves walking up and down stairs in the water.

Our big girl!

Ellie has been doing so well with potty training this week! Today was a huge day for her, she went to the potty every time she had to go and did it without me having to prompt her. She had one #2 accident, on our new couch, but we haven't really talked to her about that yet so she really had no idea she was supposed to do that in the potty too, oops. She is so proud of herself when she goes!

Our little man is getting big too. He is bigger at 7 weeks than his sister was at 4 months! He loves to smile and "talk" which is so cute!

A quick peek...

...At our little man! He has been such a joy and a great sleeper!

She loves her little Brother

Tidus Everett

Potty Training!

Day 1 was not too successful, there was very little sitting and the potty was still clean at the end of the day. So, how do you keep a very active 17 month old still long enough to actually pee on the potty?

Give her a stack of cups and sit her in front of the TV of course:)

It took a lot of sitting, and a lot of juice but...

She did it!!!

Enjoying her success in the form of a Reese's!