tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28516606196603821832024-03-13T12:13:37.888-07:00The FingarsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-51489011047442438382014-12-29T14:58:00.003-08:002014-12-29T14:58:37.813-08:00Celebration in the Oaks & Louisiana Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red;">Aaron, Ellyson and I decided last minute to take a trip to New Orleans to see Aunt Lala and Uncle Eric (and Bubby and Uncle Ray too) as well as go to Celebration in the Oaks. The weather was supposed to be somewhat decent and we thought Elly would enjoy it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">She definitely had fun running round Aunt Lala and Uncle Eric's house (that long hall way was meant for her) and really liked the train ride and seeing the lights. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">On Saturday, Angela, Ellyson and I went to visit Maw Maw Garrett. Ellyson wouldn't stay still long enough for a good picture so this was the best we could do. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"> My good friend Mike came to visit while we where there. I think Ellyson wanted to make sure she showed off all her tricks. Everyone got a little taste of all of mom's bad music choices on her i-phone as Elly kept dancing and changing the songs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">On Sunday we went to Celebration in the Oaks. We got there about 30 minutes before it opened and had already purchased our tickets to get in and ride the train online (Thanks Aunt Lala for that tip). We stood in the line to get in but it moved really fast. First thing we did was jump in line for the train. That was another smart move of the night. Ellyson waited patiently and actually took a little nap while we waited int he train line. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">We had so much fun visiting New Orleans that we can't wait to go back and share more of the culture with Ellyson! Until next time......</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-4404459607578513852014-12-29T14:21:00.003-08:002014-12-29T14:21:25.635-08:0021 Months<span style="color: #38761d;">21 months going on 16 years old :-). Ellyson is becoming such a sweet little girl. She is growing like a week and has the cutest personality!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">We won't go back to the pediatrician until March and she won't stop long enough for me to see what the home scale reads, so this update will just have to go without a weight/height updated. Though I would say she is still long and lean. <b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">We are still working on having her eat a bit more. She is one picky eater and REALLY would prefer to eat snacks. For breakfast we have been doing mini muffins or yogurt as she stopped eating her mini pancakes. Pending if she wants it we will offer her some fruit. We tried mini chocolate donuts and she liked them for about 2 days then said never mind. Elly still likes cheerios but is not a big fan of milk - she will spit it out if its in a sippy cup. For lunch we are pretty consistent with a peanut butter sandwich, pouch and fruit cup and dinner is either mac n cheese (Kraft instant mac n cheese is all she will eat) or rice (really depends on her mood here). She had been eating more chicken and enjoyed happy meals from McDonalds and kids meals for Chick fil a. Now she doesn't like to sit down when she eats these and usually stands up in the booth to look around and talk to people. She still is a big fan of veggie sticks and gold fishes and recently we have found her LOVE for cake. I think she is going to have a sweet tooth. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Elly is definitely a girlie girl. She still likes bracelets and necklaces and now she has found my make-up bag. She takes by blush brush out and tries to "put on" the blush. One day I was folding laundry in my bedroom and I knew she was in my bathroom. I figured she was just stacking bottles as that's one of her FAVORITE things to do. NOPE, she decided that she wanted to put some make-up on. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">She still is a little daredevil and really likes to climb things. She has climbed on our bed and started to jump and "fall down". Elly will open the closed door and go in there all by herself, in the dark. She also decided to climb into the baby swing at the gym nursery on her own, climb up in her high chair and a few weeks ago turned her hamper over and climbed on her changing table. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #38761d;">She still likes to color and here lately she has chosen not to color on the paper but on other things - cabinet, walls, counters. Elly has gotten into lots of trouble for not listen and continuing to do things we have asked her not to - ie climb on things that she shouldn't. We have tried time out and spankings and nothing seems to phase the little rascal. So I will hope that this is a phase that she grows out of. She definitely knows what she is supposed to do and not do. She is already testing us to see what she can get away with.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Clothes are still all over the place, though for the most part we are in 18months. Elly can still wear some 12 month dresses that either run big or I turned into a shirt since she is tall but not chunky. We are officially in a size 5 shoe according to Syke's in Homewood where we got her little silver Keds. She has some 4s that fit her well. I bough her some slippers and UGG style boots and she can't keep either one of those on her feet. Hopefully she will be able to wear there soon before the winter is over with. She is also not necessarily liking to wear clothes! We have found her on several occasions completely naked, including the diaper being off. She even decided to take her shirt off at the Dick's Sporting Goods store. We have had a talk about how little girls keep there clothes on. Let's hope that starts sticking. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #38761d;">She is still LOVING school. Ellyson even points to the school when we pass by it and gets made when I don't stop and turn in. Her teachers (she has 4) says she does great, listens and is always happy! I will take it for sure. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #38761d;">We still struggle with sleep. I thought we had finally made it to sleeping through the night but then the times changed and that was all she wrote. Ellyson was back to waking up every hour and a half to three hours. This went on for quite a while and we are just NOW (December 29th) getting back to sleeping through the night. We have tried just about everything. I think Elly thinks that she is going to miss something and she is so restless when she sleeps. I am hoping that we are back on the right path to keep it up. Elly also isn't a big napper. She used to take a good 2 hour nap after she got home from school but now I am lucky if she takes an hour an a half. While it gets interesting to juggle sometimes I feel so bad for her as I know she is tired - you can see it in her eyes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The last three months have been lots of fun! Ellyson has the best personality with a side of strong willed! I can't wait to watch and see what the next three months bring. I can't believe she is almost 2!</span> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-42489915839983162232014-12-22T18:47:00.001-08:002014-12-22T18:47:05.088-08:00Visit with PopsWe were finally able to make a trip to Brandon to visit Pops (my dad). I was going to for a Christmas party in Brandon and it worked out that dad was off and I could leave Elly for a few hours. We had so much fun getting to play and for Elly to show off all her dance moves. Pops and Elly had WAY too much fun while I was at the Christmas party - a little nap, lots of playing and lots of hugs and kisses.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-9766770599177812022014-12-22T18:39:00.002-08:002014-12-22T18:39:27.148-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!Thanksgiving has come and gone but we have a great day with family celebrating and being thankful for all that God has blessed us with.<br />
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We usually don't travel for Thanksgiving but we were trying to make it work to go to Austin with with the rest of the family. Unfortunately we weren't able to make it work but were so glad to get to spend Thanksgiving with Aaron's family.<br />
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We went over to Gramma Bea and Grandpa Bill's house (Aunt Ali's mom and step-dad) for a late lunch and Aunt Ali, Uncle Justin, Lily, Hen, Paulette and Margaret all joined us. The food was great and Elly and Lily really enjoyed playing with each other. ESPECIALLY on the piano!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-49327985370853023052014-11-25T19:11:00.001-08:002014-11-25T19:11:18.157-08:00Happy Fall Y'allAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-57538482347719098662014-11-25T19:10:00.003-08:002014-11-25T19:10:48.110-08:00Happy Halloween!I am not a huge Halloween fan, personally, but I LOVE little kids that get dressed up! I had initially had purchased a monkey outfit for Ellyson since we were in the year of the monkey (since her birthday theme was monkeys). However, the costume was WAY too big so we were back to the drawing board. After looking a a bunch of places, we found a little ladybug costume and Big Les got it for her, and it definitely got it's wear out of it. With 2 school parties and trick or treating, Elly had a blast!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-61401235500755322672014-11-25T18:33:00.003-08:002014-11-25T18:33:43.975-08:00The Pumpkin Patch x 2I couldn't wait for the weather to get a bit cooler and all the pumpkin patches to open. I was so looking forward to taking Ellyson and seeing what she did with all the pumpkins.<br />
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The first pumpkin patch that we went to was Old Baker Farm in Hapersville, Alabama. Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy went with us. We had planned to go but then the weather got icky that morning so we thought that it wasn't going to work out. As we were sitting around trying to decide what we wanted to do, we decided to take a chance and go anyway. Needless to say it was a great time!<br />
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We were so happy that Gram Lene, Auntie Chrissy and Big Les could come for a visit. It was a quick visit and we can't wait until the next time.<br />
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The next weekend we went to the Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden with Hen. This was definitely different from Old Baker's Farm Pumpkin Patch as the pumpkins were just placed out there verses still on the vine. I also had to torture Aaron into taking a few family pictures while were there. After all, as he says "Precious Family memories"! :-)<br />
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Both pumpkin patches were so different I am not sure which one we will go back to next year. Old Baker Farm was more like a true pumpkin patch but The Great Pumpkin Patch had better picture opportunities.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I can't believe we are celebrating 18 months already! Ellyson is growing and definitely coming in to her own personality. Here is what she's been up to lately!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Weight: 22.8 pounds</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: purple;">Weight: 21.5 pounds</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We are still around the 50% for weight and height and her pediatrician was pleased with her growth. I do think that she will start growing a bit more now that she has more teeth (almost 10 and of that she has 4 molars....still missing the top front teeth). She is willing to try more new foods but it's been interesting in that she is better at trying them when she is with other people or we are out. Some of her favorites are pancakes, strawberries, bananas, instant mac n cheese (not crazy about homemade), rice, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese sandwiches. We started to introduce meat again and she actually liked it this time. She has had Vienna sausage (Aaron has to give it to her) and then some chicken. She also tried a piece of hamburger meat at a family BBQ but hasn't eaten any since. We have tried spaghetti but she's not a fan at the moment. She LOVES snacks. From Cheerios to Gold Fishes to Veggie Straws. If the girl could snack all day, she would. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We are down to just a bottle before bed and she drinks water and juice throughout the day. She does not like milk in her sippy cup. She will drink one or two sips and then either goes to playing with it or spitting it out. Girl is picky. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Elly has become obsessed with bracelets! Whether they are her play ones or her favorite, going into my jewelry box and pulling the all out, she will put 15 on at once and walk around the house with them up to her elbow. It's the cutest thing ever!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b> </b>You can tell that Elly is getting older and entering into that Terrible 2 age group. She is definitely not listening very well and will look straight at you as you tell her no and do it anyway. I found her sitting on the dishwasher door one morning when I came back into the kitchen. Now she likes to open and close the dishwasher. Unfortunately ours doesn't have a lock and she's figured out where the handle is and just spends the day opening and closing it and pushing the buttons, even when she gets in trouble. Doesn't phase her one bit </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> She is really liking to color, stack blocks, dance, take pictures of herself with the phone and watch her PBS shows - especially on the iPad. I had to make her a play list on my phone so we could have "dance party" to her favorite songs. She is a HUGE Iggy Azalea fan along with Katy Perry, Eminem and Rhianna. It's an interesting mix of songs but her face just lights up with them come on...especially Fancy by Iggy. She also loves to grab Aaron or I's phone and then walks around the house saying "cheese" and smiling as she tries to take pictures. (Key word is tries as they are usually pictures of the floor, ceiling or no telling....but with her in them). Elly also likes to watch her PBS shows still, but this time she has figured out how to work the PBS Kids app on the iPad. Now she won't watch the whole show but scrolls up and down to the various ones she likes listening to the opening song and dancing. The girl is a mess!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"> We are still all over the place with clothes. She can wear anything from a 9 month dress to some 2T t-shirts. MOST of her clothes that she wears on a regular basis are 12-18 months. She needs the smaller bottoms as most of the 18 months fall off of her. We are still struggling a bit with shoes as I bought a few pair and then her foot grew. She currently wears about a 3 as most 4 are a little too big unless it has a strap to tighten. Her hair is still light brown with a hint of red. I really think it's going to be strawberry blonde in the end. It is growing but more in the back than anything. AND she has the cutest little curls...in the middle with straight on the sides. It's gotten long enough to even put it in a ponytail. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">We are looking forward to seeing what the next 3 months bring and how much Ellyson comes more into her personality each day. She is strong willed and very hard headed but I wouldn't change her sweet demeanor for anything. She is for the most part always happy and smiling and will go and play with just about anyone. She is truly a joy to watch grow and the antics she comes up with. Elly will definitely continue to keep her daddy and I on our toes!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-86622489550675649132014-09-18T18:34:00.002-07:002014-09-18T18:34:11.528-07:00Beach Vacation<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We were finally able to get to the beach for Labor Day! We weren't sure if it was going to work out but we were able to go for a LONG weekend and got to hang out with lots of our family. Gram Lene, Auntie Chrissy, Aunt Angela, Uncle Eric, Aunt Bubby and Uncle Ray were all able to join us for the holiday weekend. At first we thought the weather wasn't going to cooperate with us but it ended up being SO nice. I really don't think that we could have asked for any better weather. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Since everyone else was arriving Friday or Saturday, we spent Friday morning hanging by the pool and Elly LOVED getting to play in the splash pad. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We were excited for everyone to get to Orange Beach so we could all swim and play in the sand. Elly really enjoyed getting to eat her breakfast on the balcony and even colored a few pictures outside. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we were at the beach I finally got to meet sweet Lucy Babin as the Babin's were also at the beach. We met up with them at Lulu's and had a blast. Now the place was packed and it was interesting having 3 kids under 3 but it was so nice to see them, even if just for a short time. The food was great - even getting it to go! Looking forward to the next time that we can see them and hopefully we will have a little longer for everyone to play!</span></i></span><br />
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Elly has always loved the water and we knew that we wanted her to start swimming lessons. So we signed up at the YMCA for the parent and child class. Elly absolutely LOVED it! She had as much fun getting to play in the water - kick, jump and blow bubbles. We did learn one thing though, we will have to sign her up for private swim lessons moving forward as she kept paying attention to what everyone else was doing in the pool. And ask you know, there are LOTS of things going on in a swimming pool.<br />
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We joined the Y for the month of July and Elly and I went swimming a few times as well as she was able to go when Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy were in town. I think we will have to look into joining for the entire summer next year or look into a big inflatable pool for the back yard.<br />
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Elly's normal "school" at Meadow Brook Baptist Church doesn't do a summer program and we needed one for Elly. Not only for her to get to play and socialize, but so that I could get some work done during the day. Elly went for 6 weeks to Riverchase Methodist Church's Mother's Day Out program. and had so much fun. From the first day when we participated in car pool and she just let them take her out of her seat - no problem until the last day of school, she loved every minute with Ms Landi and Ms Zena. We are so lucky that Elly loves to go to school and that we have a great back up at Riverchase. </div>
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We decided to go to the McWane Science Center one Saturday to let Elly play now that she is more interested in various things but especially seeing how things work and stacking blocks. When we got there the line was super long and come to find out, the internet had gone down so they were having to manually enter everyone's payments. Once we were finally able to get in, Elly had a blast. She loved checking things out with her daddy - especially anything with water. </div>
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Elly has now figured out how to climb into my office chair when we are in the basement - which is my office, her play space and Aaron's man cave. She even knows which button turns the computer on and off. </div>
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Elly's infatuation with bracelets still continues and has added necklaces to that. She found a Saint's Mardi Gras bead and wore it for 2 days straight. She's just the cutest when she has bracelets up to her elbow and a purse on the other hand.<br />
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We had quite a few visitors this summer. Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy came to visit in June and a week in July while I attended Phi Mu's convention as well as Pops came in August. We had so much fun getting to visit with everyone and taking pictures. <br />
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While Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy were here in June, we celebrated Gram Lene's birthday and in July they had fun swimming , swinging and shopping.<br />
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Elly also had Popsicles for the first time, an ICEE and we were able to put her hair in the ponytail.<br />
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We definitely have a long and lean little girl. Both are in the 50th percentile according to her pediatrician. She is still wearing anything from 6 months to 18 months. I really depends on the outfit. I refuse to purchase anymore 9 month pants/shorts so some of her shorts are a little big as she isn't quite ready for the 12 months in some brands. She has been wearing more summer bubble outfits which tend to be 18 months. We are in a shoe size 2 or 3 and still a number 3 diaper. </div>
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Elly has FINALLY begun to eat more adult food. She will eat rice and just think week she has decided she does in fact like cheese sandwiches (Thank goodness as her Mother's Day Out for the summer doesn't let any peanut products so we were going to have to figure something out since she couldn't take her peanut butter crackers). Elly has also fallen in love with pancakes as well and bananas and strawberries. She is still not a big fan of mashed potatoes or any meat products. She would even prefer baby food peas and green beans over the real thing! EWE! She loves drinking water or juice out of her cup, milk not so much. We are working on getting her off her bottle but at this point, she tells us when she doesn't want it and since she still only has 2 teeth (yes that's right, just 2) I am not pushing it with her. She does use her spoon and fork and we are seeing that she does better when they are in her left hand. We are continuing to work on this as she isn't always the best at keeping the spoon straight when it goes to her mouth. </div>
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Her sleep schedule has gotten much better. For the most part she does a long nap anywhere from 2-3 hours usually around 12 or 1 and then will go down for the evening by 7:30pm and will wake around 6:30-6:45am. Sometimes she takes a 30 minute nap or so in the morning but those are usually hit or miss. </div>
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We also started swimming lessons this summer at the Y while Elly has been in between Mother's Day Out programs (she starts a summer program on the 17th). We had fun in our parent and child class and Elly really too to the water. She was way more interested in watching the other kids in their swimming lessons more than she was in paying attention to what she was doing. By the end of the classes, she had learned to kick, splash, "jump" off the side - but most of the time sat on the interior ledge and leaned in, and attempted to blow bubbles. Her favorite thing though was licking the water :-). </div>
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Elly is definitely non stop! Her latest is her pure enjoyment of climbing on things, especially the coffee table. She has gotten in more trouble than I can even explain for the amount of times that she has crawled on the coffee table, played with a toy, laid back and then she talks back to me when I tell her to get down! She has also started running back and forth on the couch and thinks its the funniest thing. I think my hands are going to be full for sure with this little one. </div>
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She also decided to climb on her play table and sit in the center. I was in the kitchen washing some dishes and I heard her making a grunting noise. I thought she wanted her purse opened to get her comb out but when I came around the corner, this is what I found. She was upset that her pacifier was stuck in the alligator's mouth. Needless to say, the play table has been moved downstairs to her play area. </div>
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Elly is still obsessed with Wheel of Fortune. She now "talks" to the TV when it comes on and will clap for the contestant when they get the puzzle correct. She also enjoys watching Peg + Cat, Dinosaur Train, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Sid the Science Kid. It's funny to watch her get excited about the show or dance to the music. She also caught the cartoon of Curious George one morning and was so surprised to see "George" on the TV. It was priceless.</div>
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We have had a blast enjoying the weather at the beginning of the month and getting play outside on Elly's slide. She is still not sure about it (which is odd because she loves to slide at the park). Hopefully we will get out there and play a bit more as long as the weather doesn't get too miserable. </div>
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Elly is starting her summer Mother's Day Out program for 6 weeks, Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy will be back to play with Elly for a few days while I go to Phi Mu Convention and Aaron and I will celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We have a busy next few weeks but looking forward to making more memories as a family.</div>
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So as previously mentioned in Elly's 1st birthday blog post, we did her first birthday pictures the first part of April. I have had these pictures for awhile, posted some of Facebook and actually got around to ordering some larger prints for our bare walls! Elizabeth Pettey Photography did such an amazing job (anyone in the Birmingham area need a photographer for their family, check Elizabeth out)! Elizabeth is a former student of mine from Birmingham-Southern College and she is just amazing with children! (You might remember her name from our Christmas photo shoot with Brittany Arias of Be Love Photography. Brittany loves to do weddings and Elizabeth loves kids and families)!!.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="color: blue;">So another "outfit" change was for Elly to wear her Easter dress that Aunt Ali and Uncle Justin gave Elly. Cousin Lily has one to match! Elly had so much fun playing with the eggs and playing on the front porch! I absolutely LOVE all these pictures, especially those in color as Elly's eyes are so blue! She turned into quite the diva when we stripped her down to just her boomers in making sure she was posing for the camera.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">So another one of Elly's outfit changes was to take a few more pictures in her flower girl dress from Aunt Angela and Uncle Eric's Wedding. These were taken in our backyard and Elizabeth found some beautiful flowers from one of the trees to sprinkle all over the ground. The rocking chair that Elly is sitting in was my rocking chair as a child. I am so glad that we were able to use the rocking chair. Now to get Aaron to stain it and make it in a little better shape. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">So of course I had to get a little lace romper to take a few pictures in. She was getting a bit tired at this point but Elizabeth was able to capture quite a few adorable pictures and even got one with her beloved lion, Lonnie from Mrs. Mary. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks again for a great photo shoot Elizabeth! Can't wait for the next time. </span> </span></span></div>
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On Friday we all headed over to Slidell for a reception that the hospital was having in to recognize the huge honor that Granny Vi received. It was over a 2 year process and though Granny Vi was not with us in the flesh to receive the award, she did know that SMH was applying on her behalf. Though the weather was not the best and the streets in Slidell flooded, it was a great turnout. Ellyson and Aaron stayed at the hotel as I didn't want to get her out in the weather and I needed her to have a good nap as the rehearsal and dinner was that evening (though she didn't nap, little stinker). Several city politicians came as well as several resolutions and honors were read from state and local officials. <br />
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When the reception was over we all headed back for a little rest and to get ready for the wedding festivities. We met up at the New Orleans Museum of Art for the wedding rehearsal. The rehearsal took place indoors as it was still raining outside. Elly was the flower girl and I was the Maid of Honor.<br />
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The day of the wedding was just beautiful. Angela and Eric could not have asked for a better day to celebrate. She was absolutely beautiful!!! Ellyson did a great job walking down the aisle as the grass was a little uneven but with a little help from daddy she almost stole the show from Aunt Angela ;-).<br />
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It was such an amazing weekend and we LOVED every minute of it. Sharing in the joy with Angela and Eric. So glad that Eric is now officially part of our family!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-35903146688766485172014-04-05T13:44:00.001-07:002014-04-05T13:44:25.471-07:00Our Little Monkey Turned 1!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our monkey theme was quite a hit and Ellyson had so much fun playing and eating cake!<br />
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Thanks to all our family that came to celebrate Ellyson's special day with us. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends for Elly to grow up around. <br />
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So Ellyson has turned the BIG 1! We had a great birthday celebration (another post on that coming soon..I promise). I can't believe my baby is already 1. She has been growing and really coming into her own personality - little diva and all!<br />
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<i>Length:</i> 28.5 inches</div>
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<i>Birth weight: 6 pounds, 13 ounces and 20 inches. </i></div>
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<i><b>Attributes: </b></i>Ellyson's hair is getting so long and is starting to have a little wave to it. It's still a dirty blonde color but in the sunlight or if she wears certain colors, you can really see the red tone of her hair. I'm still hoping that she will end up with an Auburn color. Here's hoping. Ellyson's eyes are still a gorgeous blue color!. She still only has 2 teeth, bottom front. I am hoping that we get a few more at some point ;-). I really wanted to get Elly's ears pierced but she has such tiny ears and their doesn't seem to be enough "meat" to be able to pierce. Hoping that we can pierce them one day. </div>
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<i><b>Milestones:</b></i> Elly is walking like crazy. She decided one day that she was ready and hasn't looked back. She definitely knows that she is doing and when she isn't supposed to be doing something. It's funny to watch when you tell her to stop something or no, she looks at you and does it again. Elly is saying Ma Ma, Da Da, and babbles a few other words. Aaron and I have learned that we cannot force anything on little miss priss. She does what she wants at her own speed. Elly is also doing well stacking her blocks, and tries to put her puzzle pieces where they go. She even tries to put her lid on her cup or bottle. She has gotten extreme good at opening and closing doors and drawers......a few times with her fingers still there. Elly is also thinks she is muscle woman and picks up her lion push toy and carries over the house. We officially switched her to a big girl car seat and she had her first long trip facing forward! She seems to really like the new seat but we are going to have to get her something for her little neck when we take trips......she falls asleep and her head droops down. Elly has become obsessed with her stuffed monkey, Curious George. She found it one day in her toy basket and now she pretty much carries it around the house. It's so cute as the monkey is about 1/3-1/2 her size.<br />
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<i><b>Clothes: </b></i>Well Elly wears pretty much everything! She can still wear 3 month dresses to 12/18 month pants. I really just depends on what the outfit is. She definitely needs 12 + months in her onesie pajamas. That long torso is going to get us. She will definitely be a two piece bathing suit kind of girl. Elly is wearing size 2 shoes and we tend to do better with the shoes that have a velcro strap to make them tighter. Her foot is so narrow that most of the shoes that have fixed straps are so wide. She is still in number 3 diapers and I think that we have a bit longer in these diapers.<br />
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<i><b>Attributes</b></i>:Her hair is getting thicker and longer. It's still quite light and seems to look more light brown. However, in some light it still has a beautiful red tint to it. Her eyes are still bright blue and I am LOVING it!</div>
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<b><i>Milestone</i></b>: Elly has taken a few steps by herself but then sits down. She is SUPER strong and loves to pick up and lift just about any and everything. She has gotten really good at balancing and standing at the same time. Her favorite these days is to pick up my laptop - yes the laptop and act like a super big girl. <br />
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Elly still loves to push her lion push toy and will even push her table (I think that she thinks it's on wheels too). She has gotten pretty good in her walker moving around outside. The other day we were enjoying the beautiful weather and she kept pushing herself in a circle. Silly girl. </div>
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<i><b>Eating: </b></i>This hasn't changed a whole lot. She is still not a big eater and would rather eat snacks or our food. We keep trying new "adult" food like green beans, potatoes, french fries, bread, etc but it is really hit or miss and depends on her mood. I think if she thinks she is eating something of mommy and daddy's then she will try it but if you just give it to her, she could care less. I am hoping that she will not always be this picky eater but we shall see. </div>
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<i><b>Sleep Schedule</b></i>: Not too much has changed here either. Elly is definitely a child of routine and that seems to be the best thing for her! She has been taking her long nap in her bed and some days she will play in there over an hour, cry a little then fall asleep. There is no rhyme or reason to it but I am just glad when she takes a nap as she always wakes up much happier. She is still ready for bed around 7:15-7:30 and definitely let's us know if she is tired and ready earlier. Aaron and I are very grateful that for the most part she will sleep through the night until about 6:45-7:00 in the morning. We have had a few instances that she has woke up crying this past month or woke up at 5:00 but they have been few and far in between. Grateful to finally get to sleep through the night!</div>
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The weather has been pretty cold, snowy, icy and nasty. Aaron ended up having to walk about 3 miles home when we were hit early with snow that completely shut down the city. I was definitely glad that I work from home as Elly and I were safe in our warm house. Elly didn't get any snow pictures of herself but here are a few of our deck and front yard. Didn't really capture the essence of what was going on outside either of our snow times but I guess it's better than nothing. </div>
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We celebrated Valentines Day and Gram Lene sent the cutest shirt and yummy cookies for us to eat! Thank goodness that she sent so many cookies as I had come down with the flu and walking pneumonia so we were able to use a few of the cookies as Valentine's happies for Elly's teachers. I am sure they appreciated me not touching or baking anything. </div>
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The weather finally decided to warm up and become much nicer so Aaron and I took Elly to the park for a little bit. She LOVES to swing and even got to slide a little bit. We are looking forward to the weather staying warm and getting to play more often. </div>
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Sunday was the day of the bridal shower! We had so much fun getting to celebrate with Angela and visit with lots of family.<br />
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It was a great few weeks traveling and getting to see lots of family and friends. We can't wait until our next trip and hopefully can visit with more friends that we weren't able to meet up with. Looking forward to the wedding festivities in a few weeks and celebrating Elly's first birthday. Man time is sure flying by. <br />
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19 pounds, 5 ounces (home scale)</div>
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<i>Length:</i> 27.5 inches</div>
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<i><b>Attributes</b></i>:We still have blue eyes (YAY!). Ellyson's hair is getting darker and really not as much red. You get a little hint of red in the sun but definitely getting darker. She is finally starting to fill out more and have a little round face. Still no teeth. Hopefully by her 1 year birthday we will finally have some. </div>
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<b><i>Milestone</i></b>: She has started to stand on her own and she will push her lion and walk. If you hold her hands she will walk around, though she goes fast sometimes and can't keep up. Elly is doing well with talking and has started to understand more when we say "no", " move away" as well as when I count for her to move from somewhere she shouldn't be. She is still extremely strong willed and hard headed. Unfortunately she gets this from both sides of the family. Elly has gotten good at patty cake and when you start to sing she will clap and gets excited. We have also taught her to kiss and give "snuggles" or hugs as everyone else knows them as. We are working on the appropriateness of the kisses as she kissed a boy in her class on the cheek but then turned his head to kiss him on the mouth. Ooops. She has also started to connect putting lids on things and putting her shape blocks into their place. We aren't perfect yet on this but it's starting to make the connection. I definitely think that we will have a walker in the next month or so. </div>
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<i><b>Clothes: </b></i>This one still varies greatly! She ranges from 3
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dresses she can still do a 3 month but really needs 9 or 12 month
onesies for the length. For tights she still has to wear the 0-6 month ones as the others are all too big. We FINALLY have 2 pairs of shoes that fit. She mainly wears them at school but so happy to finally have some that fit her skinny foot. We struggle a bit with socks fitting - who makes a sock 6-18 months? Elly
really enjoys pulling them off right after you put them on her feet. She is not liking her bows as much anymore but I try to negotiate that in public she needs to wear it. For the most part, she will comply. It's funny because as soon as we get in the car, she yanks it off. </div>
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<i><b>Eating: </b></i>Ellyson is definitely not a huge fan of eating and would prefer to just eat snacks - puffies, etc. Elly still gets fruit and cereal in the
morning and yogurt and puffies for a mid-morning snack. She gets 4oz of milk after breakfast (if she wants it) and when she goes to school she gets an additional fruit. She gets 8 oz of milk for lunch and a snack of cheese puffies (kid Cheetos) when she wakes from her nap. For dinner we do a vegetable and some type of meat/starch combo. She DOES NOT like the meat by itself. If she eats good she will get 1 kiddie cookie. For bed, she gets 8 oz of milk. We have introduced a sippy cup of juice but right now she would rather just play with it. We will let her try some of our food pending what we are eating - rice, potato, etc and she really wants to eat more. But with no teeth, it's a little difficult. </div>
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<i><b>Sleep Schedule</b></i>:We are back sleeping through the night. Elly might wake up 1 or 2 times but a lot of time she is just crying in her sleep. Once she finds her pacifier she seems to be OK. She goes down at night between 7:30-8:00 and wakes up in the morning around 6:40-7:00. She will sometimes take a 30 minute nap around 9-9:30 but only sitting next to Aaron or I or in the car. We started putting her in her bed for her afternoon nap and she will go anywhere from 1 hour to 2.5 hours. There is no rational to when she sleeps longer. Just depends on her mood. In the evening she will do another 30 minute nap occasionally but again has to be sitting on the couch or car. We have learned that if she gets too tired, she sleeps/naps worse. Elly is definitely not a child that does better when she is overly tired. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-90556567289374372132013-12-28T19:49:00.002-08:002013-12-28T19:49:45.310-08:00Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas! We had such a wonderful Christmas celebrating with Elly and our family! We had a Christmas photo shoot with Love Be Photography! Brittany and Elizabeth were both former students that I worked with at Birmingham-Southern College. They both are WONDERFUL photographers and I can't get over how AWESOME these pictures turned out. I can't wait to get Elly's 1st birthday pictures done with these talented women. Even with just getting over being sick, Elly did great. She definitely knows how to ham it up for the camera! Here are a few of my favorites!<br />
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Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy came over for the holiday. It was nice to have them in town and enjoy Elly's first Christmas together.<br />
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<br />Christmas morning we woke up and Santa visited Elly and Christian. Elly LOVED her new infant anywhere chair and all the toys she had gotten from Gram Lene, Auntie Chrissy, mom, dad and Santa.<br />
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<i>Length:</i> 27.5 inches</div>
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<i><b>Attributes</b></i>: So far I am still winning and Elly has kept her big blue eyes! Her hair is definitely growing and is looking to be a little more dirty blonde, though in the light is still has a red tint! Her hair is an interesting texture in the back....kind of fuzzy like. Aaron still like to put her hair in all sorts of designs after her bath. </div>
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<b><i>Milestone</i></b>: She is crawling all over the place and pulling up on any and everything that she can. Elly still LOVES to bounce and her new favorite thing is to bounce holding on to the coffee table. Needless to say when we tell her no or she gets a little pat to tell her "bad" she either just laughs at you or turns around and goes right back. I think we have a strong willed one on our hands. Elly is talking more and more and is recognizing connecting the words with the person - mama, dada, etc. We are practicing connecting words more with people and objects. When Aaron gets home from work, Elly stops what she is doing when she hears the alarm beep or him walk up the stairs. It's precious! Elly has started shaking her head no and I think is connecting it when she doesn't want any more food. She is one stubborn little girl who is EXTREMELY STRONG WILLED. I can only imagine what is in store for us ;-). </div>
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<i><b>Clothes: </b></i>Well this is an interesting one! She ranges from 3 months to 12 months. It really depends on what the outfit is. For dresses she can still do a 3 month but really needs 9 or 12 month onesies for the length. We still struggle with shoes as she has a really narrow foot and her left foot NEVER wants to keep any shoes on. The doctors says it's OK since she isn't walking and it is probably best not to have any on her feet right now. Socks are also hit or miss. Elly really enjoys pulling them off right after you put them on her feet. We still joke that she has stinking feet (and she does) but Elly thinks it is funny and just laughs and laughs. </div>
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<i><b>Eating: </b></i>We have been introducing more things this past month. However the last few weeks Elly has not really wanted to eat her food. Food that she previously liked - her rice cereal, peas - she no longer likes and wants to eat. Elly still gets fruit and cereal in the morning, yogurt and puffies for a mid-morning snack and a vegetable or two with cereal if she will eat it for dinner. She gets about 21-24 ounces of milk. Elly isn't a fan of any juice yet but we will keep trying until we find one she might like. She in interested in other people's food so we have been giving her a few bits of biscuit, baked potato and french fry. She even got 1/2 of a gingerbread cookie at school and they said she gobbled it up. One thing we have learned with Elly is that if she doesn't want to eat it she will not! Elly still doesn't have any teeth (maybe one day ;-)) so it's a little tricky to figure out what we can give her to try and eat since she can only gum food. </div>
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<i><b>Sleep Schedule</b></i>: Well last month I was excited to announce that Elly was sleeping through the night and going down with no issues at all. Well we have reverted back. For the past 2 weeks or so she has woken up between 4-8 times during the night and won't just fall asleep like she used to. She has been crying when we put her down and wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Sometimes still asleep. We aren't sure what is going on and if it's a grown spurt, teething, but we are hopeful that we can get back on track here soon! Elly is still hit or miss on her naps. On a good day, she will take a 30 minute or so nap in the morning, a longer nap in the afternoon (around 12 when she is not at Mother's Day Out and 1:30 when she does) and will sleep about an hour an a half to two hours. Pending, Elly sometimes will take a 30 minute or so nap before dinner at 6:00pm. It's hard sometimes because I can still see how tired she is but she just won't take a nap or stop long enough to just chill. Aaron is really good at getting her to calm down and just sit still. If I am hope with her by myself and she is super tired, she will sit for a bit and watch whatever is on TV. Sometimes resulting in a nap and sometimes not. </div>
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Elly had a great first Thanksgiving. Gram Lene and Auntie Chrissy came over from Monroe for the holiday and stayed until Sunday. We had all of Aaron's family over from Nanny to Cousin Lily and even Aunt Elaine joined us for a total for 17 people! We had LOTS of fun visiting with everyone and Elly enjoyed getting to play and see all her family. In actuality it wasn't as stressful hosting that many people as I thought it might be. I think it helped that everyone brought food and we ate on the fine china (aka paper plates ;-)). It was nice to have mom and Christian here and we even ventured out for a little black Friday shopping! Elly got some good deals.<br />
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It was a great first Thanksgiving for Elly and we really enjoyed getting to spend time with family. Looking forward to the next few weeks with more family visits, Elly turning 9 months and celebrating Christmas!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-22718513331437265972013-11-22T20:49:00.003-08:002013-11-22T20:49:35.696-08:008 months!<div class="" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">
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We have had a busy month with lots of SEC football. Elly supported her Tigers against Alabama, even though they didn't get the WIN. She did get excited with her other tigers beat Georgia in an AWESOME game. She can't wait for the Iron Bowl and hopefully see them stomp those big ole elephants. <br />
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We had our first ridiculously cold day so we needed to bust out Elly's puffy jacket. She looked so cute all bundled up. Thanks to Margaret for letting us borrow her precious little coat!<br />
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We started off the evening going to see Aaron's parent's, Hen and Grampy. Elly had so much fun getting to see them and play for a little bit.<br />
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After we left Hen and Grampy's we met up with the Latham's and let the girls enjoy a little trick or treating. Elly was a little unsure at first of Sarah because she didn't recognize her with her cute pumpkin hat on....and it was dark outside she didn't know what was going on. Once she warmed up a bit she had a good time watching all the kids trick or treat. It started to rain a bit but Elly was well covered. <br />
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Elly even scored a great Halloween bucket with lots of goodies from Hen and Grampy!<br />
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We all had a great time and can't wait to celebrate more holidays! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390256561501790448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2851660619660382183.post-52734344471463818842013-10-31T05:24:00.002-07:002013-10-31T05:24:26.824-07:00First trip to Phi Mu HeadquartersAs most of you know, I volunteer for Phi Mu working with our newest chapters as well as we don't live very far from Phi Mu's Headquarters in Peachtree City, Georgia. So last week, Elly, Mrs. Mary and I made a day trip to PTC to do a little work with the headquarters staff and consultants. It was the first time that Elly has been to the HQ! She was a doll!!! It's about a 2.5 hour drive and for the most part she slept the entire way there and back. Elly played on the floor, ate, helped answer the phone with our receptionist, Sue, and got to meet lots of Phi Mu sisters. Different sisters would come and get Elly and then next thing I knew, they had disappeared somewhere in the building. Thanks to everyone for taking a little Elly time so I could get some work done!<br />
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