Christmas presents... Videos

Here's Ellie showing off her new cowgirl skills!

Apparantly I'm a grmpy ol train :( But Ellie loves playing with her new train set!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year and we just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of the generous gifts, and the time spent with our family, we enjoyed every second of it!!!

We had a great time Christmas Eve with the cousins... I really hope someone else got a better copy of this picture though, but we had them all on the couch together!

Santa came to visit us too! He brought Ellie quite the pony, but Ellie wasn't quite ready for him yet... Emily was all for it though!!! :)

Here's about as good as it gets trying to get the girls together and both happy... enough... I tried!
My sweet little girl is getting so big! I just can't believe it!

I love my little sister!!!

Pictures first!!!

YAY... I finally got my mom to download some pictures for you guys to see my new baby sister!!!
Here she is!!! Emily Ruby Born at 11:13 am, 8 lbs 14 oz., and my mom was crazy enough to go without an epidural! (She was silly to think she'd like the experience!)

Sooooooo cute!!!!

First Family Photo

Our little St. Nick Baby!

Proud Mama

Proud Dada!

Emily Ruby Dornfeld

My little sister was born today!!! She was born at 11:13am, 8 lbs. 14 ounces, and 19 3/4" long. Both my mama and my new baby sister are doing well.

While Emily was being born, I got to hang out with my Grandma and Bapa, and I even get to have a sleep over at their house tonight! I'll have pictures of me holding her soon, but for now, I look forward to having you all meet MY new baby :) - Love Ellie

Lots of videos!

We hung ornaments on the tree this weekend and Ellie helped! We told her to be careful because the hooks are sharp, and she took it VERY seriously... Just see!!! :)

Well, our little girl also likes to count in spanish, and although sometimes it takes a few tries to get through it, we got to 10 on video!

Our little counter is ready for school?!?!?

Trick or Treating...

Well, This year we let Ellie pick out her costume, and she decided that she wanted to be a cow this year! Sooooo, of course, we have to share a few picks... She did GREAT trick or treating, but I took pictures inside when she also had a blanket in hand.... Oh well... :)

This weekend we went to pick out a pumpkin in the super-hot weather... Well, we didn't last that long at Ebert's in Ixonia, however, we still fit in a hay-ride, and some good time in the bouncy house/wacky house and inflatable slide... Of course we also picked out a pumpkin!

After we got home and cooled off a bit, we ran through the sprinkler, and played in our new sandbox and our new basketball hoop that Ellie can actually make a basket on her own without dada's help!

Our Baby is 2 YEARS OLD!!!

Ellie didn't want any cake on her b-day party, but on her actual b-day we sang to her again and she blew out her candle... I can't believe our big girl is already 2 years old!!! She's still as cute as ever!!!

Here's a picture from her actgual b-day party... She had a blast... Thank you so much to everyone who came, and thank you so much for all of the generous gifts! Ellie has been having a great time playing with all of them!!!

Baby # 2's D'ebut

Well, yesterday Matt and I went to get a glimpse of what our future baby girl (verified) is going to look like, and personally I think she's going to look just like Ellie... She's already working on the chubby cheeks!!! What do you think? Hope you enjoy her D'ebut!!!

Open mouth (her arm was by her face almost the whole time!)
Look at this HUGE yawn! What a tired little monkey!!!

Fun in the ... well, indoor-sun :)

We had a blast going to the Blue Harbor Resort with the Dornfeld side of the family... The resort itself had a few issues, but we still had a blast! So of course we had to share a few pics!

Few Requests...

I've had a few requests to see what my belly looks like, sooo, I thought I'd post here as well as this will eventually be a shared blogspot... Sooo, here we go.. Ahhh!!! I look like I'm 2 months more preggers than I am! My doctor keeps reassuring me I'm measuring right on, but come on!!!

Weekend with the girls... Ella Ella Ella!!!

Well, this weekend Carla, Laura, Cassy and Ella all came over for some girl time, and we had a blast... Carla had to leave Sat. morning, but Cassy, Ella, Laura, Ellie and I headed out for the zoo, despite the momentary rain (that missed us barely) and had a great time! Ellie was sad to see Ella go though, she kept asking for her after she left!!! It was hard for her to understand Ella had to go home eventually... It was cute though!

Here we are on the way in... Sadly it looks like a smudge got on the lense :( * It started raining right after we got there...

The girls had a good time sitting on their own animal chairs! They're getting to be big girls!!!

Here we are at the zoo a year before!!!
Ellie didn't want much to do with me in this picture but Cassy and Ella look so cute I had to share!
Here we are on our way out! The girls had a great time!!!

This last pic is the night before we went to the zoo the year before... It's crazy to see how much these girls grew in one year!!!

Airplane/Itsy Bitsy...

Matt and Ellie have a great time playing airplane, so we thought we'd share!

Ellie doesn't always like to be on camera, so we tried to catch her without her knowing... I didn't realize how zoomed out it was, but you still get the picture! She's learning!!! :) We also sing the ABC song a lot, but really you can only hear a letter or two from Ellie, but we have fun! :)

Swimming!

This last weekend was a bit of a crazy one... We had a great time on Friday when Ellie's Aunt Mandi came down with her girls for lunch, but when we tried going swimming we managed to get some suncreen in Ellie's Eye and had to go through some hard times and a trip to the Urgent Care place and we're fine, her eye was just a little irritated... I felt so badly... So Matt and I took her to State Fair and she had a great time in her wagon, but sadly I forgot my camera... But I didn't forget it on Sunday afternoon when we went swimming again!!! Here's Ellie with the 'Cooper Girls' and another of her with her new favorite thing riding on the raft! (And then sometimes purposely sliding off as her version of jumping in!)

Elephants...

We are all elephants!!! We have proof!!! Okay, well, we had fun trying to be!!!

Bubble Baths...

We've been really enjoying our bubble baths lately... We even like to give ourselves Bubble beards!!! We also like to try to lie on our tummy and kick our legs up!

Fun at the Quarry

We had a great time visiting our friends at Lannon Quarry! It was great to see Mark, Lindsey, Lexi, MaryAnn, Ned & Sophia!

Videos

Dancing, and riding a moster truck... These are just too cute! Ellie pulled me off the couch for a dance party last week (and we had a few of them, let me tell you!) and then we had a blast at our cousin's (Riley's) 4th birthday party! Thanks for the ride!!!

Dancing below... (Mind you, we had been dancing/spinning for a while by this point in time, so Ellie gets a little dizzy after a while, but as you'll see she gets right back at it going again!)



Monster truck ride below... What a birthday gift!!! Ellie had a great time simming in their pool, playing with their toys, eating popsicles and of course, her favorite... Riding a monster truck! (She didn't want to me to unbuckler her, much less get out!)

Fun in Appleton!

Well, on Friday we went to Appleton to visit Ellie's Aunt Mandi and cousins (Hannah & Callah) and oh did Ellie have fun! We went to the Building for Kids, and it's like a children's museum... Ellie particularly liked the water room... Here she's having a blast hitting a button to make the water go up... I LOVE this picture so much I changed my background to it (my last background was a picture of Ellie from LAST August...) I'm so lucky to have such a fun little girl!!! :)
Below Hannah and Callah built a very fun block-house and they let Ellie come inside for a bit... I think we caught Ellie and Callah mid-play time, but Hannah's smiling big!!! :) Thanks for letting us come visit! We had a great time!!!!

4th of July Weekend...

Well, Ellie had a blast at the fireworks and the waterski show and the next day we went to the parade... I can't believe how good she was! She giggled throughout the fireworks on her Uncle Terry's lap, and loved visiting with the Cooper Family... Uncle Terry showed her when the parade was coming the next day to get her excited!





Here's Auntie Annie and Ellie showing off their red, white and blue dresses!
Luckily we had the wagon with the shade as it got hot later on, thank goodness for radio flyer!!!

We had a great weekend, and got to see Grandma and grandpa Dornfeld on Sunday as well... We sat outside and got to enjoy the picnic table we found in the attic of the garage of the new house... I guess the last owners forgot they had it! Ellie got to eat some dinner there after swimming in her little blow-up pool!




Thanks for taking a peak! :)

Special Shout Out...

Well, this took a couple tries, but she said it, then when I tried to get her to repeat, it took two videos to get on video :)... We love to look at our friends' blogs!!!

Random words...

Just to give you a guys how good Ellie is doing (or so I think) with her words, here you go!!! :)

And we're back to normal...

My sweet little girl came down with the Hnad Foot and Mouth disease Virus last week and it was crazy at times, but we wanted everyone to know she's back to her normal little self... Full of energy and having a great time! Just incase you were missing fun pictures of her, here's one to tide you over!

Wedding fun!

As a family we went to our first wedding together where Ellie could actually enjoy the music! We congratulate Carla Jo & Mitch Schneider on their new wedding and thank them for the great time! We even got to play with our good friend Ella!!!
I think this pictures is hilarious, I had a parent on each side of me trying to get them to hug or kiss... And this is what i ended up with! ;) They are too cute no matter how you get them! :)

We also had a ton of fun in the pool the next day...

Ellie's BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

So, we haven't had internet at home for over a month now! WOW! That is the reason for the delay in updating Ellie's blog, and she and I both deeply regret not having more opportunities to update everyone on our lives... But, Ellie has a little announcement... Please see the picture below!

For those of you who don't have a magnifying glass onsight... Her shirt says 'I'm gonna be a BIG sister!'... YAY!!! (Dec. 3rd is the due date, and we'll keep you up to date as we know more!)...

Ellie's Puppy...

Well, seeing that Ellie probably won't ever get the joy of having a real dog of her own, she was lucky enough that her bapa got her a full-sized stuffed dog when she was born to play with instead. She LOVES her puppy, and we wanted to share a picture of how much she loves it!


Ellie has also become the avid reader in her old-age of 19 months! She's getting so good at it she takes the time to read to her baby too! What a nice little girl! :)

Haven't done this in a while...

Usually Ellie is very attentive whenever we go outside and go for walks... But today she was just so pooped she managed to fall asleep in her wagon sitting up! But, of course we didn't want her to tip over so we put the seat-back down and had her take a snooze while Matt and I enjoyed our walk around the subdivision... It was so cute though I had to take a picture! It's been so long since she's just fallen asleep on a walk! :) Matt and I gave up our coats to make her a little more comfy...

How do I put this Eloquently?

Our little girl has just started to take an interest in her potty with no prodding from us. She's already successfully gone twice! I know I'll regret this some day, but we're trying to show her how to take off her pants and diaper so she can start going to the bathroom on her own. It's kind of exciting for us... when Ellie has to go (or has already gone), she'll say "poop", and we'll quick run with her into the bathroom. She then demands that the door be shut before she does her business. I see a lot of work on our part in the future in regards to this, but we're really excited for her.

Architects of the World Beware

Ellie has been really taking an interest in her legos lately, and I, as a proud father, encourage her probably more then I should to play with them. She's really getting the hang of it. We're both really proud of her.

Throwing a Frisbee... Almost.

We were out playing in the yard on one of the nicer days we've had this year and we thought it was about time to get our little athlete trained in the art of frisbee throwing. We showed her how, but our little girl is so smart that she came up with an entirely new way to throw the frisbee...

Two tired little monkeys...

They are so cute when they sleep, aren't they? We went to Betty Brinn's again, this time with our friends Lindsey and Lexi, and as you can see, they played hard!!!