Happy Birthday Princess Ellie!!!

I cant believe she is 3!!! Where is the time going?

We were so excited to take Ellie to Disneyland for her 3rd birthday! We actually pulled it off and showed up on the day of her birthday.

We had been talking about it for months trying to get her excited and it worked! She was over joyed.

I think her favorite part was having her birthday cake with Mickey and Minnie (maybe that was mine), or seeing all of her favorite princesses....

It was great seeing her go on all the little rides, watching her eyes get big and the little smile on her face.

I am looking forward to more and more years like this... I love my baby girl!!!

Happy Birthday Ellie Bug!!!

Ms. Super Cool

Ellie has such a cute personality and it is really coming out in her recent obsession of dressing herself.

Here are a couple examples of her recent attire....

We also recently purchased Ellie a new bike, she just LOVE's hit...another great example of our Super Cool Little Lady!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We are so excited for Christmas this year, Ellie is really getting the whole Santa coming to town, which makes it so much fun.

She is getting so big, I was taking her to see Santa on Saturday and I asked her what she was going to say to Santa and she said... Trick or Treat! Too cute the things that come out of her mouth.

We are amazed at how fast she is growing and how time is just flying by.

We just love our little Ellie Bug and we are so grateful to have her in our lives!!!

What a personality!

I honestly don't know how she can get any cuter! I am in LOVE with this age! Ellie's little personality is really coming out, this is how she started the day off today. I bought these PJ's for Halloween but she insisted in wearing them to bed last night.

She LOVES picking out her clothes, she is loving dresses and SHOES! Oh shoes, she has her "dance shoes", her flip flops and boots... she loves jewelry....rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings...she just cant get enough.....

I love the girly girl in her...I think it's because I was such a Tom-boy....

Ellie's First Hair Cut

So I decided it had to be done...

Poor little Ellie, she finally has hair but the way it was coming in was well....a mess! She has long pieces, short pieces, curly pieces...I decided I can do this, just a little bit off the ends, no sweat!


Well...it turned into a little bit more then a little trim... It looks SO much better but she looks like a little boy:( hopefully it will start growing back soon... I have to say, she's the cutest little boy I've ever seen!

Back Packs and Wings

Over the last few months Ellie has grown attached and in love with back packs, purses and wings. There isn't a day that goes buy she doesn't have some sort of accessory on... I love her growing personality, she cracks me up with the things she comes up with...

Potty Training

I think we have a pro here!! I couldn't help but share, I know one day Ellie will want to strangle me for posting this, but who could resist...

Christmas At The McClintick's

What a wonderful Christmas!!! Jeff's parents were able to come out from Florida to spend the Holiday with us, it was so much fun having them here. Ellie just loves her Grammy and Papa!

On my side of the family it seems to have become a tradition that first thing in the morning everyone gets up, lines up and makes the walk down to where the presents are...well I wanted to keep that tradition going even though the line is quite a bit smaller with one person in it...LOL! I think Ellie got the hang of it though...she is still learning how to go up and down steps so she took a little tumble but got right up and headed for her gifts...my favorite moment is seeing her reaction...just love it!

Ellie got so many wonderful things, she is loved so very much by everyone. After a while of opening her gifts she got a little tired so we took a break... I think it had something to do with having to hug every gift she received...she's too cute.





Later that afternoon we had Jeff's Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle come over for Christmas dinner, of which Jeff's Mom did a fantastic job making. She's such a wonderful cook!!
We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and to have our little Ellie Bug...

Christmas Time is Here!!!

As I was going through and getting the Christmas decorations out this morning, Ellie found her Mickey Claus and Minnie Claus... I am still trying to decide if she likes them or not...

Oh feeding herself!

I just love this little girl so much! I made Ellie cinnamon rolls and yogurt for breakfast, while I was cleaning up the kitchen I turn around and there she was...

how can you be mad when she is as cute as this...

Everyday just keeps getting better and better!

Miss Lady Bug for Halloween

I was so excited this year for Halloween, thinking yeah...she gets it! We will be able to go trick or treating and she will be so excited to dress up....OH BOY was I WRONG!!! WOW!! Miss Ellie wanted nothing to do with her Halloween costume and forget trick or treating!

What was fun though is staying at home and having Ellie run to the door and watch all the kids in their costumes saying trick or treat...Ellie would say bye to each and every one of them and waive. That made my entire Halloween!

We were able to get a picture of Ellie 6 days later in her costume...were she had no problem putting it on and playing in it...

Ellies Big Girl Bed

This weekend we had to go buy Ellie a new bed, with her being off the charts on her height percentile she no long fits very well in her crib and is able to get her leg over the rail, so before she falls out I figured its time:)

It's a bitter sweet moment, I am realizing that she is growing up and I love it but am sad, I love my little baby girl!

Ellie fell asleep before we finished putting her bed together, so we just placed her in, keeping our fingers crossed that she didn't fall out. She's a wild sleeper:)

We were so paranoid that we lined the bed with pillows just in case...I hope this is all part of being a new parent, or maybe we are just crazy over protective parents...

Ellie did amazing, she didn't fall out and made it to 4:57 this morning before having to get in bed with us...I love morning cuddle time.

I walked Ellie into her room this morning and sad Ellie look...she was so excited to see her new bed. What a perfect moment!

Our Water Baby!!!

There are no questions about it, Ellie LOVES water!

We had to get her this kiddie pool...you will see why.



She is too much fun!!! Just love her to bits and pieces!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Today day is the day that I married my best friend 3 years ago! I never thought that I could find someone who still to this day gives me butterflies when I see them.

He takes amazing care of me and is the greatest dad to our little Ellie!

I look forward to spending the rest of my life with the love of my life!!!

Happy Anniversary Jeffrey Lee!!!

My Girly Girl!!!

When we found out that we were having a girl, I was a little worried. The reason being is I have always been a tom boy and was worried I would have a hard time doing the things girls love...hair, clothes, nails and jewelry.

But watching Ellie and how much she is SUCH a girly girl and how much she loves her little purses, dresses, jewelry, baby dolls and yes...getting her toes painted has me so excited to experience it with her.

I am having so much fun shopping for those dresses, purses, jewelry, baby dolls and nail polish...I get so excited because I LOVE seeing her little expression.

Here is a little sample of our girls weekend...I just love this little one!!!

Utah Trip

We were lucky enough to head down to Utah for Memorial Day weekend. We were able to meet our new little niece, celebrate 4 birthdays, visit with Makenna and have Ellie's 15 month old pictures taken by my amazing sister in law. She does such a wonderful job and we are so grateful for her.

We love being able to go and see the family and spend time with them, its something I look forward to at least once a year.

Cant wait until our next visit.

Mothers Day

Mothers Day was fantastic!! I had such a good day with my little family. It was so relaxing, we went and bought Ellie a new quad, lets just say she LOVES it! We sat in the backyard watched her play on her new toy and just enjoyed each others company.

I am so grateful to have such a wonderful Husband who takes such good care of his girls. I am looking forward to many, many more Mothers Days!!

Life just keeps getting better and better!

Phoenix Zoo

We took Ellie to the Zoo today, we think she had fun, I know that we did. It's so much fun to see how fearless this little girl is. She wasn't afraid of anything.

She fed the giraffes, brushed the goats and was face to face with the monkeys.

The one thing I loved is Ellie wore her sunglasses almost the entire time...it was too cute.

We are having so much fun taking her to do things for the first time, it's kind of like living my childhood again...so much fun!!

Crazy Drivers

We took Ellie to her friend Katelyn's house because Katelyn's daddy bought her a new little jeep. Ellie thought is was so much fun! Ellie kept standing up saying go go go... it was too cute!! Neither one of them could figure out how to do it so Marney and I had to push the peddle with our hand, it was a lot of work but worth seeing how much fun they had.