Lazy Day at the Park

Spencer had today off, so we decided to take advanage of the beautiful weather and take Ella Ann to the park. She loves being outside and immediatly starts cooing and talking the minute we leave the house, so she enjoyed sitting on the blanket in the grass. Ella Ann has recently started to dislike being pushed in her stroller, but today she didn't mind it and was happy as a little clam. She didn't know what to think of the birds that were walking around us and she loved pulling up the grass!

As you can see, Ella Ann is now sitting up on her own unassisted. However, we have to stay close and catch her when she decides to throw herself backwards!

I took this picture before we left for the park just in case she ruined the outfit before I was able to snap her picture!

Looking up at her Dad

Ella Ann and Her Sweet Friend

Below are a couple of pictures from yesterday of Ella Ann and her friend, Mara Kate. Jana, Mara Kate's mom, and I love to take our girls to the park as much as possible. Mara Kate was born 11 days after Ella Ann, so Jana and I always have loads to talk about when it comes to babies! I honestly don't know what I'd do without her!!!

The girls were enjoying the day with their shades on! Too bad Ella Ann decided to throw hers on the ground where I proceeded to run over them! They are just so cute so I have to go back to the mall and get another pair!

All Smiles

I wanted to post this picture because it was just tooooo cute! I plopped Ella Ann down on the couch and just took this one picture and she smiled SO big for me! It usually takes me 8-10 tries to get one good picture, so I guess she is recognizing the camera now (since she has so many admirers that are always snapping her picture, i.e. doting grandparents!) and is all smiles!

Her Aunt Andrea gave her this outfit and she looked adorable in it and will wear it often!

Spencer has the entire weekend off, yeay! So we are going to the park tomorrow for a picnic. I will post those pictures soon!

A Weekend in Kentucky

This past weekend we went to a wedding in Kentucky. One of Spencer's medical school friends was the groom, so we were able to spend time with a few of his buddies. It has been almost a year since we've seen everyone and we miss them all SO much. It was so great to spend some time with them and do some catching up!

My parents stayed with Ella Ann at the hotel all weekend and took care of her. My Aunt Betty stopped by to meet Ella Ann, as did my two friends, Laura and Katie. They were all so excited to meet her and it was wonderful to be able to introduce Ella Ann to them. We really miss out on being near our family and friends, especially with a baby. They don't get to see her much, so I load them down with pictures via email all the time! I really, really enjoyed going to dinner with Spencer, Katie, Laura, her fiance and his son. We had such a fun time catching up and since Katie and Laura are engaged I loved hearing about wedding plans and seeing their beautiful rings!

It was a very quick trip, but it was worth every long mile on the road to see everyone, including my parents. Ella Ann was quite a trooper and hung in there and smiled the entire time, even though naps were missed! We were thrilled she was sooooo good with all the new faces! We even took her to the wedding reception for about 30 minutes and she loved the music and being outside. She wore a beautiful dress my Mom bought her and her monogrammed bloomers from her Aunt Mandy. She looked adorable, as you can see from the picture!

Thanks again to my parents for babysitting and sending us home with a truck load of food, diapers and formula!!!

Outside the wedding reception

Spencer and I with our friends, Chris and Jen

Ella Ann with her great aunt Betty

Katie, me and Laura

A Little History

Since I'm just now starting to blog, here are a few pictures of Ella Ann since her birth on November 16, 2005. We are having so much fun with her now. With all the smiles, laughter, time spent playing and sleeping through the night (yeay!) we are having a blast each and every day!

11/16/05

Thanksgiving with Grandpa and Mimi

All decked out for Christmas in Kentucky!

Headed to the park at 3 months

Playing with my feet at 5 months

First Time Blogging!

Today is my first time on our blog. I plan on using this blog site to keep friends and family members updated with our lives, since we live so far way from most of them! My friend, Jana, has a blog and I thought it was the neatest thing because she is constantly posting about what's going on in her life and her family's life and posting lots of pictures, which I also plan to do since so many of you request pictures of Ella Ann all the time! Don't worry, I'll still keep spending them because you know I cannot resist! Since I love doing this kind of stuff, please check our site often because I will always be posting!