December 2018

We had so much going on December.  My sister Kathryn visited from Maui, and it was so fun seeing her and her boyfriend Kawika.  We went to Snoqualmie Pass, went into Seattle, and down to see the Clam Lights.

We went to the Zoo

 Penny showed how goofy and flexible she is

 Charlie kept getting into the tree

 We donated presents for Thomas

 And baked cookies for our neighbors

 Penny read to her babies

 We made gingerbread houses at the ward party

We saw Santa again

We spent Christmas in Seattle and left the next day to drive to Utah to have a belated Christmas with Andy's family.

In Utah there was a big Romero family reunion, and 6 out of Andy's 9 siblings were there.

Romero cousins singing jingle bells for everyone 

Sledding up in the canyons

 Church history Museum

 M'Leah and Charlie

 Ellie, Penny, Timmy, and Chris

 New Years Eve goof balls (Andy's already asleep, as usual)

 Ellie lost her 2 front teeth on New Years Eve!

November 2018

The month of November started with a bang.  Ellie had a cold, and progressively got worse as the day went on.  By nighttime her breathing was labored, she had to lay down after walking up the stairs and her heart was racing.  Andy was class until 9:30 that night, so I called my mom and she came out and watched Penny and Charlie while I took Ellie to Primary Children's E.R.  They took her back and gave her 3 albuterol treatments that weren't doing much.  They decided to admit to start steroids, and keep a breathing treatment going.

brave girl!

She ended up staying for 2 days and 2 nights, and was so brave and good the whole time.  We have an inhaler that she using now, and hopefully will be able to prevent this from happening again.

she liked picking her food out from a menu, even though she didn't have much of an  appetite  

She watched a ton of movies, colored and used play dough to pass the time

She's home!

Highlights from the month:

We went downtown with Grandma Silly and Ella:

Ellie had her first art show

I took the kids to see "The Grinch"

Random bits

cutie in overalls  

He is so sweet!

Penny took over our bed 

On their way to the North Pole

Ellie feeding Charlie

Getting into things 

Penelope turned 3 on November 24th!  She is so much fun, imaginative, cuddly, and very sweet.  She opened presents, we went out to breakfast, we went and Santa (which she was really excited about, but froze upon actually going up to him, and then we had a birthday party with our family.