Urrrgggghhhh!

I HATE our computer

I HATE our internet service

They are both interferring with my blogging

(I tried ALL WEEK last week to post a video of Ben on the blog. NO LUCK. And then I was so frustrated with the video that couldn't even post anything else)

SORRY. I will try and get back into a better blogging routine

She looks good...

Even when wearing nothing but WELLIES























By the way, Ella had her 18 month check-up on Monday. She measured 30.5 inches, which puts her in the 25th percentile for length. She weighed in at a massive 20 lbs 5 oz., which puts her in the 5th percentile for weight. Yes, I said FIFTH. However, you can see from the pictures above that she does carry a little junk in her trunk!

Sorry for our absence

We have been trying to recover from the illnesses that are traveling through our house!

I promise, I will be back this week with updates!

In the meantime, here is a quick pick of Ella being fabulous, as usual.

Dear Aunt Erin,

I was up coughing ALL NIGHT. I was coughing so hard that I kept throwing up.

Mommy and Daddy were up with me the whole time so they are very tired today.

Mommy paged my doctor (my real doctor, not my aunt-doctor) in the middle of the night and she said I had croup.


WHY DON'T YOU LIVE CLOSER SO THAT YOU CAN COME OVER AND GIVE ME STEROIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT???


Instead Mommy left work and took Ella and I to the doctor today. I got steroids and Ella got an antibiotic.


I hope these make us feel better because we are going to see Disney on Ice on Saturday.


Love, your nephew,
Ben

PS - I pooped on the potty for Grandma this morning!

PPS - I later had ED while wearing my underwear and it was a HUGE mess!

PPS - I miss Kenna

The down-side to being the little sister

Were you wondering why my poor, sweet little girl's face looks so beat up all the time?

(notice the scratch AND bruise on her cheek and the bruise on the center of her forehead)

The Answer:

We'll meet you in the food court

This past weekend my sister and her family went down to Cincinnati to visit friends. On their way back home on Sunday we met up with them for lunch and for a little play time at Polaris Mall.

We spent all our money so the kids could ride these silly rides, but they loved it, so it was worth it!

Here is Ben and McKenna on the hot dog truck.

And Max and Ella in the racecar

McKenna on the wild kitty cat

And Ben in the rocket ship

I had to include this last picture of Ella in her legwarmers. (I think I dress her like this because I know I could never pull off this look, even though I really want to!)

We love you Webers! Thanks for making a pit-stop to see us!

It wasn't a tootsie roll

Tonight, after dinner, I decided to give the kids a bath in our tub downstairs. I took off their clothes and ran upstairs to grab their PJs so that right after their bath I could get them dried off and into their jammies. I wasn't upstairs more than 30 seconds. When I came back down, Ella was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs and handed me something.

Can you guess what it was???


POOP!!!


While I was gone for half a minute she pooped on the floor and then picked it up and gave it to me.


GROSS!!!


Be thankful that I did not include any pictures.


Although I will admit that the first thing that crossed my mind was "Where is my camera?"