Little Kid Love

This was back on Christmas Day.

We always go to my Mom's home every Christmas Day morning for breakfast (chocolate sauce and biscuts). Everyone four years old and under crawled up on my lap and David took the photo.

~Mommy dee, Daddy David, our sweet little Ella, funny little Vanah (niece), and hilarious little O (nephew)

Happy Chinese New Year-Year of the Snake

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!

A photoshoot with a 4 year old is interesting!

 

Happy Year of the Snake and Stuff!

~Mommy dee, Daddy David, and our Silly, Sassy, Sweet Girl Ella

I see you! Are you still there?

So, there have been some technical difficulties for a few months. Blogger changed some things around and for awhile I was unable to post any photos or videos.

Everything seems to be fixed now, so hopefully, I can get back into the routine of posting photos and videos of our sweet Ella!!!!
~Mommy dee, Daddy David, and our Ballerina Extraordinaire Ella

Fabulous Fall!!!!

Fabulous Fall with our Fabulous Girl!!!!

I see you!!!! (Ella took this photo of herself...she loves taking and looking a photos and she does a really great job!)

~Mommy dee, Daddy David, and our Fabulous Fall Girl Ella

Halloween 2012...The Doc Is In!!!

Happy Halloween 2012!!!

Ella loves, loves, loves the cartoon on Disney Junior Doc McStuffins!!! She started asking in July if she could be "Doc" for "twick or tweat" time.

Here she is....

The Doc Is In!

 

The Doc Is Out!

 

~Mommy dee, Daddy David and our future "peterinarian docor" Ella

Time Flies

My goodness...time certainly does fly when you are having fun!!!

We had a lovely summer, which flowed into fall and back to school and now Halloween!

Ella is just flourishing. She is such a funny, sweet, smart, and loving girl. She keeps David and I laughing (most times) she has a keen wit and a panache for the dramatics (cue Emmy Award speech).

Looking all Prim and Proper at our Family Picnic in August 2012.

 

 



 Taking a road side break to pose for the camera on Mackinac Island October 2012.

 

 

 

A Butterfly Princess. 

 

 



 Togetherness on Macky Island October 2012.

 

 

Ella continues to enjoy finding out what she can do with her new thumb. She also had her eyes checked in September and now sports some rather spiffy girly glasses. Ella twirls around the house doing pirouettes better that Angelina Ballerina and looks forward to Ballet with Miss Patti each week.

 

Oh, and Ella is becoming quite "famous" in these parts. We have discovered that a photo shoot we had as a family last year netted some wonderful shots of Ella that can be viewed as "stock photos" adorning walls of local businesses. Also, Ella's "new tumm" story is featured as a "Success Story" on the Children's Hospital of Michigan website!

 

Life with Ella is full of fun and never ending giggles. I hope that the joy that Ella has in her heart and the sparkle in her eyes continues to spread and inspire others as she does us each day.

~Loving and doting Mommy dee, the Best Daddy in the world Daddy David, and our Sun, Moon, and Stars Ella



Summer!!!

We have been enjoying our summer!!!!

Ella loves her new "tumm!" Her OT is amazed at all the progress she has made in just a few weeks since getting the cocoon off. She is using it to pinch more and pick things up. It is hard work to retrain your brain to use something it has never had before.

We have been swimming almost everyday. Sometimes we go to a friend's house, a local waterpark, or we just hang out at "Ella's Beach" (her blow-up pool).Cool water is cool water no matter where you are at when it is a 100 degrees!!!

You can see her new thumb peeking out (it actually looks like it is pointing) of the sand. (On her left hand....her long arm.)

We went on a mini-vacay to meet up with some friends. (Madison was in the same S.W.I. in China with Ella...so they kind of grew up together.).

Ella and Madison having fun at the beach. (They took turns burying each other's legs.)

June 2012 and the China Beauties!!!!

August 2010 and the China Beauties!!!!

My goodness how quickly time flies and how much little people change.


Let's keep the summer fun going!!!!!
~Mommy dee, Daddy David, and Our Sweet Girl who somehow gets sweeter each day Ella