Wouldn't Ya Say My Collection's Complete?

Well...the results are in and we're having our third girl! We were all a little shocked because everyone was thinking it was a boy (well, Carly wanted a baby zebra but that's a different story.) but we're still super excited! I've always wanted my girls to have lots of sisters. There is just something about them. And hurray for getting another "dolly" to dress up! :) We love the name Alice and are still working on a middle name.


just a picture of the foot and hand. I thought it was pretty neat because it's pretty clear.

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was fun and relaxed. I got a great homemade meal from Joseph (who might I add is a fantastic cook!) and a much needed 1 hour massage. Seriously...best gift ever!


The girls each wanted a turn taking a picture...


Ella gave me a coupon book, a foot massage and a fancy pen with a flower on it. She was so sweet about wanting to make this day special for me!



Carly gave me a coupon book, helped Daddy make me dinner and a "fairy wand" made out of a stick, ribbons and Hershey kisses.

Easter

I'm late, but who am I kidding, that's kind of been my M.O. lately.

Easter was fun. We started early with coloring eggs. About 3 weeks early. But the girls were so excited to do it and we needed an activity.






Looking like nice ladies is just too much to handle in our family. Apparently we'd much rather look like this....




Aren't they beautiful? We are proud for sure! :)


The week before Easter we went on a big trip. First to Nauvoo, IL to see Joseph's parents. The car was packed, we were on our way. Then an hour into our trip Joseph kept getting phone calls for hail cars and decided to be dropped off in McKinny and catch a ride with a partner back home. There was no way he was leaving this big 500 car hail mess just to get messier. What a let down! He had already been so busy and we were hardly seeing him and I kept telling myself that the end was near and we were going on a big vacay. Booooooo! But! You gotta do what you gotta do. Accountants have tax season, Retail managers have Christmas season....and we've got hail season. So daddy worked 14 hour days and we went to have fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

Eating sweet homemade ice cream and goofing off with Grandma!







Right before we left Nauvoo Grandma had a fun Easter egg hunt for them right when the woke up.





Saying goodbye to Grandpa and now off to Kansas!


Next on the list was Lawrence, Kansas where my brother and his wife live. They had a new baby, Murray Lawrence. My first nephew on my side of the family! We got to see my two brothers, my sister, Grandma and my parents. We were just missing my brother Lincoln who wasn't able to make it.




We did a lot of baby snuggling....








Blessing attending.....






Eating out.....






and Catching up.....


Ella was great, she went around and took pictures of everyone. Pretty good shots might I add and I didn't have to move a muscle. Just sit and enjoy my delicious dish. Don't know everyone? Let me introduce you:



Hi, this me. :)




My dad (aka: Pop) with a zonked out little Carly.


Ella Bella. (standing on a booster seat so she could "trick" everyone so they would think she was taller.)


My brother Adam and his cute wife Ashley (aka: the new parents) and Ashley's parents and sister.



The oldest of my 3 younger brothers, Noah (he wears his sunglasses at night) and Noah's GF Kylie (aka:balloon animal creator and great kid entertainer)



This is my mom...aka:Nonie. She loves the babies. (I think she secretly wants to steal them.)



My Grandma aka:GiGi. She's great and I love her.



My one and only sister Ashley. Soon to be Ashely Trunnell no longer.


Wedding shopping for my sister who will be getting married in August....


Balloon animal making....
And yes, one daughter has a pink poodle, the other (if you were wondering) is a bazooka...and yes, she was the one that asked for that.

Oh, but our journey didn't end here. It was very eventful. After the blessing and celebrating my dads birthday we went on over to my hometown of Liberty, Missouri to visit with my best friend, Abbie. We had good times but it was a short trip. I had to leave the next morning. Even though it's short, it's always nice to see her. I feel so greatful that I live close enough to be able to visit.

On my way home we had some crazy weather. Going through Tulsa, OK I got caught in a tornado storm. The lady at the toll booth said there was one coming straight for us. I was listening to the radio for any warnings but like that is going to help if I didn't even know where I was. I ended up having to pull over because the rain was coming down so hard and fast and then it started hailing golf ball sized hail. I though it was going to break my windshield. And yes, I was scared out of my mind. Ella thought it was cool and Carly slept through the whole thing. Here is one picture...I caught a piece mid air.

These crazy things mangled my car.




We were on the road again and both girls had finally fallen asleep. I have to share this picture of Ella that I caught while stopped at a stop light. I'm glad she understands safety.


Now I'm about as bord typing this as you are reading it. So I'll just leave you with the end of April which was Easter morning. It was fun and hectic, as we had church at 9 am and woke up fairly late.

Gymnastics

I took the girls to a party at a local gymnastics studio. It was for open gym and was with some friends. Both girls seemed to love doing all the neat stuff at the studio. Of course I didn't need to bring my camera...who would do that? ;) They had face painting there and I got a quick cell phone pic of them. Ella was too embarassed to go into the store like that afterward so she immediately washed it all off in the Target bathroom. Carly loved her crown too much and got quite the attention with her cute crown, leotard and legwarmers.

Thinking I'll put the girls in gymnastics once soccer is over. Ella HATES soccer with a passion and last week cried the whole game. lol poor girl. I'm debating whether or not to keep her in for another year to make sure she isn't going to want to stick with it, or just pull her out now for gymnastics.

Killian Family Update

Excited to have a Halloween baby! The party possibilities are endless!

Disneyland (take 3)

Starting off the morning with a big breakfast to get us through the day...Yay! Ella FINALLY (on the last day) decided to wear one of her dress ups!



This day we made reservations at "Ariel's Garoto" for lunch. A restraunt where some of the Disney Princesses come out and greet you while you eat lunch. It was really pricey, I'm not going to lie, but Joseph's and my meals were amazing! The girls...we basically paid $50 for jumbo mac 'n cheese that we ended up tossing in the trash after they were too excited to eat. (nice) But Oh the experience...it brought me to tears seeing how happy my girls were.


Anxiously going down the staircase to meet Ariel.





After a little convincing Ella decided that this was her last chance to meet the princesses. She ran to her and just held on tight. It was so sweet. As you might have noticed...Ariel is Carly's favorite. (look closely and you can see the beloved doll in Carly's hand)

















Our appetizer....pretty yummy.



Cinderella came out first.




It was so cute, she saw Ella in her Cinderella costume and asked her to come talk with her. Ella just ran over and hugged her. No prodding needed. She just held her tight for a little bit. It was so sweet.









Just the happiest little girl after just meeting Cinderella. This smile was worth the pricey (non-eaten) meal.





























Our yummy dessert spread. And yes, that IS a pure white chocolate sea shell! The girls also each got their very own brownie with a candle and were sung to for their birthdays.




Yes, Joseph and I were still there too. Loving every minute of it. (Photo courtesy of Ella)


Just about to leave the restraunt. These girls were on cloud 9. Ella kept saying, "I'm so proud of myself for being brave and meeting the princesses! This is the best day EVER, mom!"






These two pictures were while waiting in line at the Toy Story 3 ride for 45 minutes and then didn't get to ride b/c it broke down when we were next! But heard it's a good one! (Don't worry, you don't need to tell me how beautiful I am here...I already know. Love'n the drenched drowned rat look)








In Pixie Hollow. This one is cool because as you're walking into it, all the flowers start to get taller and taller till they are bigger than you. We told the girls we were shrinking so we could fit into Pixie Hollow. Not sure if they bought it. This was about the time it started raining HARD.



Poor Tink was out there freezing!



We ran for cover in the animation studio. It was AWESOME! There is so much to do there and the girls had a lot of fun.

We met Mickey there! (Check out my jeans! My shoes are SOAKED and so are my pants from the cuffs all the way to my hips! This is just from walking in the rain WITH a poncho!)



And we saw Woody (and one of his green army men) there too. Ella wasn't having it...she just hid her face. Silly shy girl!




The last day we were at Disney we wanted to get a lot done since the past two days we had spent all at Fairytale Land. We rode some rides...for those that have asked... I think our favorite was the Peter Pan ride (Pretty awesome.) and if you didn't do anything else the whole time MAKE IT to the Broadway showing of Aladdin there. It seriously was amazing! We probably only went on like 10 rides. Ella wanted to go on all of the roller coasters. More power to her...I wasn't about to. But then nobody went because it was raining too much and it would've just been pelting her in the face. We went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride...it was fun. Scary for me and Carly b/c of the drop offs, you get wet and Ella was a little freaked out by the pirates. They loved the Dumbo ride and Mr. Toad's wild adventure. Snow White's scary adventure was scary/fun. The girls were a little timid but still liked it. They also loved "It's a Small World" But who couldn't love that? It's fun to see all the different countries. Pinochio ride was fun for them too. Unfortunately we didn't get to ride the famous tea cups because they were full of water. DON'T take little kiddos on the Mickey Mouse "ferris wheel" ride in Cal. Adventure. Ella and Joseph loved it, Carly and I were screaming to get off. It's not just a ferris wheel, it tips and slides all over the place. Mix that with freezing cold and lots of wet wet rain and it = not fun for me. I had this thick cable knit sweater on that was completely drenched! Can you see Carly hiding the whole time under my poncho? lol I had water dripping (from the cars above us) down my poncho and INto my shirt! Soooo Cold!

We ended up having an AWESOME time...sans the rain. Hope the pictures weren't too boring. We can't wait to go back...when it's warm. :)