Friday, March 27, 2009

Big Day!

3.27.09

Today is a big day.

Today is Ella's half birthday! WOW! Can't believe my baby girl is 6 months old already. Its so fun watching her grow. She literally learns something new every day, its so amazing! Her personality is starting to show more and more and its so much fun to see. She makes me laugh every day-she is such a joy. Today, in honor of her half birthday, I did a little photo shoot. It definitely wasn't as good as the one Amber did, but I think it went pretty well for our first real photo shoot! Here are some of my favorites...











This one was taken last weekend at my Aunt's house. Ella was SO tired. Sunday's are hard days for us with schedule and this day was especially hard since we went out of town. Ella didn't sleep in the car for very long so she was getting super cranky. She fell asleep on her daddy...so sweet!

This one was taken today...I was trying to get her official 6 month pic with the sign. Its getting a lot harder to get her to sit still! I have about 10 pics of her eating the sign. So, this one will have to do!

And this is the sight that greets me almost every day after her nap. I'll hear her start babbling in her crib and when I go in to get her, she's always rolled over onto her belly and gets stuck and starts calling out for her mamma to rescue her :) Notice her fingers poking through her blanket. Its so funny! Her great grandma made her that blanket and she sleeps with it every night and always pokes her fingers through the holes. The only bad part is that I'm always pulling fuzz from between her fingers!

Today is also a big day because 10 years ago today was my first date with Rusty!! It was funny, last night we were laying in bed and I said - 10 years ago today, I was thinking, tomorrow I have a date with Rusty! haha! Tonight to celebrate, we ended up going to the Jazz Kitchen in broadripple. It was fun! We really wanted to do The Melting Pot but then decided to do this instead. Rusty always makes fun of me because I love the "smooth jazz" station on the radio. My only complaint was that it was pretty loud so we couldn't really talk. So afterwards we went for coffee and got a chance to talk. I love that after 10 years, we still have things to talk about besides work, Ella, etc. We can still talk about our hopes and dreams, about God and our walk with Christ, about anything really! I love that we can still laugh together. I love that after 10 years, there is no one else I would rather spend time with than my husband. How awesome of God to give me such a wonderful partner in life.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

A Sampling

Here is a sampling of pics I got taken of Ella a few weeks ago! All in all it wasn't a great photo shoot. Ella just would not smile! She just seemed freaked out the whole time we were there. I might go do another photo shoot in a few months. It would help if she could sit up on her own. She just hated wearing that tutu! Guess it was too itchy!












We have been loving some awesome spring-like weather here! Ella loves going on walks so we've been doing that a lot. Next month we're starting mommy & baby swim lessons at the Y with my friend Jen and her baby Zane! Looking forward to that!
Ella and I are missing Rusty right now. He's in Atlanta for work. We dropped him off at the airport last night, it was so sad to see him walk away towards his terminal! Ella has been extra fussy since he left...I think she knows! Thankfully he will be home late Friday night so we will see him soon! He is the best husband and daddy ever and we love him!!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Finally!

Ella is finally rolling over! I seriously wondered if it would ever happen. She rolled over from belly to back when she was about 3 months old but she only did it 1 time! Since then I keep waiting and waiting for her to do it again....nothing. Finally yesterday she rolled over from back to belly. After she did it once, she just kept doing it over and over. I was so happy! I do have to give her a little push to get her on her side but from that point she does it all herself! So far she goes over her left shoulder more easily than her right shoulder so we'll have to work on that.

Monday, March 09, 2009

Mostly pics

Not much time to write but I wanted to share a few pics with you from this weekend. We had a great time celebrating Emma's 3rd bday! Happy Birthday Emma! And great job Lissa on a very fun and cute (ballerina themed!) party.

Getting ready for church

Ella with her flower headband (a party favor from Emma's party!)



Emma blowing out the candles


Me and Ella at the party

Just looking cute :)


Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Ella Laughing

Last night Ella was laughing and it was so funny!! Try to ignore me, I look hideous in this but I just had to share it! The funniest part is right before the camera goes sideways (sorry), you have to listen carefully but Ella does this really low laugh and its hilarious! Hope this makes you smile :)