Belated Birthday Post

I never wrote about Ella's birthday, so here we go... short and sweet.

Ella's birthday party was a lot of fun.  We had lots of friends and family over to celebrate.  She got tons of toys and gifts.  The most surprising part was that she did NOT like her cake!  She had already had a cupcake at daycare earlier that week and loved it,and also for pictures, so I thought she would dig right in.  I think the people scared her? After the party was over we gave her a cupcake and she finally had some bites after we stopped "watching" her eat it.  The first video below is of her eating her cake and the second is the cupcake.

1st Birthday Girl

Mommy I dont wike it!

Hope you all had a wonderful mother's day.  I had a wonderful day and continue to feel blessed every time I see sweet Ella. To those of you who still long to be mothers, hang in there.  God will bless you in time and I have prayed for you today, along with those who have lost their moms or a child of theirs too soon.

It's Birthday Week!

This past month has seemed like a whirlwind!  There is just always so much going on.  We have had raccoons trying to invade our house, a leaking faucet that turned into a new faucet AND sink (over a month long period in which we didn't have a kitchen sink for some of that), and of course we're still in search of a new vehicle for Chris.  Then, this past week was a little thrown off due Chris being out of town for work and both of us out of town over the weekend.  In the midst of all that, Ella's Birthday is coming whether i'm ready or not!  

We are having a sock monkey birthday party for little miss Ella.  I can't wait!  Here is a sneak peek of her 1 year photos. 

Bring on the cake!

I'm off to enjoy the last week of Ella being a "baby" (although she will always be my baby).

 Let's Party!!!!

Live.Love.Laugh

Well, yesterday was a crazy day. Chris got into a car accident on his way to work.  It wasn't his fault, but it was still unfortunate.  I swear i'm just going to stop answering my phone at 8:30am.  It's never good news.  He has had 4 car accidents/incidents in the last 7 years, and that is just too many in my opinion.  Thankfully, he is okay, but we are now looking for a car as is was most likely totaled.

Yesterday was also our due date for our first baby, Logan.  While it has gotten much easier over the last 2 years, it is still a day that Chris and I remember and like to take a minute to celebrate together.  It's hard to believe that we could've had a 2 year old right now.  Seems so different than an almost 1-year-old! 

I will leave you with some pictures of Ella.  She loves being outside and has enjoyed the beautiful Indy weather we have been having.  

Riding my Dino -- so much fun!

Ready for the Butler game... one of the last of the season :(

Running around town!

Play date with my buddy, Isaac!

Playing outside.  I love this picture, but I think it makes her look so big!

We love you baby Logan.  We will always take a moment to celebrate your Birthday, no matter how busy our lives get.  You will always be a gift to us from God. You help remind us to take a minute to "smell the flowers" and to enjoy every moment we have with each other and with Ella.  After all, we probably would not have Ella otherwise. The accident also was a reminder that any of us could be gone in just a matter of seconds.  It's up to us to enjoy life to the fullest, because God can choose to take anyone at any given moment.  Happy 2nd Birthday... i'm sure you are partying it up with all the other babies in heaven!  Muah!

Helping Mama

Ella decided that she loved the fridge today.  She was "helping mama" put groceries away. She also likes to dance now... she just does it for a few seconds here.  I think she needed some music :)

Other than that, she is growing so fast!  She is now in the second infant room with the "bigger kids".  She craws extremely fast, can go up the stairs, likes to play in the pantry (especially likes bags of marshmellows and chips) and scoots along furniture.  I'm sure she'll be walking before we know it!  It's hard to believe i'm already planning her 1st birthday party. Sheesh.

A "Super" Weekend

I love weekends off.  We had such a great time this weekend just hanging out with our little family of 3 (oh, an Barkley too)!

On Saturday morning we decided to head downtown to check out the Super Bowl festivities.  It was a little cold so we all bundled up and checked everything out quickly.  We were glad to take the time to see it all.  We then went out to breakfast at LePeep's.  Ella was so good the whole morning.  She then came home and slept for 3 hours!

Downtown

We had family over for the big game on Sunday evening.  It was fun to have all of the cousins together and to see them all play together.  I didn't manage to get a picture of all of them at once, but I did get a few pics.

Miley in her Hello Kitty gear (shirt, socks, and matching sippy cup)

Miley & Addie

Ella and Miley playing hard

Ella also has another tooth that came in on the bottom.  It's hard to see in this picture, but it's on the left (her right).  So now her teeth are lopsided... one on top and three on bottom. Hehe

Cheeeeeese!