Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy 4th Birthday, Sweet Ella!



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My dear little Ella turns 4 today! I can't get too mushy because I need to save that for her 2nd official "Gotcha Day" post that will be coming up in a couple weeks...so as I did for Sophie I will make a list of sweet little things she does at this time...



*Has talked about her birthday for the past month...non stop! Recently she would ask my mom to right on a piece of paper, "It's almost my birthday"-then she would decorate it and give it back to my mom and ask her to save it for her birthday.



*Continues to have a heart of gold-will ask Mommy how her day was and would always ask how Abbie slept when she was going through that phase of not sleeping through the night



*loves Ni Hao Kai Lan-also any little girl that she thinks is from China...there is a little girl in her school from China and she always tells me on the drive home from school that "I played on the playground with Tia!"



*LOVES sports-gymnastics, field hockey, baseball-does not matter the sport-she loves them all!



*Has amazing work ethic-Ella will try and try until she can do something-She took it upon herself one day to learn to tie her shoes and with a little help from Daddy learned to tie her shoes at the age of 3!



*Will pray for Kate everynight-a little girl battling cancer who she never met but heard Mommy pray for her one night and took it upon herself to pray for her as well...



*Is always on "Pray Patrol" at home...if somebody dares open an eye while saying Grace Ella will be right on top of you! We are trying to teach her to take it down a notch! :)





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Mommy, Daddy, Sophie and Abbie love you so much, Ella! We hope you have the best birthday ever!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Beautiful Fall Days...


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We have had some great weather the past couple weeks...Yay!!!! Of course there are times I try to shove every outside activity into these nice days that it starts to stress me out and then I'm too busy stressing to enjoy the nice day...I really need to work on that (but I know my sister has the same problem-so I don't feel so crazy!)...Anyway-here are some cute Fall pics of the 3 little ladies...




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Makenzie, Abbie's BFF (and cousin) even came over to join the fun...

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I LOVE when I get to capture Ella's "real" smile...it is the cutest!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

PONY PARTY!!!

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The girls celebrated their 4th birthdays last Saturday with a little Pony Party! The past several years we have celebrated the girls birthdays together since their actual birthdays are a month apart. We decided to go for a pony party theme since Sophie and Ella love horses (well actually Sophie LOVES horses and Ella technically likes horses). Anyway we had a great time and the girls really enjoyed the pony rides. Even Abbie got to take a ride-and LOVED it...she actually signed "more" when the pony stopped-very cute!


I was not really sure how to dress the girls "western" but tried as best as I could. Of course I found adorable pink cowgirl boots at Target.com but then waited to late to order and their sizes were gone...so I splurged and bought a pair of pink leather cowgirl boots from CWD Kids...I really could not justify buying two so they have to share...sorry girls! Anyway...here are some cute pics from our Pony Party!



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Abbie was even sporting the Western look!

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Even the little city girl took a pony ride!

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I love this pic...Sophie was in her glory leading the horse...she loves her horses!

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Time for presents

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Blowing out their candles...



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Overall it was a great day and the girls had a ball...I love my little girls!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Pumpkin Patch

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Last weekend we all went to a pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins. We had a great time! We were able to visit with some cute farm animals and then head out to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkins...the "pick your own pumpkins" were only $2-can you believe that??? So mommy picked up a couple extra to decorate the house...here are some cute pics from our day...



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How gorgeous is this sunflower field...I LOVE NY in the fall (but for the record I still hate the high taxes!)
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Believe it or not I did not force this photo op-Abbie just decided to take a rest on this pumpkin!

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I HEART this one!

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009