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Friday, February 18, 2011

Friends, Aquarium, & New Years

Sister really loves sunglasses!!
Ellie & her neighborhood friend Sophie
Ellie loves Sophie
Looking @ the fishes w/ Daddy. E.K. enjoyed The Georgia Aquarium
Turtle, Turtle




We rang in the New Year w/ friends @ our house. I was unable to get a pic of all the kids together. Maybe one day they will stay still..... Wyatt & Ellie
The back of Dylan's head & Ellie giving the New Years hat a try - what a trooper.
Ellie showing Caraline her artwork.

Christmas

Ellie was so much fun this Christmas, she fell in love with Santa, Reindeers, & Elves. She called Santa "C C Clause" , her fav book was the Elf on the Shelf & Twas the Night Before Christmas. Ellie enjoyed helping Daddy water the Christmas Tree, which she called "Mes mes tree". After Christmas was long gone she still would point to the corner of the den where the Christmas tree was & say "Water mes mes tree". She also enjoyed talking about presents & getting to them! She got very excited when she got a present. She wouldn't say thank you but she would walk over & give a hug to whom ever gave her the present We celebrated with Gigi, Uncle Kevie, Aunt Lala, & Uncle Brandon on Christmas Eve. Ellie was running around like a wild woman with her partner in crime - Cuz! Christmas morning was just Ellie, Adam, & I - Ellie came downstairs to her presents from Santa. She smiled & checked them out one by one. Later that day we went to Mimi & Papa's house to celebrate with Aunt Em, Eric, & Tiffany. Our visit there was very short because the Baby was not feeling well & the snow was coming down hard, yes we had a White Christmas!!!! So we had to celebrate a few days later w/ Mimi, Papa, & Aunt Em. Grandaddy & Liz came to spend a few days with us after Christmas, so we got to do some more celebrating. It was great spending time with our loving families!
Ellie loved her the BIG box her kitchen came in! Thanks Mimi & Papa!!




Thank you kisses to Papa

Grandaddy, Big Sis to be, & Liz
Grandaddy Santa


Why is everyone looking @ me...




White Christmas

Christmas Night @ Mimi & Papa's house with a sick little gal
Christmas Morning
The Fam in our PJs - Adam set the self timer on the camera, nice work Babe!

Playing w/ toys from Santa

Santa Clause came

Twas the night before Christmas
Curling Cuzzie's hair. Christmas Eve
Ellie was proud of the Rocking Horsey she gave Cuz for Christmas

Cuz & Daddy in serious conversation
Sweet hugs to Uncle Kevie. Ellie gave out great Thank You hugs!
Present time


Gigi & her babies
Little Miss Gingergirl

Sweet Girl
Decorating the tree
Watering the tree with Daddy - Ellie really enjoyed this chore!!
Picking out presents in a magazine. She would say "Have it." to the items she liked.
I have been a good girl.
Me & My Big Girl
Cheese
I love Frosty!!

Monday, January 3, 2011

16-18 Month Update

Big Girl: (well not in size she is still our little pip-squeak, weighing in @ ~21lbs & 30in @ her 18 month appt)
Ellie talks all the time she speaks so clearly that we can understand most of what she says, refers to herself as Ellie or Ellie Kate, climbs on things, loves playing "Get You" w/ Daddy, doing more & more imaginary play, still can be a very shy girl, good at snuggling, starting to get a little bossy/attitude, sings ABCs w/ prompts & has recited the whole thing by herself a couple of times, has counted to 10 on her own a few times, dances w/ her dolls, not fond of napping @ home - we are lucky if we get 1hr & 15 minutes; but at school she naps 2-3hrs...., has 11 teeth & a mullett!!! Her doctor said we could start potty training - uhhhh don't know if we are ready for that! Although Ellie does let us know when she has a poopsie by saying "Poopy, Poopy" !

Fav Food: pizza, spaghetti, peas, brocolli, applesauce, any fruit, cookies, & that is about it!! Picky like her father : )


Cute Things She Does & Says:

Ellie has been doing imaginary play with her baby dolls - the other day she pulled a diaper out of her diaper bag & said "Baby lay down. Diaper. Diaper." Then I found her hiding in the corner of the den w/ her baby doll trying to put the diaper on her baby. I also was spying on her talking to Frosty, she said "Frosty right here. Read it." She was picking up Frosty & moving him to different magazines that she had spread across the floor. She was obessed with "Frosty D Snowan" this holiday season!! We watched the DVD a few times & she would sit still the whole 35 minutes or so & just watch + smile. She has been in do it herself phase for a couple months now. One of her favorite slogans is "Ellie do it." When she does need us she says "Hand, Hand" & that means we must grab her hand & she will lead us to where she needs to go. When she gets hurt she says, "Kiss it. Kiss it." Recently she has been having little diva moments saying, "No Ma'am, No Ma'am" & shaking her head. Both Adam & I say "No Ma'am" when she is doing something she shouldn't be doing - apparently we have been saying a lot of that lately!!

Mommy Moment:

I had an emotional mommy moment a few weeks ago. I was putting Ellie down for a nap & I always sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as I hold & sway with her. She usually puts her head down on my shoulder, well this one day she decided to look me in the eye & start singing some of the song with me!!! It was such a wonderful moment! Now she sings it with me every time I lay her down, it warms my heart - the joys of being a mommy, LOVE IT!!

Some Pics from a weekend trip to Blue Ridge in November w/ Aunt Lala, Uncle Brandon, & Cuz; random November pics and some getting ready for Christmas pics. ~enjoy
standing tall
loving on my 1st Cabbage Patch Kid that I got when I was about her age

picking out a Christmas tree

decorating the tree
helping Daddy decorate the outside

Happy Girl
messy girl! cheezing after a yummy meal of spaghetti

silly girl! Ellie enjoys doing magic tricks, her new fav is hiding her hand in her sleeve : )

ellie & cuz carter hanging in their pjs watching Elmo @ the cabin

giving cuz a hug, he had a tough weekend : ( i think ellie had enough energy for the both of them -she was a Wild Woman!!

here you go cuz, a late birthday present

posing w/ mommy by the train in downtown blue ridge

catching a ride w/ daddy

little miss blue ridge. ellie pranced around that place liked she owned it!!

on a tractor @ jamar apple orchard

checking out all the different apples

ready to shop w/ cuz @ jamar apple orchard in blue ridge

Friday, November 12, 2010

Fall Family Pictures

We had professional Fall family pictures taken this week. Our photographer was awesome and Ellie did get great job cooperating! If you would like to view them click on the link http://www.tricialeephotography.com/ , once you are in the website click on online proofing, find our name under recent albums - the password is dawgs