We finally managed to leave around 6:30 last night. Did I mention we were driving? Somehow I got stuck on the second leg and (in case you failed to realize it) that means staying awake for the first four hours and THEN driving the next four. Yikes. Ella did remarkably well. We were hoping she would sleep overnight, but our biggest concerns were eating dinner in the car and continuing the potty training momentum. We managed some chicken nuggets in the car, despite the fact they were way too hot. Possibly the best part of dinner was that because Wendy's doesn't have juice boxes with their kids' meals (weird!) Josh ordered her a strawberry fanta?! Ella has never had a carbonated drink. Ever. She took one sip, shook her head and announced "I don't like it!" So I shared my tea. We ...
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D-Day
Well, it's here. Friday. Are you happy? I am. Not only is it the last day of the work week, but we have something really exciting planned. Hint number one was that we'd be leaving our timezone for another. We are. We are heading east, then south. Hint number two was that we'd be leaving and returning on Friday. We're leaving today, Friday, April 24th. We're returning on Friday, May 1st. Hint number two was that we were eating lunch with friends. We're doing that, too. Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. That's right, we're headed to Walt Disney World! It was an absolute last-minute decision that had a lot to do with the stars aligning, family & friends and the fact that the three of us haven't been under one roof in almost a month. Ella has no idea we're even going, which is the ...
welcome home
I was right. I came home on Friday. I met Josh and Ella for dinner and she was VERY excited to see me. I was exhausted and thought about taking a nap in the booth at Outback. I wasn't sure how that would go over exactly. When we pulled into the driveway, Josh flashed on our brights and revealed this sweet message. How cute are they? Saturday, Ella and I visited with Isabella and Alston at Nana's before heading to town. We ate at Chipotle, of course, and as usual the worker's love to visit with Ella. The we ran to the Summit to pick up a few things for our surprise destination next week. I won't tell you what all we needed... that might be enough to figure it out! Today was a lazy day with some church and family time to enjoy our SD before he left for another week at work. We'll ...
pretty girl.
I posted these to remind you how pretty this girl is. That's all. Pretty. ...
Bunny Visits
We had a lovely Easter weekend and Ella really enjoyed Sunday morning. We had a hard time squeezing everything in and the Easter Bunny had to make a late-night visit, but boy was Ella happy when she woke up. I had to wake her up {she was in our bed, of course} and convince her to check it all out. Wanna know what the EB brought? Candy, which Ella said was her favorite thing, a doctor's kit, stethoscope included, a jelly bean pooping bunny, an egg full of play-doh, Disney DVDs, including The Jungle Book 2, which elicited MANY squeals, a princess puzzle, the sidewalk chalk you saw above and a new hairbow and pair of bloomers to wear with her Easter dress. After sorting through all of that Ella & Bunny took a little movie break and watched Finding ...
Wedding Day
Try to ignore the fact that my hair looks weird in this picture and in general, I look LARGE and in charge. Also ignore the fact that K is hiding Bunny behind her back. Instead, focus on the VISION that is my sister! Again, let me remind you that I'm not the photographer in this family, nor is Emily, who took this picture {I love you, Emily}. I can't wait for you to see Jessica's pictures, because not only will the photography knock your socks off, but you'll get a much clearer picture of the awesomeness of my sister and her fabulous dress. Anyway, the point of this post was a little wedding-goodness recap. Remember how I said I was going to take lots of pictures so I could show you the festivities while we were waiting on the real thing? Well, don't be mad, but that didn't really ...
Bunny-time!
This is what we did last night... the finished product we're missing one because ella & nana used it for brownies! pretty colors! daddy helping dye our eggs getting started waiting for the eggs to boil I hope you two have a FABULOUS day today. We love you and are so excited for you and proud of you. Have a beautiful day! These two cuties are getting married today, so the posting is light. Have a GREAT Saturday and we'll be back soon with lots of pictures. ...
Easter Goodies
I'm sure you know by now, but Ella & I like to make goodies for our friends each holiday. She took Halloween candy, Thanksgiving cookies, Christmas treats and most recently our Valentine's cups. For Easter, we bought metal buckets at Target for a dollar a piece and filled them with pastel basket grass, Easter pencils, an egg of Play-doh and candy. We had as much fun putting them together as the kids will have enjoying them on Good Friday. Me & Ella in our Easter Bunny headbands Ella gathering her supplies So proud! This is from earlier in the day, but I couldn't resist adding it on. She wanted to see how big she was getting. Too big, I tell you! ...