little stinker

Ella has been talking up a storm lately!

I love it!

Kind of cracks me up what she picks up on though....

lately everytime she comes into our room she wants to go to the tree,

and throw dirt all over the room.

needless to say this is a big NO NO!

She knows this. Yet, she doesn't care!

I guess I have been telling her it's bad.

Because now everytime she looks like she is going to stick her little hand in it

I say: Ella that's a NO NO!

She replies, with a little point to the tree:

BAD BAD BAD!

I can't help but laugh. She's so darn cute!

Today we ate at Scotty's for dinner!

YUMMMM.

even after working there for so long, we still crave it!

Ella really likes to "act like a puppy"

she will hold things with her teeth (tonight it was a straw)

she swings her little head around and if you ask her if she is a puppy

she will just nod her little head yes

Well, she accidently dropped the straw on the ground

during the puppy process

and out of no where says:

UH OH!

so cute. so sweet. so shocked :)

I told her, Ella, it fell on the ground!

Ella: (as she waves to her straw) BYE BYE!

Seriously, I could just eat her up sometimes.

It never ceases to amaze me the capacity

to which a mother loves her child

it's absolutely unbelievable

I just fall deeper in love with her everyday

she is such a little sweetheart!

Updates

This weekend was great, but it flew by! (Don't they always?)

Leading up to the weekend was not so great though! Ella was sick again last week. High fever started Monday night, Tony stayed home with her all day Tuesday, I stayed home with her Wednesday morning. She started to act a little better so I took her to daycare Wednesday afternoon, and went on in to work. She acted great Thursday so we let her go to daycare again. Turns out that was a bad idea :( Ella threw up at daycare on Thursday, and acted really sick when Tony picked her up. We finally made the decision to take her to Urgent care, and we found out Ella had two fluid and pus filled ears that were about to rupture! :( No wonder she felt so awful! So her and I stayed in on Friday & slept in and took naps, which ended up being good for both of us! Daycare has just been such a tough transition and it's really hard to fight off all those germs!

Friday night, Tim & Susan offered to watch Ella so Tony & I could go out on a date, which was MUCH needed! We got a little bit of a late start so we weren't able to go Outback like we wanted, but we had Moe's which was still a wonderful alternative! Then we went and saw Shutter Island. I'm not going to lie, it didn't really look like my kind of movie but it was pretty good. But at one point I definitely started crying, and I kind of think I was the only one in the theatre crying! (trust me though, I think any mom would have!) After the movie we met up with a couple friends at Brother's for a few drinks before heading home!

Saturday Tony had to work on his taxes so Ella, Kristin, and I went to the mall and did a little shopping! I am happy to say I am only a few pounds off from what I weighed when I graduated high school :) Never thought i'd see those numbers again! So I was pretty excited to get some new jeans in a smaller size! Saturday night we just hung out at the house and watched ANOTHER movie (two movies in one weekend very rarely happens!)

Sunday was a pretty lazy day.

Tony & I work in the nursery at church every third Sunday of the month, which happened to be yesterday. We had a good time, and it has been fun to watch the babies grow from month to month! After church we went back to Tony's parents for some lunch and to hang out with the family for a bit. That evening Tony & I went to the mall to do a little more shopping. I think I got a little spoiled going to the mall TWICE in one weekend :) But i'm not complaining, I had a great time and I got the CUTEST new pair of black vera wang heels (ON SALE) I will have to post pictures, I really love them! Now if it would just hurry up and get warm out so I can wear them with something cute!

I think that's everything! Here's to another busy week ahead of me!

{15} months old

{15} Months old

...a few things I want to remember about my big girl...

Words:

.mama, dada, bye bye, gone, milk, go, & more

.is completely attached to her panda

.will almost never smile for a picture

.has been in daycare ("school") one month

.can blow kisses

.absolutely loves babies, real or fake

.is still in a rear facing car seat

.throws her diaper away after you change her

.doesn't like wearing socks

favorite foods:

.blueberry waffles, mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, oatmeal

.is most definitely not a morning person

.will tell us when she wants to go to bed

.will follow almost any instructions you give her

.loves Kobe

.weighs 22 pounds

.would brush her teeth all day if you let her

.is always fair- if she kisses mommy, she will kiss daddy too

.loves to tickle, and be tickled

.she's a girly girl

.has enough hair for a tiny ponytail

.is super tall & skinny- hard to find pants that fit

.will lay in bed and sing before she falls asleep at night time and nap time

.dances when music is on

.knows what sound a cow makes

.has 8 teeth

she is seriously the sweetest little girl ever,

I can't believe she is already fifteen months old!

Time sure does fly!

I'm back!

After almost 5 months of being away, I am back to the blog world! To start it all off, I did quite a bit of editing to my page :)