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06
Jan
10

ella’s day

By Julie P. 1 Comment
Categories: Ella

It is our family’s tradition on our kid’s birthday that we storm into their room and wake them up singing ‘happy birthday’ while holding a donut with candles for them to blow out all while videotaping!  I know it will be so much fun looking back at all their birthday mornings one day!

blow!

Ella went to preschool on her birthday and the highlight was getting to serve birthday cookies to her classmates.  She also came home with a birthday certificate that she was pretty proud of!

When she got home she got to open up her present from Asher and then we headed to Gattiland for dinner!

Barbie mermaids for the bath!
Anna and Ella
Anna, Ella, and Rilyn making music together
air hockey
horse races with Jakers, Ella, Rilyn, Anna, and Levi!

We saved the big present (from mommy, daddy, grandma, and grandpa) for last! When we got home, the big reveal was… a Barbie House!

Rilyn was SUPER excited when she saw this!

What fun being sisters-they share all the toys!

Next up? Ella’s princess birthday party on Saturday where I hear Snow White has been invited!

05
Jan
10

four years ago today

By Julie P. 3 Comments
Categories: Ella

Our dear second daughter was born in Katy, Texas at 3:31 p.m.  She was our ‘hefty’ girl at 7 lbs. 15 oz.  She looked just like Rilyn (or so we thought!), but was a lot calmer than her older sister, (or maybe we were a lot calmer since we just had done this 19 months before…we were even in the same exact hospital room where Rilyn was born!)  Four years ago, the night before we were induced, we watched on the hospital room TV t.u. win the national championship and I’m afraid, this week, they might do it again!  Four years ago today, our lives were forever enriched by a silly, fun-loving, squirmy, emotional, loving, sharing, cuddly girl who brings us so much JOY every day!

Happy 4th Birthday dear Ella!

Ella showing off her sassy new hair cut and putting up four fingers!

We love you!!!

just born
our 1 year old darling
happy 2nd!
our 3 year old wearing most of her presents
30
Dec
09

december outtakes

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Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn
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Some random pictures this month deserve to seen and so here is their turn!
Rilyn and Ella went to their good friend, Cole’s, ‘Star Wars’ themed birthday party.  All the girls got to wear handmade Princess Leia buns! What a cute idea!

Asher has taken a liking to pushing his sisters’ doll stroller around the house.  In an effort to thwart his ‘girly’ behavior, I switched the stroller with a grocery cart. (Just a little less girly, I know.)  Anyway, before I know it, he gets in my Tupperware cabinet and fills the cart with my Tupperware!  He was hilarious pushing it around the house-my own little Tupperware lady man!

Who needs bowls?

When we were in Fort Worth, Ella fell in love with Aunt Mandy’s cat, Leyle. Did I mention this kitty has a weight problem? That didn’t seem to bother Ella though, as she carried Leyle around the house like she was her baby. Poor kitty!
29
Dec
09

Christmas in Temple

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Categories: Asher, Ella, James, Julie and Rilyn

After our family Christmas in the morning, we drove an hour north to Temple for the Erickson Christmas!

our Ella
Barbie movie!!
Don’t you just love the looks you get from your kids

when they open presents?!?
spoiled with gifts
my nephew, Caden’s, first Christmas!
wonder and awe of the season
Asher was so excited to see his new chair!
Their new uncle Eric, a police officer, gave Asher a talking police helmet.

Looks like the girls will be using it first for awhile!
The Erickson clan:  Back row: Jessica, Eric, Caden, Jeff, Becca, Norine, Ella, Rick

Front row:  Rilyn, James, Asher, and me
25
Dec
09

From our family to yours

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Categories: Asher, Ella, James, Julie and Rilyn

We wish you a blessed Christmas and may you celebrate Emmanuel!  God with us!

Christmas Eve 2009
Don’t let the above picture fool you…
It was very difficult to get a good group shot of the kids!
Here’s PROOF!

My 3 kids who love each other so much!
the Paquettes 2009
24
Dec
09

Fort Worth

By Julie P. 1 Comment
Categories: Asher, Ella, James, Julie and Rilyn

We just got home spending the ‘first Christmas’ of the season with James’ family.  We always enjoy spending time with them-don’t get me wrong, but, GOSH! Asher sure makes it hard to really enjoy the holidays right now.  Is it his age?  Or that he is a boy?  Or a sign of things to come with his personality?  I don’t know, but what I do know is that pictures don’t lie…(okay, sometimes they do when I cleverly photoshop them, but I promise, these pictures were not photoshopped!)  🙂

‘Bruiser’ was his nickname on this trip because he received

a busted bottom lip, a rubber burn on his chin from the mall playcourt, and an

unknown head injury
Lollipops kept him content, (he still is looking for trouble in this picture),but if

you dare take the lollipop away because there is nothing but the stick left…
you get this
and this

James’ Christmas in Fort Worth could be summed up as “Sprite and Saltines”.  He got food poisoning right before we left and he never fully recovered the whole time we were there. Poor guy!

blah!

The girls had fun playing the ‘money game,’ as they called it, in Oma and Papaw’s dining room.

Jackpot!
There was no shortage of fun for the girls!  Ella with her game face!
Cindy, Braden, Ben, Asher, Ella, Bear, Rilyn, James, Mandy, Allen, and me
the kiddos
17
Dec
09

it was an accident

By Julie P. 2 Comments
Categories: Ella

On Wednesdays I usually babysit 7 kids throughout the day.  It is wild and crazy but my kids love having their friends over all day and I love helping out my friends!  This afternoon, one of the boys came downstairs to tattle on Ella for drawing on the carpet.  Ella quickly came downstairs to tell me it was an “accident” (she was holding a dry erase marker because she was drawing on the whiteboard easel).  I didn’t even go upstairs to check, and just thought she probably swiped a short line across the carpet.  (Our carpet upstairs is pretty gross and we should of replaced it when we moved in, but thought, “it’s a giant playroom-so what’s the point?”)  Anyway, tonight I went upstairs to get something and this is what I saw…

This masterpiece was about 12 inches long and 6 inches tall

Ella, dear. I don’t think this was an “accident.”

15
Dec
09

our little star

By Julie P. 1 Comment
Categories: Ella

Ella had her preschool Christmas show today.  She tried to sing every song and was very animated, even lifting up her dress to show everyone her belly and showing off her tights where the crotch was down to her knees.  We’re so proud of our little star!

Look at  me!!!
Ella singing her heart out!
not sure why Ella is the only child holding her hands out…(somebody likes attention!)
12
Dec
09

main street bethlehem

By Julie P. 1 Comment
Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn
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We braved the chilly weather and took to the streets of Bethlehem (in Burnet, TX!)

Roman soldier
petting the camels
all bundled up!
no room at the inn, but the innkeeper let us walk through!
the girls, daddy, Asher, and Grandpa looking at baby Jesus
Asher and Grandpa
We got a little distracted when we saw this boy’s mullet!

We just had to take a picture!
11
Dec
09

we pretend to believe

By Julie P. 2 Comments
Categories: Ella and Rilyn
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In our house we “pretend to believe” in Santa Claus.  The girls know that Santa is pretend.  Why?  Because we want to keep our focus on the birth of Jesus at Christmas time.  (I truly believe families can do this and still ‘believe’ in Santa, but in our family, our conviction is to keep Santa pretend.)  We still like to sit on Santa’s lap and read stories about Santa and watch Polar Express though.  The girls’ have big imaginations and as much as they like pretending to be princesses, they can also pretend Santa comes down their chimney as long as they know it’s pretend!  So this year, for their annual Santa lap shot, Rilyn told Santa she wanted, “an ipod and a phone.”  (Whoa!  If this is what she wants at 5, then we’re really in trouble when she’s a teen!)  Ella said she wanted a new nightgown.  🙂

From December 2009
Ella-almost 4!
Rilyn-5 1/2
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