Snowed in!!

After a week of snow storms and more on the way, we are a little anxious for some sunshine! Grandma Ellsworth came for a visit in the middle of the storms and took some great pictures. Here are a few pictures of the snow on just the first day!

Here are some other cute pictures from Grandma:

Connor still sleeps with guy tucked close:

Grandma and all the boys

Look close: he has tiny spiked hair!!

We found the Harry Potter glasses:

Mini Harry Potter (or turtle?)

Cameron's First Photo Shoot

We have a friend who is a talented photographer that asked to take Cameron's pictures when he was born, so we went to her studio last week and had a few shots taken. I don't have the official CD yet to post all the pictures here, but check out a few of the shots at her website (http://www.cannonshotsphotography.blogspot.com/). She was certainly patient as Cameron didn't want to sleep and would not sit still, but she still managed to grab a few super cute ones. Thanks, Maretta!

Cameron Andrew Ellsworth

After a 5am call from the hospital on January 12th, Kevin and I headed downtown to the hospital for the scheduled induction. At 6:30am they had me all hooked up to the pitocin and at 6:50 the doctor came in a broke my water then left us to get things started. He came back within about two hours later and I had progressed from a 2 to a 9, so he said give me about 15 minutes and then we would start pushing. After a LONG hour and the help of a vacuum, Cameron's head was finally turned and he arrived at 9:52am weighing 8 lbs 7 oz and measuring 20.5 inches. He is cute as can be, bald like his brothers were, and such a good baby (so far anyway)!
Thanks for all of your prayers, thoughts and well-wishes, we were certainly blessed with a little miracle!

Updates

Okay all of you blogger geniuses, how do you add a video to the blog? Our video camera has been busted for so long that the settings have changed and I no longer know how to upload one here. Any great ideas?

Unfortunately I was so excited about our new video camera that I forgot to take any stills of the action Christmas morning! Here are a few pictures after the presents:

Carson putting together his Christmas gift: a 4-D Model of a shark

Christmas morning breakfast:

Connor (Daddy) putting together his Christmas gift: a wooden airplane model:

I have no pictures to post of me (you can thank me later) during these last few days of pregnancy, but I wanted to give you all an update that my doctor scheduled me to be induced next Tuesday morning (sometime between 3-7am), so keep checking back to see pictures of the new little one!

December Events

Phew! It has been a busy month!
Here are some of the highlights:

Home Depot with Santa!

Making annual Cookie Trains:


Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Ellsworth:



A visit from Santa on the Firetruck:



Caroling at Connor's Preschool Party:


Snow day!!


Look closely: You can see Daddy's snowball splattering on Carson's behind.


Baby's Room!!

We'll keep you posted on any new events so check back soon!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Halloween Fun- Again....

Hmmm.
After about an hour of reading through everyone else's complaints on the same issue I found the suggestion to switch to a new editor, and it seems to have worked for now.
At any rate, I have a lot of catching up to do!
We'll start with the most recent:

Halloween festivities: carving pumpkins

Connor's Spider Hat he made in preschool:

Trick-or-treating: Yes, Carson is a ghost again. Add it to the list of amazing costumes worn by this child.

Another reason I have been absent from the blog: Project #1 sanding down and restaining the crib.
Before:

After the sanding:

Color of first try...

I put about 5 coats on (with sanding inbetween each) and decided it was just getting redder and redder and redder, which is NOT the look I was going for. So... I sanded it down again. Thanks mom for your great suggestions and now I can actually get the color I want!

Finished product TBD..... (Still waiting for a sunny day to be able to work)

Project #2: Sanding and restaining the dresser/changing table:

Before:

Finished product also TBD. It only needs a couple coats of poly and then it is officially done! What a project to be completing at 8 months pregnant! My neighbors all think I am crazy....

Project #3:

Creating the rest of the nursery

Luckily, I have the best mom who came out to help me continue the tradition of a fun nursery. We got a little crazy this time around though. Who would have thought two moms (one a grandma, one hugely pregnant) could cut and put up a room full of mouldings alone? We thought we could, and we did it! It looks amazing, thanks mom!

Before (notice the tiny baseboards and lack of crown moulding and trim?):

After:

Yeah right. Like I am going to post a picture without any furniture. It just won't do the whole project justice. You just have to check back soon to see what the WHOLE thing looks like all together! :)

Well that has been what I have been doing for the past two months, but we will certainly keep you updated from here on out (now that I can post again).

Hope everyone is healthy and well!

Halloween fun!

What is the deal with my blog?
I have tried to upload pictures for months now and they just don't upload. I am getting more than a little frustrated...
It seems I am not the only one with this problem. Any suggestions?!!!