Christmas time

ella hearts santa!!
we did a little photo shoot this week of ella in her christmas gear! she is so sweet and i cannot believe that she is 7 months old. we feel very blessed by her presence!

birthday parties

go hogs!!

my little angel!

ella and peyton are ready to party

caroline, you aare sooo big!

and were back

ella hearts her babysitters!!

ella and bella!

big girl sitting up!

my halloween kitty cat!

so, after a brief (ok not really) stent at facebooking, i am back with a post. seems i just cant juggle it all! ella is six months old and has progresses ro rapidly over the past two months! she sits up alone and started eating babyfood. however, sweet potatoes is the only vege she likes! otherwise, bananas and applesauce are her favs....we have been busy this fall! razorback games, birthday parties, and halloween just to name a few! here are some much needed photos of our times!

Beach Day 3

Beach Ready!!

Oh no ella, get back in that tent!!

Just swingin'!! This is the life...

Beach Day 2

i heart the beach!!

here we are! its a little different being the parents at the beach, that is for sure!!

Beach Day 1

Gabriella and Ella playing in the tent. Ella really wanted to put GG's hand in her mouth. She has reached the stage where everything goes in her mouth!They were so sweet playing together, they held hands a bunch too!

Road Poppin' in Mobile

We made it!! The weather is great here, we went the opposite direction of Ike and arrived in Fort Morgan Saturday. She did not like to sleep in her carseat, which surprised me but she was never real fussy! She did just fine in the car but was not so excited about the motel room, she screamed for about 30 minutes when we got there. We left LR around 5pm and stopped in Hattisburg to sleep. The next morning it was back in the car...arrived fort morgan, road poppin along the way!

my birthday with josephine

So....we will be in gulf shores for my birthday this year along with the Simmon's and the Taylor's...and it looks like Hurricane Josephine. I think if i get these shoes I can still look very stylish to ring in my 26th! At least I could wade through the water better than you! And neon has been in this year or there is always basic black...Hope FloraBama lets me in!

4 months old!

Ella is now 4 months old!! I cannot believe how quickly time has gone by! She is growing every day and is so much more alert. Her grin melts our hearts every time. She is very smiley and LOVES to be talked to. Also, she turned over for the first time the other day, now that is all she wants to do. Except she can't roll back over so she gets fired up after a few minutes because she has never been a fan of tummy time! While I am so proud of this milestone...I cant help but hope she dosent start scooting around the house soon, it is so nice to put her down in one place and come back to find her right there!

Girls Night out...with one boy =)

While the boys were at Fantasy Football draft, I had a few of the wives over with their babies. Shannon brought Gabriella, Ammie brought Sutton, and Anna brought Savannah! We had a nice time at our nighttime playdate, we ordered pizza watched t.v. We took some picsof the kiddos in their footed pj's that are too cute...Savannah went home before pic time and i guess Ella and I missed the memo of getting the cute dwell studio jj's....so she rocked some circo's

then ella and gabriella went to bed...they had a little bunkin' party

Hudson Harris Carter

Meet Hudson Harris Carter! His dad Bo and I grew up together...sortof, I guess you could say we grew up vacationing together! His parents and mine have been great friends since college and they lived in Batesville. Bo and I laughed at exactly how much we grew up this year! His sister Carrie was there too, she lives in Dallas right now. We had so much fun meeting Hudson and Bo's wife Kasey! Ella is twice the size of that precious boy right now, but he will catch up soon enough. I think Ella is eight weeks older!

Even a princess has to nap

So last weekend I played in a tennis tournament for the first time since I was about 12! My friend Martha agreed to play with me in the 3.0 draw. We were pretty fierce, even though we lost twice in a tiebreaker! I think after a few more matches you might better watch out! Thanks Martha for introducing me to tournament play! So Ella stayed up pretty late both nights watching the matches, then she and Gabriella went to their first bar- Chili's! We celebrated our loss, and Shannon spraining her ankle with margaritas! Poor Shannon, they were winning when she twisted it! Get better soon! I think we got home at midnight---late. Gosh we are getting old! Needless to say Ella was exausted the next day!

New Aunt

My mom and dad have been looking for a dog for quite some time now. Our old dog Boo died last summer at the age of 15! She was the best dog and is going to be hard to live up to! They decided to get a Morkie today. She is super cute! A little shy right now, but I know she is going to be so much fun for Bella. Yes, in case some of you are unaware, my dog is Bella and my child Ella. A little confsing you may think, but I guess we will see! I left Bella at home today when we meet this little puppy, didn't want to terrorize her yet! She hasn't been named yet, but I will update you later.

After playing with the puppy for a while, this is what I found:

Ella and her Poppy taking a much needed nap

i heart the olympics

Olympic Medal winners at NBC Olympics.com!

From Wubba Nub to thumb

In the beginning, ella loved her Wubba Nub! She could hold on to it and I could use the ducky to prop up on her so it held in her mouth....Then I found that this is what she liked-

What do you other mom's think about thumb sucking? She usually starts out with a "papoo" but turns to this in her sleep! Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping baby?