Ella's Afro

We can't get enough of her! Because Ella has so much hair, I am able to do whatever I want with it and I do every opportunity I get! I afroed it here for Austin to see when he got home from work. He loved it, and we had to take pictures!

She has her own cell phone too


Sometimes I have to cage her in her port a crib in order to clean the house

This is Ella's Tennessee Titans outfit! She wears it on Sundays when they play. Were BIG Titans fans! (mostly Austin though) :)

She's going to getcha if you don't root for the Titans!

Another Trip to Vegas

Ella & I took a trip down to Vegas in August for her to take swimming lessons. She did great, so she will be doing them for sure next year! My whole family came over for dinner and we had cake for dessert! Ella was really eyeing the cake, so my brothers thought it would be a good idea to give her her own plate of cake, and strip her down to a diaper and turn her loose! Well this is what happened! It was really funny, and she had a great time, as you can see!

She didn't think anything was wrong!

My dad's birthday was August 17th, and my mom, Ella, and I went to put balloons on his grave. Ella had never been there before, and it was good to show Ella where her grandpa was buried. We love you dad, and miss you tons!

Ella was very sleepy, so she was making her grumpy tired face!

Winston loved being close to Ella where ever she went, even when she was sleeping!

We love going to Vegas, but we get sad because Austin isn't able to come as much! But someone has to work! :) It is sad to leave Las Vegas, but we love coming home to dad!

It's a Tennessee Thing

So for all of you who don't know, Austin is from Tennessee. Well I had never been there, so we decided that on July 3rd thru July 12 we would take a family trip there! It was so fun, and i got to meet all of the rest of my in laws, and of course they were all so excited to see baby Ella! We went out on the lake alot, and enjoyed the southern food of course! The 4th was so fun. We went down to the riverfront by the titans stadium LP Field and watched the fireworks! We had a blast and I had my first offical Hooters expierence. I wasn't that impressed though. We had the time of our lives, and we will be traveling there for Thanksgiving this year so were so excited! Ella was showing off her cute little face and her sitting skills.

It was quite a long flight, but as you can see Ella was entertained.

She slept great too!

Me and Austin got a little bored and he was trying to show off his double chin! (Which he successfully did obviously)

This was at the lake, it was really hot

Uncle Todd took me tubing! I survived though, and with no injuries.

So Ella had a little accident with her clothes and of course, i didn't have any back ups! I learned a great lesson! So to say the least she rode from Chicago home like this, but she didn't even care one bit!

This was in Chicago, we stayed there for a night and spent the day there, we loved it! Crazy traffic though!

We decided to get up the next morning when we arrived in Tennessee and go for what Austin's dad described to be a "short" walk! To say the least we got home 3 hours later, and I about died! Thanks Mike, but I still love ya! :)

Ella met her best friend Boomer! They loved each other, and he was really gentle with her!