Monday, April 20, 2009

Let's Go Fly a kite....

We had Ella's 2nd birthday party at Homewood park this past Sunday. The weather couldn't make up its mind, but luckily it cleared up for most of the party. We had......


Kites that wouldn't fly.....

Ring around the rosies....


a little playground time....
even though some didn't want to leave to go open presents


Popsicles galore
Lots of friends and family

cupcakes


doggies


and fun!





oh yea, and lots of presents!


thanks for helping open them cousin Hayden!


Our little 2 year old diva with a new, handmade apron from Natalie
and dress up shoes from who else....Aunt Cookie.



Ella must have had a fun day, since she fell asleep before eating dinner!

Happy Birthday Ella!!!!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! So, its been over 3 months since I've updated the blog! Sorry! I'll try to get better I promise! I miss posting things, but things have just been so crazy. Our house is officially on the market as of yesterday! Now, if I can only keep it clean for a few days....


Today is our sweet little Ella's 2nd birthday! It is so hard to believe she is already 2. Just unbelievable. It will be impossible to get caught up from the past 3 months, but here are some things that Ella is doing now that just amaze us. She can sing almost all of her ABC's (along with us), sing Rock a By Baby all by herself and say a few little nursery rhymes like Ring a round the Rosies; tonight she recited the entire Pat the Bunny book (maybe we read that one a little too much!). She can recognize almost all of her letters and colors, she is speaking in short complete sentences and phrases and we can pretty much always understand what she's saying. She has the best sense of humor and is just the sweetest little girl. Her favorite movie right now is Mary Poppins and she loves to sing Just a Spoonful of Sugar. I think she's got a little crush on Michael Banks.


I glanced through our 600 pictures I just downloaded from the past couple of months...so here's a quick glimpse of what we've been up to:











Easter Egg Hunt






Aldridge Gardens


Where did the bird go? I don't know!


Aunt Cookie babysitting...of course giving her sweets





The sweetest little girl!!!



Our winter wonderland



Not a fan of the cold


Why we love our dogs


Yes, already playing chess (just kidding!)


ok, this is just kidding also....






time to go clean the kitchen....