ya I just found this on Joe's Pc- Good times

still at home with dad

I'm not sure why but i couldnt post these pics with the video, maybe it was just too much at once.

but here is a big ella smile. She is two months old today and at the doctor this week she weighed 11lbs and 3 oz. She is in the 50th percentile for pretty much everything. We have mostly been hanging out at home- ella has been spending a lot of time with barb the baby sitter-who just loves on ella all day. School is winding down for the semester- so I'll be home more in just a few weeks!

at home with dad

This Joe and el messing around. I think she actually might be ticklish.

gettin big

Here is a pic of ella at one week old and another from today- sevenish weeks old. She went from skinny and itybitty to chubbers and happy in the blink of an eye. Its fun for us because she is all smiley now and stays awake and plays for like an hour and a half inbetween naps. But the best part about getting bigger is those rare occasions where she sometimes sleeps for six to seven hours. Its amazing- really- the best thing ever after you have been a zombie for a month and a half-

and of course more sleeping means joe gets to do more of what he loves best!

hats!

Aunt chrissy came to visit this week. I love the look on El's face here- ya chrissy confuses me too.



So when I was a kid- I seriously hated turtle necks. They are ugly and worse then that- they constrict your neck-well anyway- my mother and sister loved to dress me in them- that and blouses with some kinda beige skirt or pants. It was rough...As a little girl I was no fan of beige.



so ella has an article of clothing that she loathes as much as I hated turtle necks, and its all her hats:(



Now-I love hats, and I love putting hats on ella-but she gets all crabby faced about stuff on her head. On the up side- in 20 years she can complain about it on her blog too :)

Honestly though- who could resist this face? Super cute bonnet-

Grandma visit

This past weekend Joe's grandma luckman and aunt tawnya came to see ella for the first time. we found out that grandma had an aunt ella- so that was cool-ella's first name and middle name are family names from both sides of the her family now.

It was fun to see them, they brought kyle and kurtis, the twins. She was pretty crabby for them- They got to see some of her very wrinkly faces. It was a really nice visit and we are looking forward to Christmas with them.

Ella also might get a "moby" this week. I heard about it from my sister inlaw heather. Her kids love it-and ella always wants to be held- so we thought it would be a good idea. Here is a pic of her in it- I dont know that we are using it right- but she was happy to be there. It kinda makes you feel pregnant again though :( but if it lets me get some homework done- we are totally on board.

Ella also finally got her JJcole for this winter. she looks weird in it cause its so big- but its super thick and snuggly so it was a must have for our weather. Here are the before and after pics-

They are putting just about anything in hotdogs these days

Halloween was fun last night- it was a bit crazy cause we got there late and we were all rushin around. But the kids were all super cute- I wish I had more pics but i forgot to take my camera out until the end :( wow isnt my mom's house messy in the pic behind midas? weird.

halloween

Halloween was a little crazy lastnight- we got there late and it was a huge rush-

but the costumes were super cute.

Midas and ella were hot dogs-josh was spiderman, emily was a kitten, sydney was a flower and nathan was a bee. Unfortunally, I remembered to pull out my camera way too late.

syd finally met ella- and i finished her room

Sydney and nathan we the last of the cousins to meet ella- we just couldn't seem to hook up - but they thought she was cool.

and I finally finished ella's wall- I think it came out pretty well

joes pumpkin

every year joe makes a big to-do over pumpkin carving- its really fun but its messy and time consuming-

here is the product of his labor for this year-

notice how we forgot to take any pictures of the kids pumpkins....

Nana and papa-moe

Last week tracy and moe came to meet their new grand daughter- Ella slept most of the time, but I think they liked her :)

We had fun- we went to appleb's and got to meet josh's baby and his girlfriend.