FINALLY!

Okay okay. I finally made myself sit down and do this! In the interest of not keeping you here for the next month reading updates on our lives, I have just gone back to about October and picked some photos to share.
I'll add an update on everybody at the end, but here are the photos--which is what everyone wants anyway, right!!?

My Aunt Patty made quilts for Ella and Miles and Blake. Here is Ella's.

Here is Miles' quilt.

Ella and Blake posing by their snow bunny.

Miles never wants to be held so when he wasn't feeling good all I did was hold him! It was so nice. He was so snuggly.

Results of our 2nd Annual Hanley Halloween Pumpkin Carving Party

Bob the Builder and SuperGirl

Shout out to my mama

Ella "driving the bus"--Miles looks a little worried!

Christmas!

This is Miles at about 10 months

Ella's 1st haircut. I just trimmed it.

Why am I the only one not sleeping??

Cousins in the Crib

So that was the quickest trip ever through the last five months!! My computer is taking FOREVER to upload pictures though so I just picked what I really wanted to put on and will have to try to get more up later.

Updates:
Peter and I are doing well. Peter is playing tennis about once a week now but that will start to pick up here in the near future. I am enrolled in school once again to pursue my Masters in Accounting. I'm pretty excited about this and hope the time flies by! It should take me 2 1/2 years.
Last month we traded in my Sante Fe for a Chevy Trailblazer with 3rd row seating. We really needed the space. I miss my Sante Fe, but think this will work well to get us through the car seat/booster seat stages with Ella and Miles, and it gives Blake a normal size seat to sit in!

Blake is in 6th grade now. Middle school! I think he has adjusted well. He is keeping up his grades and participating in basketball. His Language Arts teacher sounds pretty awesome as she is a huge fan of The Hunger Games! He is growing up fast! His voice istarting to change and he is starting to develop that pre-teen attitude. Ella thinks he is the coolest thing in town and misses him immensely when he is not here. He is great help with both Miles and Ella and all in all is a wonderful son!

Ella is 3 going on 15. It seems like overnight she developed this attitude of impatience and bossiness! It's not that often, but when she does it I have to keep from laughing and try to explain to her that it's not nice to talk to us that way. She loves to sing and dance and still puts on shows from the fireplace. She is really smart and wants clarification on EVERYTHING. Why? Why? Why? Ella will be 4 years old in May and it's time for Peter and I to make some decisions regarding preschool. Yikes!!

Miles! Ahhh, Miles! He is the best baby. He is ticklish and flirty and funny and chubby and wonderful. He loves to hang out with Ella and Blake. Like I said earlier he does not want to be held that much. Always wants to be on the floor. Around 11 months he started pulling his self up on things and is now very good and holding his self up with one hand and reaching for stuff with his other hand. The other day he pulled himself up on the bookshelf and then reached up to the third shelf and pulled something down. He's definitely more of a handful than Ella was when it comes to getting into stuff that he shouldn't. I'm sure I'll go crazy once he starts walking.

I'm so sorry it has taken so long to update this. I really do need to set aside time to do this and really need to take more pictures.
Miles turns 1 in a few weeks and I will make a point to post those pictures right away.
Hopefully I can get back into the swing of this!

Hope all is well with everyone!