Life Lately

Life Lately has been fun, Spring is so so close and we are so ready to spend more time outside.  Elle is on the lookout for the trees to start turning green again. 

Playing at MawMaw & PawPaw's house!

Some morning cartoons and Ollie's bottle...2 of his favorite things.

A little lunchtime picnic. 

Valentine's Day!  We usually celebrate as a family (we have since Elle's 1st Valentine's Day!). This year Eric picked up some takeout, we all opened presents and we all played. 

This is her "I'm super excited and a little embarrassed/shy" facial expression. 

My Valentine's :)

She skipped her nap one afternoon, wasn't in the mood to even try her dinner and when I started doing the dishes I noticed she had fallen asleep in her chair.

Peek-a-boo it's a doodle doo.

This little ball of sweetness is learning to shake is head "yes" or "no"

He also gives kisses and loves watching Toy Story or Minions.  He gets so excited if he hears either of those movies come on. 

My mom is going to kill me but I love this picture!  When I drop Elle and Ollie off in the morning he immediately goes to her and lays his head on her like he has missed her so much!

Ollie rocking some hand me down St. Patrick's day pj's...

that were originally worn by a 4 month old baby Hen! So a 1 year old Ollie and 4 moth old Henny are the same size. Crazy!!

Helping daddy brew some beer. 

He has taken his first steps but no actual walking has taken place.  He loves walking behind a toy, walking around the coffee table but always falls and crawls when we try to get him to walk. 

These two and their little couches. Every morning they sit here with the milk and watch cartoons. 

A stomach bug and double ear infection hit our house a couple weeks ago.  Ollie woke up at 4am Thursday night getting sick so I took Friday off to stay home with him.  I knew I needed my laptop to wrap up some work stuff so Elle went to the office with me while Ollie stayed home and napped with Eric.  On my drive to my office she started screaming and crying that her ears were popping. She was in so much pain.  So we went to her pediatrician and sure enough she had a double ear infection.

While passing the time for her prescription to be filled she enjoyed an ice cream and watched a movie on my phone. My poor girl. 

Two sick little babies.  That means a slumber party in my bed!

Notice Elle's lovey in the picture.  She is back to wanting her lovey.  Definitely at night but even when we are going somewhere.  The lovey is back in action!  

My Lord does this boy love the dishwasher. Every time I open it he crawls over and starts grabbing anything he can get his hands on. 

Some time at the park and some fresh air had these two feeling better!

PJ's are a huge thing in Elle's world right now. She is super picky about which ones she wears. She prefers short sleeves and cozy pants.  My OCD prefers that they match but I don't always win that battle. :) She got in a habit of wanting to change from her clothes into pj's as soon as we would get home.  Her excuse was always that Boke or Jesus slobbered on her clothes. So odd!!

If we are running an errand she begs me to let her pack her Frozen suitcase with a pair of pj's just in case we are out and it gets dark.  I always let her and Eric thinks I'm crazy. 

Ollie 1st Schnucks cookie all to himself. At our grocery store kids 10 and under get a free cookie.  Have I mentioned Schnucks is Elle's favorite store?

Elle is such a good big sister.  She likes to give Ollie bites of her food just like I do.

And off topic but my children are obsessed with spaghetti & pizza.  They would eat it every single meal if I let them!

How cute are these three!??! I guess the Voss boys are craving Christmas time. 

Picnic in the park!  Eric was off so he met us (after a stop at Sugar Fire). When we were eating Elle noticed someone left their sunglasses behind.  I was so proud of her, she went to 2 different girls on the playground and asked if they dropped them.  When she couldn't find the owner she put them back where she found them.

Elle is usually really shy but it starting to talk to other kids more and more.  She is really excited to go to school and make some friends. 

Practicing riding her big girl bike.  She looooves this bike...still doesn't quite have the hang of pedaling down but I think she will have it down this summer.

She is Buzz, the stick is her laser and that van has no idea it's being lasered by Buzz Lightyear. 

I'm going to end with two of my favorite Elle quotes from recently. 

One night we were talking about the tooth fairy and she said this,

"Tooth fairy doesn't leave Unc any money because he was so rude to your dolls."

She cannot get over Will cutting my dolls hair when we were little. 

One night she was watching the iPad with her headphones Will & Paige got her for Christmas.  She turned to me and said,

"Mommy do you want pink headphones like mine?"

I said yes and assumed she would offer to buy me some which is something she does frequently but instead she said,

"OK, when Christmas comes again they'll be at MawMaw & PawPaw's house and I'll help you open them!"

:)