CaTcHiNg Up!

Two blog posts in one day! This is quite a record for me. Here are some pics that show what the Whitlock's have been up to the past couple of months.

our first major injury!

Yesterday was quite eventful here. Ella somehow managed to dislocate her thumb!!!! We're still not sure exactly how she did it at this point...she's given us at least 3 or 4 different versions of how the injury occured. I'm pretty sure that some of them are physically impossible....however, we are talking about Ella!

I was at work when it happened, so my mom brought Ella and met me at the Emergency Room so we could get her fixed up. In true Ella style, she had dressed herself (before the accident) in a very COLORFUL outfit! I'm just telling you this so that when you see the pics of her, you will not think that I dressed her! :) Vain...I know! My mom was actually laughing at me because the first thing I asked when I saw her was, "What is she wearing???"

Anyhow, everyone at the ER was wonderful!! They reset her thumb and put it in a splint. Ella did great considering the amount of pain she was in! She received several compliments about what a great patient she was. We will have to go next week and see a hand specialist to determine what will happen next....the ER doctor mentioned either a cast or surgery. Obviously, we are praying that there will be no ligament damage and therefore no need for either of those. We just want the impact to be as minimal as possible. Here are some pics of the little patient.....just remember what I said about the clothes! :) Sorry the quality's not great...I took the pics on my phone.

We're Still Here!

I know it's been FOREVER since I've posted anything on here. We are still here and doing well. Sometime around that last post (Valentine's Day), we found out that we are expecting a third little Whitlock in our house! That (hopefully) explains the lack of activity on the blog. I am finally getting over the first trimester EXHAUSTION, but I'm working full-time right now (for a 6 week class), so I just have regular exhaustion now! :) I will post more soon....I hope! Until then, here's a pic of our family on Easter!

happy heart day!

I took the kids to have pictures taken in their Valentine's shirts yesterday. As you can see, Max was less than cooperative! He is naturally such an easy-going and smiley little guy, but the second you put him in front of a photographer he loses all facial expression! The poor photographer did everything but stand on her head and he just wouldn't even give a little grin. I thought these two pics turned out pretty cute...even if he's not smiling!! Ella was such a trooper! She kept trying to get him to laugh and she did everything that the photographer asked. She earned her icee reward! Of course, as soon as we were done, Max was running around giggling and playing! Little stinker!! Happy Valentine's Day!

happy birthday (great) grandpa & grandma

Both of my grandparents have birthdays this month. My grandma's birthday is today, February 12, and my grandpa's birthday was February 4. We had a combined little birthday gathering for them last friday night. These are the birthday cards that Ella and Max made (with a little help) for their great-grandpa and great-grandma. As always, we had a great time at their house spending time with family.

Happy Birthday Grandpa and Grandma!! We love you both so much. Hope this year is filled with many blessings!!

diaper dilemma

Sunday night, during a brief stop at my in-laws' house, Max decided to do his "business." Normally, this would not be an issue, but we had been out of the house all day long and I had JUST changed his diaper using the only diaper that I had left with me. Needless to say, we were trying to figure out what to do. Should we let him sit in it until we can get to the Wal-Mart down the street to get more diapers? Should we let him sit in it all the way home? Would our noses be able to handle the odor???? In joking, Jason's mom mentioned that she still had a receiving blanket from when Ella was little....and the wheel's started turning in my head. To help you understand my thought process...I had just spent $21 on a box of diapers the day before....AND we were going STRAIGHT home. So......Max got to wear a purple "diaper" with white flowers for the drive home. He kept tugging at it and saying "off." Of course, I couldn't resist taking a few pictures before we took it off! Jason would like to burn these pics, but I think I will tuck them away in a safe place to show to Max's future wife!

MeRrY cHrIsTmAs...HaPpY nEw YeAr...We'Re sTiLl HeRe!

We have been having some computer problems, so I haven't been able to post in FOREVER!!!! I think we finally have everything back in working order, so I thought I would add some pics from Christmas up until now. More to come soon!!