Halloween 2009

Rob had Ellie over Halloween weekend and I came over to get her ready and go out trick or treating with them. I think this year she was a little shy and wasn't quite old enough to understand the process. But, isn't she the cutest kitty cat??

Fredricksburg Oct 09

Elisabeth and I had a wonderful family gathering in Fredricksburg, TX for the wine festival. We enjoyed visiting with Michele, Michael, Brett, Aunt Suzy, Uncle Larry, Uncle Larry's mom, Aunt Marci, Uncle Ron, Aunt Laurie, Lauren and Mom. We enjoyed good food and wine at the festival and some dancing and walked around the town. My mom's cousin has an art gallery in town, which we visited and had some pie at the cute little place with the porch. What a fun weekend!

Snow Day '09

This was a really fun Friday in December of '09 where it snowed in Houston and actually stuck to the ground!

These pictures were taken from my office window- it was coming down in sheets!

December 2009

This is Elisabeth Christmas 2008

The Christmas Diva on Christmas Day.

November 2009

So, I have neglected the blog...oops! Here is a quick run down of how our year ended. We had some pictures taken by a friend, Courtney Moore in November. She is starting out on her own taking professional portraits and photographs. If you would like her info you can contact me and i will send you her details.

Ellie updates and pictures

The summer flew by and I haven't taken as many pictures as I should have! Here is a quick update of what Ellie has been up to since she has turned 1!! Ellie is 34 inches tall- growing like a weed- she is pretty heavy too. We go back to the doctor in December so I'm not sure of the exact measurements or percentile right now, but compared to her little friends she is pretty tall and wearing 24 months in most stuff; 18 months in the rest. Ellie loves to play with her dolls, crawl through her tunnel, play in her big play house, read books out loud, sing, dance, talk, talk on the phone, wear bracelets and shoes, and go on walks. She is pretty timid and not at all daring- we think this is wonderful. She is definitely a little girl and can be so delicate about some things...she is such a little darling doll. However, I have experienced a few temper tantrums lately! All in all, I feel very lucky to have such a neat, funny and intelligent little person in my life.

Rob and Emily took Elisabeth to her 1st Texans game!! She looks so cute in her little jersey! Rob said she made it until around the end of the 3rd quarter! I was impressed. I think Rob and Emily are really brave and sweet to take her to a game especially when it was pouring rain that day.

So adorable!

Elisabeth has been trying new foods and so far has been doing really well at eating a variety of foods. Occasionally she will show preference for a food but most of the time she is super easy going about it.

Ellie loves to sing and dance in the car! She still uses her pacifier especially if she is getting sleepy like she was here. She is still smiling though, can you tell?

We had a great visit with my sorority sister Meghan- she came to visit from Las Vegas. I think she was pretty smitten with Ellie and vice verse!

Ellie and her friends from the left, Truett Borel (10 months) and Colton & Jackson Smyre (almost 18 months). We all had so much fun at Cathy and Ted's visiting- the kids got along great- Truett should be running around with them in no time!!

Stay tuned for more pictures and updates!!

The Beach with my D-A-D!!

Rob took Ellie to the beach last weekend to his friend's beach house. He was kind enough to give me pics for you all to see! Isnt she soo big?! Im amazed she didnt eat any sand!!

Im walking- Watch Out!!

I have been walking for almost 3 weeks now!!

I still fall a lot, but Im getting better by the day!!

Happy Birthday to me!

The party was a success and so much fun! Thanks to all who came- I know it was super hot outside. Elisabeth really enjoyed her party and her wonderful company....take a look at some of the pictures I posted. I wish I had more of the decorations... Special thanks to both Rob and my family- as we couldnt have done it with out your help (manual labor) !!

Cake was EVERYwhere!!

Ellie and her two favorite ladies, Mimi and Grandma Jeannine.

3 generations!!

I cant believe its been one year. One year since Elisabeth Rose entered this world, changing the lives of those nearest to her. She came quickly on the evening of June 10, 2008 and I waited a few excruciatingly painful days to see her and meet her. But once we got home, we bonded instantly. She is my favorite person in the world, and if you have met her, "talked" with her or seen her smile, I'm sure she is one of your favorites too. Even at 5.0 lbs this little girl could light up any room- she has that energy about her and all the expressions to make you laugh! She is just so happy and relaxed! I'm so thankful for Elisabeth, Ellie, pee-poo, pumpkin poodle, Elle Belle, the list goes on and on...and I can not wait to see her grow and learn. I can only imagine what kind of fascinating and fascinated little girl she will become. She is so loved and so blessed by those around her. Yay to us, for this very first year milestone...they(children) really are pretty hard to break!

So here are the recent developments in Ellie's world...

1. We have movement people! That's right, Ellie has been known to take a few steps. But, its not often...yet. She could be in the center of the room and stand up wave her hands in the air and then sit back down again! She could totally walk if she wanted to...she just needs a little confidence.

I, for one am thrilled that Elisabeth doesn't appear to be a dare devil. I remember my parents were constantly worried that my brothers and sister were going to hurt themselves and a lot of the times they did- jumping, climbing, sliding, diving- they were wild and fearless. I was...not.

2. Elisabeth will wave hi and bye to you. I love it- I have been working on this for MONTHS. Also, if you have something she really wants, like a CELL PHONE she will turn her hand and wave it as in gimme, gimme, gimme...its funny. She must have seen somebody do that before?

3. Rob and his parents have taught her the CUTEST thing. They ask her, "How big is Ellie?" and she raises both arms way above her head as if to exclaim- IM SOOO BIG! It is adorable!!

4. Ellie hasn't started speaking yet, but yesterday my mom was giving her some sherbet- and we were all saying yummm, yummm and I swear she said YUM. I think it might be her first word other than Dada and Mama. Which is appropriate I guess, since Ellie can chow down when its time to eat!

The following pics are this morning before I came to work- I woke her up. I had to, I was too excited for her!

Doesnt she look so grown up here? It makes me cry!!

Pool Season

Here are some pics of Ellie with her cousin Lauren in her baby pool!!

Elisabeth's 1st Birthday- Invitation

I will be mailing out the actual invitation hopefully tomorrow.

Updates on Ellie

Our little Elisabeth Rose will be One Year Old on June 10th!! Can you believe its just around the corner? If you havent seen Ellie recently then you have may have missed her cruising the room, clapping and make fish/ kissing faces. Most of the time you can hear her humming little tunes to herself while you sing to her or play music, or saying da dada daaaa over and over. Yesterday she said mamma. Okay, it wasnt really mamma but it sounded similar! mma ma mma ma or something like that- it made me feel good none the less! My brothers John and Jeff are musically inclined and they play the guitar/sing for Elisabeth and she is mesmerized by it. I need to get a picture next time!

Ellie is a curious little cat and is always looking, crawling, furniture cruising etc and she never gets tired of it! She likes to go for walks in her spiffy stroller but the mosquitos love her too much and she has three bites right now! :(

The pictures below are of her furniture cruising. I was trying to capture it on camera but she thought I was playing peek-a-boo with the camera.

This is the only way i can get pics of me and her...
looking for me under the camera

There you are!

Morgan's Graduation Party

Last weekend Ellie and I got to visit with Debbie and her family at Morgan's Graduation Party. Morgan Collom (soon to be Dr. Collom) graduated from SHSU last week- yay!!

Mom, Ma, Kymmie and Ellie

Me and Nat being silly!

Easter and such

Elisabeth and I went to Austin for Easter to spend time with my Mom. We had a great weekend and got to visit with Aunt Suzy, Uncle Larry, Michael and Brett. Ellie ate lots of great food and had a ball with the dogs!

Bunny Ears!

Ellie's Mimi (Rob's Mom) got her this really cute Easter Bib. We didnt even take many pictures of her in her outfit but here are a few of us outside and such.

It ended up being a great day to be outside!