Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful Husband and Daddy in the world!! We love you!!!

And happy birthday to Uncle Jason too! They are twins after all.

She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny "white" polka dot bikini.....

Ok...not so much a bikini, but how cute is she in her bathing suit?

WOW!

Can you believe it? 7 posts (not including this one) in 1 day! Make sure you scroll down through all of them.

Easter Sunday

Loves her new purse Nannie bought her

Eating a lemon

Ella and Aunt Leah

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. We went to church, had brunch with my Dad, Rene', and Leah, came home and took a much needed nap, then had family come over around dinner time. We just praise God for all of the blessings we have in our lives!

The Easter Bunny came!

Ella was so excited to see what the Easter Bunny left her. This is the first time she has gotten excited about seeing some new presents for the first time, so that made it really fun for Mom and Dad. Let me explain the cones...she LOVES them. Every time we're outside she will run into our next door neighbors garage and grab their cones and start lining them up. Therefore, we decided to get her her own. And what's the first thing she grabbed when she saw everything...the cones. At least we can start practicing our soccer dribbling skills. :)

Thank God they're non toxic

Excited to be dyeing Easter eggs

Ella dyed Easter eggs for the first time this year and she was sooo excited. Thank God they're non toxic because the first thing she did was dip the egg dipper in the dye and then put it in her mouth. Mommy couldn't stop her in time. Daddy was working so he missed out on all the fun. But do you know how hard it is trying to keep all the dye in the cups, take pictures, and keep a 20 month old still on a chair? Hard, I tell ya! I was able to keep the dye in the cups and take pictures but that 20 month old...landed on my foot after she fell off the chair. Scared Mommy to death! Thank goodness it was my foot and not the tile. Mommy learned her lesson.

Birth Mark

Well most everyone knows that Ella has a birth mark on the back of her neck. All of her doctors (aka...pediatrician, ent doc, etc) have all told us to get it removed. Well, we went to the plastic surgeon last week to get his opinion on what he thinks we need to do. He said if we leave it alone then it does have a chance of turning malignant in her lifetime. Therefore, since it does have a chance then we will be removing it. It makes me sad because I love it. It's part of her. The plastic surgeon recommended waiting until 5-6 years old that way he has a little more skin to work with. Plus, it's better for kids to be older when they go "under". So we'll just go every 6 months for our check up to make sure it's not growing or thickening and then we will get it removed later on.


It starts on her shoulder line and goes up into her hair. It's where the stork was carrying her and dropped her to us on the day she was born. :)

Fun Hair Day

Ultimate Hatred for the Easter Bunny

Well, needless to say, since Santa Clause didn't go well at Christmas, I KNEW the Easter Bunny was not going to be a big hit. However, Jeremy's form of torture won on that day so he took her to go see the fuzzy bunny. As you can tell, it was way worse than Santa. As soon as she got off his lap and into Jeremy's arms she was waving at him and saying bye-bye. We also went to brunch with my dad's family today for Easter and they had the Easter Bunny walking around. If he even looked in her direction she would stop what she was doing, scream, and run to Jeremy to bury her head in his shoulder. Poor thing. She's traumatized!

Megan Claire Parker

Here is a picture from our latest ultrasound of Megan. She's a stubborn little thing. I had to go twice to get a good picture of her heart. And it even took the ultrasound tech forever to get a good picture of it the second time. I was close to having to go back a third time. But everything looks great. And we are over halfway done!

Zoo Day

We took Ella to the zoo since it was going to be a beautiful day. Here are a couple random pics from there.




Life looks tough for this guy.


My two favorite people.

Excited to see the Polar bears

Would not take the jacket off for anything.
The girl LOVES jackets and shoes.

Snow Day in Memphis

Isn't it pretty? But, boy, am I glad that's it's gone!

Gatlinburg

So...my husband is the most wonderful person ever! I woke up on a Friday morning 2 weeks ago and thought I was going to work. Needless to say, my husband told me to pack a bag because we were going to Gatlinburg for a long weekend to get away. How wonderful is he!?! He even called my work and scheduled it with them ahead of time so I could be off. And I was just saying earlier that week how much I needed a vacation. So he was reading my mind. He is such a thoughtful, loving husband and I love him more than words can say. Thank you honey for doing that for me. It really meant the world to me. I love you!

Jeremy's going to be outnumbered....again!

YAY! It's another girl!! I'm so excited that Ella will have a sister! Everything is looking great with the baby. She was a little stubborn today and wouldn't cooperate very well, so we are going back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to get more measurements. Jeremy was a little shocked at first, but is handling it like a champ. :) Also, check back later as I am going to update the blog tonight with everything that we've been doing.

Wind Party USA

We went to breakfast with the fabulous Taylor family the other weekend and on the way home decided to have a wind party. Can you tell she loves it!?!

On another note...we had her 18 month checkup the other day and she did great. She weighs 26 lbs and is 36 in long, which are both in the 75th percentile. The doctor says she looks great, is right where she needs to be with speaking, etc., and she gave us helpful tips on introducing her to her brother/sister. She's growing like a weed and is just so much fun to be around!

After Bath Cuteness

She might just be the cutest thing in the world!!! :)

The Circus is in Town

We went to the circus today! Poor Daddy was working so he missed out on all the fun. Ella was okay with it. She liked looking around at everyone more than watching what was going on in the 3 rings. But we had a fun day and enjoyed our Valentine's Day!





This is pretty much her face throughout the whole show


This is the sword Nannie bought her and she loved it!

Baby #2 Update

I went to the doctor today and everything is looking great with baby #2. The heartbeat was at 160 this time and I even managed to lose a pound from my last visit. The doctor asked me if I was eating. And I told him that was the one thing I do know how to do! Ha! Anyway, it's so exciting to be able to eat anything you want and even lose weight! Just kidding. It'll probably come back and bite me in the butt at my next visit. Well, we should find out what we're having at the next appointment which is March 9th. Keep your fingers crossed that the baby cooperates.

All a girl needs is a good belt and necklace!

Miss Fashionista was walking around with one of my belts and my Florida State football necklace and wanted to wear them. How cute is she? By the way, ignore the dirty outfit.


Look at that hip action


Already posing


She is so proud of herself

Cheesin'

And...cracking herself up...