Halloween

We went back to Wichita Falls for Ella to trick-or-treat with all the kids in the family... Chance couldn't come with us, so it was just Me and Ella. Ella had a BLAST Saturday! I have never taken her before because it seemed like she was always too young, but this year I knew she was ready! She is really REALLY shy so I thought she would HATE going up to stranger's houses, but surprisingly enough she was more than willing to run up to their houses if it involved getting candy out of it! She ate it as soon as she got it... yes, I know I am not the best Mom... I did semi-check it before I opened it for her. I tossed out the candy that had a couple "Easter Eggs" on it... I guess someone had some candy left over, haha! Anyways, here are a couple of pictures of my little Ella! My Mom took more, but I forgot to get my Mom's disk before I left today! Once I get it, I may post most :)

I Love Dora!

Some people may not believe in their kids watching TV, but I 100% do! Ella has learned sooo much from Dora the Explorer! She knows more Spanish than I do. Yesterday we were at Target and there was a toy she wanted. She asked me if we could get it and I told her no. She asked me again and said "plllleeeeaaaasseee". I started to ignore her because she kept saying please. After a couple times she said "Mommy por favor". Haha she's said it before, but when she said it so unexpectedly, I have never laughed so hard in my laugh! So of course I bought it for her :) It's the random stuff that she does that I love oh so much! She called me "mother" yesterday, and I was kind of shocked. haha where did she come up with that?! I don't ever say Mother! I was kind of sad so I said, "No, Ella, it's Mommy"... haha she isn't allowed to grow up yet!!

Missing My Baby

Well, Ella is gone till Thursday! She's in WF with both sets of grandparents and I am sure she is LOVING it. I have tons to do this week, but hopefully I can catch up on some blogging too! I have lots of fun stuff to talk about, but usually I am too busy (lazy) to type it all out :)

Chance is busy brewing beer right now (and has been for the last like 3 weeks). He is definitely on a "beer" bend right now! He's all about tasting new beers and obviously, making his own. I am too scared to try it, haha. The house smells ridiculous right now and he thinks it smells delicious. I am going for the smell of coffee/chocolate with a hint of B.O., but shhhh I didn't say that! He only has 2 more weeks left of psychiatry and he is very thankful. I definitely think this will be the worst rotation he has to do, no offence to any psychiatrists out there. Just not for him. Next up internal medicine! Wish us luck! I heard he has to work like 6 days a week :(

Off to bed... I should be taking advantage of being able to go to bed early :)

Corn Maze

Friday we went to the Corn Maze here in Lubbock and Ella had a BLAST! We didn't actually go through the big maze because it would have taken over an hour and it was getting pretty dark and we forgot our flash lights! Ella had tons of fun though because she got to see gross animals, ride a cow train, play with (re-arrange) pumpkins, and go through a baby hay maze! I am so glad we got to go this year! Definitely a must here in Lubbock! Just FYI these pictures are not the greatest! Taken with a tiny camera...blurry and dark, BLAH, but still had to post :)

She'll make a wonderful Mommy!

Ella LOVES her babies! She loved to feed them, rock them to sleep, change them, make them do front flips and hand stands, bath them, walk them, and everything else you can think of. This one's name is Bella and boy does Ella LOVE Bella. We took her for a walk the other day and of course, had to stop at the park. I couldn't not go...it was WAY too nice outside. WARNING: A LOT OF PICTURES TO FOLLOW!














This little foreign boy took Bella from E, but she didn't freak out like I thought she would! Haha he held Bella for like 10 minutes. Finally, we asked for her back and he gave in ;)

Winnie-a-Pooh & Sponge Bob Will Eat It...

Today I made Ella some eggs for breakfast. While she ate and watched her cartoons, I went and got dressed to go work out. Eventually, she came in the room with no pants on and had taken her diaper off (from the night). We walked into the other bathroom to find all her clothes in there and toilet paper everywhere. She claims she went potty and wiped all by herself. I actually believe her. Then I asked her if she ate all her eggs and her response was "no, Winne-a-pooh and Sponge Bob will eat them". Immediately I picture her 2 over stuffed and impossible to wash friends covered from head to toe in eggs. We took a trip into the living room to find that this wasn't the case at all. Sweet little Ella got them each their own tea cup and filled them to the top with eggs, so that they could have their breakfast too :) People always says 2 is so hard, and yes, it is VERY hard but it's SOOO much fun! She has the best/sweetest personality and I love spending everyday with her!



Pooh had more but one of the dogs ate it.




Ignore all the shoes. She likes to get them out and wear them around the house for some reason. She has started this new thing wear she HAS to be the one to dress her self and wants to pick everything out herself. Like wear pajama pants under dresses. Chance tried to make me let her wear this to dinner,Ha-ha didn't work.

Big Girl

Ella had "big girl" gymnastics today and LOVED it! I was actually RATHER shocked! We talked up big girl gymnastics several days in advance so that she wouldn't be upset going in there by herself (we used to go to a parent & tot class that I had to go in and do with her). She walked right in with the teacher and did very well at minding and doing what she was asked! She spotted me (behind the glass) at one point and just waved :) When they were warming up, Ella just sat there and starred at all kids, haha! She usually will do all the warm up exercises, but I think she was just confused as to what was going on! I don't think she particularly likes being about a bunch of wild kids (if we go to parks or places with lots of kids, she just clings to me:). I am glad we go in the morning because there are only a handful of kids and at night there are like 50 in there at once! Anyways, she didn't cry a single time until Miss Sarah made her do her second front flip. Haha I do not know why, but she does NOT like to do front flips! She turned and looked at me and started crying with her hands over her face! It was so sad :( Immediately after she started crying, another girl started like beating up this other little kid, so that caught Ella's attention and she completely forgot about the front flip! Thank goodness! After that, they went and jumped in the foam pit and then she practiced back flips and never cried a single tear! When we left, I asked her why she cried and she said "I cried like Daddy, whaa whaa"... haha we have a running joke in the house that Mommy goes "no no no" and Daddy goes "whaa whaa whaa". She definitely made me laugh out loud! She told Chance when he got home that she did NOT like front flips! Hopefully I can get more pictures of her next week! This was on my phone while they were stretching...the glare didn't help me any!