February 10, 2009

I can't think of a title for this one...

O-kay, this post is just gonna be a bunch of randomness! I just thought I would share some pics of everything Ella has been up to lately.

She has been busy teaching her cousin Kobe all kinds of things about everything important in life, like using a cell phone, how to throw fits until you get what you want, how to climb on the couch, and how to win over all these crazy women in our family that keep staring at them & talking to them like their babies.

She's been enjoying her swing she got for her birthday...

Eating dirt...



She had her 15 month appt. where we learned she STILL doesn't weigh 20 lbs. She got her last set of shots until she turns 4 - Yeah!

She has totally been a social butterfly - We have had all kinds of play dates with kids around the neighborhood...

We celebrated Hudson's 2nd Birthday...

We spent a day just hanging out with Braxton playing outside...


Went rode trippin' with Parker...

And, well just sat around looking at little Harlee!

Aunt Connie's day care kids handed down their play house for me to use since their play room got too crowded. I have climbed in & out of every hole, up & down the slide & stood on the tippy top of each wall! Thanks Aunt Connie - I love it!


Oh yeah there is something else we need to talk about. Ella started going to big girl day care this week. Until now, we have been so fortunate to have a friend keep Ella in her home. She got all the love & attention anyone could ever ask for, but we decided she really needs the interaction with other kids. So what better solution than to send her somewhere where she will be totally surrounded by kids of all ages ALL day? I have to say I was a little worried about how she would do when I left her in the morning & about her just laying down at nap time & going to sleep all by herself(yeah right!) Well, she proved me wrong! When I put her down in the morning, she just took off playing with the other kids. She never looked back - no goodbye, no nothing! So here she is Monday morning ready to go...

Well, that's all we got for you this week folks! Y'all stay cool!

February 2, 2009

A Sister for the Bean Raffle

Sooo, is anyone interested in winning a brand new fancy smanzy camera???

A Sister for the bean is a blog that I have been following for a while now about a family trying to adopt a precious little baby girl - Clair. They are having a raffle fund raiser to help raise the money to bring her home. So hop on over to their blog to check out all the details & better yet help this wonderful family bring home that sweet girl!

Here's a little sneak peek:

Wow, where do I begin! Here it is, the raffle you have all been waiting for - Claire's Super Huge Adoption Raffle-Raiser! Our adoption expenses have totaled $25,000, which as you can imagine, is a stretch! In our quest to raise the $17,000 we still need to bring our baby girl home from Korea, we have put together an AMAZING raffle, with a prize package worth more than $600 !!!