Christmas 2009

As the year comes to a close I want to share a few last pictures from Christmas Day. Ethan was up at 5am and Elijah followed shortly after at 6:15am, a little earlier than I has anticipated (Ella was not awake,and slept most of the morning) Santa got Ethan a Pittsburgh Penguins hat and a NHL hockey game for Wii, Elijah got a train table and Ella got some toys for her car seat.


Here are some pictures of the morning:

This is actually from Christmas Eve, Elijah asked what was hanging by the fire place and we told him stocking, so he went in his room and out his and Ella's stockings on his feet....too funny!

Ella with a bow on her head

the boys in their new hats

Eli loves his playdough he got from Grandpa Mike

Does it look like I was excited to be up at 6am??? Oh well, it is always worth it to see their faces Christmas morning :)

Video games all day.....

Eli entertained at last, he actually played for an hour with this playdough

here is the train set, legos, basketball hoop and handy manny workshop Eli got

Ethan with his robot from Grandma Florko

Ella's baby gym from Grandpa Mike (I will get a picture of her in it when she wakes up, she slept most of today)

Ella Boo

little grin...

talking to me...

big smile...

Ella already has a nickname that we use quite a bit, "Ella Bella Boo" or "Boo" for short. She is such a cutie and I finally caught a smile on camera yesterday so I just had to share the pictures.

Family coming to visit

Nana and Elijah looking at the tree

Nana and Dee holding Ella

Group Picture

Dee, Elijah and Ella

Grandma Florko and Ella

I've got my eye on you

This is the funniest picture I just had to share. Ella is staring right at me and although we weren't trying to get this shot, this is what turned out... So Funny!!

Grandpa Florko came to visit and Uncle Roy...

Roy and the kids( Eli asked, "Where is Grandpa Roy?" the last time he came down

Three pictures of Grandpa and the kids


Ella is very interested in who this is, she was just staring at him

My father in law has been helping us finish our basement by coming down on the weekends to work, and his friend Roy has also been coming along to help with the electrical work. This is the first time Wayne has seen Ella since she was born so I wanted to share some pictures. Thanks Wayne for all that you do for our family, we couldn't do it without your help.

New Car

Our family has expanded once again and we were able to finally get a much needed, and long awaited bigger car. We were at the dealership most of the afternoon on black friday to get this deal.....here she is, my new toyota hylander hybrid (of course)

Santa Picture

We got pictures with Santa last night, but Elijah was scared of Santa so he refused to smile and just sat on Santa's lap with a mad face the whole time we took pictures. This is one of the best pictures we got unfortunately... Better luck next year!!

Eli trying to hold Ella

this is actually a smile even though it looks like she is crying

he is just being silly

I tried to get some pictures of Ella looking at the camera while Elijah was holding her, but I wasn't very successful.

Eli and Ethan made a snowman this morning with the new snowfall.

Elijah and Ella

Elijah loves his sister very much and his favorite thing is to lay next to her on his pillow and talk to her.
Here he is holding her on his bed.

Halloween in Cranbrook

Ethan is the Ninja

Ethan was in Canada for Halloween this year and didn't get to go trick or treating with us, but here are some pictures of him and his friends dressed up in the hotel.

Ella loves to just stare at you, she gets really calm and just looks at you ,with the cutest faces.

Our New Family

We welcomed our new little girl, Ella Teresa Florko, into the world on October 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am. She was 9 lbs 7 oz and 22 inches long. She is a big girl, but very beautiful and we are so excited to finally have her here.

Baby Shower

I had a great shower last weekend and I totally forgot to post a couple pictures...

Late Again????

For the second time now we are probably going to be late with this baby. I am due today, but the hours are almost up for the day and nothing has happend. I really thought that this one would be early or at least on time. I was hoping for Saturday, but that came and went so we are not sure when this little bundle is going to arrive. I did squats on Friday, walked the stairs on Saturday, and went for a walk outside today and nothing is helping.

Here is our last family picture as a family of 4, the next time you see us we will have 5!!

Baby Shower

My wonderful friend Erin threw me a beautiful baby shower today for our baby Girl. I received some wonderful gifts from all my thoughtful friends. Thank you to everyone who came and those of you who didn't and still sent gifts. We also had a little contest to see who could guess when the big day would come ...here are the results below....Good luck to the winner!!

Melissa 10-22- 09 am 9lb 7oz 22in

Jorene 10-22-09 2pm 8lbs 6oz

Erin 10-23-09 7pm

Mary 10-24-09 1:30pm 7lbs 11oz 19 in

Greta 10-25-09 3am 9lb 2oz

Jody 10-25-09 3:20pm 6lbs 11oz 20in

Rhonda 10-26-09 7am 8lbs 14oz

Shannon R. 10-26-09 4:45pm 8lbs 4oz 21in

Tami 10-27-09 2pm 9lbs 2oz 21in

Edie 10-31-09 1am 9lbs 4oz

Taylor 10-31-09 5am 9lbs 2oz

BOO-tiful Belly

We have 2 weeks left, until we meet our little girl. I had my hospital tour today and turned in all my paperwork so I am officially registered, and ready to go to the hospital. I still need to pick up a few essentials and pack my hospital bag, and prepare my husband for a third child..... other than that we are good to go. My mom is coming on the 24th so I am trying to hold off till she gets here so she can watch the boys for me and I don't have to worry about them.

Fun for Bunco

Since I am due in October, and this is my last pregancy, I thought I would throw a little twist into the Halloween festivities for Bunco this year and paint my stomach like a pumpkin. There is another girl in our bunco group that is due two weeks after me who decided to join in on the fun too. Here are our pregnant bellies together.

Ice Skating

Elijah went ice skating for the first time with Chris out at the EWU ice rink. He had a smile on his face the whole time, it was pretty fun to watch.

Getting the skates on

Chris trying to fix the laces (these skates are very old)

on the ice, all SMILES!

trying to stand up

Loving life right now!!