Joe is Old!

Joe turned 29 yesterday. It was a super crazy day- because I had company over in the morning-had to make joe's cake from scratch- which is never a good idea- and keep working on the bid for the house we are looking at. Joe was at work and then the DMV half the day so he could renew his licence that expired on his b-day :( Its just mean that they make it expire on your birthday.

So while I was talking to people in my kitchen- somehow ella found my only bottle of hard liquor and was wandering around with it. It is so funny- the people never saw it- because I kept taking it from her and hiding it in the back of our cabinets - so then ella would move all my pots and pans and get it out again- it was a fun game.
The cake was not a success- I am so sticking with funfetti next time- besides its "fun" and its "fetti" who doesn't love that?
Joe got the perfect pull up for his birthday from Ella and Ella helped him blow out all 29 of his candles- she kinda more spit on the candles - but it got the job done :)
After a long day it was time for bed- and I found the bottle again- where I find most of ella's treasures- in Midas' dish.

Family Fun :)

We went to the outlet mall last night- just to get out of the house- We so never go to the mall. It was fun. Childrensplace was having some major sales- so Ella made out big time for like 20 bucks! And Joe got a new fancy wallet because his old one had pieces falling off of it. We then found a photo booth and took some pics- and yes - we do love being awesome. After the mall we went out for coffee at Tim Hortons. It was so crazy because some kids were having a bible study there and these old ladies next to them wanted to call the police on them for loitering. The kids had long been done with their coffee- so I guess these old ladies felt it was their duty to make sure these trouble causing teens moved on~ dammit! Does it get weirder than that? I mean really? How do you get to the place where you are calling the police on Bible reading teenagers? It was just funny- and sad- but mostly funny.

We took Ella to china buffet today- you know - for the culture-

They had a super cool Indian grocery store in the same plaza- so we went exploring. I think some of the food in there was older then us. It was pretty great.

The Dog's Dish

Ella has always loved all things about how the dog eats. She often leaves her toys in the dog's dish- I guess as a sort of present for Midas. Yesterday I found the letter "G" in the dish.

We discovered today that Ella can totally take the water jug off the top of Midas' water dish and carry it around. She, of course, is super excited about this.The best part of it is that the more you walk around with it upside down- the lighter it gets!
She had a lot of fun with that today- I probably had less fun.
Ella also started Day care since our last post. She is ok with it- and I guess I'm getting to be ok with it. It really is the most horrible thing ever though- you pay through the nose to let strangers watch your baby while you go out and try to make enough money to pay the strangers. Meanwhile, your child is crying and covered in snot at the door as you drive away. So- maybe I'm not ok with it- I don't know- it is what it is for now.

Coinciding with daycare was me going back to work at NCCC. Its still great having that job- I'm not sure why, but it seems I am always a bit nervous when I first start talking to my classes. Maybe because so many of my students are older then me.

I am also working for Jake at night, making phone calls and stuff for his new company. During the day I work at the chapel watching kids and I also got a job tutoring for the bio dept at NCCC. We are pretty much working constantly. I am looking for one job to replace all 4 of my jobs (the nerd in me wants to make a lord of the rings reference there)- I'm going on a bunch of chiro interviews these days. So far I have found out that the pay is worse then minimum wage.

I'm working hard and hoping that things will all fall into place by the time baby number 2 is born. Super nervous about what I'm going to do with baby number 2 once it is born- or what is going to happen at my jobs- but at the moment we are just taking everything one day at a time.

So pray that I find a job- a chiropractor one or a full time teaching one (I'm interviewing for that too) and for childcare to come together.

Happy New Year!

Yay for 2010! So far we got a lot of snow and Joe was hired by Citibank to do computer stuff- and school is almost back in session- so we will be super busy again soon enough.
Baby number duo is doing good according to all the tests and stuff- I had to take that nasty glucose tolerance test yesterday- it totally sucked because the stuff they make you drink makes me sooooo sick- but I passed with flyin colors-
Ella loves the camera these days and she has been smiling so big for it that you can't see her eyes- she's so silly.
We made some brownies the other night and Ella got to have her own part of the badder to lick- so she was extra happy. I think we might take Ella sledding later today- once the house is in a little better order :)

Playin in the snow

It finally snowed yesterday- although you can still see our grass.It was super cold - but we made a Hawaiian snowman in a grass skirt anyway.

A Mahley Family Christmas

The week leading up to Christmas was very busy.- We did a lot to prepare- including trying to make some homemade gifts. We started out ok...
But we quickly got covered in craft supplies and made a big mess- so we switching to decorating cookies-Ella really liked the red frosting.

On Christmas eve we headed over to my moms- Before presents we had a great dinner and took a cousin picture. For some reason Ella clapped every time a flash went off :)

And then it was time to open the mountain of presents..

Ella got a bunch of cool stuff- like a Barbie big wheel, a gift card to a music class for kids- but her favorite gift of all was an Elmo doll. He holds a pizza and sings about it- and then the pizza sings- and Ella is in love. She doesn't hug many of her toys- but she will gladly hug this one.

After all the sugar and excitement - there was wrestling. I'm pretty sure the boys won.

Christmas morning at home was really fun- it was the first one that Ella could really participate in.

Santa brought her some good stuff too! She got a little riding toy for in the house- a microphone- bath crayons- and a magnadoodle.

Joe got an xbox- he has been in this position for the last 3 days straight.

I got a bunch of cool Chiropractic books and medical stuff- and a waffle iron with some Bisquick- Ella and I have had more waffles then the average person should have in the last few days.

Oh- and Joe got me a snuggie- its pink for supporting breast cancer- so- I guess that makes it ok? Well the cat loves it- and so does Ella.
Its pretty much like wearing a tent- Really if your snuggie is snug- you are in serious trouble.

We spent Christmas dinner with Joe's family in Knowelsville. Ella and Nathan got a few extra Christmas presents.

Ella got a plate set from Nathan and a crying doll from grandma-

The best part about all the Christmas craziness is that Ella has slept in the last 4 days! Like till almost 8am. We are still ridiculously tired - but 8 am...merry Christmas to me :)

Cookin!

Over the past few weeks we have kept busy. We had a bunch of family in town for Aunt Toni's funeral. It was really sad- but we had a great time reconnecting with each other.

Over the past few days- Ella and I have had a lot of fun making cookies and perogies. Joe even made a bunch of cookies all by himself for his cookie exchange at work. Ella helped in every way possible. She is the only kid I know that will refuse to eat a cookie though- she is really just into the decorating.

We also got back into our old hat bin. Ella wasn't really into the bear hat-

But she was in love with this pink hat. She would wear it for a super long time and dance around the house in it. Its a little small but I told her she looked very pretty in it.

The biggest undertaking of the week was the homemade perogies.

We made 2 kinds- cheese and sauerkraut. We did it super old fashion because we didn't have the molds for the noodles- so just like in the old days- we had to use the lid to the sour cream- it really was the perfect size!

And as usual- Ella helped!