Pictures with Cousin Momo

 I am just getting around to doing a lot of Ella blogging. Its what happens when you have FOUR children and one of them is newborn...
A few days after Ella was born my niece, Morgan, came over to take some pictures of my baby girl and get some picture taking practice.  She got some beautiful shots.  It breaks my heart to see how much Ella has already grown in the last 2 1/2 months. But I'm grateful to have these pictures to remember my tiny baby girl by. Thanks, Momo!

 In love...

This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween...

What a beautiful and fun day we had for our Halloween celebration.

Our Halloween didn't start off with Halloween day.  We had a full week of parties and trunk-or-treating prior to October 1st.  Let me just say, the kids will NOT be trunk or treating next year. The candy getting has gotten ridiculous.  We filled a huge bowl with candy the kids got and handed it out Halloween night. Too, too much of the stuff.

Our Halloween started out with Noah and Kyle's parade at school.

Spooky, dinner with mummy dogs and creepy, crawly potion drinks.

 Princess, Strawberry, Indiana Jones, Vampire 

Me and my juicy sweet strawberry baby.
Note the gorgeous weather. I think the the temp topped out at 76 degrees. A record breaker!  It made for some mighty pleasant trick-or-treating.

 

Buncha posers getting into the act.

Megan's friends

Allie, Mikayla and Megs

No coats for these trick-or-treaters!

The kids had fun going house to house with their friends. Kyle even took off with his friends and I thought, are we really THERE.  My boy doesn't need me anymore. boo-hoo. Unfortunately, with all the running he ended up biffing it and ripping a big hole in his new pants and his skin.

 These two were so cute trick or treating together.

After an hour or so of trick-or-treating, we headed over to a friends house to feast on chili and hot chocolate.
Great night!

Ella's Blessing Day

What an amazing, beautiful day for Ella's blessing day.  

The weather was almost as beautiful as my little Ella.  

I loved how she looked in her long white dress. 

 A perfect angel.

She received a sweet blessing given by her Daddy and surrounded by her Uncles Christian, Ethan, Von, Eric and Robert and her Grandpa (Shiflett) and Papa (Hind).

Will you just look at this picture?? The day was November 4th. 

 No jackets.Ella doesn't even have a blanket.

 I love my flaming red flowering pear in the background. 

(Did you happen to notice that we have FOUR kids? whew.)

The grandparents

Never thought I would be able to have an outdoor party in November. It was lovely.

Food! 

{and the anxious people waiting to eat it.}

{TWO} months

My little lady is growing up....fast!

She is so sweet and a really good baby. She does prefer to be held and talked to but she makes up for it by being an awesome sleeper.  She is still sleeping through the night (since 4 weeks). She is probably my "sleepiest" baby so far. She smiles a lot. (She got really good at it at about 5 weeks.)  And along with the smiling comes the cooing. LOVE her cooing.

We love her fat cheeks. We laugh every time we put her in her car seat because we have pull her cheeks out from under her shoulder belts! 

Ella's Stats

Height: 23.25 in  80%

Weight: 13.3 lbs  85%

Head: 16.5 in.  97%

The picture on the right is Ell's cooing face. :) I probably don't have to tell you what the one on the left is...:) 

Uppidy Date

Adam: Has a new calling as of this past August as Elder's Quorum Secretary. He was a Sunday School teacher for 16/17 years olds.  Ever since he got released from his 6 year stint in the YM's they have really been moving him around.
He has been working from for the past couple of months.  t is nice to have him home and catch glimpses of him throughout the day.  I even get to leave the kids at home when I do school pickups.  Its been nice.

Erin: Just recovering from pushing a watermelon out...well, you know.  Getting used to having 4 kiddies but really loving it and enjoying it.

Kyle: Has become a book worm.  He is reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid and reads it in bed, walking around the house, in the car...everywhere!  He is also loving Calvin and Hobbs.  Adam has a bunch from when he was a kid and gave them to Kyle, much to his delight.
We went to SEP's last week where we got a glowing report from his teacher.  He is doing very well and his teacher wants to test him for the gifted program for next year. That's my boy!

Noah: He also got a glowing report from his teacher at SEP's.  He is a good boy that likes to take his time... When his teacher told us that we just nodded and Mmmmhmmmm'ed. That's our Noah.
We are discovering that Noah is our musical boy.  He loves music in the car and is constantly asking us to "turn it UP!" We love hearing his voice from the very back seat.  Some of his favorites right now are "Dynomite" by Taio Cruz, "Some Nights" by Fun, "Kung Fu Fighting" from Kung Fu Panda, "Animal" by Neon Trees, just to name a few.

Megan: Has become quite the girly girl.  She wants to wear a dress EVERY day and the more sparkly and poofy the better.  She loves dolls but she is also happy playing Legos with the boys.

Ella: What a sweet baby.  She is smiling more and more every day.  She is also sleeping fairly well. I think she's my best so far.  She has been sleeping from about 10:30 or 11 to 4ish for the past three nights. And last night she slept from 11:00pm-7:00am. Wooooooo! I won't hold my breath but I'll enjoy it while it lasts.  She is also happy to sleep with out her car-seat unlike my other kids.

Tommy: Has enjoyed going on runs with Master Adam but during the run likes to put on the breaks to keep things exciting.