November, 2009

Our November started out with another trip down to Florida. Jeff and I flew down for 5 days to candidate at a church for a youth pastor position. As it just so happened, my mom had already planned a trip down there at the same time to see her mom. It worked out perfect because Jeff and I were so busy, and my mom was able to be such a huge help with Ella. We had a great time all being able to be together.

Bath time at Great Grandma's (Mama's) house.

You can't tell these grandmothers are enjoying themselves now can you?? :o)

We went swimming at Tim and Maria's one afternoon. Maria found this cute bonnet to put on Ella so she wouldn't get a sunburn.

Complete with her shades...ready to go swimming!!

Here are a few pictures from swim time.

Samantha, Rebecca, and Breanna loved playing with Ella. They made good little baby sitters.

So special to have four generations together! I come from a line of beautiful godly women! So thankful for them!!

I LOVE this picture of Ella! It shows how beautiful her eyes are....they are lit up like this most of the time, but it is hard to catch it in a picture. She is happy to be having some time with daddy!

Spending time with daddy before he goes back to the church. He was gone a lot during these five days, so Ella was always so excited to see him.

My mom had a fun time playing dressup with Ella.

Pretty baby!

Look at those two little teeth!

We got together with our friends Jeff and Sarah and their little boy Nolan while we were in Florida. We met for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Nolan is about a month and a half older than Ella. He is definetly ALL BOY! Such a little sweetheart! Jeff and Jeff were really close friends in college. They are always excited for an opportunity to get together!

Nolan thought Ella's feet were pretty interesting. LOL

The boys with their babies. So proud!

Sarah and I with the kiddos.

Sarah and Ella.

Sunday Morning before church with my adorable Grandmother!

We had a great time in Florida! It was a crazy whirlwind of a trip, but among the craziness, we were so thankful to be able to spend time with family and friends while we were down there. It will be interesting to see what the Lord has for our future...we are excited to watch everything unfold in HIS timing!

Back at home hanging out with daddy while he works on putting our digital photo albums together. This baby girl loves her daddy!!!

"Don't bother me..I'm with my daddy!" :o) I love it that she loves Jeff so much! It's just way too sweet!!

Inseperable!

I love, Love, LOVE this picture!!! They look so much alike, it's rediculous!!!

Hangin' out with mommy! Look at those beautiful eyes!

I love my days at home with Ella! She has got to be the world's easiest baby....I think I am spoiled ROTTEN! We just hang out and have a great time. She is always so sweet to sit patiently with me in the bathroom while I take a shower and get ready....such a little sweetheart.

Aren't you done getting ready yet mommy?? I LOVE her eyes in this picture. They are somewhat of a mixture of Jeff and I's eyes, but are for sure a beautiful Hazel.

A new toy to play with! Ella has all of a sudden really gotten into her toys this month, and her fine motor movement have improved tremendously. She picks up little things with her fingers, and notices everything. It is so much fun to watch her learn things and develop. This was the first time she played with this toy, and she figured it out right away. So fun to watch her get so excited.

She had so much fun with these rings! I think she played with them for an hour straight.

ELLA IS SITTING UP ON HER OWN!!! This was one of the two exciting milestones she hit this month. It only took one or two times of doing it, and she had it down. The other big thing she learned this month was saying "mama", "dada", and her favorite...."blahblah"! :o) It's so cute..every time I try to get her to say mama, she looks at me and says DADA!!! :o) Of course, Jeff loves that!

Ella and her little playmates. They are wherever she is....very good little watchdogs!

This toy entertains Ella for a long time. She loves to make the music play, and there are little balls that she likes to pick up.

So focused!

Bath time has got to be Ella's favorite part of the day! It's even more fun now that she is sitting up on her own. She always gets fussy when it's time to get out of the tub...she would stay in there for hours if I would let her. She loves to splash and play with her rubber duckies.

More play time. Trying on one of my new bows I just got in the mail from Nicki.

My amazing friend Nicki made all these bows for Ella...twice! The first time, the package got lost in the mail, so she had to remake all of them! What a fun package to get! Ella now has a bow to go with any outfit! So fun!

Hilarious but oh, so adorable! One day, she is going to look back at these pictures and say, "Mom, what were you thinking??" :o)

Another evening of hanging out as a family. These are the times that I LOVE....when we are all together, not really doing anything special, but enjoying each other.

This girl LOVES to be upside down. She leans back when you are holding her and gets the biggest smile on her face when you finally give in and tip her upside down. Hilarious!

Hee, hee.....daddy being silly! These are the times we will miss someday!

This is something Ella starting doing when she thinks something is funny. We call it her stinky face. She shrinks up her nose and sniffs in and out really loud! It is SO FUNNY! We die laughing everytime she does it! This girl is a HAM and LOVES to be the center of attention!

What are you looking at??

We went to Andy and Amie's for Thanksgiving dinner. We have celebrated either Thanksgiving or Christmas together with them for the last three years. It's been nice to have each other to celebrate with.

Playing on Amie's soft rug with my toys. It's so much easier now that she is sitting up on her own because she entertains herself so much more.

My little eskimo baby

Ella figured out if she pulled her shirt up, Jeff would blow on her belly! haha...it was so cute!

Right before eating our amazing Thankgiving dinner that Amie made.

I worked all of Thanksgiving weekend. Jeff and Ella took it upon themselves so set up the tree on Saturday while I was sleeping. Ella thought the lights were pretty fun. :o)

This is what happens when you let Jeff take care of a little girl....he dresses her up like a little boy! :o)

Too funny!

It's still just so much fun to see her sitting up by herself. What happened to our little baby?? They grow up So Fast!

It was a cold Sunday in Texas so we decided to wear some warm jeans instead of the frilly dresses that she usually wears. Of course, she still had to wear a bow!

SO BIG! Ella loves to stand! She will probably walk not to far after she crawls, because she loves to be up on those two feet. She has really strong legs! Probably from all of the jumping she does in her jumperoo every day!

All snuggled in for a nice Sunday afternoon nap. Daddy keeps Ella busy on the weekends, and esp this long weekend he had off for Thanksgiving. They love their time together, and I'm so happy she has so much one on one time with her awesome daddy.

November flew by pretty fast!!! It was a pretty big month for Ella developmentally, and it was so much fun to watch!!!!