Garage sale great finds!

Ellie got a couple of great things this past weekend at garage sales. Got to love this! My friend Heather found this Little Tikes playhouse for $20 for us and we got Ellie her first bike from Peyton...thanks Peyton!

In other news...we stopped using diapers except for naps and overnight. Today was day 2 and Ellie is doing great. We went to out for 2 hours yesterday...no accidents. Went to Lenawee's Child and then to the park. One accident. What a big girl. We are looking forward to a long weekend at the lake. Hope the weather holds up nice!

Big Girl!

2 nights and 2 naps later, Ellie is loving her new big bed. She doesn't fight going down and sleeps great. I still check on her more often. Since I have pregnancy blaldder and get up 1-2 times during the night, I have been checking on her. All is good. She doesn't even get out when she wakes up, she just calls for us. She is doing great, what a big girl! Time to make her new room in to a little girl's room and not just a room with a bed!

Little girl, big bed!

Ellie asked to sleep in her new bed last night. Her room is not put together by any means, but there is a bed. So, we thought we'd see how it would go! She did great! Slept all night! Glad we have the guard rail though, at one point when I went in there to check on her (which I did quite a few times I will say), her head was pushed up against the mesh! She is growing up! We are potty training right now too! And she is doing great with that too! What a big girl!

A new post, finally!

I'm not sure how much longer I will be posting. I just can't seem to keep up with it. I haven't downloaded pictures for 3 weeks, so no new ones tonight either.

Last week was really busy. We had a MOMS Club activity everyday, except Wednesday, which was Park Day bt gor rained out. One of these days the weather will cooperate for a Park Day. Friday we went to the petting zoo. Ellie is still talking about it. She LOVED feeding the goats. She was so tired from running around I thought for sure she would pass out for a good long nap. No such luck, b ut she slept good that night. It was good that she did because Saturday she went with Dad, Grandma and Puck to the lake. That's right, mom got the day to her self. I have to admit I was a little sad at first...ok, I cried...but that is definately the hormones taking over! It was really weird having such a quiet house. After working in the yard and cleaning out the garage I spent the afternoon and evening with Heidi shopping and eating in Ann Arbor. Now that is what I call a nice day. No stops at the play place, no diapers to change and no crayons and squirmmy kids at supper. I did miss my family though.

Today Jeff and Ellie took Grandma and I to brunch at the Henry Ford Museum. What a treat!! Ellie was such a little lady and loved all the food to choose from. After that we walked around Greenfield Village. It was a really great Mothers Day! I am lucky to have such a wonderful family. Hope all of you had a great day too!

Keeping busy!

We are just keeping busy! The warm weather finds us outside most of the time. We are getting ready for a house full of family coming in town for my big 4-0!! Ellie has been telling me "happy birthday mommy" all week! Too cute! Jeff is tilling Grandma's garden so that Ellie and I can plant our veggies. We need to go get flowers for the pots outside. My Tulips are blooming!! YEAH!! Ellie loves to smell the flowers and I think she will like helping me water too. She is trying to learn how to peddle her trike. She puts her feet on and says "peddle, peddle" as I push. She can't quite reach on the down. She is talking more and more each day and she always seems to amaze me. I love watching her grow up!

My, how Ellie has grown!

We went to the doctor yesterday for Ellie's 2 year checkup. She is doing great! At birth, Ellie was 4 lbs. 1 oz., today she is 23 lbs. When she was born, she was 17-3/4" long, now she is 33-1/2" tall! WOW! What a big girl! Look how she has grown!

The Party!

Ellie's 2nd birthday party was today! It turned out great...very simple! We had cake and ice cream, the kids had an easter egg hunt and then the presents! Just like Christmas, there were too many to open at one time. So, she got through some and there are still some unopened...and she is down for the night. Ellie's friends Virginia, Liam, Ashton and Connor came to celebrate, along with their parents, and the Walker's and Grandma came too. Lots of fun, Ellie is a lucky girl to have such great friends and family. Tomorrow is her birthday and we are headed down to the lake to spend Easter with the extended family. Happy Easter!

Great vacation!

Well, we are back from a week long vacation in St. Croix with temps in the 80's every day. When we got on the plane yesterday it was around 85 when we got off the plane in Toledo it was 29! OUCH! Ellie had so much fun playing outside all week. The good news is that she is so tired from trying to keep up with her cousins (Jake, 6, and Ben, 5) that she is happy hanging in the house today. She stayed in her jammies all day! And took a 3 hour nap! YEAH, mom got a nap too!

The last time we were at the beach was last summer and Ellie didn't really like it. This time she LOVED it! She just played and played. She went in the water as long as mom or dad was holding her. She loved the pool too! We went to an outdoor buffet at a hotel that it on a little island (just a few minute boat ferry over) and the entertainment was a Mocko Jumbie. Here are some pictures. Ellie is still talking about it. She says "Ellie scared, he's dancing, funny". She clapped for him once he left.

A morning out!

We went to Toledo this morning for Ellie's 2nd haircut at Cookie Cutters and she did great! It takes mom, dad, her favorite treat (Yogos) and a favorite DVD to get through it, but it appears to be cut straight. Before the appointment we went to The Original Pancake House, one of our favorites. I can't believe how much Ellie ate...she loved it...pancakes, bacon and OJ. We ran a few other errands before heading home for a nap. The sun's not out, but it was warm enough to play outside this afternoon without hats, gloves and our winter coats! Is warm weather getting closer? My Tulips have shown their faces, so it can't be too much longer! We leave Wednesday for St. Croix and we will try to bring the warm weather home!!

Getting ready for vacation

Well, we decided to go to St. Croix and we leave Wednesday. I don't have any summer clothes for Ellie yet, so I have been doing some shopping and thanks to Beth and Ehrika have borrowed and bought some too. Went to the doc yesterday and Ellie never got over the ear infection from a couple of weeks ago...so we are on more antibiotics. In addition, I think she and Jeff are passing a stomach thing back and forth. According to Ellie, everything hurts...knees, eyes, head and so on.

We rented Open Season last weekend and can't tell you how many times Ellie watched it. The bear's name is Boog. I had to return it and she keeps asking for Boog Bear. Might need to b uy that one for the long airplane trip!

She is back on to the potty thing. Went on the potty all day yesterday. She had an accident today, but it was in the bathroom right next to the potty. We need to get a better stool so she can get up there. I think she was trying and by the time I got there it was too late.

Had a great playgroup this week with the MOMS Club and had our second MOMS night out last night! What a great group this is going to be!

Well, more shopping tonight and more shopping this weekend. Getting ready for our trip and Ellie's birthday! Can't believe my girl is going to be 2 in 2 weeks!! She still wants a donut for her birthday!! Too funny!