Asher is 8 months old and hasn’t quite got the crawling thing down yet. He can get from point A to point B, but it is not pretty(a few face plants). He’s been practicing since he was 7 months old, so he has picked up a couple of tricks since then though. Here are some pics of his latest move.
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| From January 2009 |
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And here he is showing us how to eat a table with his 5 teeth at Chuck E Cheese!
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| From January 2009 |
Yesterday, Ella got to open a few presents from mommy and daddy for her birthday. Rilyn’s reactions were very 4 year old like!
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| From January 2009 |
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Our Ella Bella is “fhree years old” today. She is our funny girl, carefree, and loves to cuddle. She needs control though, and cross her path, she will let you know! Life without Ella would just be boring! If there is a hazardous thing in a 20 foot vicinity she will find it and either trip on it or run into it causing another bruise and a good screaming/crying fit. She’s always good for a few stains on her clothes every day. She loves to sing, to draw, and to run in circles till she gets dizzy and falls. She is a girly girl and loves to play dress up and now plays Barbie with Rilyn. Here are her three year portraits we got done today.
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| From January 2009 |
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| From January 2009 |
I’ll leave you with an “Ellaism”:
(Ella still REFUSES to poop in the potty-part of her control issues)
After Ella poops in her pull up she looks at James and says, “I made a snowman in my pull up.”
(If you don’t get this then you haven’t had a child who is constipated before.) 😉
We glammed it up for Ella’s 3rd birthday party! We went to Snip-Its and 7 of her little girlfriends from church had a makeover party. First, they got to pick out an outfit to wear. Then, they got their nails done.
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| From January 2009 |
Onto the hair-dos!
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| From January 2009 |
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| From January 2009 |
Don’t forget the make-up!
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| From January 2009 |
Time for a solo by the birthday girl!
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| From January 2009 |
Red carpet runway walk-strut it! (Ella was a little shy)
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Cupcake time!
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| From January 2009 |
Now to the afterparty-pizza and more cake at our house!
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| From January 2009 |
Can’t forget the presents!
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| From January 2009 |
In this new year, I resolve not to be pregnant 7 years in a row. That’s right-my womb is closed for business! I’ve been pregnant in every year since 2003 and I think it’s time to end a good streak.
This is 2003, 3 1/2 months pregnant with Rilyn. Unfortunately, this is currently what I look like now…sigh.
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| From Rilyn’s first 8 month |
2004
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| From November 2005 |
2005-pregnant with Ella (and recycling maternity tops)
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| From January 2006 |
2006-I really must have had a bad case of pregnancy brain because why am I wearing horizontal stripes as if I’m not fat enough? (I was only pregnant for 5 days that year, but as any pregnant woman knows, those last days are the hardest!)
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| From December 2007 |
2007-pregnant with Asher
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| From Welcome Asher! |
2008-ready to go to the hospital (NO, I’m not a longhorn! It’s just what fit at 40 weeks pregnant!)
Happy New Year from Asher! Okay, so I celebrate it at noon because I’m way too young to stay up till midnight. Anyway, hope everyone has a great night!
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| From December 2008 |
If you don’t know, I’m pretty anal about putting away holiday decorations right after the holiday. All the Christmas decorations were put away this past weekend except my wreath on the door because I thought I could get away with leaving it up for one more week. Even Rilyn, noticing every discrepancy to the smallest detail said to me, “Why is our wreath still up? Christmas is over.” (She also told this to the Chick-fil-A employees today who still have their Christmas decor up.) Well, I should of listened to Rilyn.
As a child growing up in southern California I despised birds. The seagulls would come up to my towel on the beach and eat my lunch. I specifically remember one of them grabbing my sandwich bag filled with oreos and flying off. I HATE birds.
So, imagine my horror when I opened my front door yesterday (from inside my house) and a big nasty bird was sitting in my Christmas wreath. I shrieked, and it immediately flew into my neck/shoulder. I think it probably was the grossest feeling I’ve ever had. And it even scratched my neck/shoulder with its nasty feet. Did I mention I HATE birds? My Christmas wreath was immediately replaced with a wreath full of silver prickly branches for winter that I hope if a bird tries to nest in, they will die.
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| From December 2008 |
Consequence for leaving Christmas decor up for too long.
Christmas morning started out with presents. We decided to start the tradition of 3 presents to each child like the wise men gave to Jesus. One present is a need, one is a want, and one is a gift for spiritual growth. Rilyn’s want was a bike this year and Ella’s was a microphone! (We are taking advantage of Asher not knowing what is going on so he didn’t get presents from us this year.)
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| Ella Montana? From Christmas Day 2008 |
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| Rilyn rounding the corner and seeing her bike under the tree!! From Christmas Day 2008 |
Then we had a birthday cake for Jesus for breakfast!
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
James surprised me with my very own laptop! I’ve never had my own laptop so this is a pretty big deal for me! After presents, we drove to my parents house. Asher celebrated his first Christmas this year. He, unfortunately, slept through Christmas at our house (morning nap)and my parent’s house(afternoon nap). But I still commemorated the event with pictures after he woke up.
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
After we all opened our presents under the tree at my parents house, my parents surprised us…
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
In late spring, my parents are taking the whole family to California for a 5 day vacation!!! For those who don’t know, I was raised in southern California for 16 years. It has always been my dream since Rilyn was born to take my family to Disneyland and show my children where I grew up! I am beyond excited!!!!!
More pics from Christmas:
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
Ella got a Sleeping Beauty wig from Asher!
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
sisters sharing crooked smiles
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
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| From Christmas Day 2008 |
We just got back from Christmas #1 with James’ parents in Fort Worth. We had a great time!! But, there is really nothing like coming back to your home-especially when your husband forgot to turn the heater on before you left for 5 days so your house is at a very comfortable 62 degrees. After I thawed out, I downloaded a couple of cute pics from our trip before I have to start wrapping Christmas presents for Christmas #2 (our family)and #3(my family)…Merry Christmas!!
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| From December 2008 |
You must look stylish while driving around in Dallas/Fort Worth.
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| From December 2008 |
Asher agrees.
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| From December 2008 |
According to Paquette family tradition, it is customary to make your son try the lemon in your water several times while laughing as he makes pitiful faces.
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| From December 2008 |
Here is Rilyn showing us a good time at the bowling alley. Woohoo!
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| From December 2008 |
Wrapping paper-it’s whats for dinner.
Asher is almost 8 months old now! He is such a good boy and a very good sleeper. He is working on his 6th tooth, (he just got his 5th tooth this week). He is still not crawling, but that is okay with mommy! He is rocking on all fours like a crazy man though! He absolutely hates his bath(both the girls loved their baths), this is a rare moment in the bath where he is not crying.
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| From December 2008 |
the paquettes 