Ellies First Easter

So, I had a brilliant idea, so I thought. I was out shopping one day and saw this cute little bunny that the kids were sitting with and taking pictures, like Santa. I came home and told Jeff, wouldn't it be so cute to take Ellie to have her Easter pictures taken with the Easter Bunny. He giggled and said sure...(what a good husband, always agrees with his wife's crazy ideas).

We got Ellie all dressed up, flower in her growing hair and went to see the Easter Bunny. Mind you Ellie LOVED Santa Claus so I figured it was going to be the same type of experience. OH was I wrong... this was her expression.

I felt so bad, but at the same time I LOVE this picture!! We were finally able to get a not so scared but I am still really mad at you look...

I love this little girl so much and I am loving every minute of every day with her. Happy Easter!!!

Ellie's 1st Birthday!

Has it really been a year? I can't believe it!

We were able to have a fantastic birthday for Ellie! We had most of our friends and family come, it is incredible the amount of support and love that we have. I am so grateful to have Ellie in our lives, but I am even more grateful to have been blessed to have two additional familys become part of ours. This entire process has been more then we could ever have asked for.

Its been so much fun watching the process of Ellie growing, it seems like yesterday she was trying to roll over, now she's walking.

I think it is pretty safe to say that Ellie enjoyed ever bit of her birthday, from all the love and attention, to the presents and I think her favorite part was her birthday cake.

Here are a couple photos of what we were able to enjoy with Ellie on her birthday.

Ellies First Christmas!!!

I could not have asked for a better gift for Christmas then Ellie! We are so grateful to have her in our lives and as part of our family. She has such a wonderful personality, she is so happy all the time and she cracks herself up...it is to much fun to watch.

Miss Ellie woke up at 5:00 this morning and wouldn't go back to sleep, I think she knew she had all those toys waiting for her.

Once she made her way to the living room her little face just lit up, it was so precious to watch. I look forward to the many Christmas's to come...

Little Miss Hollywood

Today we went out for a day of shopping and little miss Ellie had so much fun. We put her little winter hat on her with her cute little sun glasses and she thought it was the greatest thing ever. She is so funny! I couldnt stop laughing!














After a little shopping she finally fell asleep with her reindeer leg in the air...it was too cute!

Ellies First Winter

Today I took Ellie out into the backyard to try to take some pictures...she was having so much fun playing with the leaves. She decided that they looked good enough to eat. The cutest part was when she started yelling at the dogs to get away...it was very cute...

Gangster Ellie

When Ellie's cousin Brittany was here visiting for Thanksgiving she put this red bandanna on Ellie that we were using for pin the hat on the Turkey... Ellie thought it was so funny!! I couldn't resist sharing these cute little pictures.

Zoo Advertures

Ellie went to the zoo for the first time with her cousins, she had a blast...the most exciting thing for Ellie was going through her diaper bag and throwing things out until she found her treats, then she tried to lick them out... it was super cute.

She is growing up so fast and I love each day she starts doing something new or a new piece of her already cute personality comes out...

We just love her to death and so does her cousins.