Funny Girl!

Ellie now enjoys the "how big is Ellie?" game, and apparently finds wearing Katie's ponytail holder on top of her head pretty fun, too! She won't wear a cute bow, but she'll walk around all day like that! kids!

Potty Training?!?

As we were hanging out in the family room before dinner, Ellie ran over to the baby gate saying "poo poo" and shaking the gate. Just to see what would happen, I opened the gate. She walked into the bathroom and started to lift the toilet seat. So, I took off her diaper and sat her down! She stayed for quite a while and actually did a tiny poop! I handed her some TP, and she "wiped" her bottom! (you have to be a parent to appreciate this story!) After this, we pulled the training potty out of the attic, and she sat on that for a while, and peed! Wheather this will last is anyone's guess!

Feeling Blue?

Not around here! Thanks to the teller at Wachovia, we got blue lollipops! Ellie was extra excited since it was her first!

happy birthday, Scott!

It's a little late, but hey, better late than never! Scott's birthday was actually on Sept. 7th. We spent a relatively quiet day with the family and friends. We had the Klein's over for lunch and cake, and then a family dinner at Dominick's. Yum! Scott got his set of Topps baseball cards, as always!

Katie's First Day of First Grade!

Our baby is growing up!! Monday was her first day of first grade! Hard to believe! Her teacher's name is Mrs. Randall! (no relation) :) We both started at a new school this year. It's called Puckett's Mill. Scott was dissapointed we wouldn't be cardinals anymore! She loves her class, especially since her good friend, Katie L. is in class with her! Our new school starts a bit early, as you can see from the picture, it's not quite daylight yet!! We'll get used to it, I suppose. Ellie is staying with "Nana" who lives in our neighborhood. She loves it there! Here's hoping for a wonderful school year!

Ellie's first haircut!

Well, we were trying to let Ellie's hair grow out, but she wouldn't leave a barette in her hair, so... as you can see in the first picture, those bangs were hanging down on her nose! Bangs it is! They still tend to go off to the side a bit, but maybe when she's old enough to leave something in her hair we can try again! She wasn't too happy about the whole thing in the beginning, but the hairdresser gave her 2 brightly colored combs to hold, so that helped! We think she's cute as a button either way!

new additions to the family (sort of )

Katie had been begging and begging for a hamster, so we got one. Well, it was very unfriendly, so we opted for 2 friendlier gerbils! Their names are Midnight and Cloudy. If you look closely, you can see that cloudy only has three legs! She manages to climb the tower and run on the wheel just fine!