conglomeration.

yes,

or otherwise known 

as a blog of catching up.

i have some older pictures and videos

to share with you

that i have just not had a chance to post

but they were waiting 

in my 

"to post folder" on my computer.

first i have one more picture

to post of the

"5 of us" before alyson

left...

{if you remember,i had some problems posting them.}

next, usually jesse brings

stuff to elleanne

all the time...on this particular day

he thought it was very important

that she have a bib {and he had to tell me

why it was soooo important.}

 milestones

for elleanne have been coming up.

she has been intentionally smiling since

about last week.{6 weeks}

still have been absolutely 

terrible at getting

a picture of that cute smile.

here are some horrible attempts:

and a few more pictures

where she was smiling right before i took the picture.
but first...her other
milestone..is yesterday 
at seven weeks and one day old
she pooped on her own!
yea, no suppository needed to get that one out! we're so proud. hahaha

milestone for jesse...

i am trying to teach him to eat

with utensils...not really 

going great.

we try with oatmeal when possible.

do you think he ate anything?

so next i have a video

of jesse reading his book

...of course when i have the video camera

on...he is not nearly as animated

as he usually is...but check it out

anyways if your interested.

{also at the end of the video please know that

this is how he gets those toys out of the bucket every time.}

there is another video 
of jesse playing with batman and robin
and it is sooo funny because he always makes them crash and fall
and says..."ahhhhhhh" but i cant get it to upload....maybe another time.
well thats it for now!

lace, ribbon and tulle

it's been a girly weekend.

we spent this past weekend 

down in my hometown santa clarita

with my parents.

this trip was for my soon to be sister-in-laws bridal shower

...still cant believe the wedding is just a little over a month away!

i have plenty of pictures to share.

before we get into the 

"girl stuff"

i have some pictures of grandpa and the

kids.

ps...he{my dad} never wants to take

pictures...it's like pulling

teeth!

jesse loved hangin

out with grandpa in the truck...

{they were trying to sell stuff at a 

neighborhood garage sale}

alright...

the girls.

so elleanne and i had

our first "girls only"

event {meaning jesse hung out with dad

all day....those days are jesse's favorite!}

elleanne and i went to the shower 

together...and hopefully we

will go to many more together!

we love to wear pink!

...well i guess i am speaking for her...

however i am in love with all colors....

it's kinda a problem.

anyways then we have a picture of

"the david girls"

{david is my maiden name}

alright 

and just a few snapshots

of bernadette's beautiful bridal shower

 ^ such a cute bird cage to hold the plates and utensils.

^ her aunt has a gorgeous backyard.

 bernadette and her mom dancing together.^

 bernadette with her mom and aunts {her mom is on the right, both aunts-from left to right: anna and fena.

 the moms with their girls.

 {and above} the very soon to be five david girls of the family.


ok
so unfortunately
my dad had to work while
we were down
there towards the end of our trip.
he is a boeing triple seven pilot for
american airlines
had to leave for london
on saturday night.
so a couple more pictures of
my dad in his uniform 
with the kids.

<looks

like he can still handle two kids.

...

maybe not>>>

and of course..one with grandma and jesse.

while the girls

were at the shower

the boys...

played baseball, went to a car show, fixed their own lunch!, rode in the convertible {jesse loved it}

..and daddy taught him

to climb the stairs.

ok lastly,

the rest of the weekend for me

was spent working with

my sister, on bachelorette party invitations.
[oh...and my mom helped us a little too...when she wasn't holding grandkids :)]

i have some cool pictures of 

the invitation

that we completely made from scratch.

that "lady" insert

sits right inside the invitation

to give her "sizes".

cousins play.

before the pictures

come i want to thank any of

you who prayed for us to get renters for

our house...

because we got some new tenants.

just in the nick of time...

thank you Jesus!

it is a nice couple who we trust will take care of our house in turlock very well!

so we went to turlock hoping and 

praying to establish new tenants

and by God's grace...we did!

anyways we also had some family time too

so,

i have a BUNCH of pictures to share.

kids are just so much fun to photograph when they play together..

(and i left quite a few out...hahaha!)

i also stole a couple of pictures from my in-laws to add to the collection of pictures!

alright enjoy...

the "cousins play."

 the line-up!...poor elias was not feeling it that day.

 {above} this picture is so funny ...elias's sisters, the twins, are looking at him thinking..."what is your problem..."

love mia in this picture...she is so cute

with her new cousin, elleanne.

just the girls!

 uncle michael and aunt jackie meet their new niece for the first time.

cousin love

Jesse's modeling face...."GQ" style  hahaha >>>

cousins play.

 "no jesse...its mine!"

 jesse: "hey look how loud i can get..."

please can you let the dogs out to play!

typical boys...off in the corner looking for mischief!

playing with uncle mark...

or daddy for jesse!

 of course daddy[mark] puts jesse inside...

get ready...

 get set...

going...

 going...

 gone!

ok...now

the uncles & aunts

the boys...with their boys.

and the aunties getting some love too.

and of course...cant forget

about nana and papa.