Our Visit with Great Grandma Ann

Elli and I had the opportunity to go with my Mother in Law Linda- to visit her Mom. It was a one night visit- and I am so glad that we went! Grandma Ann is such a sweet sweet lady and I have been wanting to visit her for some time. It was neat to be able to take Elli to meet her Great Grandma Ann.  :)

Grandma Linda

Grandma Linda and Great Grandma Ann

4 Generations of Women

My Favorite Shot. Love it!

Rock'n Glitter Toe Party!

I hosted a Rock'n Glitter Toe Party! Liz Redford of Rock Your Nails came to my house and did 10 sets of Glitter Toes. Thank you to everyone who came! We had a really fun time! And I am so glad that my good friend Christine was able to make it. I used to work with her at RxAmerica LLC and I miss her! It was fun to catch up and chit chat with all my besties  :)   AND... my sister Jody came and brought her tiny baby Casey! Casey was due in September- but came 5 weeks early! She is so adorable!!

Here is a link to Rock Your Nails Blog:
http://rockyournails.blogspot.com/
http://rockyournails.blogspot.com/

Alicia's - Mine and my friend Kathryn's Glitter Toes!

Elli looks like a GIANT compared to Casey! And Poor Casey was not very happy.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE- the look on Elli's face!! And look how round her belly is  :)

Mom is helping Casey stretch her legs out.

Ohhh I Love her so much! Elli and her cousin Casey are going to be such good sweet friends!!

My Sweet Pea

I am having SO MUCH FUN with a little baby  :)  I have really missed having Alicia at that age and you don't really remember what it was like until you have another. At least, having 14 1/2 years in between babies, this is what I am finding. So much fun! Love Love LOVE my girls!

Bathtime!!

I hit my 3 year mark at Flying J JUST in time to be able to order a 3 year anniversary gift. I went with this Eddie Bauer high chair and also got a cute water mat for tummy time! Ryan is holding her up- she is still much too little to use it- I just wanted to see how cute she would look sitting in it. I don't think she appreciated it. :)

She has started smiling with her eyes open! Love it!!

Double Rainbow!!

So... we had an intense double rainbow the other day... I had to grab my camera and go outside. All of a sudden I hear my neighbor yelling at me... "OHHH It's so beautiful- OOHHHH a DOUBLE RAINBOW... OHHHH" I looked at him and was thinking**freak** and then he asked me if I had seen the double rainbow guy on you tube. I had not, so I had to check it out.

For those of you that haven't... here is a link- as well as MY double Rainbow pic!! lol!!

Double Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI

Alicia~ Finally a big sister!

Alicia (like all of us) is so in love with Elli! And she is doing really great at being a big sis.  :)

Elli's Quilt

My Mom is making all of her grand kids lap quilts. They are so beautiful! I want her to hurry so she can make them for her own kids!!! Here is the quilt she made for Elli  :)  Love it!!!

I Love all the material she used! 

My Sweet Pea!

It is soooo much fun having a precious little baby again. I have forgotten how much work they are... and the lack of sleep has rendered me mentally retarded at times... but Oh what a blessing and Joy!!

I love her yellow rocker and I thought how fun it would be to take it to a field or up in the mountains. I love what we ended up with. I have to thank her Big sis Alicia for helping me take these photos. I couldnt have done it without her!

Elliana Linda

My mind was so consumed with the whole situation I did not bring a camera to the hospital. So all of these pictures are from my phone. I really didn't know what to expect when we were there. Would we be able to see her? Keep her in the waiting room? How would it all go down?? At first the birth mom was going to let me in the surgery room and then a few days before the birth she changed her mind. Then at the hospital a RN came up to me and handed me a gown and booties! I had 2 minutes to get gowned and I was able to be there for her birth.

We ended up having a GREAT experience at the hospital. They actually gave us our own room! So we stayed in the hopsital both nights and kept little Elli with us the whole time. The birth mom had only a couple visits with her. As soon as the legal paperwork was signed on Friday- we were able to take our baby home! So here she is- at her first moments in life! And look at all her hair!! Isn't she adorable?!?!?!