Fair week

Today was the last day of the fair, which is always sad! Ella and I went and walked around up there today with Megan and baby Gwen :) I can't believe how many memories it brings back just being in that atmosphere. I can't help but miss it! Last night Tony & I went up to watch Thomas show in his last two classes of the season. He ran an AMAZING barrel time with a 17.9! :) It was the second fastest time in 4H history! Unfortunately he hit the last barrel with his spur and knocked it over which adds a 5 second penalty, but oh well! He still had one amazing time!

Luckily for me this week FLEW by! I now have ONE full week left of summer classes (and then a final on the following tuesday!) I can't wait, I feel like I've wasted all summer long in school and haven't gotten to enjoy myself very much, or get to take Ella to do many fun things.

Speaking of Ella, she just learned to wave HI and BYE BYE! :) soooo sweet!

Summer?

Really, where has the summer gone? I am in SHOCK that it is already officially past mid July! It's definitly flown by and I really wish I would have been able to have more time with Ella. School has really taken over my life these past 8 weeks! Luckily, two more weeks and i'm FINISHED! It looks like i'll be getting an A & B for Anatomy & Microbiology, which i'm happy with!

Today was another jam packed day! Last night I worked until 8, and came home and studied until almost 2:00 this morning! I had a big test this morning and of course I put studying off until the last minute! I did well though, but have been completely exhausted all day. After my test I got a quick lunch with Danny & Sam, then headed back to school for a 3 HOUR microbiology lab! (did I mention how ready I am for school to be over!)

Ella has been pretty much refusing naps lately which is not cool at all. She MAYBE takes a 1 hours nap all day long! For a while she would sleep in every morning, take a great nap, and go to bed around 8:00. Not anymore! Now that she can crawl and move more she is ALWAYS on the move! I knew this would happen, but now it has really hit me. Things are going to get busier and busier, she is going to be quite the handful as a toddler I can already tell! :)

I'm glad it's already Thursday :) I sure wish the office was on, one Thursday closer though!

BIG girl!

As of....7.13.08
[8 months old]

Ella's life lately:

Ella can officially CRAWL!

last day as a 7 month old, her first tooth popped up!

She babbles all the time and makes lots of happy noises

She is sort of getting over her stranger anxiety

she loves to ride in the big girl seat in the shopping cart

She is the best night sleeper & loves naps

she loves to wiggle and dance when music comes on

she loves food. period.

she is such a silly girl and has such a fun personality

and of course... I love her more everyday!

In other news, I am SO ready for summer classes to be over with! I only have the rest of this week, then two more weeks. I really miss getting to spend all day with Ella. She is learning and growing SO fast and I really don't want to miss out! I'm starting to get excited about planning her 1st birthday party! (even if it is still 4 months away!)

Sunday Tony & I went to the cubs game with his family and had the best time! It was my first professional baseball game and I absolutely LOVED it! We're definitly going to have to go alot more next summer! Oh, and we got Ella her very FIRST cubs tshirt!

Fair is next week and I can't wait to go there and eat haha! :)

tiny baby?

Oh where did that teeny little baby I once had go? I seriously can't believe how big Ella is getting! Today I finally went through Ella's dresser and took out all the clothes that were too little. (which ended up being quite a lot of them!) I actually had a really hard time with it, how could she have EVER been so tiny!

We just got back from vacation yesterday and we had a GREAT time! The weather was perfect and we definitly jam packed our days with fun stuff! Ella absolutely LOVES the pool and swimming! She really is such a great baby. The plane ride went way better than I could have even hoped for! She didn't cry or fuss once either way! She was in such a happy mood the whole trip too :) She seemed very excited to spend ALL day with mommy & daddy both for 4 whole days! We spent Friday and all day Saturday at a 4 million dollar house right on Crystal River! It was BEAUTIFUL (and even had an elevator inside the house!) Sunday we took Ella to Lowry park zoo and to the beach! I definitly wasn't ready to go home on Monday!

I have a feeling all these big milestones such as crawling, walking, and talking are just going to come boom boom boom from now on! Ella rolls all over the place, can spin around in a circle on her tummy and sort of scoot, and she just started pulling herself up to stand! I really can't believe it! Next Monday she is going to be 8 months old! How did that happen!

SUPRISE!

I got my iPhone today! :) I am seriously SO excited! (even though Tony has been playing with it all night and I haven't gotten to) We went today to add Tony onto my family plan, but then switched everything over into his name so we could get his Purdue discount... well apparently that means my line is treated as a NEW account= $99 iPhone!

Had to share. It's awesome. :)

back track

Again, I'm awful at updating this so here's a quick update from our life!

Here we go! Last Tuesday Tony & I went to the lake with Mark, Zoey, Sam & Ryan. We had a blast! I love getting to do things with Tony that we hadn't gotten to do together before and this was one of them! The rest of last week was pretty busy too. Friday we cleaned out Tony's mom's car for her, we really wanted to do something nice for her since she watches Ella all the time. We ended up cleaning for over 3 hours! It looks great now though! Saturday I worked Kindergarten round up from 9-3:30, then went to Emily's wedding reception for a little while, and then ended up playing games with Megan and Dereck until 2:30 AM! :) I really wish they lived closer so we could hang out more often! Sunday we originally planned on staying home, cleaning, and relaxing for a change... but, then we got an offer to go to Indy with Tony's family and we had to take it! We had a great time, we went shopping and out to dinner at the cheesecake factory. We went to the Apple store and decided we are DEFINITLY getting iPhones! I'm so excited! I've wanted one for quite a while now! Unfortunately, I looked up online and i'm not eligible for the $99 upgrade until August 18th :( Boo! But i'll be counting down the days until then from now on! Tony is probably going to be getting his this week though.

Its going to be another busy week. Class tomorrow, work most of the day on Wednesday, and Thursday i'll be going to class 8-4:30 with NO break at all :( and then off to the airport! I'm definitly looking forward to this weekend in Florida, a little nervous about flying with Ella, but over all very excited to see old friends, go to the beach, and just RELAX! Well, more updates soon, but I have a whole living room full of laundry that needs folding and some studying to get to! :)

going going going..

Sometimes I really wonder if we will ever have a weekend with NO plans! :(

I feel like the past few months especially, we have been going and going and going every single week, and weekend! This weekend was no exception. Saturday I worked all day, then went to the Fisher's to see the new puppy (who is ADORABLE!) and then headed to the taste for the evening. We got there about 6:30, and ended up staying until close to 11:30. Suprisingly Ella stayed awake the WHOLE time! Towards the end she definitly wasn't very happy and just needed some sleep! Tony and I had a good time though, we hung out with Jason & Olivia, walked around, ate lots of food and listened to some of the bands. Even though Lafayette isn't a big town, its nice that it has some fun activities to look forward to every year. We watched the fireworks show last night which I was looking forward to since we won't be in town over the 4th. Ella just watched them in awe and wasn't scared at all, UNTIL the finale! When they all boomed at once it was SUPER loud and scared her pretty bad!

Today we didn't get to sleep in at all, every third Sunday of the month Tony & I volunteer in the nursery at church. It was our week, and being Father's day we knew it would be busy! The other usual volunteers didn't show up, and there were 11 babies! Someone else ended coming in to help but it was very hectic, and really made me appreciate only having to take home one baby! I really don't know how moms of multiples do it! I used to think having twins or triplets would be fun, but after having one baby, I hope they all come one at a time! :) After church we went to Don Pablo's for Elizabeths going away lunch! It was good to see everyone, but can't believe Elizabeth is MOVING! (We're going to miss you Eday! GET A BLOG!) After lunch we basically went straight to Tony's grandparents, and stayed out there ALL day until about 8:30 this evening. And now the weekend it over!

Its going to be another very busy week I can already tell. Work & studying all day tomorrow, exam Tuesday & class all day, Work 1-8 Wednesday, class all day thursday, and probably picking up a shift Friday. Kindergarten Round up at work Saturday and Emily's wedding... geez! Maybe this is why I feel like time is going so fast! Not to mention how fast Ella is growing up! Seriously, how did my baby get to be almost 7 1/2 months old already!

concert!

So Sunday Tony & I went to the Keith Urban/Taylor Swift concert! It was AMAZING! I was a little nervous about going because Tony isn't really a country music fan and I didn't want him to have a bad time! I loved watching Taylor Swift! But we REALLY had a great time when Keith Urban came on! Our tickets were SO high up, probably about 10 from the very top in a HUGE colliseum! But out of nowhere during the concert Keith stopped playing and yelled at a security guard for making people leave who were sneaking in to the floor level.. then invited whoever wanted to, to come on down to the floor! At that point Tony and I basically took off running down three flights of stairs! :) We got RIGHT in front of him about 5 feet away! I even touched him! lol I feel a little girl for being so excited about it but it was pretty cool! It was just such an awesome experience for Tony & I! Tony ended up having a great time and REALLY liked Keith Urban and didn't know he was such an amazing guitar player! It honestly was one of the greatest nights I think Tony & I have ever got to spend together! :)

I already can't wait for this weekend to get here! :) Caleb & Theresa are coming in and all of us will get to get together for game night and just hanging out! So hopefully the rest of the week moves by quicky!

busy busy!

I really probably should post in this more often. I think one day I will enjoy looking back and reminiscing in the simplicity of my life, assuming in the next few years it will become more hectic! It's been yet another busy weekend, but fun so far! Right now Tony & I are housesitting/kidsitting for the Fisher's which is always fun! Thursday night we have a game night with Sam, Ryan, Mark, and Zoe! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to get everyone together next weekend too! Yesterday we went for a quick swim at the neighbors house! It felt SO good, I wish we could have stayed longer. Ella absolutely loved it! The water was so warm, and she would kick her legs and splash her arms! We are definitly going to have to do more of that this summer!

Last night Tony, Lindsay, Ryan & I (and Ella!) all went to the drive in theatre in Monticello! They all hadn't been before so it was fun! We saw UP (SUCH a cute movie!) and Night at the Museum (most of it at least) Ella did pretty well, she ended up falling asleep in the back of the car where Lindsay and I were laying. We didn't get home until super late so i'm really looking forward to just relaxing today, and maybe even getting a nap! I'm at work right now, obviously not doing anything. Saturdays are always walk in days, so some are busier than others. It's not really "sick season" right now so we have been sitting around most of the day. The weekend is already half way over. I'm not ready for Tony to have to go back to work. Tomorrow we're going to see Taylor Swift & Keith Urban in concert! :) I'm so excited! Tony got me these tickets for Valentines day and i've been waiting so long! But now that I think about it, it feels like February wasn't long ago at all... I really can't believe how quickly time has been going, and how too fast Ella is growing up!

cooking.

normally for dinner Tony & I aren't eating the same thing. Our freezers are stocked full of frozen dinners, and we have way too much macaroni and cheese and raman noodles in the cabinets... So i've decided that i'm making a mid year's resolution and going to try to cook at home more! I don't really know HOW to cook many things lately but i've found alot of recipes online that i'm going to take a shot at! :) I'm very excited to learn!

I'm also really REALLy trying to lose this baby weight now. It finally hit me that Ella is going on 7 months old and I can't use that "I just had a baby" excuse for much longer! I'm really committed this time to watching what I eat, stop eating out so much, less snacky foods & ice cream, and actually STARTING to work out for the first time since I had Ella! :)

It's another busy weekend for us, I can't believe its already here, and halfway over with! Tomorrow is Tony's brother Matt's graduation party! I'm very excited for it because Moe's and dippin dots is catering! (I'm going to try to be as GOOD as I can be there and not eat too much!)

Next week is going to be another very long and busy week with class and school! 9 weeks and counting left of summer classes! :)