nonny

ella kate was just a few days shy of being 3 years old when my grandma, nonny, suddenly passed away 8 months ago. however, ella kate still talks about her as if we saw her yesterday. i love how she still has memories of her sweet great grandma. she was the best:) ella kate recently asked me if she could have a picture of nonny to put on her nightstand, so that "nonny and God could watch over her and not let her have hard days (bad dreams)!" of course i said, YES:)

i miss my sweet nonny so much and would give anything to talk to her again or give her a big ol' hug! apparently, ella kate does too! yesterday she told me, "momma i prayed, and prayed and PRAYED that nonny would come back home! is she gonna come back home soon, because i really, really miss her?!"

look at these cute little faces... well, ellakate wouldn't smile... but she is still a cutie:) with daddy..
with momma..
look at my sweet little thumb sucker:)

prayers

ella kate and i were saying our prayers tonight before bed. this was her sweet prayer:

"thank you god that mimi gave me icecream and coke today, amen! but, i wasn't supposed to tell momma about the coke! :)"

dancing shoes and abrahams

baby miley has finally mastered walking in two "dancing shoes".

she no longer clanks around the house in just one... but a pair:) i love those sweet legs in heels:)

one night while i was at bible study, bill made cookies with the babies. ella kate and josiah insisted on wearing their "abrahams". (aprons) cute, cute...

josiah was splashing in the bathtub (which is a no-no in our house). i had my back turned putting towels away so to get his attention, i called his name, "josiah?" he replied, "what, baby?" :)

we love crushed ice here at the davis house:) ella kate had a cup of it outside and was sharing some with miley. when the cup was empty ella kate brought it to me and said (talking about miley), "momma, that girl loves her some ice."

sparklers:)

last night bill and i took ella kate and josiah outside to play with some sparklers in the driveway. i was trying to take pictures of them, but with the flash on, this is what it looked like...so, i tried to hold to flash down and the very next second of ella kate twirling her sparkler, i got this...so then i wanted to give it a try...then the babies put theirs together..then my creative hubby had to show off and he made me this:)

easter aftermath

my mother in law was the easter bunny this year and got the babies some really cute things for their baskets :) they each got build-a-bear animals... the girls got bunnies and josiah got a duck. josiah loved his "nock-lars" (binoculars), miley loved her mickey mouse figurines and ella kate loved her easter stamp. she loved it so much that she woke up this morning looking like this..

how it ended up in bed with her last night, i haven't got a clue.. i remember putting that stamp along with her bubble necklace that they each got, way up high on her dresser. she came out of her room during nap time yesterday and said, "momma.. something spilled in my room and made a big wet mess. it WASN'T my bubbles and i DIDN'T do it, but i need a nah-kin (napkin) to clean it up. it's very sticky!" i gave her a towel and she went back into her room and shut the door. her bubble necklace is now empty.. but she didn't do it! oh well... i am choosing my battles. so, back to the stamp story. i cannot get this ink off of her poor little face. i have tried several things, but the smeared pink ink looks like she has rubbed her face in poison ivy or had an allergic reaction to something. she keeps looking in the mirror asking, "whoa! why does my chink (cheek) look like that?" i tell her that it isn't just her chink, but her nose, chin and eyes! stamps are not for your face! oh well.. at least it is spring break and we have no where to go! hopefully it will wear off soon:)

Happy Easter- He is risen!