Visiting the Alpaca Farm

This is how we spent our Monday morning, visting a Alpaca Farm in Fife. We have some local's that we visit when we go walking so Max was familier with them. Our neighbors have a friend who works at the farm and they invited us on this little adventure. It was fun for the kids. They got to feed and pet the Alpaca's. They also had cow's and chickens. We got to take home a very special GREEN egg that one of their chickens laid. Talk about Green Eggs and Ham?

Bella...

Max and Mom
Our amazing neighbors. Pat (Kates mom), Nathan, Kate and Zoe
Show us your eggs!

Time to go home, don't break the egg! It actaully lasted until

Finally...The Boys Rooms!

Here is a panaramic of Max's room. We still have to put the closet doors up. Its very simple and there is nothing on the walls yet. I'm thinking of some kind of cool picture above the chest of drawers. No toys in the room which makes it a no mess enviroment...which helps with my "simple" life I'm trying to get better at.

Love the bunk beds! I actually love them more now that they are in the room than when I bought them. They work great in there.
I have this really cool blue tent from Land of Nod that was in Max's baby room, but there is no room for it in his new room. That's what the big, blue pillow by the chair is and the blue fabric, round thing under his window! Someday it would work great in a play room. The rooms are just too small for it right now. Bummer!
Just need the closet doors and we are on our way!

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Cole's Room!

Same stuff that Max had when he was in the room, but moved it around so it would feel new. Again...very simple! The cradle will go in our room when Cole is born.
The blanket will hang above the blue chair but we are waiting to finish painting the shelf that it will hang from.
Love the changing table by the window! There are a couple things in the room that I had meant to compete while Max was still in the room, but it never happened so for Cole I am finally getting to those things. I just bought the basket liners and 2 more baskets which I felt really finished things off. I love the simplicity of both of the rooms. Just a few more little things to do and they are done. Oh and the clothes...I haven't even gone through those.

My sister-in-law just gave me back all the clothes I had given her and there are SO MANY! I have to go through those and put them away! I really need to figure out what I need since the boys are born in different parts of the year. Hoping I don't have to buy that much. I figure they are in onesies and gowns for the first couple months anyways.

Glad I finally got around to posting pictures of the rooms. I am very happy with the end result.

Blowing Bubbles..."Max do it"

Thought I would try my hand at posting a video...we will see if it works! I know...3rd post for the day! I have obviously had my camera with me! Hope you enjoy...actually I just hope it works. Oh and my laptop has been a pain with holding a battery charge so I have been on the desktop with the pictures and that of course makes posting with pictures...a lot easier. ENJOY!

Hellooooo 3rd Trimester!

Our family on Easter before Church! Thank goodness for self-timers on camera's. I don't know what I would do without it! We never seem to get many family pictures and I wanted to make sure to get one with the baby belly. We had a great Easter with some of our family friends over and had a great lunch and then went to church in the evening. Not very eventful as far as activities, but a fun day with family. I was trying to explain to Max about Easter and what the real meaning is, but explaining that to a 2 yr. old is a little challenging. I just want him to know its not all about Easter eggs, candy and the Easter bunny! Over the years I'm sure he will come to a fuller understanding of it. Its nice to be able to tell him about it because it also reminds me of the importance of the day too!
Don't love my face in this picture, but hey...it’s all about the belly anyways! I have made it to the final trimester of my second pregnancy and I can't believe how FAST it has gone by! I love feeling him move inside and can't wait to see what he looks like and am shocked that in 13 weeks I will be saying goodbye to possibly my last pregnancy and HELLO to our new little boy, Cole Loren!

Many mixed emotions. I love being pregnant as you have probably read in other posts, but I am sure looking forward to having my mind back. I'm hoping it has just been pregnancy brain because if it's not...I'm really scared. That part has been very humbling for me because my mind has been so forgetful and it's just not as quick as it usually is. I can't really explain it that well, but if you know what I'm talking about...you understand. It really has been a frustration for me.

I am waiting for the closet doors to be put up in Max's new room and then I will post pictures of the rooms. They are so cute and I really love being in both rooms. Sometimes I just sit in there and enjoy the simplicity of it all. It’s funny how rooms can draw you in.

*Oh and on another note I am so happy to hear that my In-Laws, Doug and Suzy (Loren's parents) have started reading our blog. Blogging is such a great way to let others know whats going on in our family. We don't get to see Doug and Suzy near enough, but love them and really enjoy the time we do get to spend with them. Suzy has been emailing me idea's for the new baby boy (before Cole was decided) and it has been so funny because most of them, actually all of them have been one's that I have loved...thanks Suzy! Great mind think alike! I'm excited for them to see their grandson's and hear all they are up to! Blogging Rocks!

July 4, 2006

Loren, Max and Doug (I couldn't find a picture with Suzy...that will come soon)

1st Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter Egg Hunts are fun! Well more fun when you actually find some eggs. Max had his very first hunt on Saturday morning with every other child in our area. There were a lot of kids so it was hard to find eggs, but it was still a good experience. Max was able to find one egg on his own and then someone else gave us some more so we could go re-hide them so Max could get the idea. After finding a few hey really started having fun. Yipeee...4 Eggs where found! Before the "Hunt"
1st Egg found!
Now what?

Daddy, Uncle Garth and Auntie
I found one...
I liked this picture...
Headin to throw rocks

We live in a beautiful place!
I love to THROW rocks...

Daddy loves to throw them too.
Time to go!

Bath Time!

The Huysers came over for dinner last month and Max and Elsie always have a lot of fun together.

Giving Hugs...

I think this is such a cute picture of little Elsie JoySplish, Splash
A regular in our house...
The mama's have fun too! (Amy and I)

Succuss for me! Oh it feels good!

Hello friends! It has been a very successful week at our house. We purchased and set-up the boys bunk beds, though Cole won’t be sleeping in them for a couple years; they are still both of theirs. I’m so excited because yesterday I was able to (with the help of my best friend, Andrea) get both of their rooms cleaned and organized; I even managed to go to Goodwill and drop stuff off…I felt very accomplished. Max in going on his second night of sleeping in his BIG BOY BED! It’s so exciting. I picked out and will hopefully purchase Max’s quilt this weekend. A couple more things need to be done in Max’s room but for the most part we are finished. I will post pictures next week for sure, but right now I have to go get ready because Andrea, Max and I are leaving for the weekend to go visit my mom while Loren and Andrea’s husband are going to Eastern Washington to work on the “Short Bus”.

More to come, but wanted to update you all on our week. Have a great weekend!

Max is sleeping...

So figured I would blog! Not much is happening at the Ellingson household. Loren is working this weekend which is a bummer but at least he is at home. I am watching "Say Yes to the Dress" on TLC because if it’s about Babies or Weddings...I like it. Ever since I planned my own wedding I have been obsessed with wedding shows! I don't know why, I just love it.
We celebrated my Grandpa’s 80th Birthday yesterday! What an amazing person he is and I’m so glad to know him and that we were able to celebrate him and his life. At the celebration my cousin who recently moved to DC called and told us she is ENGAGED, which it totally exciting. They are planning an August wedding here! I couldn’t be happier for her and I am anxious to meet my future cousin-in-law!

Potty training is going well. Max likes to go potty in the potty and it is becoming a daily thing when we are home. We are happy campers!

My weekend retreat last week wasn’t what I thought it would be but it was a great weekend away with friends. The more I hang out downtown Portland the more I love it. It’s a beautiful city with very friendly people. Though my mom lives there I haven’t spent a lot of time downtown. They have a lot of fun shops and its so easy to get around town…love it.

In pregnancy news…I passed my glucose test which made me very happy! Baby Cole is doing well and I’m measuring a week ahead which really means nothing, but I’m happy to be measuring ahead rather than behind. We are trying to get Max’s new room ready so we can move him over and make a couple updates/changes for Coles room. Trips to home depot and babies”R”us are in our future. Though we still have 4 months left, I like to have things done early so I can enjoy them and don’t feel stress. Plus I really want Max to be adjusted to his new room and bed before Cole comes, a couple months before would be great. My back is starting to hurt which I had a major problem with last time, but I’m hoping for regular massage appointments which make a HUGE difference. I’m still very comfortable minus getting down on the floor with Max or bending over. I do think that putting shoes on and off will start to get a little more difficult among other things that just get harder to do as the belly grows. I have to say though I really enjoy being pregnant and I feel like I’m very lucky to have very boring pregnancy’s which is a blessing…hope that continues.

I’m grateful for the amazing weather we have been having and wishing it could stay, it makes the day so great. We have been going to the park with friends and just enjoying it as much as we can. Oh and another thing…tomorrow I register Max for a local Co-op which starts in the Fall…I hope he can get in the class for his age group. I’m really excited for him to meet new kids his age and start a structured class, really fun for us.

New Blogs added! Fun!

New blogs added. My friend Amanda H. just created a blog. She also does very cute baby gifts called "it baby"...bibs, towels, burp cloths and more that can all be custom made. She has amazing talents and I have ordered some from her for gifts and they are amazingly cute and original which I love. I love that she can also personalize the items with initials which is really cute.

I also added couple more of some more friends the other day too. Enjoy!