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August is here and Ella is Mobile!

It's been awhile since I blogged - sorry about that I have been chasing Ella around the house because she is mobile! She can crawl really good now and constantly is trying to stand up. She doesn't crawl to something and try to pull herself up she straighten's her legs and tries right from the middle of the room! :) With this rate she will be walking in just a few short weeks and then we are in trouble!

I know the real reason everyone checks the blog and that's for pictures. So here you go. ....



This is Ella in the pool at Uncle Aaron and Aunt Trisha's house. We were celebrating Mason's 1st birthday.
Mom and Ella playing in pool. It was SOOOOO Bright out that Ella had to wear her shades. She really liked them though because she HATES sun in her eyes.

My little girl is getting so big so fast. Look at her standing up playing all by herself! Think she has enough toys? It's like where's Waldo but with Abby.

Look at this Dad..... a new trick! :) She is so silly!

Ella is a happy baby she spends her day's laughing and talking and screaming just oh and growling and making funny sounds. She loves to pretend she is a monster and get you! It's so cute.

Fawn Doe Rosa

Daddy took his girls to Fawn Doe Rosa yesterday. It was amazing! Rob and I have always loved that place but it was SOOOOO much more fun with Ella there. These are only the pictures I took with my phone but wanted to share something! I will download some other ones this week and get them posted too!

Here is Ella at the start of our adventure! These are her new Little Mermaid shades! $1.99 at the Disney store... SCORE!!! (Oh and lots of Green...it was a green day! Grandma would have been proud!)

Ella found a little friend just her size. She loved this bunny. It was a nice break to just sit in the shade for awhile too. It was super Hot out! Of course she is going for the ears just as she does with Abby at home!

Look Daddy! I have a Bunny! So many smiles and screams yesterday! :o)

OoooooH! is what you can't hear in this picture! The bunny is like "got any more carrots?"

Ah! Daddy is in heaven! Two BIG bucks and his daughter! :o) It is so fun to just hang out with the deer. They loved the carrots we fed them and the corn. They were just lazing around in the shade but who can blame them.

Fun Weekend

Down to 8 days until finalization!!! It won't be long now.

Friday Rob took me and Ella to Maplewood Mall to ride on the merry-go-round. It was fun. It was hilarious to see Ella's eyes light up when we entered the Mall!! She loved it! I think we are in trouble...she likes shopping way to much! :o) But she gets that from both Rob and me!! She enjoyed the ride here is a picture before it started. In this one she looks like "HOLY COW!" what is going on.... She did like it when it started.

We went swimming again on Saturday until it started thundering! Rob was grilling chicken and we were playing in the water. I will post some pictures of that later this week. Ella has a new little frog tube to play in and boy did she like that! Helped us to put more water in the pool with the frog to sit in. : ) Pretty stormy on Sat - the whole family was in the basement. Turns out all the damage we received was knocked over flowers.

Sunday we went to my Dad's for dinner, it was Ella's first time at Grandpa's house. She liked the antlers and the horses. I think the horses liked her too.. and since she is a water baby like Mommy! When we got home from Grandpa's guess what.... we went swimming again!! That turned into an exciting night though. We have three baby robin's and one jumped out of the nest. Rob thankfully saved it from Moose and Abby who wanted to eat it!!! But then the other two babies jumped out... so just picture Kate and Ella in the pool (on the deck) Rob down in the yard with two dogs, three baby birds and a TON of really mad adult robins dive bombing him!! Oh boy! To make this long story short no babies were eaten! We were able to get them all safely outside our fenced in yard so the dogs could not hurt them. Hopefully they stay out there now. They appeared big enough fly away.

Lastly here is another cute picture from this weekend. This was Saturday morning - we were taking pictures to send to Grandma in case she wanted to show Ella off at Target Field. :) What kind of a face is this? Hilarious!

Mary Kay Facial

Last night a new and Great friend Carol Anderson came over to see me and Ella. She is an independant Sales Director for Mary Kay. She came to give me a facial and teach me some good techniques for face care and also just makeup application. Oh and of course to see Miss Ella. :)

Here is Carol and Ella while I am busy trying out product. It was soooo much fun! I am thinking of having a party...let me know if you are interested.

Here is a picture of Mommy after trying some makeup and of course Ella got in on the fun too.... he...he...he....

Another Shot of Ella smiling away at Carol while she tried to talk to me and play with her....

This is Carol's husband Gary.... Gary works with Rob in Baldwin. We went out to their place a few weeks ago to put up a game camera to see if we could snap a picture of their bear. It had been coming into their yard a few times.

She loved the feel of his wiskers...

How much did she like his whiskers....well take a look!! This is why the Anderson's now refer to Miss Ella as Frenchy!! Ha! Too funny but also embarassing for MOM....Ella STOP LICKING people!! :o)

We are so happy to have Gary and Carol be a part of Ella's life! They are so great with her. It's so nice to have someone so willing to let you just simply brag about your children!

Back to the facial...I of course LOVED it! I bought the TimeWise Miracle Set and some great mineral foundation and all the accessories to go with it! I have had it for a day now but seriously just can't believe the difference it has already made on my skin in just three uses! Loving it so much I just wanted to give a shout out for Carol! Below is her site feel free to check it out, and seriously let me know if you would come to a Mary Kay party at my place!

http://www.marykay.com/canderson15

Swimming

Ella went swimming for the first time a couple of weeks ago...I am terrible about getting pictures out here in a timely manner...however better late then never right?

I think her favorite part may have been just playing with her little links.
Oops! We fell down being silly....but this is fun!!!!

Here is my little sunflower all bundled up after swimming! What a look she is giving me....

Last Visit before Finalization

It's been a long time since I blogged. I need to try and get better at that but life just gets so busy. We had our last social worker visit on Sat. And down to 15 days until finalization! That is going to be the happiest day ever! Both Rob and I just can't wait until the judge tells us Ella is FOREVER part of our family. It's weird because she already is a Leiby and she is already part of our lives, but now to have the paperwork match and the state and government to agree with what we already know in our hearts is going to be awesome!

We had a busy weekend. Rob was lucky enough to get out fishing with the neighbor on Saturday and then we had a nice dinner with them and bonfire. It was Ella's first bonfire she liked it! She is addicted to Fireworks and a different neighbor lit more of them off so she was one happy little girl!

She is busy eating everything and just taking in all the new stuff. She had a graham cracker for daycare last week and one at home on Sunday she liked that. A little weird with the new texture of food though - she made some funny faces.

Hope to update pictures sometime soon.