#1 Football Fan

Cheeeeese :)

What channel are the skins on?

Ella loves football. Watching the Redskins, of course. And thanks to her Aunt and Uncle she always has an outfit to show her pride.

Cousins

Ella had fun at Cox Farm, I promise.

John and Ella riding the choo choo train.

A family picture, boy that was interesting :)

What hot mamas and chickas

The cuz's p.j. party

Sue and I are close in age and so are our children. I love the fact that we can get together and the kids can play together and Grace watches over the babies, like a mini me of her mama. Below are some pictures of a couple of "play dates" that we had.

Pictures, Pictures and More Pictures

I am going to post as many pictures as I can because I have become a slacker. When I first started this blog it was with the best intentions. Ella has gotten older, bigger and becoming her own little diva.


Ella was sick for a couple of days and daddy stayed home with her. She took over his seat and he snapped this picture so I could see how cute/pitiful she was.

This is Ella showing her Redskin pride, she borrowed mommy's hat and put it on herself :)

Here are the kids at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. This was the first trip Ella took to the zoo. She loved seeing all the animals and barked at each one, like they were all dogs.

Here they are getting ready to head into the zoo an Ella can't even wait, she is looking around for animals in the parking lot.

Is this not the picture of an angel. She really is my precious baby and I am truly thankful for her.

4th of July!

Wow, look at all the colors!

Where did they go?

Mama and her beautiful baby girl!

This year was Ella's second firework display an she really enjoyed it. I was very apprehensive about her reaction to all the noise but since we were farther away she loved them. She didn't cry and even ohhh'd and awwww'd. We were at a friends house watching the display and were there until around 10. Greg and I were hoping hat she would sleep for awhile before the fun began but Ella had a different idea. She didn't fall asleep until 10:15, once we were int he car and heading home. I am so proud of my little girl, no tears!

Water fun!

Aunt Sissy and Uncle Dave got Ella a water table for her first birthday and she loves it! It is a big deal for me to have Ella love the water and so far she does. I will say that when we do go to the pool it takes her a few minutes to "warm up" to the water but then she enjoys herself. The pictures below are the first time she got to play with her table and she actually had so much fun that we probably should have put her suit on her. She was splashing and laughing so much that we ended up having to do a wardrobe change. Enjoy the pics! :)

Animals, Animals, Everywhere!

Daddy and Ella feeeding the animals.

Riding the hippo

What a sweet girl, remember no pinching :)

Who is this bafoon sitting next to me?

Wait, I want a bottle too!

For those of you who don't know Ella is obsessed with birds. So I got this bright idea to take her to the Reston Pet-A-Pet Farm. She loves birds and so I thought she would all the animals. Well she liked it but after paying to get in she was more impressed by the birds flying around, the "free" birds we have at home. I must say she is a daddy's girl when it comes to nature. I would rather look at nature through the window but not Ella. Every morning when I take her to daycare, Miss Lee, she "asks" to go out and look at the birds and planes. Planes are another obsession. She is such a cutie when she sees a bird, she points at the sky and babbles and ohhs and awwws. Enjoy the pics :)

Fun Pics

Ella is changing everyday. She kisses, blow kisses, says uh-ho, yeah, ma ma, da da, mo (more) and "sings" with music. She is obsessed with birds and planes and is the neighborhood watch. The chair her Aunt Sissy and Uncle Dave gave her for Christmas is sitting right by a window in the front of the house and she will stand on the chair and watch what is happening and will bang on the window to let everyone know she is there. I can't believe I am a mom to a almost 14month old. She is no longer an itty bitty baby, now she is a toddler, and a beautiful one at that.