Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Their Sunday Best



Look at that little smile!

Another smile!



Ignore my face and just look at cute Ellie's.



Tuesday, February 21, 2012

V-Day!

My two little loves!



Monday, February 20, 2012

More Ellie Pics

Ellie is only 2 1/2 months and I feel like I have way more pics of James at this age than I do of Ellie. So, here are some pics of Ellie to help me feel less bad.







Sunday, February 19, 2012

2 Month and 2 1/2 Yr Stats

For my records, here are my kids stats:

James-2 1/2 years old
Weight: 28 lbs-32 percentile
Height: 79 percentile

Ellie-2 months
Weight: 10.7 lbs-44 percentile
Height: 99 percentile (don't know where that came from!)

I feel so blessed to have two healthy kids!


Saturday, February 18, 2012

Ellie's Hair!

Ellie's hair is the first thing people comment on. We love all her hair! Here are her different hair styles.

I slick it down after she gets out of the bath. And when it dries it looks like this. There is no keeping it down.




When she gets out of the bath it is curly. I have no idea where that came from!


Here she is sporting her first bow.



Friday, February 17, 2012

Blanket

These pictures might not mean anything to many people but they show James' love for Ellie. This was a few weeks after Ellie was born and by his own doing James covered up Ellie with his blanket. You see, this blanket is no ordinary blanket. It is the only thing James must sleep with every night and would carry it around all day if we let him. He loves it with all his heart and it is his most prized possession. So, these pictures show that he must really love Ellie and that makes me so happy.



Thursday, February 9, 2012

Ellie's Blessing Day!

While we were at my parents house over Christmas break we decided to bless Ellie. All of my brothers were home so we decided it was a great time to bless her. Sam gave her a beautiful blessing!

Her beautiful blessing dress was made by her great grandma Hafen over 30 years ago. This dress was worn by 2 of Sam's sisters during their blessing day. I absolutely love the dress and am so glad Ellie was able to wear it!







James had just woken up from his nap and won't give up his blanket.











Monday, February 6, 2012

Christmas!

I know Christmas was forever ago but this blog seems to get the back burner while trying to adjust to 2 kids. Christmas this year was wonderful. We were lucky enough to go see both families this year. Ellie flew on her first plane at 3 weeks and did amazing. Here's our Christmas in pictures.

Have you seen a cuter chubby face?


He really loves her!








Opening presents at my parents' house. It was really early!




Christmas jammies! James refuses to smile in pics lately and this is what we get instead!




A trip to CA wouldn't be complete without going to the fire station and playing in all the trucks!




Driver James!








Some friends from BYU and their kids were able to make it up to see us. We were so glad! Here are their kiddos. I'm sad we didn't get any pics of us adults together!




All four of the boy Strebel cousins! 4 boys within 2 1/2 yrs! Here comes trouble! Cooper's new little brother's name is Parker. He is adorable! He is a month older than Ellie and I'm so glad they are so close in age! Cousin friends!




James and Coop loved playing Angry Birds!




Ellie and Luke! This was our first time meeting Luke and we LOVED him!




Luke and Ellie holding hands! Too cute!




Luke and Ellie




Little Miss Ellie. Got to love the hair!




James went to his Aunt Naomi's staking show at Knotts Berry Farm and then afterward was able to meet Snoopy. Maybe next time he won't be so scared!




James and Cooper did a lot of this!




Morning cartoons! James is too sweet! Got to get rid of that blanket and the thumb sucking!




James doing one of his favorite things at Knotts.




Riding on a big train at Knotts. Few things make James happier than trains.




An unsolicited kiss!




More jumping!




Doing manly things!




More train!




The whole Strebel Family!! Love this pic! This was right after little Parker's baby blessing. We were so glad we were able to be there.