Merry Christmas

I probably won't be writing until after the holidays as we going home on Friday. We are super excited and a little scared of the cold weather we are about to be in. Ella has had a cold, so feeling a little icky. Now, mommy is getting it just in time for the holidays. She is starting to rock more on her knees but still no crawling. We did get a new (2008)bigger SUV, a Ford Edge so when we went home we would have more room. Well anyways its not working so its in the shop, lets hope it's done in time to bring it home. Well I wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. I pray everyone makes it safetly to their destination.

In the pics: She is wearing her winter hat in the house because when we got back from Indianapolis our apartment was freezing since Evan had turned the temp. down. She just hung out like that for awhile. Super cute! And yes we got a picture of her 1st time with Santa. She hated him but we finally did get a smile out of her. Perfect!

Play date/ Business in Indy

Sorry no pics from the trip thus far, we forgot our digital camera. I won't miss any memories though, I bought a disposable camera. We arrived on Sunday afternoon, just in time for a Pacers BB game. Aren't I lucky :o) It was alright! Monday, Ella and I did some shopping and got settled into the room. Today its rainy and Ella seems like she might be getting sick. So, unfortunately we decided to stay in all day. It just gets long in a little room. Tonight we will go have drinks and dinner and the hotel, it's free. At least we'll get out a little. Tomorrow we plan to have a big day at the shopping mall. Anyways last week we had another play date with little Aiden. He is now smaller than Ella but moving quicker. He also has 2 little teeth poking out. I don't think Ella is far behind him. She is starting to get on her knees and rock. The babies weren't that interactive, it was kind of surprising. Maybe next time! So we are excited to come home. We are home for a week and than gone again for 2. It will be busy but I am looking forward to it. Let's just pray Ella doesn't get sick.

In the pics: Ella and Aiden are so cute! They even have matching hats. She just got a new big girl carseat, as you can see she likes it.

Thanksgiving/Cleveland

On Thanksgiving Day I had to work 7a-5p. Evan and Ella came over to the house to have turkey dinner with us. So it was nice knowing I was getting paid to eat and visit. You can see Katie really likes Ella, actually she likes babies in general. So we had a good weekend. It was nice to get away. We went to Clevland to go to a BB game and to do some touring of the city. We went to a science museum and a natural history museum. Ella was really good, and she definitely enjoyed the pool. Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a long weekend. Can't wait to leave for the holidays. We leave Dec. 19th, counting down the days.

In the pics: The picture of the house is the house from "A Christmas Story" the movie. It was filmed there in Cleveland. We didn't go in it due to the long line, as you can see. Also, the pic of her in her in her swimming suit, she is doing her favorite beauty pagent wave. The one with her all bundled up was so cute because I had to hold her up. It was obviously a little harder to sit up all with 20 layers on. The last pic, is of her shot wounds. She had to get 4, but she did alright, I guess. She is now 19lbs 9 oz and 27 3/4 in. long. She is a big girl, at the 90th percentile for both weight and length.