March + April photo favorites

 

^ On the right: Whenever the printer turns on and is printing, Luna starts attacking it!

On the left: Jules likes peek out from under the blanket sometimes, and the curtains. 

Luna is Ellie's little buddy. She tolerates Ellie holding her like a baby all the time and playing with her arms/paws. She hangs out in Ellie's room all the time. And I'm so glad I could capture a sleeping picture of them together. My cat would do the same with me and it brought back all those special memories. 

^ And there's just Paige sleeping all silly and cute. Had to share.

But the picture below was when she was sick and she actually fell asleep on me while we were watching a show. This was shocking because she hasn't done that in a loooong time and it just meant she was truly sick. 

^ The girls wanted to help with feeding the garden and I was gladly taking it.

^ One on one dates with our girls. 

During one of them Steven asked Ellie if there was anything he could do to be a better dad. Her reply was "No, I love you just the way you are." Cue the tears when he told me that. 

^ Artwork by Ellie

^ Ellie colored and cut this outfit out of a paper and taped them to her monkey all on her own.

^ Bunnies Ellie did all on her own.

Ellie made the top picture for Paige.

And then she made the card below for us. 

 

HAPPPY EASTER!

^ So I did a thing...a tattoo! I've been wanting to get one for about 10 years, but it took a long time, clearly to actually get it done. One of my friends (Nissi, pictured above) also wanted to get a tattoo, so we had a buddy and got them done. It hurt real good and my blood was pumping the whole time-glad it's done! Ha!

The girls still enjoy matching or coordinating and I'm documenting until those days are over!

Before and Afters of the girls' haircuts! 

^ AND Ellie got her ears pierced! She was so excited and then super nervous when it was time. She asked me to hold her hand and when the piercing actually happened her eyes got big for a second. No tears though! And she was telling everyone we saw that week that she got them pierced. 

FIRST family hike of 2021! 

January + February photo favorites

 There haven't been too many photos taken the last couple of months and the majority of that small amount are photos of our new kittens - a BIG highlight since we got them in January... 

Some snow and sledding fun!

Okay, now you're going to get some kitten spam! Some backstory first though...So ever since Steven and I got married (12 years ago) we knew we wanted to own a cat at some point. With our living situation(s) for a while, then moving states, then having kids we decided to wait. This last year Ellie has reeeaallly wanted a cat. Well, at the end of 2020 we started to seriously talk about adopting a kitten. After Steven made some phone calls, we realized adopting two kittens would be in the best interest of the cat. And shortly after that, we came across these two gray sister kitties and my heart melted for them. They are basically identical and the only real way of telling them apart is if you look right at their face; their eyes are different. We ended up getting them collars so it was easier to know who is who! In the photo below, the one on the left is Luna (light yellow floral collar) and the one on the right is Jules (green floral collar). Also, they sleep together 95% of the time in the sweetest ways and Ellie takes pictures of them often! Luna has warmed up to us the fastest, cuddling next to us or in our laps every day. Jules enjoys being pet and follows us around a lot, but does prefer her space more. We have loved watching them grow with our family!

^ Luna

^ They are literally asleep like this!

^ Paige is "reading" to them.

^ Steven had been somewhere when we walked to the park and when we were walking back home he met us. And race home ensued!

^ Cupcake and photo by Ellie.

So.Much.Snow!

^ And then the weather turned beautiful and biking practice has begun!