Hospital...

Ella's first trip to the hospital also happened while we were in Michigan.  Devin and his mom were swinging Ella as we were walking and she started screaming.  It was really pretty awful.  Devin said, Oh no I felt a pop.  Trying to comfort her was very difficult.  She didn't want to be touched at all.  She just held onto her little arm and cried.  So to the ER we went.  She was ok with me holding her but not touching her arm.  By the time we got there she seemed in better spirits but wanted to have nothing to do with Devin.  He tried kneeling down and talking to her to tell her he was sorry.  She ran and held on to my leg and said, Mommy I'm scared.  I felt so badly for Devin.  

Anyway, we found out it was nurse maids elbow which apparently is very common in small children.  When we saw the doctor, Ella had already popped it back in place.  Poor Devin was afraid to touch her after that. She really did handle it very well.

The next day, we were walking and she held Devin's hand.  She looked up at him and said, don't hurt me ok?? 

She certainly knows how to lay on the guilt.

Faces

I've been patiently waiting for Ella to start drawing things.  She started drawing smiley faces while we were in Michigan.   This is one of the pictures I took of her drawing :) I like his pretty blue eyes.  She's very proud of herself.  She has also been writing her name. I'll post a picture of that later.

Vacation

We went to Michigan for vacation this year.  We spent a week there and stayed with Devin's Grandma.  Devin's mom and step dad drove up from Ohio and his Uncle Mike drove in from Chicago.  We had a wonderful time on our trip and had a lot of adventures.  Ella and I met A LOT of family.  Lots of Grandma Jody's brothers and sisters and some of Great Grandma Bonnies family.  We were also very fortunate to get to see Ella's Great Great Grandma Frances.  She is Devin's Papa's mother and is 96.  We went to Pine lake, Frankenmuth, a Turkey Farm, saw lots of Marshall and visited with the family.  It was a great trip and we made a lot of memories.  Michigan is a beautiful state and we hope to visit it again someday.

Talker

Ella talks a lot as in she talks herself to sleep and is very rarely quiet.  She comes up with silly little things to say...here are some examples:

Ella- Mommy! I just can't believe it

Me- Oh really?? Believe What??

Ella- Bamboo (Panda) Scared captain hook away!! I just can't believe it! 

Ella- Don't Do that ok, it's dangerous!! 

We were at the lake and Devin was picking up seashells.  He would shake them out to make sure that nothing was living in them still:

Ella- You can do it Daddy! I know you can!

Other things She's saying:

Oh shucks

You got it dude

It's alright mommy it was an accident

I never ever want to do that

Silly Goose

Well actually....

Birthday Parties

Ella had a great birthday.  She's a lucky little girl because she has three sets of grandparents.  She also has a fair amount of Aunts and Uncles.  We decided that Ella didn't need to have an official birthday party as we were going to leave on vacation the following weekend.  She still managed to have four birthday parties.  She had a small one with my parents, Devin's dad and step mom, Devin's Grandma's and, Devin's moms sisters.  Here's a snap shot of the gifts she received.  I honestly am glad we didn't have a party with friends; it would have just been too much.  As much as I want a little boy next, I don't know what would will do with all of the pink things....