The many faces of Ellie Bug!!!

When we were in Indiana, Aunt Judy took some great pictures of the kiddos. I thought these different faces of Ellie were really good. I asked her to make a scary face, a fish face and a monkey face and this is what we got. Also, I haven't quite figured out what exactly to do with her hair. The back is super curly and the front is getting a little straighter every month. I usually pull it back in a ponytail and put a bow in it but this day I just let it be natural. She will hate this curly hair someday and I am sure I will be buying a straighting iron for her when she gets older.

Ellie and the crazy hair with a great smile!

Jason yelled "touchdown" and this is what we got!

This is Ellie's scary face!

Monkey Face!

Another monkey face!

A fish face with some monkey in there!

Scary Face!

Laughing!

Our Looooong trip to Indiana

Where to begin....About a week ago we ventured off to the wonderful state of Indiana. This time were drove the 16 hours instead of flying. Oh my my.... Jason called me on Thursday and said what do you think about leaving tonight when I get home from work? Of course I hadn't packed anyone and I still had a few loads of laundry to get done. So I rushed home and packed everyone with the help of Shannon and finished up the laundry. I packed in a hurry and just had to be OK with forgetting something. I knew the only things I really needed was Ellie and Walker's blankets. If we forgot everything else that was fine as long as we had those blankets. So we headed out of town at 6:00PM. I thought when it got near their bed times we could put their car seats in the third seat of the Tahoe, fold the second seat up and then make them a pallet to sleep on so they were not sleeping in their car seats. I know that is extremely unsafe but I am pretty sure no one reading this blog was ever in a car seat that long when you were a kid. So anyways, they wanted nothing to do with the sleeping area and thought it was fun to walk around. That obviously was not going to work. They ended up getting into each other's car seats and falling asleep. We made it to Memphis our first night and stayed the night. We realized when we got to the hotel our kids were like "hey! we just had a 4 hour nap!" So it took a us about an hour to get them back to sleep once we got into the hotel. We were up bright and early the next morning and on our way to Indiana. This part of the drive was about 7 hours. We let them out of their car seats again at one point during this part of the trip and it ended up not being good. Ellie got car sick and threw up all over Jason and herself. At this point Walker decided he wanted none of this so he climbs up in his car seat and stands in it backwards!! Jason is trying to tell me to pull over quickly but softly because Walker is standing up in his car seat backwards! It was a mess!! After we pulled over and got everyone cleaned up, the kids got in their car seats and were on a strict clear liquid diet until we got to Jason's parents house. Once we got to Indiana we were all good to go. Everyone was so glad to be out of the Tahoe!

We were very busy when we finally did arrive in Indiana. Jason's dad is one of eight kids and a majority of them still live in and around Corydon, IN. So we had a ton of people to visit. Jason had his 15 year high school reunion on Saturday and then we planned to go to Holiday World on Monday. BTW Holiday World is in Santa Claus, IN. We had a great time at Holiday World. Ellie had a blast! She loved all the rides. Walker didn't really care either way. He rode the marry-go -round a few times but anything that he had to ride by himself he was not into. He cried every time I strapped him in and left him. So I would get him out and we would watch Ellie ride all the rides.

Aunt Judy took some great photos of the kids when we were there. 259 great photos to be exact!!! I am obviously not uploaded all of them but have uploaded some of my most favorite.

The trip home was once again long. Jason dropped me and the kids off in Oklahoma City for my cousin Adam's baby shower then he went home. We rode home with my sister on Sunday and was really excited to get home and to sleep in our own beds. The kids I think would like to set fire to their car seats and I think if they never got in the Tahoe again they would be just fine with that.

We had a really great time in Indiana and Oklahoma and I was glad everyone finally got to meet Walker.

There are a ton of pictures next to so get ready!!!