My Baby's 2!

OK, so that news is a little old. Ella's birthday was February 3rd and we celebrated the day before with some pizza and Uncle Mike and Uncle Hal. It's a tradition in my family to drink out of your silver cup on your birthday so here she is with her brand new cup from great grandma and grandpa.






Then the following Saturday we had a party at the Cedar Street Bridge. It was a great time and turned out to be sort of a going away party since we left for Florida a couple weeks later.
Miss Johanna was there to do her hair (since her mom is not gifted in the girly area)


My mom found aprons for the kids to wear while they decorated their cupcakes (like how I didn't feel like decorating them and called it an "activity")






My mom made this pretty dress for her



And here's proof that Brad made it (he and Ella were sick that day)



We had some videos of Ella's first 2 years playing and all the kids were doing the 101 Dalmations thing


At the end, we had some gelatto from the cafe downstairs

D.C.

In between Phoenix/Dallas/Tucson for the holidays and moving to Florida I went to Washington D.C. all by myself (for work). I stayed an extra day to see the sights with my cousin Jeffrey (and met his new wife, Jessica). I had a great time!
Here we are at Fogo de Chao, which is a great place to go if you are vegetarian




The WWII Memorial


Vietnam Memorial



Lincoln Memorial


While there, I called up my Idaho congressman and his office set me up with a tour of the Capitol and passes to see the House in session. We watched them debating the health care reform repeal vote which was passed a couple hours later. It was weird seeing people like Nancy Pelosi who you've seen on TV in person.

Tweaky Jean

Ella's officially named herself Tweaky (a version of her original nickname, Squeaky). She's also invented her own language everyone has to learn. Here's a short dictionary:

Aunt Bleth - Aunt Elizabeth
Help you bookie - please cover me with a blanket
Hold you mommie - please hold me
Pretty (a.k.a. Wips) - I'd like to hold on to some chapstick for the next couple hours

Here's some pictures from December/January:








I promise she was having fun...

Matthias Scott

My brother Scott and his wife Ann welcomed their third child on November 29th. We were so excited to finally meet him in Texas.

Here's all the grandkids together:

Ella had a lot of fun with my Dad

Uncle Steve also drove up to hang out with us

And we met my cousin who just moved to San Antonio and has a boy a little older than Ella

Party in the Big D (as in Denton)

After Christmas we left for Dallas to hang out with the Geer side for a while. January 1st, 2011 was my Grandparent's 60th Anniversary which we celebrated with a party in Denton with all the Aboul-Ela's.

Here's a picture of my movie star Uncle:

And here's my cousin, Natalie who hates to get her picture taken:

My next post will be about the newest addition to the family, Matthias Scott!

Holidays and Catch Up

I think it will take a couple of posts to catch up on all the happenings of the last couple months. In December my brother Ethan came to visit with his girlfriend Bex. They spent a lot of time making a gingerbread house from scratch:

We also had a potato cutting contest to see if Cutco knives could save time:

Then we went to Phoenix for work/Christmas. We rented a house near Brad's grandparents and had a great Christmas there:

That's all for now...