4yr old check-up!!!!

This past Wednesday was Ella's check-up. She was cute as could be, although anxious regarding the possibility of 'shots'!!! She has to receive 4 shots before Kindergarten, so we decided to split them up.....2 this year and 2 next year. Ella was really not happy about this but did accept it....yell for a minute.....and then smiile at her cute bandaids while she ate some skittles. She weighed 34 pounds and was 39.5 inches tall. I think she had a little help from her boots :0)

Waiting.....homemade card in hand for her doctor

Post-shots....still managing a smile. That's my girl!

And I just had to throw this pic in this post because it's so cute!
This was her outfit she wore to school on Thursday, complete with knee socks!
She loved it!

Officially 1st School Picture

And it's SO stinkin' cute!!!

On the Way......

.......to soccer last night, as we were driving in the car.

Ella says, "Jesus made me and my socks, right?!? And when Jesus was making me, he used lots and lots of glue when he put my head on so that it would never fall off!"

"My Real Birthday???????"

It was the day we had all been waiting for......Ella especially.

It was her REAL birthday, the day of her party.

It was time to get her 'fancy'........

......curlers in her hair, nailpolish on 10 cute fingers, and some lipgloss......

Her are the hair close-ups after the curlers came out.....it was just perfect.

And then on went the birthday outfit and then came the 'poses'!!!

She was full of smiles and SO ready to go!

It wasn't long until her friends arrived. She was ecstatic (fancy word for excited) to have ALL her friends there (well almost all). Friends from school, soccer, and everywhere all there to celebrate our special girl!

She was off and running and NOT scared one bit this time to go on every slide, etc....

She was even a little daredevil as you can tell and came down the slide on her tummy, as you can tell by the big puff of tutu!

So fun!

Logan couldn't be left out....he LOVED to bounce!

A group photo, just a few kiddos were missing.

The cute and yummy cake!

She could hardly wait to sit in the special birthday chair!!! She ran right to it, hopped in, and didn't move from it until the party was over!

Logan loved the chair too and Ella couldn't wait to give her brother a cuddle!

Ella was so cute when everyone sang to her, she got a little shy....."singing for me, mommy?"

(Notice her sweaty hair, she was non-stop running and playing for 1.5 hours)

Enjoying some of her yummy cake, her choice......white cake with strawberry filling

Daddy had to have a turn with his little girl

And then she opened her gifts........lots of them! She was so excited with each one and yelled out to whoever it was from "I LOVE IT!"......so cute! She got so many cute toys and she didn't get anything that she already had!

What a great day it was!

Ella has got the sweetest, most adorable friends ever!

It was a sea of pink and bows!

It was all she could have asked for and more!

"It was the bestest day EVER!" she said!

The Birthday Girl

Our precious '4 year old' woke up quite early this morning

She was ecstatic (Fancy Nancy word) that the birthday fairy had visited overnight and decorated in pink!

She was happy and felt so special as she came downstairs......

some presents were waiting for her....along with some more 'pink' from the fairy

the 1st thing she opened were some cozy furry slippers....she has been asking for some

you can tell by the look on her face...."this is just what i wanted" ....thanks auntie jojo and uncle curtis..................

.......for the fantastic barbie mariposa computer!

And then came the Leapster 2 from Nannie and Muntz......sooooo excited.

She got a couple games from mommy and daddy and logan and spent some time playing her new video game before preschool.

Logan had fun playing with the balloons......

She loved Logan's "1" candle and has been anxiously awaiting a "4" candle......she was super excited to see it glowing on her doughnuts!

And then it was time to put on her special birthday outfit, compliments of mommy, which she LOVED!!!!!! She looked darling!

And had to strike a few poses.......

Well, more than a few :0)

And to top her morning off, her BIG surprise was grammie and papa came with mommy, daddy, and logan to pick her up from school. Grammie read her preschool class a special book and Ella felt so special. She grinned from ear to ear and was so proud.

Then it was off to lunch at her favorite after-school spot......Chick-fila. This little girl ate 8 nuggets....Guess I am just not used to a 4 yr old appetite!

When we took Grammie and Papa home, Ella's present was waiting for her!!!! She could hardly believe it...It was the Hello Kitty bike that she wanted!!!!

Riding in style! Tutu style!

Getting a little help from Papa!

And to top off the birthday girl's special day, she got to pick her favorite spot for dinner.....Sauce

We were all excited and hungry!!!! She had to sit next to daddy since he had to work this afternooon and she missed him so!

Logan LOVED his meatballs and gobbled them up!!! I had to get a photo of my favorite shirt that reads 'best little brother ever'.....that he is!

Yummy pizza!

I think our little girl had quite a wonderful day.....she deserved every minute of it!

I can't wait to see what this year brings this special little girl!

Ella......you are LOVED!

Tonight........

........I kissed my 3 year old goodnight......and tomorrow morning I will have a 4 year old

I can't believe how quickly time has gone by.

I am the luckiest mom in the world to have such a SWEET amazing little girl to call my own.

She has the biggest heart of anyone I know. Ella truly cares about everyone.

She is the BEST big sister. I have never seen a child not be jealous of their baby sibling, but Ella always makes sure Logan is happy and cared for.

Ella makes me laugh each and every day with her jokes, her 'new moves', her songs, and her just plain 'funniness'..... she is hilarious, to say the least.

I LOVE YOU my Ella!!!! And yes, you are still my little girl and always will be!

I am so proud of who you are and can't wait to see all of who you will become!

You are amazing!

4years ago tonight, we headed to the hospital at 11pm

You were born at 9:17am the next morning weighing 6lbs1oz.

You immediately stole your daddy's heart

And mommy's too!

You will always be our princess!

"making the decision to have a child is momentous it is to decided forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body"

-elizabeth stone

Trick or Treat 2009

To say we have lots of candy is quite the understatement......

We have loads and loads of candy......

Friday night we loaded up and headed to Trunk or Treat at Ella's preschool.

We played games for a bit.....then watched "A Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" on a projector screen in the courtyard.

And before we went to the parking lot for the main event, Ella and Logan won a pizza giftcard for the cutest 'family' costume.

The trunks were decorated super cute and after about 25 minutes of getting candy......we headed to the car to warm up and head for home!

On the way to the parking lot.......
Ella was super excited for the real event......
She was up early on Halloween morning and decided to dress up a little for her soccer game...
She wore her leopard ears and I drew on her nose and whiskers. It was the 1st time she wasn't scared of the other team because "mommy, leopards don't get scared." Guess we might be dressing up every week!
After soccer and lunch, the kids took a nap and I headed to the kitchen. I made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, candy corn popcorn balls, and turkey chili.
The food was yummy, the costumes came out, and out we went......
It was a great night.
Cousin Jack and Uncle Pat and Aunt Suz joined us to celebrate!
Lots of food, fun, and CANDY!!!!!!

Little Bo Peep and her sheep were a BIG HIT!!! I got asked many times if I made the costumes...No way to that!!! Ella suggested next year she could be Little Red Riding Hood and Logan could be the wolf....love it! Let's hope they both go for that idea in 11 months!