We are out of here!

Okay, so those pictures have nothing to do with this post, took them a couple of weeks ago on a very rare cool day here in Texas, and thought they were cute. (though it looks like Ella is holding her self up with her belly, it's big but not as big as it appears in the picture : ) We are leaving on Tuesday for 25 days and heading up to Spokane, Washington. We were supposed to leave the following Saturday but Chris got called back for more testing with the police department for that Wednesday. My parents bought our tickets so it was cheaper for us to change our 3 tickets (Ella still rides in my lap) then to buy Chris one ticket. Plus my mom just called and moved our reservations for the apartments she rented up a few days, they will get there on Thursday. We are so excited. This will be the first time I have ever been there. Poor Hunter is so confused. He knows that we are moving to Spokane but I keep trying to explain to him that this trip is just a visit and we will be coming back here to Texas. Anyhow, I will not have any computer access while I am there so will not be posting. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!

A few pics

Here is just a few pics I took this morning before church. Notice that it is November and Ella is still wearing a short sleeve dress and no tights, That's right, it's still in the high 80's here!

I forgot to mention but Ella had an appointment two weeks ago with the ENT and they decided that it is time for her to get tubes in her ears. She has only had one ear infection but every time we go there she has fluid in her ears. She kind of failed a hearing test about a month ago because of fluid and she still had it two weeks ago so tubes it is. I'm not really worried about it, I have been worried about her hearing though, not that I have ANY doubts that the child hears, but I want to make sure she is hearing everything very clearly as to not further delay her speech. I'm sure I will be nervous when the time comes but only because of the anaesthesia. The doctor said "well since she will already be under we might want to think about the adenoids and tonsils." I told him my concerns, swallowing mostly, and he talked to the doctor who will actually be doing her tubes and they decided it was just to risky this young. Thank you!! Again, I should be a doctor :) She will get the tubes in December when we get back from Spokane, we are leaving in a week and a half for almost 4 weeks, woo hoo!!!!!

Ella is doing great, she currently has about 5 bruises on her forehead, 2 from today alone. She is pulling up on everything and banging her head a lot along the way!!

This pic is from last week sometime. Her cheeks were horribly chapped!!! But I thought it was so cute, she looks so big standing at brothers desk, (which by the way she has pulled over on herself 3 times!!!)

Blog Award!!

Yay, Kelly at http://www.willswebplace.blogspot.com/ nominated me for the One Sweet Treat to Read award! Thank you so much!!! I'm sure that reading what I write is not such a treat but the pics of my kids are sweet : ) It's funny, she told people to scroll down and look at the pictures of Ella in rollers and said it reminded her of the Farrah Faucett days, (I'm sure I spelled that wrong, oops.)

Here are some pics from Halloween. Hunter had a blast of course, anyday where people give him a lot of candy is a good day to him. Everyone seemed to get a big kick out of his costume, and we heard a quite a few times "Don't arrest me officer!" Which of course he found hilarious!!!










Poor Ella, she had been crying because I accidentally poked her in the eye : (


Hunter is showing off his muscles!!

Trick or Treat!

My sweet babies last year!!!

Halloween Party

Last night we went to ECI's (Early Childhood Intervention) fall carnival. The kids had a blast, well Hunter did anyhow. They were really cute, Hunter was a Policeman (and felt the need to tell everyone) and Ella was a butterfly. Ella's friend Olivia was there too, (Ella is 5 days older than Olivia) she was SO cute in her Princess Laya so of course we had to take pictures of the two of them!

This coming Friday we have a Halloween carnival for Hunter's school, and then on Saturday we have one on base!

New Shoes

Ella had to get new shoes this past week. Her occupational therapists came to visit on Wednesday and saw Ella pull up to standing for the first time and noticed that she pronates with her feet, (they turn in.) So, she wanted me to get her some hard athletic shoes. I had to go to 4 different stores to find shoes that fit her unaturally tiny feet!!! One guy measured her feet and it was just over the line for a size 2 (which fits about a 3-6 month old) so she had to wear a size 3, BUT the girl has some fat feet, so we had to find shoes in a size 3 wide. Anyhow they are really cute and don't seem to slow her down at all, she doesn't mind them just chews on them every once in a while. They make her legs look longer so that's a plus : ) but they make her look like such a big girl, she is still supposed to be my little baby!!!!!!!!!!

I'm back, kind of

I've been tagged by Laurie at The Incredible Adventures of Ian and Chase, I'm supposed to write what I have learned from Ella and what my wishes for her are. Wow. I'm not sure that it is actually possible to put all of my thoughts into words but I'll try. What I have learned from Ella- -I have learned how to love absolutely unconditionally, I love that little girl more than I can ever express. -I have learned far more medical things than I ever cared to know. -I have learned that I am stronger than I thought. -I have learned that strangers can be very compassionate, but that people can also say some intentionally stupid things. It's hard to think of all the things I have learned from her because it is hard to remember life before her. Things I wish for Ella.... -I want her to know that she can accomplish great things. -I wish that no one would ever hurt her. -I don't want her to feel "different." -I hope that she knows how incredibly proud we are of her. -I hope that she continues to be happy and healthy. -My biggest wish is that she knows and feels every moment of her life how very much she is loved. Okay, that's enough of that, I could go on but my time on the computer is limited!! Our computer is up and running but acting very strange so I am not sure how long it will hold up! Anyhow, I tried to roll Ella's hair this past week,(it's back to driving my crazy!!!) I was trying to just get it to stay out of her face, so here is the pictures from that : ) Here is the aftermath, pretty funny. It went completely flat about 5 minutes after this picture. Oh well.

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Here are a few pics of the most handsome boy in the world!

My Lil Pumpkins

We had a fun day today. We met our friends on base, they were having a fire truck/fire safty show in front of the BX and then they had a little pumpkin patch set up in front of the Commisary. Each of the kids got a pumpkin and of course we took tons of pictures so here they are!







My future Fireman????