Friday, July 30, 2010
First of Many
Ellie and I had our first slumber party. I am sure there will be many more to come and will get sillier as she gets older. This is a special little treat (shh don't tell Daddy!) ;)
A Visit from Grandma
This week my mom came to visit. Ben was at camp with the middle school students, so we had some good girl time. Ellie has missed her Daddy very much, but has sent him pictures everyday. While my mom was here we did lots of shopping, lots of eating, went to the park for swinging and feeding the ducks, went to the bakery for sweets, saw old friends from Florida, and did lots of playing. You will see Ellie has moved to sitting in her stroller like a big girl and tried a highchair in a restaurant for the first time. We are still a little tiny, but at 8 1/2 months we are getting a little long to be in our carrier all the time. Again, my mom took a lot more pictures than I did, but here are a few that I got.
A Trip to Raleigh
A couple of weeks ago we went to Raleigh for the weekend. We played, did a little shopping, played a game of dominoes, ate lots of good food, Ellie met some new friends and Ellie had a great time playing with Geep and Gran. I only got a few pictures, but Gran got tons, to see more check out Geep and Gran's facebook pages.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Bubble Time
Ellie and I had bubble time the other day. It was her first time experiencing bubbles and she liked to reach out and pop them and loved watching them fly by!
Playtime at The Holden House
Our days are full of playing! The other day it was playtime for all the girls in The Holden House and Ellie enjoyed watching Mommy play with our four legged friend Maggie and can't wait to join in in the future!
Our Healthy Eater
Our baby girl loves to eat! She has not met a food that she did not get along with. While trying to eat bananas all by herself the other day I caught her cheesing it up for the camera!
Mover and a Shaker
Ellie is very close to crawling. She is able to get on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. She also is the queen of rolling. She starts in the family room and ends up in the breakfast area somehow maneuvering around the furniture to get there. She is very proud of how she can get new places, but it means more work for Mommy and Daddy :)
Warming Up
Maggie is slowly warming up to Ellie and will even lay close to her when Ellie is playing on the floor. But she loves this view best:
8 Months Old
Ellie turned 8 months old on July 11th. She is getting bigger every day and is getting more personality every day. As you can see from the pictures, she is not sitting still much. She loves to roll all over the place, so picture taking on the floor has become more of a challenge. She loves to eat and loves to watch Maggie, our cat. She is very laid back and goes with the flow. We can take her everywhere and she is great. We can't wait to see how much she has grown at her 9 month doctor's appointment!
Amelie's French Bakery
We recently went to Amelie's French Bakery with my friend Caroline and loved it. We have heard great things about it and Ellie got to sit up like a big girl in her first bakery. She enjoyed being a people watcher too :)
A New Perspective
Ellie has become a pro at sitting up. She now loves to play with her toys sitting up and she is loving her new perspective on life.
Fourth of July
For Fourth of July Ellie and I made cupcakes. Well, I made them and she tried to eat them :) We also took her to see her first fireworks. She did great and was not scared at all.
Ellie's First Mission Week
The week after Father's Day Ben led Mission Week, which is when our middle school students do service projects around Charlotte. They do 2 a day for 3 days and it is a great way for them to learn to serve in their community. It is something that I enjoy doing as well. With Ellie my time is limited in volunteering for some events, but Ellie and I were able to serve when we could and we even went to Crisis Assistance Ministry and Ellie got to serve at her first Mission Week project by helping to fold and sort clothes!
Ben's First Father's Day
This post is very late, but we have been very busy and I am just know playing catch up on the blog. This year was Ben's first Father's Day. He works on Sundays, so he worked from 9-12:45ish, came home and did school work and then we went to a wedding. He did, however, come home to his presents. I wrapped presents for him to share with Ellie on his ultimate gift. Ellie even helped him with the wrapping paper :) We are taking him to the beach! He has been wanting to go to the beach and has been very busy this summer. I decided he deserved a much needed break, so after his summer slows down we are going on our first family vacation. Ben and I recently realized we don't go on vacations hardly at all. All our trips involve visiting extended family or traveling with extended family, which we like doing, but are very excited to start our family tradition of family trips and celebrate what a great dad and husband Ben is!
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