October 2009

Ella just being a ham

Ella and Jackson sharing his big chair

These are some pics from Autumn's birthday party. ...we played in the hay to find hidden pumpkins and candy, we painted the pumpkin(and by painted I mean ate paint- blue paint!), and did a little driving.Boy, are we in trouble...she loved this car!

These pics were from the autism walk at towson university. Ella loved this cow and insisted on following him around while yelling "Moo, moo!" She really wasn't bothered by the fact that he was 5x her size.

All of Charlie and Nick's "little angels"

Pictures from one of the many times we went to the Clarksville Farm

Ella really enjoys sitting in her swim boat to watch tv and wearing buckets on her head....I don't know?!

She loves her books!

Checking out the inside of our tent.

July and August 2009

Here are some pictures from the family beach trip to Bethany, 4th of July, a couple birthdays and some other random pics!

The Fam

Uncle John and Ella

Uncle B and Ella on the slide

On our way to the beach

Playing peek-a-boo

Daddy's little girl

Ella loved the beach. Gotta love these crazy faces she makes!!

Messy girl

Ella was not big on singing happy birthday...

although she seemed to be ok once the cake was cut!

Happy birthday to Boom and Bunnie

Happy birthday to Aunt Erin

Happy 4th of July

Happy 1st Birthday to Ella

I know I have not put up any pictures of Ella in months so I am going to try to catch everyone up. Ella turned 1 year old on June 12. She had her one year visit to the pediatrician and we found out she is a little peanut. She weighs 19 1/2 pounds and is 28 inches long which are both around the 25th percentile. She is really walking well and has finally started getting more teeth...I think she has about 8 now. She is finally starting to eat like a normal person and doesn't insist on shoving everything down her throat at one time...which makes meal time so much better for me! We had a big party the Saturday after her birthday with all of our friends and family. I was scared that she would just bust out crying with everyone staring at her. Boy, was I wrong. She smiled and danced away while everyone sang to her. It was such a special day! I wasn't very good at taking pictures throughout the day but here are a few that I got.

birthday girl

She really isn't into any characters yet so we just had a color theme...her rainbow cupcakes

she loved all of her birthday balloons

digging into some cake

she actually didn't get too messy

hated her hat

Ella and Jackson hanging out after the party

playing her drums...a birthday gift from Aunt Juanita

I love this one because she has her arm around him. She just looks so little sitting next to Jack.

Jackson hanging with Vegas

Aunt Shelley and Ella