11.09.2012

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...



11.07.2012

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!

11.04.2012

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.}
















11.01.2012

{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...:)