Friday, January 22, 2010

Birthday Party Pictures

Still no two year pictures.....but here are some from Ella's birthday party. And the last few are from the relaxing evening spent at home for my birthday!! Love my family. :)
My mom made the cute Tinkerbell cake. Yum!
The birthday girl.

Girly toys.....hopefully she'll be able to do her own hair soon!!
Her FAVORITE.....Jessie from Toy Story
Reading her new Toy Story book
Hadley & Ella after a long day
My favorite people..... :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday Ella!!

You know, it's funny how your parents get a kick out of the fact that you have a child just like you were to them......and I now understand, at least the first two years, the torture I put my parents through. Because I have had my ME!!

My baby girl is two today and she's every bit of her mommy's sassy. I certainly wouldn't trade her for the world and I hope my parents can say the same about me. Ella is spunky, sassy, daring, inquisitive, confident and trusting. She adores her big brother, and he loves her and protects her in return. Ella is a complete blessing to this family in every way possible. She was the final touch to our house, she's got such a HUGE personality (some days good, some days challenging), some days she's mommy's girl and some days she's daddy's little girl. And we all LOVE her with all our hearts.

Here are several pictures I'm posting of Ella's short two years. One of these days I'll take some two year pictures and post them.....but I've been reminiscing lately, so you get to too.

Of course before there was Ella, there was Brutus!! :)
NewBorn
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18 Months

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Snow Bunnies =:)

So I finally got Ella a pair of snow pants.....the excuse I kept giving Evan because I didn't want to go outside and freeze my butt off. So no more excuses mommy! We're going outside to play.

Potty first - check, three layers of clothes - check, snow pants - check, jacket and hats - check, battle to get the mittens on - check (all of this times 2), mommy coat and camera - check....and off we go.

10 minutes playing in the snow....on the swingset.........priceless!! Which was ok with me since I was already freezing 3 minutes into play time. :)