Ta Daaaa!!

3 months

I am waaaay late on posting this... in 11 days it will be time to take the 4 month picture! I still wanted to get this up though!

Blowing Bubbles

Elli recently learned how to blow bubbles. It is the funniest thing to watch... and hear! Here is a picture of her in action!

a little GREEN for ya...

First of all, Happy St. Patricks Day to you! I planned to dress Elli in green since it is her very 1st St. Patricks Day... but my green was on total accident... it was what was clean and laying on my dresser! :) When I discovered we both were sporting green on this St. Patty's Day... I just had to take a pic!

The other kind of GREEN I wanted to share was the environmentally friendly kind! Thanks to my sister-in-law, Rachels ideas on her blog... I decided to take the plunge and do a few things that would be kind to the environment! These things include: recycling plastic, aluminum, tin and glass AND taking our own bags to the grocery store instead of using the plastic bags. Not huge changes but every little thing counts right??

Today Elli and I made a trip to the grocery store to stock up on groceries for the next 3 weeks. I was very surprised to see that all of my groceries fit in these five reuseable bags!

Another... maybe not necessarily environmentally friendly change... but a budget friendly change... has been making a menu for 3 weeks (with the exception of getting more fresh fruits, veggies, milk, orange juice and bread). This way I stay away from the grocery store which means I don't see other stuff that I think we "need"!

Here is our system... in the house ALL recycling items go in the recycle bin.

I then separate the items in these bins out in the garage. Pretty simple. My family recycled when I was growing up so I don't know why I haven't been doing this all along. Why throw stuff in the dumpster when it can be reused for something else??

Once again... Happy GREEN Day!

Up and running....

Jon has been buying equipment and gearing up to spread manure on his own fields and hopefully by this harvest do some custom work as well! So we are very grateful for the nice weather and very thankful for a hardworking daddy that is willing to put in the long hours that it takes to keep this show on the road!

Elliana got her very first of many, many tractor rides yesterday! It even lulled her to sleep!

And for anyone who is interested... here is the big bad poo hauling machine itself!

Sleepy Girl

This girl can apparently fall asleep anywhere...

...in the highchair...

...under the baby gym...


...even in the tractor!

If only it was always this easy!

just because it makes me happy...

...I will share a little ray of sunshine with you!

so BIG!!

It is so fun watching Elliana grow and change each and everyday! It is such a joy to watch each little thing that changes... it seems daily! Here are a few recent pictures of where she is at right now... sitting in her highchair at meal time... rolling to her side...sitting in the bath tub like a big girl... sitting in her bumbo seat...more smiles... more talking...longer stretches of sleeping at night...and the latest- a more pleasant disposition during the day (mom's personal favorite)!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

My mom... now referred to as "Grandma" has a birthday on March 15. Grandpa & Grandma came for a little visit last weekend so we had a little pre-birthday party for her!

Elli helping Grandma blow out the candles! :)

Grandpa & Grandma making silly faces trying to get a smile!

Aunt Tessa & Grandma taking some pics of Elliana. She is most certainly the center of attention!

Happy Birthday Mom and Grandma! We are so blessed that you are ours! We love you!

the princess is 3 months already!

I love you sweet princess!

You have brought your daddy and I so much joy these past 3 months!