Ellie Jane is 2!

I still cannot wrap my mind around the fact that my sweet, Ellie Jane is TWO years old! Last Saturday we had an Ice Cream Parlor party! Family and friends came to my in-laws house and everyone had such a great time! We ate hot dogs and made Sundae's! Yummy! The kids had fun splashing outside in the water! She got tons of toys! A new kitchen, dollhouse, TAG reader, makeup, vanity mirror, tons of other GIRLIE toys and cute Fall clothes! Jodi got her the sweetest, little pearl bracelet! She loves it!

On her actual birthday she got to open the new Tinkerbell Movie that just came out this week. She has already watched it twice! She is in love with Tink! We also met G-ma and G-pa for dinner last night to celebrate one more time! She got to blow out candles and have another cupcake all to herself! Here is a picture of her yesterday morning on her birthday, and a couple from last night at dinner! I have not gotten the pictures from her birthday party yet! My sweet friend Jessica took some AMAZING pictures and I will be getting them soon! I will post as soon as I get them!

Happy Birthday Ellie Jane. You have made the past 2 years so much fun! We thank the Lord for such a wonderful, blessing every day! We love you sooo much!

It's Been a While!

It has been a while since I have blogged. My life has totally changed. We have moved to Richardson and love it. I started working as an Librarian at the alternative school in Richardson and Ellie Jane started a new Nanny! Chad is still at his same job- yet now it only takes him 10 minutes to get to work instead of 45! :) He is loving it! Our apartment is small, but thats ok for now, until we find something we really like. Ellie Jane loves the NEW HOUSE! That is what she calls it. She plays in her room all the time. She even shuts the door. When try to go in there to check on her she says "No mommy, no come in- you stay right there!" No joke. Already not wanting me in her room! Crazy! She will be two in a few weeks. WOW! We have made some new strides in our new house with Ellie Jane. She sleeps in a big girl bed (some nights-other nights she wants her little bed) But that is ok- little at a time! She is doing great! We are also starting slowly to potty train! She has tinkled in the potty a few times already! The biggest change for her was starting a Nanny all over again! But we got her new back pack and its made everything so much easier! We do not leave the house without it now! Its the best $5 I ever spent!

I love being so close to Jodi! She meets me three days a week to work out! I am working on losing 40 pounds! Its been great having someone to help me and workout with me! Chad's parents are much closer too! That's been nice also!

We had one last weekend at the lake house this summer before school started. Jodi, Drew and Wyatt came too! Saturday night we went to the winery and got some fun pictures!

Thought I would share some photos from the past month!

Ellie Jane and her new back pack!

She loves this thing! She was posing for me!

She has loved to help hang up curtains and pictures! Here she is helping daddy and g-pa put the hardware on the back of the tv to hang it up!

First night to sleep in her big girl bed! She never got up! ;)

Not a great pic! But funny! Morning from her first night in big girl bed!

At the Winery- they have statued elephants! Wyatt and Ellie Jane love them!

Wyatt is so handsome! He and Ellie Jane have so much fun together!

Hope to start blogging more! Again sorry its been so long!
Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend!

Fourth Weekend!

We went down to the lake house for the Fourth! My dad, Judy, Ricky, Bobbie, my grandfather, and Uncle Mike all came out too! We had a great time. Went out on the boat, caught some fish, and ate yummy food! Ellie Jane always has fun at the lake! She missed her cousins this year though! :( They were not able to make it out to the lake this year! We will still get pictures of the three of them in there matching outfits! :) Ricky put on his own firework show for us, and we could see tons from every part of the lake! Ellie loved them! Of course I only took pictures of Ellie Jane! Hope everyone had a Happy 4th!

Play date with Wyatt!

This past week I went to my sister house two day in row to watch Wyatt while Jodi went to some workshops for school! Wow, did I have my hands full with two almost 2 year olds! Sharing is not a fun concept at this age! They both do so well at school and church sharing, but when it is their own toys at their house, NO WAY! Besides the occasional fighting over toys, they both really had so much fun with each other and love each other so much! As you can see from the pictures bellow, if they were not fighting they were playing or kissing! It is so fun to have little ones so close together!

Too cute for words! :)
Rolling around on the ground!!

They don't look like cousins- do they? :)

Ellie Jane's First Program!

Today Ellie Jane had her very first program at Mothers Day Out. It was just a five minutes long and a few short songs, but I was a very proud momma! I bought her new shoes and a new dress for the occasion! I taped the short program; yes it is very shakey! It was hard to stay still singing and clapping with them! I thought no matter how shakey the video was it is still cute and I want to share it with you! The first two songs she was not very interested! The last two songs she sang very well and did her motions just perfect! I also took some pictures of her this morning in her dress! She was being very silly saying cheeese!!!

My Silly Daughter

This morning I was doing laundry. As I carried the clothes to my bedroom to fold them, I must have dropped my sports bra! Ellie Jane walks in my bedroom like this! Grabbed my camera! Thought this was pretty funny! Guess she watches me more than I think! She knew just what to do with it! :) Have a great Thursday!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope everyone has a great day!