Ella's First Birthday Party!

Well, I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from Ella's 1st Birthday party! Today was the last day of school (yesterday was the last student day) so I should have a little bit more free time... just a little bit, June is packed full of FFA activities! Ella's party was Sunday night, it was perfect weather with wonderful friends and family! I think everyone enjoyed themselves, especially Ella. We had a barnyard theme party, it was pretty cute! She didn't really attack the cake like I thought she might, she just kind of picked at the frosting and ate that. She got tons of awesome gifts but was more into checking everyone out at our house instead of opening the gifts so I had to do the majority of that! I did have a few helpers! She is having tons of fun with all of her new books & toys. So here are all of the pictures!

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One Year Old!

Ella is one today! I don't know where the time went! We are having her first Birthday party tomorrow so I'm sure I'll have some great pictures to post! For now, Ella did some exploring outside today. She hasn't been a fan of playing in the grass, however, today I put her down and she just took off (I think it has something to do with her feet and legs being covered), checking everything out. She also ventured over to my flower bed and loved playing in the dirt! She had her first taste of it... not sure if she'll do that again but she really enjoyed herself! (And yes... those are her pajamas!)

Another Funfilled Weekend!

Spending time with the cousins on Memorial Day!

Emily, Ella & Riley

Playing with Ava & Riley

Waiting for the parade to start... actually we ended up riding in the convertible with Grandma Shirley! Ella's first parade appearance!

Family photo and Ryan & Devan's Wedding! (It was getting late- Ella was a bit sleepy!)

Man it's bright in here!

Ella playing with Grandma Sally!

Ella trying her first lemon... yummy!

Actually wait... that doesn't taste very good.

We've had an eventful weekend! Between graduation open houses, weddings and parades we're pretty worn out! Here are a few pictures of all of the fun we've had! Less than a week and our little baby girl will be one... it's hard to believe.

My Little Helper!

Just wanted to post a few pictures of Ella and her favorite toy! Well, at least when I have it out. She loves the sweeper, she climbs all over it, follows it around and even tries to grab it when I'm sweeping around her, I'm afraid I will get her little fingers. Anyway, she absolutely loves it and just giggles and jabbers everytime it's out. Maybe someday she will enjoy so much that she would rather sweep the house. Wishful thinking I'm sure!

New Pictures of Ella!

I finally went in and picked up Ella's pictures, these were taken about a month ago but they are too cute not to share!

11 Months Old...

As of tomorrow Ella will be 11 months old. I can't believe it, time has really flown. She is still such an incredibly happy little girl. She constantly giggles and jabbers! She loves being mobile, she crawls all over the house, she especially loves crawling into our bedroom and exploring, then making her way to check out our bathroom too! I am constantly mopping and picking every little crumb off the kitchen floor otherwise she will find it and eat it later... pretty gross! She now has 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom! She loves food... no more baby food whatever we have on our plates, if she can't pick it up she really doesn't want it, so meal time is a bit more messy now! (which is why we constantly have to clean the kitchen floor) She still loves bath time and then loves to take off after bath time and explore in the buff!!! It's hilarious! She's starting to stand a little more than she used to but she would still rather just crawl all over. So that's the update on Ella... our baby girl is 11 months old!

Spring Break 2009!

Well, it's been an eventful few weeks. Obviously I've been away from the blog for a while so here is the update! Two weeks ago we headed to Florida with my family. It was Spring Break for Karla and I so we took advantage of Mom & Dad's new place in Florida! Krista, Mike and the Girls came down to meet us too! I didn't think we were ready to drive that far with Ella so Dave, Ella, Karla & the Boys, Mom, Shannen and myself all flew down to Orlando. We arrived Saturday night so we relaxed and checked out the "park" on Sunday. Mom and Dad bought an Executive Suite for their RV in a park called the Great Outdoors in Titusville, about 40 minutes from Orlando. On Monday we all headed to Disney, there we met up with Krista, Mike and the Girls. All of us ventured into the Magic Kingdom to experience all of the magic! It was packed, I can't believe how many people were there. Ella seemed to be okay with it and managed to get in a nap while waiting for some of the attractions. After a sudden down pour we finally made it back to Krista's hotel to put the kids down for naps then headed back for even more magic later in the evening. After enjoying shorter lines and watching the fireworks at Disney we finally made it back to the park around 1:30am... a bit late for Ella & Me! So the rest of the week we just spent relaxing and enjoying the wonderful weather. Dave and I did sneak away for an afternoon to check out Kennedy Space Center, it was only 10 minutes away! It's been a very long time since I've been there so it was pretty cool to experience it again! On Thursday Mike, Krista, Emily, Ava, Dave, Ella and I all made the short drive over to Cocoa Beach to see the ocean. I'm the over protective mom so we only spent about an hour there because I didn't want Ella to burn. You'll notice in the majority of the pictures she always has on her hat and sunglasses... what you can't see is the thick coating of sunscreen! I used to fry in the sun as a child and just don't want that to happen to Ella! We also all went to dinner at a wonderful seafood restaurant to celebrate Easter then headed back to the park for the Easter Egg Hunt! So that is basically the recap of our trip, it was great to spend some quality time in the warm weather with my family and watch all of the "cousins" play together! Hopefully this will become an annual event!

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