LOOK WHO TURNED 3!

I cant believe my little girl is already 3.  Where does the time go?  On the 1st of December was Ellie's birthday and we had quite the fun day.  Opening presents: We took El to see "How to train your Dragon" in the theatres and she absolutely loved it.  Now she watches it almost everyday.  It cracks me up...  She loves her doll house accessories and we have had a lot of quiet time as she plays with them.  Thank you Ganma and Papa:)

 This year Ellie wanted to help make her own birthday cake.  We decided to make a giant cupcake and a few little ones to share.  Lets just say we shouldn't go into the cake making business:) We kept telling her it was her birthday all day, but she wasn't convinced until everyone sung her "Happy Birthday" and she got to blow her candles out.

 We had a fun day of shopping and playing.  Ellie loves going to stores (I have no idea who she gets that from:) and ended it by going to the outlets in Anthem and admiring there ginormous live Christmas tree.  Both El and Bryn kept staring at it in amazement and saying "wow".  It was too cute!

SO BIG!

Crew is getting big so fast.  Funny how time flies.  It seems like it was just yesterday we brought this little guy home. He is such a joy to have around and Ellie loves being a BIG sister.  Shes definitely mommy's little helper and gives her brother plenty of attention. 

I am so grateful for my family!

WEDDING

Over Thanksgiving weekend, my little sis Kyley got married.  We are so excited to have Brock join the family and they make such a cute couple.  We love you guys, congrats!

TRICK-OR-TREAT

Ghost suckers that "GG" was handing out. Ellie loved it!

Joel got nominated for the Pie eating contest. Lets just say he wasn't feeling too hot after scarfing down a whole pumpkin pie, ha!

Grandpa Great was one of the judges and was cheering Joel on the whole time. What a trooper!

Our little Tigger (Bryn) and Witch (Ellie)

CARVING PUMPKINS

Every Halloween my moms side of the family gets together at my Aunt Carolyn's house to carve pumpkins. We had such a good time this year and Ellie was sooo excited for the "party". She picked out this skeleton to "help" carve, but didn't do much helping. Apparently the inside of a pumpkin is really gross and there were too many other things going on for her to sit still for too long. Sure enough I ended up carving the pumpkin, again, but hey, I had fun doing it:)

FIRST BATH

All bundled up!

My little helper had to be right in the mix helping me do EVERYTHING!

Ah, how relaxing!

OUR LITTLE DUDE!

I noticed that none of our hospital pics really showed a good close up of Crew, so I thought I would put a few more pictures up so you can get a good look at him.
Isn't he cute! :)

HE'S HERE!

Welcome the newest member to our family...
Crew Bradley Hendricks
7lbs. 9oz. - 19.3inch. long
October 15, 2010
2:41 a.m.

Labor went relatively well. Started out by having minor contractions that didn't hurt, but were pretty regular, so Joel and I decided to head to the hospital around 7:00 p.m. on the 14th (my actual due date). Once we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 4 and almost 100% effaced. The nurses got me all set up with I.V.'s and the count down was on. When I was at a 5, the anesthesiologist suggested I get my epidural now since my water could break at any moment, and once it did, my contractions would really start coming. So I did, and boy was it a different experience from when I had Ellie and didn't get my epidural til 2min. before she arrived. Ha! Crew did get a little stressed at this point, but all turned out well. Once I got to a 5 1/2 it was only a matter of minutes before I was already at a 9... I guess I progress pretty quickly. No one was expecting this and before we knew it Crew was ready to come and my doctor hadn't even arrived to the hospital yet. I was a little nervous, but I had an amazing nurse who was able to deliver him. Once I was in position, he just kind of fell out, I didn't even push. Someone was a little eager to get to earth, ha! Poor Dr. Beck showed up just in time for clean up duty :)
We feel so blessed he is FINALLY here and couldn't be happier.

ALMOST THERE!

This was the night of my Due date. October 14th. Still no baby :) Any day now, I cant tell you how ready I was for our little guy to come. The count down is on!

LITTLE READER

Ellie has decided she likes to read books All By Herself before she goes to bed at night. She must get that from seeing Joel and I reading in bed at nights on occasion. Anyways I went into her room after a few minutes and this is what I found. I thought it was so cute. This book must have really exhausted her.

NICE GET AWAY

Our little Cow Girl!

Enjoying the beautiful weather. It was so nice!

Ellie and Billy

Our little cow girl got to ride a horse all by herself. Joel was a nervous wreck the whole time, Ha! Jason was nice enough to take El on quite the horse ride. Ellie could have gone around and around all day if we would have let her. She kept saying she wanted to go faster and kicking the horse on the sides, luckily for us her kicks weren't hard enough to have an effect and she was riding a really good horse. :)

Being 8 months pregnant in the middle of August is definitely not something I would recommend. With the temperatures being high and a little humidity, I told Joel I needed to get away and enjoy some cooler weather. We were fortunate enough to visit Joel's older bro and family in Joseph City, AZ once again and escape some of the heat. Not to mention have a little fun too! Thanks again Jason and Family, Its always fun spending time with you guys!

GIRLS LUNCH

Its always so much fun getting together with family. All of us girls were able to get together for my Aunt Carolyn's birthday and have a nice lunch.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aunt Carolyn, we love you!

FARMER GIRL

One of Ellie's favorite things to do at the "Farm" is feed the chickens. She absolutely loves the way the chickens follow her and come running when she calls for them.
Its so funny to watch her take charge and pick them up like they are still baby chicks, which is obvious that they are not. Shes definitely turned into my little farmer girl and I love it!

WARDROP REUNION

Let the tournaments begin! We split into 4 teams and had a fun day full of various games. Unfortunately "Team yellow" was stuck with both Tarryn and I (the two prego girls) they just counted us as one, Ha, sorry team:)

Soccer was a little challenging for me, so Ellie and I just stood in the middle of the field, Ha! We definitely cheered on our team though! That's Kyley's FIANCE in the middle. He got to join in on the fun, Congrats you two! Welcome to the family Broc.

Volley ball was my favorite, but I can't say I helped out my team that much. Wouldn't say its one of my stronger sports. We were able to beat one of the four teams, so that says something, right?:)

"GG" and Grandpa-great enjoying some yummy ice cream while watching the events.

Swimming fun with Aunt Ky and "Ganma"

"Bathing Beauty"

The boys all played a mean game of water basketball. It was a blast to watch!

We love the pool!