Pumpkin Patch with Friends

Wow! Look at all these pumpkins!!

Nice Pumpkin

"Like It"~Ellie

1st taste of a hay bail

Ellie tried to sit on every pumpkin, she would get a little frustrated when the stem got in the way!

Ellie & Avery working together to find the perfect pumpkin.

Hugging Miss Sweetheart Avery

I couldn't resist!

Looks like someone is unhappy!

Mr. & Mrs. Farmer Dale

Someone LOVED playing w/ the gravel! She was just a wee bit dusty....

Hanging w/BFFs: Waits & Caraline. Uh oh looks like no one is sharing w/ Caraline!!

Patting the Giant Pumpkin!

September & October

We have been on the GO, GO!! A quick update on what has been going on. Ellie has been busy chit chatting. She has begun making little sentences. Her new favorite thing to say is "I like it.", that one pharse is used for things she likes & dislikes!! She still loves to read & dance - she has added some new moves to her reportire. We went to our family farm for a BBQ. It was Ellie's first time at the Farm. It was very exciting & emotional to take Ellie to the Farm because it was a place of many childhood memories for me. It always brings back fun memories of my Daddy & me! This Halloween marked 6 years since my Dad has passed away, I think about him everyday & tell Ellie stories of her Granddaddy Thomas. Ellie has many wonderful Angels from above watching over her. While at the Farm Ellie enjoyed looking @ the cows, mingling w/ people she has never met before - I am sure Granddaddy Thomas got a kick out that : ) Adam's Grandma & Aunt Bobbie came in town, so we got to hang with them. It was so great seeing you both!! Adam's Grandaddy passed away this month, but we know he is at peace w/ great company!! We saw lots of family at his touching Memorial Service. We will miss you Great Granddaddy! Ellie with her Great Granddaddy, last year in September @ Frontera - one of Great Granddady's FAVORITE resturants!! We are so glad Ellie Kate & Great Granddaddy got to meet each other : ) we will tell her many stories about her sweet & funny Great Granddaddy.

Ellie & Cuz Carter - having dinner after a fun day @ the farm. Cuz, Aunt Lala & Uncle Brandon spent the night at our house!!!

Hugging Cuz in the pasture - I think someone might be squeezing too hard!!

Cuz Carter says that is enough!! Ellie loves her Cuz sooooooooooo much!

hanging with the cows. Cute smile Cuz!!

Big Girl!

Proud Mommy!!!

Generations - Great Grandma, Mimi, Adam, & Ellie Kate

Seeing the world from Daddy's point of view!

Great Grandma, Mimi, & Baby - Sorry Aunt Bobbie, I got no pics of you : ( How did that happen??

Miss Priss w/ her Aunt Em

13/14 Months - Catch Up

Ok, so I am having one of those - "oh my gosh I better document these things before I forget the moment!!" So that should be your forewarning that I am about to go off on things that might bore you but I have to put it down so I don't forget :( I guess I have to stop doing these massive posts, I just need to realize she is a big girl now & she will be doing new things everyday!

Favorite Songs: Wheels on the Bus; Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes; and still the ABC's, she is now starting to sing some of it, she says "ABeess"

Talking Alot, here are a few new words: Molk(for milk), Wawa(for water, she picked this one up @ school), No No, Night Night, Nak(snack), Babeeeee(baby), TV, up pease, out, off, football, Mama(FINALLY!!), ice, big kids, up down, cup, duck, apple, banana, Gigi, Mimi, Papa, Lalaa, book, bike, outside, pap pap(pacifier), head, and anything you say she tries to repeat it, I said pterodactyl the other day & she tried to repeat me - it actually sounded pretty good!!

Motor Skills: walking full time, dancing, coloring, feeding herself w/ spoon, rocking on her bike, climbing on furniture, turning lights on & off, getting more patient w/ puzzles, still not a big bouncer, taking lids on & off - she gets very obsessed with taking this on & off

Connections: ~ On Baby Einstein they show a sequence of pictures and Ellie pointed to each one and said their name - "duck, cup, apple". I was amazed b/c they didn't even say it on the show, they just showed the picture & she knew the word!! ~ She picks up cups & says ice while see is pointing at the ice machine. ~ We were pushing her around on her bike in the cul-de-dsac and when we were finished we said time to get off. She shook her head & said "No No"!! ~ Says Ellie & then points to her chest : ) my fav. ~ Signing more when she wants something (well sometimes)

Likes: fruit, cookies & ice cream(her daddy gives her this), her bike - getting on & off, plus riding it, snuggling w/ Mommy & Daddy, giving kisses, tight hugs, patting, dancing-twisting her body & clapping hands, CMT music videos on Sunday morning, books, talking, pointing, coloring or as I call it scritch scratching, trying to put Mommy & Daddy's clothes on her head, puts clothes & shoes on her feet, playing outside, putting on her play bracelet & lipstick, and she likes to fake laugh : ) If someone else is laughing she will start her fake laugh!!!

Looks: 10 teeth and she has enough hair so that I could make her 1st ponytail!

Discovery: Ellie started walking slowly & cautiously. She was so funny at first, she would stick her arm straight up in the air with her pointer finger leading the way. Then she needed to hold something in on arm & point the way with the other :) Next she decided she would challenge herselft by taking a couple of steps, then fall down & get up - she thought this was hilarious. She did this for awhile before she really started walking. Ellie likes to challenge herself; when she was younger she would do this & get very frustrated but I think with age she is getting a little more skilled so she is accomplishing her challenges! One day we were laying in bed and Ellie stood up on the bed & then sat down, next she stood up again and added a few hip shakes then sat down, again she stood up, shook her hips, and then clapped her hands. She was creating such a sequence, after each new move - she would look at us & smile real big, she was so proud of herself & so were we!!!

Helping Mommy clip coupons

Cheese!! Go Dawgs!

Serious Crusin in my pjs & shades :)

Taking Babeee for a ride

Being silly w/ "Weewee", that's her piggie's name

playing w/ Cuz

Ellie's first show, The Wiggles.

Ellie's friend "W" aka Wyatt gave her tickets to The Wiggles for her birthday! Thanks "W"!!

Trying to act silly like The Wiggles : )

Being silly w/ Daddy

Down, Set, Hut...

Walking Baby!!!

Taking a silly break, from walking practice : )

Thank Goodness, the season tickets are here!!

"Night Night"

Snuggling w/ Sugar Bear

Big Girl

Hanging out with the "Big Kids"

Side view of her 1st ponytail

Back view of Cindy Lou Who!

Rockin on her cool bike- Thanks Mimi & Papa!!

One proud & happy gal!!

The Baby is in School!!

I went back to work the 1st week in August - full time, so Ellie started going to a little school. The 1st week was tough on all of us, many tears were shed. At first the baby was not eating & they had to hold her all day!! But now she is the "hit" of the school. Her teachers say she is so friendly to everyone and all the teachers want her to come hang out in their classroom. I am definitely happy with her teachers they love her so much & that is all I can ask for! I definitly have become that nagging parent, I have already had a talk with the owner about some issues I had :)
Cute School Things:

~Ellie has a little boyfriend in her class, they follow each other around saying "Da". Everytime we pick her up he is close by~too cute : )
~Her 2nd week at school she sat on her mat during nap time & ate Cheerios while pointing at all the kids as they were sleeping. Working her cute little magic so she didn't have to take a nap!!
~Her teachers have noticed her love of dancing & her chronic humming as she enjoys a good meal :) When they told me that I knew for sure that she was happy @ school.
~She helps her teachers clean up & listens very well to their directions - our good little student!!
Yucky School Things:
~She has had the croup!!
~She got her 1st case of pink eye, her 1st ear infection, & a sore throat!!!
Oh the joy of school germs!!!