Black Friday Shopping

Each year for "Black Friday" my family and I spend the weekend in Columbus and shop till we drop! We don't just stop at Friday, some of us shop until Saturday and a select few shop the whole weekend!! It is always nice to get our shopping done but even more fun to spend the weekend with our family. This is the only weekend that the "girls" get to spend a lot of time together so we make the most of it. We have been going Black Friday shopping for the past 10 years and we hope that this is a tradition that we can continue for many more!

The whole gang at our traditional Friday night meal at Japanese Steakhouse.

A glimpse of our shopping damage. This is the back of Holly's truck, filled with gifts and that was just after Friday!

Happy Turkey Day

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Elli spent her first Thanksgiving visiting family at Great Grandpa Proper's and at Pa & T's. Marrs & Mendel got to go on their annual Thanksgiving Day hunt with Pa and Daddy and Elli enjoyed spending time with her cousins. The only thing that was missing was the Sikora's. We missed you! Now its time for Black Friday Shopping!!!!!

Elli & Baby Evie

With a little help from Hayley, Sophie decorated for the occasion!

Ethan

Elli and Emily

5 Months

This past week Elli turned 5 months old! She is turning into such a sweet little lady. She is starting to really discover lots of new things and realize her surroundings more and more. She is still working on crawling...still scooting for now but that doesn't stop her from getting to where she wants to go. She rolls everywhere and you really have to keep an eye on her now when she is on the floor. She is sleeping really well too. She is finally starting to extend her nights a little bit to sleeping anywhere from 8 to 10 hours!

1st Trick or Treat

Elli's first trick or treat was the beginning of a fun tradition. We met up with our friends and their kids and had a ball. Even though Elli didn't do much trick or treating this year, I am sure next year she will make up for it.

Our little sweet pea!

Libby the horsey.

Elli and her buddy Abby

Simi, Josie and Reid

Fun in Cincy

This past weekend we spent in Cincy with our good friends Canon and Lori. We had a much needed adult weekend without the kids. Elli stayed with Pa & T and did great. It was very hard to leave her for the first time overnight but we managed. We had an awesome dinner at Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse and even met a celebrity. On Sunday, we went to the Bengals game to watch them play the Colts. This was my first experience at an NFL game and I must say that I am now a fan!!

We had great seats....a big thank you to E.Z.

Our claim to fame......we met R&B Artist Ray J

4 Months

I know this is a little late since Elli turned 4 months a week ago but we had our doctors appointment on Thursday and I wanted to wait to post our updates from the appointment. Elli weighs 13lbs and 13oz and is now 25 3/4 inches long! She is growing so fast! Elli got her four month shots and they seemed to bother her more than the first set. She was so fussy and hardly slept at all that night! Over the past two months Elli has really become a happy baby. She is always smiling and usually the only time that she cries now is when she is tired or when she wants our attention. She is grabbing at everything in site and is trying to "scoot" herself to get to what she wants. She is so sweet, anytime we have had a long day at work she always seems to give us that pretty smile and make us forget all about it!

Elli loves to play with her feet. Her favorite is to be in nothing but her diaper and play with her feet. She would do that for hours if we would let her!

Loves those fingers!

Big Girl!

Happy Anniversary Matt

Today, Matt and I celebrate our 2 Year Anniversary. What an amazing two years it has been. God has blessed us in so many ways but bringing us together and giving us our sweet little Elli are the most wonderful blessings anyone could ever ask for. Thank you Matt for being the most amazing husband and father to Elli. I love you more than you could ever know.

July 3rd, 2004

The day I met the whole "Knisley Gang"

October 10, 2009

The day I married my best friend and love of my life.