DRUM ROLL PLEASE....

ELLA ROLLED TODAY!! It was such a great day with this baby. She is such a little smarty. I love watching her discover how smart she is... When she does something like imitate a sound I make (or in this case roll) and she looks at me and laughs making sure I noticed how clever she is! What an amazing baby! Here are the photos right after she rolled over! hopefully next time I'll catch her in action with my camera!

Happy Valentines day and Happy birthday!

We have been having a crazy week, but it has been so fun! Ella went to her first Valentines party and even took treats to exchange! Mike's parents are here visiting, so we have been taking them around this large place we call home and last, today is Mikes Birthday! Horray!!

Here is Ella on her way to her first V-day party!



This is our guided tram tour to see the back lots of NASA. It was really amazing to see everything in person! She did so great and just cooed all along the way!

She got a little bored with the tram tour and decided to take a little rest!

Here is Ella this morning on our way to church for Mikes Birthday! Mikes Aunty Jane gave her this new little dress, it is so cute I wish you could see all the little details!

Any reason to celebrate

Feb 6 was national wear red week, so I thought that for the family I would try to go all out and make it a day to celebrate awareness for womens heart disease. After serving a mission in Spain where everyday is a holiday of some sort I'm always on the look out for a reason to celebrate. We celebrated by not only wearing red, but also eating red foods (spagetti, strawberry jello gigglers, fruit punch and Mike's favorite treat swedish fish) and painting our nails red . We are doing the 12 days of Valentines Day so every day til the 14 there is a present in our "mail box of love". Today Mike and Ella both got red presents to open. Ella got a head band, Mike some Pj's. Ella's new red head band is far too big, but still pretty cute! Happy red day!

Happy 3 months Elleah! These past three months have been the very best of our lives as we have tried to start our new family! We have been amazed at how this little girl's spirit is so strong. We know she has so much of her birth parents traits in her, and for that we are grateful to you two amazing people. She is a strong HAPPY little girl, who has a huge smile on her face every time she wakes up. She is very strong willed and like my grandpa James says if you get her pointed in the right direction we won't have to worry about her...she'll be too stubborn to go any other direction! We love her and are grateful for her everyday! Thank you so much!

I love that little dimple in her cheek..when she laughs hard it comes out even more!

Tune in every Suday afternoon

Here are some pics I took last night of our favorite baby! She has perfect features. That hair, those big eyes, those little heart lips, and for now those chubby cheeks. She has some great little cheek bones but for now they are hiding behind
all that baby cuteness! Just to inform everyone. Mike and I are going to try to post a weekly update. We have chosen Sunday afternoon for posting time, so hopefully we can try it for 6 months or so and see how we do! That way it takes the guessing out of posts. If we have an exciting week we'll post more than that but we're shooting for once a week so wish us luck!

Getting ready for Church

Our bathing beauty

I am starting to figure things out.. technologically speaking. I took this cute video of Elleah in the tub last night, and today I played around with the computer during her nap and actually figured out how to post it! I'm learning and getting a little better with each attempt so please be patient with me as I learn! I now present the first video uploaded by me!

Ella loves bath time like we have said over and over, but until you see those chubby little legs kicking you can't really enjoy it to the fullest! Here she is.. and please note I tried to keep her modest!