Lil' Ellie goes trick or treating

Trick or treating was so much fun with Ellie this year! I had no idea how much fun it is. I had a blast making her costume and she wore it with no fuss at all. She walked door to door with her little basket...couldn't quite get the "trick or treat" out of her mouth though. Then in between houses she was chasing Wayne down (he was pulling the girls in the wagon) screaming "sit, sit, sit." sitting in the wagon in between houses was her favorite part.

25 weeks ya'll!

Alright this month is finally coming to a close...thank God! I'm a little over 25 weeks and most of us still think it's a boy. The only boy name that Ben and I both seem to like is Ezekiel. Not a whole lot of girl names (this isn't a very talked about often subject). Ellie points to my stomach and says "baby" and then i tell her how she's a big sister. I don't know if it's all registered much with her. We'll see soon enough

Enjoying our new toys

Ellie was blessed with so much new and fun stuff. She's been now introduced to a baby who has a diaper bag and a stroller. The stroller is her favorite part though. SHe likes to undress the baby. The baby also has a paci outmatched to her clothes and since we've taken Ell's paci away sometimes i have caught her sucking on her baby's paci...it's really funny. She got a bunch of dress-up items like high heels and earrings and of course more necklaces. She got gardening tool for helping mom in the yard (she could use the extra help these days). She also got her first play house! it has a door that shuts and everything...she loves it! SHe takes some stuffed animals and her crayons and coloring books and a pair of shoes or two in there and just hangs out. We also got her a golfing set so she can start working on her swing and of course a trike to learn how to ride a bike someday...the best part is her adorable helmet:)

Thank you all for how thoughtful you were in your gifts to her and we are so appreciative and grateful. Thank you also for sharing in her day in any way that you did...near or far. We love you all!

The big birthday bash

We invited some of Ellie's (and mommy's) closest friends to run around in the backyard playing in the pool and sprinklers in an effort to soak up the last few days of summer. HAHA, not really, summer seems to never end here:(

Our sweet girl is 2!

Ellie celebrated her 2nd birthday with her girls and a picnic in the park

September visitors!

We had a very busy month last month. September feels like yesterday. I can't beleive October is almost over! Brittany and Scott made their way from Washington to Georgia in the first half of the month. He will be gone in Afghanistan for the next year so Brittany will be here for the next year while he is away.

Nicki and Jessica came for a few days. Jessica has been away for most of the summer so after she got back they came down to see us all. As always it was very nice to have them:)

Then for the week of Ellie's birthday party Noni came out from Wyoming for some good quality Ellie time.

Ellie at school

Ellie loves school! She asks to go throughout the week all the time. This is a picture that Autumn took of her while working on a project a few weeks ago.