Happy Easter

This is the cute new dress my mom got ellie for easter. everyone at church loved it and ellie liked crawling around in it. Thanks grandma!



Ellie's flower ears. another good target find

Ellie's First Rodeo

Ellie enjoying the rodeo. It was so much fun! I was worried Ellie wouldn't do very well, but she loved it! She bounced and talked and flirted with the little boy behind us.



Every time I try to take a good picture with myself in it I am so disappointed! Ellie looks cute though



Kim, Andy, and Ansly. These are our friends we went with. Ansly and Ellie love to play together.



The Barney Shires! Not a good picture but Kim Nick and Lucy (I think that is her name) are all sitting in the drivers seat. It was fun to see them do their thing.

I was thinking that Ellie is now nine months and I haven’t written hardly a thing about the little girl she is turning into! She is so fun! It’s amazing to see the world through her eyes and to experience her development and growth. There was a day I thought she would never sit up or crawl around. Now she is all over the place, climbing on everything and grabbing anything she can reach!
She has such a funny personality. When she is with me and we are around people she doesn’t know she smiles and then buries her face in my shoulder like she is shy. It’s so funny to see! She is also a fiesty little girl. I don’t know if that comes from me or Chris but sometimes I do not enjoy it. In the grocery store she throws little tantrums in the cart because she doesn’t want to sit buckled in. Thankfully they are not loud and drawn out and I only hope they do not develop into that. She also gets a little impatient when I am making her lunch. She kicks her legs and arches her back in her high chair until I am actually putting the food in her mouth. Crazy kid! Despite these little fits of rage she is the sweetest girl. I am so glad she has a personality and doesn’t hold back. When she’s happy you know it and the same when she’s upset. Every morning I can’t wait to see her little face and her squinty eyes as she tries to wake up. She makes the funniest faces and has so many different expressions. My favorite is when she eats real bananas. Ellie hates bananas. But the face she makes is worth feeding them to her.
Ellie has the best smile and laugh in the world! She loves playing peek a boo and laughs so hard when she gets her tummy tickled. Some of her favorite foods are all fruit so far, cheese, puffers, gatorade (thanks to Chris), yogurt, and carrot cake. She hates all vegetables so far but tolerates them for the first few bites. There is still a lot I haven’t fed her yet because the poor kid still doesn’t have a single tooth in her mouth! Not one! She loves my hair. Now that it is shorter and choppy she pulls at the ends. Her favorite color is red. I know this because she always goes for the red toy first or anything red really. My cell phone is a favorite (also red). She loves baths and has just discovered splashing. It cracks her up! Ellie loves to be held and walked around however since she could move she hates facing towards the person holding her. As soon as she is picked up she whips around so she can face outwards. It’s a little irritating I admit because sometimes I just want to snuggle! Not Ellie though. She has to see everything that is going on.
I love my little girl so much. It’s amazing how much things change when you have a little person to care for. I am learning so much and each day is something new. Even though our circumstances aren’t ideal, we are our own little family and that is all that matters. She is the biggest blessing.

Here are a few pics from our visit to CDA. It was a blast and Ellie was actually pretty good. She was a little clingy at first but ended up spending some quality time with the grandparents. This is my new fav pic of her and my mom smiling at eachother. I wonder if ellie remembered her? She loved all the spoiling though and being held and fed constantly. It was a good trip!

Snow!!! Me and Ellie hate the snow...well at least i do. just when we thought spring was here it snowed a good six inches. luckily it is melting fast. i cant wait to get out and go for walks. I'm training for a 5K for ellie's one year birthday and cannot wait to get outside and start running. (i say that to motivate myself).

i know i've been slacking lately, but we got this new imac. i liked it ok until it somehow deleted my iphoto which is what you download your pictures on! hello! so now i dont know how to put pics on my computer let alone this little blog. lindsay i need you and riley to come visit so you can teach me to use this thing!

Did anyone watch Dateline today? Ellie and I did which is why we decided to go to an invite only blog. I dont want anyone web stalking her cause she's so dang cute! If you know of anyone who checks this give me their email address and i will add them!