Friday, February 5, 2010

2nd Birthday Video

Here's a cute video of everyone singing Happy Birthday to Ella.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Santa Visit

Better late than never. He's a video of "Santa" visiting Ella on Christmas Day!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

2 year checkup




New stats from Ella's 2 year doctor appt:
Weight- 30lbs 3oz (85%)
Height- 36 3/4in (>97%)
Head- 19 1/2in (95%)

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday Ella!


Happy 2nd Birthday Ella! We can hardly believe it's been 2 years since you were born! It seems like yesterday and a million years ago all at the same time.
Ella really enjoyed her birthday and totally understood what was going on! It was so much fun! We practiced singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles for WEEKS leading up to the big day... and Ella didn't disappoint! (Video to follow...hopefully.)
We had a small party at the house on Saturday afternoon with a few of Ella's friends and our family. We had a blast and Ella can't stop talking about the balloons, birthday presents, and blowing out the candles.
We were blessed to have BOTH sets of Grandparents come into town to celebrate Ella's 2nd birthday. Ella is a very lucky girl!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

It's a BOY!

Mark and I are happy to report that not only am I 13.5 weeks pregnant... but we found out last week that it's going to be a BOY .


We couldn't be more excited... especially Dad! :)

My due date is July 11th but we expect to deliver a bit earlier than that. We have experienced quite a few complications this time around and will be in the “high risk” category for the remainder of the pregnancy. We have been told to count on delivering early, so we just hope we can keep this baby from coming until at least May or June so he has a better chance of being as healthy as possible. Miracles happen every day and we know this little boy will be ours.

We’d appreciate all of you keeping us in your prayers and I will try to post regular updates.

Merry Christmas!

Mark, Ella and I spend Christmas in Florida with both my family and Mark's parents and Grandfather. We had a WONDERFUL vacation and didn't want to come home. Unfortunately I didn't take that many pictures.

But I did get a picture of Ella with "Santa." He made a surprise visit on Christmas day with some toys for Ella. See if you can tell who he is...



Another great picture from the vacation... my brother Tom, my Dad, and my cousin Sean in their new Snuggies (their gifts from our family White Elephant exchange).

Monday, December 14, 2009

Breakfast with Santa

We had breakfast with Santa at the zoo this past weekend. It was fun, even though Ella wouldn't sit on Stanta's lap. :)
After breakfast we hung out for a while visiting the animals and riding the carosel.

Ella had a ton of funny with her good buddy Jack.

Looks like the Dad's had fun too. Check out Mark and David in the background.




Special Delivery

Why do we even buy this child toys?? She has WAY more fun playing with boxes and packing materials! Haha!

Sometimes the best things DO come in bigger packages.

Thanksgiving 2009

We decided to make a loast minute trip to Kansas City for the Thanksgiving holiday... and we are so glad we did. It was wonderful to be with family for Turkey Day.
Unfortunately I didn't take very many pictures!
Here is a picture from Ella's 1st attempt at ice skating. Mark and my brother Tom took her out on the rink. Needless to say, she wasn't a big fan. She lasted about 2 minutes before crying to get off the ice. She did, however, LOVE the ice skates and threw a royal fit that she couldn't wear them the rest of the evening.

And here is a post-ice skating pic of Ella with her GG and Granddaddy.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Ella Dancing

I've been horrible about updating the site lately. This video is from about a month ago.
Ella dancing!!