So, I bought this elf on a whim and it is turning into such fun. Last night I was saying something about needing to give Ella a bath this morning and Josh said, "Put the elf in the bathtub". See... he's already participating! I did put him in the bathtub, but this morning I was running late and thought - forget it, I'll just skip the bath, she's only going to Heidi's... she can see the elf tonight when we get home. I went in to get her this morning and she'd had a little accident. She needed a bath right away. By this time, I've forgotten about Scout and the bathroom faucet. Ella's furious for having to take a bath right after she woke up, I'm irritated that we're going to be even more late because of the impromptu bath. Then, we go in. And she sees him. She turns around with this light in ...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Today was the first day in a long time that we were all at home together, with no real obligations to speak of. Neither of us had to work. There weren't any birthday parties or church functions to schedule. Nothing had to be prepared or worked on. It was lovely. To start off the day, I performed a rather heroic rescue of Heather's our cat, Grey Kitty. When it rained a few days ago, our pump turned over in the cellar and there was about a foot of water standing down there. Grey got stuck in there at some point and had been without food or water for three days. Not to mention the howling that was emanating from the basement. I put on my rain boots and went in. She was thrilled to be out and ate LOTS of food this morning. We had powdered donuts for breakfast, cleaned house, painted and ...
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
I am such a bad blogger-mommy. My life has been so busy over the last few weeks, so my blogging schedule is pretty non-existent! I promise to do better in the days and weeks to come. Sunday night (and last night) was our Christmas music at church and it was so funny to watch Ella's reaction. She was sad that her daddy wasn't sitting with us and I explained that he would be on stage. When the choir came out and he wasn't there, she looked at me and asked, "Where is my daddy?" I told her to keep watching. When he finally came on stage she got so excited and then freaked out when he left stage. She asked very loudly when he'd be coming back. The next time she spoke up, John (our pastor) was singing on stage dressed as Joseph. I explained that it was Joseph and she whispered, "That's not ...
A birthday, slumber party and a little mommy
{sorry that I cut you out, daddies. there are some better pictures of you on the camera, too. I just loved this close up} Today was a busy day, with lots to do, but we managed to cram it all in and have a great time doing it! I had to be at work at ten o'clock and made it home just in time to change clothes and follow Josh & Ella to Isabella's first birthday party. Unfortunately, Leeds mountain didn't agree with Ella's tummy and she wasn't in a great mood when we got there. There's nothing like sweet cousins, birthday cake and presents to cheer her up, though and she was happy in no time. Isabella was adorable in her birthday outfit and she & Ella were so sweet together and even shared bunnies. It was good to see lots of our friends and their precious babies. Here are a few of ...
Missing
We are missing the bunny, not the child! We need to put out an APB on a small, brown bunny approximately 6 inches tall and quite shabby looking. Sad, but loved. Alas we have noticed two shabby bunnies (one and two) lying around the house and a quite pristine looking bunny (four) perched on a shelf. Where is bunny number three? If we ate turkey at your house or watched a ballgame at your house or visited your establishment in any other way over the last four days and you happen to notice a furry friend tucked in the cushions somewhere, could you please call? It is just as likely that Bunny #3 is in the pile of laundry in the living room floor, amidst un-played-with toys or underneath a seat in the family car. I'll let you know if she turns up. Until then, we'll be sharing bunnies around ...
Family Fun Day
As always, we celebrate Thanksgiving with Josh's parents the Sunday after and his mom is an excellent cook! Josh & I both had prior obligations for the afternoon that we couldn't miss out on, so we missed church this morning to go over a little earlier. His brother was picking our niece up at 11:30, so we got there just in time to spend the day with her! We don't get to see her as often as we'd like, so it was fun to see the girls playing so hard together. Ella talked about her all morning and was quite excited to see her arrive. Beth, Patrick & Alston {our honorary siblings and nephew} joined us for lunch, too! Ella & Bella were like little scavengers standing at Josh's chair and alternating bites of his Thanksgiving feast. It was so sweet. We tried fixing them both their own ...
Alabama Day
Let me start by saying that I'm not a football fan and never really have been. I know that is sacrilegious in this state, but I can usually be found chasing a two-year old or reading a magazine during said game. For the sake of my husband, I try to participate... wear a red shirt on Saturdays, accompany him to whatever venue the game will be viewed, being proud for him over a win and sad for a loss. Then there was this year. I have thoroughly enjoyed this season for Alabama, if for no other reason that the pure joy it brings my husband. The fact that Ella stinkin' LOVES to wear her Ah-bama dress is just icing on the cake. Today we had lots going on before and after the game and it was such a good day. When she realized this morning that she and daddy were both wearing Alabama shirts ...
It’s tree time!
Although we don't go "shopping" the day after Thanksgiving, we do travel into town. I laughed this morning as we started out to pick up our Christmas tree... we were side by side with cars who had come from the city to buy trees at a bona fide Christmas tree farm. We were leaving the country for the city to buy a tree that someone already cut down! Oh well. We buy our tree at the Lloyd's lot every year, they have the most beautiful fir trees I've ever seen. We get an 8 footer and a live wreath for our front door. Today, Ella fell asleep in the car and wasn't nearly as excited about being there as I had hoped. One of us had to be holding her at all times, so the photo ops were limited. The picture above is me & El picking out our wreath. Below is a sleepy-head picture with daddy while ...