I decided to take the week off between Christmas and New Years Day so that Ella and I could stay home and spend lots of time together playing with our toys, resting and enjoying the last of the decorations. Unfortunately, daddy had to go back to work so we were on our own for much of the week. She begged all week to go outside and play with her new golf clubs and t-ball set, but it was freezing around here! I convinced her to wait for daddy and finally on the Sunday afternoon after NYD we managed to pull it off. It was cold, but we managed to last for about two hours and had a wonderful afternoon in the sunshine. Here are a few of my favorite moments... taking a swing with SD one of the few times she didn't let the bat go flying towards her daddy! concentration at its ...
Bowling for Pop, 2010
As usual, we took my grandfather "Pop" to dinner at Cracker Barrel for his birthday followed by an always laugh-inducing evening of bowling. We had lots of people out of town, sick or working this year, but those who made it had a wonderful time. I snapped this photo namely because she looked so darn cute in those corduroy pants and floral top AND she couldn't be happier that she got to wear bowling shoes like the big kids. She wasn't old enough to require it, so I thought I could skip out on that $3.50 purchase, but she was having NONE of it. My philosophy is if $3.50 is all it takes to keep her happy, then shell it out! I don't know if you ever seen a 6.5 month pregnant woman attempt to bowl, but it isn't a pretty sight. Instead, I saved my money, found Ella a 6 pound ball and ...
Christmas, Finale
My whole life, my immediate family has celebrated on Christmas Eve with communion, a snack supper, Christmas movies and presents. It has always been our very favorite part of the holiday season. We knew once we "grew up", got married and made babies this tradition would likely change. This year was the first year we tried something different and I'll have to admit it was quite fun. My mom made a fabulous breakfast spread the evening after Christmas and we had a sit down dinner instead of the usual finger foods around the fire. Ella didn't quite make it to dinner, but since she doesn't eat eggs anyway, we fixed her bacon and biscuits earlier in the evening and she became the meal's entertainment. In addition to the seven of us (Garan, Poppy, SD, Me, Ella, K & Cory), my ...
Snow Bunnies
Snow bunnies, without the snow, obviously. The Sunday after Christmas Ella couldn't bear to be separated from Lucy, her bitty baby, so she (Lucy) got decked out for church in her only church-appropriate attire. Luckily, Aunt Lane sent Ella a coat and hat that almost makes them twins. Ella was thrilled to see how cute they looked together! ...
Baby Belly, Week 26
Follow this link for silly outtakes. ...
The Nursery, Before
I had a great plan for my weekend. I was going to work hard in Sophie's room all day on Saturday and after church on Sunday and be greatly impressed with my progress. Unfortunately, I was assaulted with a lovely stomach virus part of the way through Saturday and got seriously derailed. I spent Saturday night and Sunday morning running from the bed to the bathroom, the rest of Sunday asleep and today being so weak from not eating for 48 hours that I basically laid on the couch all day. The good news is, that I got a lot of shopping done on Friday afternoon, a good bit of cleaning done in her room on Saturday morning (thank you to SD and my parents for moving furniture for me!) and I felt well enough this afternoon to finish getting things out of the room that didn't belong. Most of the ...
Umm.. Roll Tide.
I have a few more fun pictures from our night, but it's late and cold and I'm pregnant. ...
Game Time!
Yes, I know it is January 6th. Yes, I know I haven't officially finished recapping Christmas (final round to come!). BUT, I've been busy cleaning house, organizing, working on Sophie's nursery and nesting. I'll get it finished; I promise. In the meantime, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the million games we got and played over Christmas. We are a game playing family and Ella is learning quick. She has had a few games since her birthday and is pretty good at them, actually. We decided to add to her collection over Christmas and she managed to spank us in all of them! Not pictured: Hello Kitty Bingo, Fancy Nancy card game and Old Maid. The adults also managed to squeeze in Taboo, Shang-Hai, Rook and Trivial Pursuit. Competitive, anyone? ...