Halloween

Madelynn and Grace made me dress up too, so I was a cat!! Baby Ellie was a wearing a shirt that said my mommies under my spell with a witch on it, I had a pumpkin hat for her to wear too but since it was like 95 degrees outside it didn't happen. Gotta love fall in Hawaii!!

This is the girls and their best friends Madeline and Lexi getting ready to trick-or-treat. Madelynn was Hannah Montana (go figure right) and Grace was her own mis-matched concoction of Tinkerbell. She does have an actual Disney Tinkerbell outfit, however her Auntie Krista and Uncle Jason got her this outfit for her birthday so she is wearing it and calling herself Tinkerbell, she has on a green tutu under the purple one. She must get her fashion sense from her Daddy!!

Grace picking out her pumpkin

Grace spent a very long time finding the perfect pumpkin. Once she was done with that she spent even longer finding little pumpkins for Ellie. In the end we ended up with 20 pumpkins!!

The fact that you can even see these pictures is a feat of its own since I was holding onto all 20 pumpkins and had Ellie in my arms as well as I was trying to take the picture!!

Up Close with Ellie

Ahh...isn't she cute!! She is getting really big she has gained over a pound in 2 weeks!! Now if we could get her to sleep as well as she eats we'd be in the money.

Grace Loving Ellie

Grace sure loves being a big sister!! She is always asking can I hold my Ellie.

Carving Pumpkins

The night Jason left for Iraq we were busy trying to get in as much as possible. Jason spent time carving pumpkins with the girls. He gave them each a marker and let them draw the face and he did the knife handling....can you imagine Grace with a knife!!

Saying Good-Bye

Jason saying goodbye to his girls before leaving for Iraq.

Spending time with Daddy

Here is Jason getting in as much Ellie love as possible. This has been a rough week with Jason leaving in 48 hours. He has been trying to spend as much time with the girls as possible before leaving them for a year. Especially the baby who is going to be so big when he comes home. Madelynn and Grace are being really brave and strong, I think though more for Mommy than for themselves. I am sure that it will sink in more come next week. We are going to miss him so much.