Springtime Shopping!

Ellie loves to shop!!!

Everytime we go into Target she thinks we have to get an apple juice from Starbucks then go look at the shoes.

She loves trying on clothes, shoes, and hats.

I dont know where she gets it from :)

Here she is modeling a few accessories...

Botanical Gardens

We had a great afternoon with Laura and Blair at the Botanical Gardens.

The girls loved that there was so much to explore!

But there favorite thing was splashing in the fountain...

Which ended up in a total strip down because of them where wet and dirty!

First Time Fishing

Saturday afternoon we took Ellie fishing for her very first time.

We kept asking her if she wanted to catch a fish and said "pease! pease!"

I guess she though if she asked nice enough we could just make one appear.

She had fun but her favorite thing was feeding the fish raisins and feeding the ducks!

Little Sunshine

Ellie loves her glasses or as she calls them "gas"

Whenever she sees me pull mine out she has to have hers too.

Now we just have to show her the right way to wear them :)

23 Months

In just one very short month my sweet little baby is going to be two.

This makes me happy but at the same time breaks my heart.

I just cannot believe how fast she is growing and changing.

Matt reminded me today that after she turns two we will probably not say her age in months anymore and that made me sad to think about.

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Here are just are few things we never want to forget about you at 23 months:

~ How you love to "hold hands"

~How you love, love, love to jump.

~ How you are learning lots of new words. You love to scream then tell me "ceem!"
~ How so very sweet your voice sounds when you say " I love you"

~ How you and Jack are best friends now. Whenever we go outside I know you will come back inside smelling just like him :)

~ How you love to hold hands and say our blessing.

~ How completely sweet and innocent you are.

We love you so very much sweet baby girl.

Quick trip to Montgomery

Saturday afternoon we took a quick trip down to Montgomery to see Aunt Em dance in her Jamboree at school. Ellie looked so sweet I had to take a few pictures before we left.

Ellie and her Aunt Em

Me, Ellie, Em and Les

They did Beaty and the Beast and Ellie loved it.

She stood so still during the times they were singing and dancing.

She did not even want to dance or clap her hands she was too interested in it.

THeir group did a great job and won!

Great job Aunt Em!!

Lunch with Friends

This past weekend I was able to meet up with some old friends from nursing school for lunch!

It was so great to be able to see them and catch up.

Miss Ellie stopped by for a quick visit too while we were eating just to say hello.

She only stayed long enough for a few pictures :)

It was so great to get together and I hope it won't be another 2 years before we see some of them!

Springtime Happiness

I love, love, love spring.

I know that it isn't officially here yet but it is starting to feel more and more like it and it makes me so very happy!

One of there very first things that starts coming up in our yard are these hyacinth that are all around an oak tree in our yard. We did not plant these there but I love them.

Our neighbor told us that a man that lived here a while ago planted them. She said he had been in the hospital for a very long time and when he got home from the hospital he went out with his grandchildren and planted these beautiful bulbs.

I think that is why they make me so happy!