Tuesday, August 16, 2011

paci babies byebye

Well, it is day4 & we are officially paci free!! YAY!
Friday, Ellie threw her paci in the trash. She was a bed time/nap time paci girl. Every time she woke up, she tossed her paci & lovie in her bed. It was a great rule & it worked for us for months. Here lately, she figured out how to reach through the rails & get it out. So the last month or so I started putting the paci up on the book shelf. Well, last week she was wanting the paci more often. I kept reminding her that pacis are for babies. Sometimes that was enough & she would give it up, but Friday she wouldn't! After going back & forth I told her to go throw the paci in the trash... & she did! ugh oh! what to do now?!?! She kept saying paci babies bye bye & would wave at the trash can ~ so sweet, just melted my heart!
My mom, o' wise one, said don't get it out of the trash or she will always think you will. So, we decided to go with it! @ 17 months old. Friday night she was not happy about going to bed! We fought through the tears :( I got her out of bed & she fell asleep on me. Saturday night, she fell asleep but woke up twice during the night & ended up in bed with us. Sunday night was night 3 & i had to be tough. She cried on & off for almost an hour. I never got her back out of bed, just kept going in to settle her down. She finally fell asleep & slept through the night! YAY~ Monday's nap went pretty well ... meaning she fell asleep on her own, in her bed, without a paci! And, lastly Monday night she went to bed, after our nornal routine without paci & slept through the night! SUCCESS!!
I am so proud of her! She is such a big girl, even more now!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Ryan's Baptism

& Marie's 21st birthday party!!

 Chad & I stood up as god parents for Ryan!
 He was perfect during the Bpatism!
 Our family shot minus Ann & Maggie who were at volleyball
 Ellie at the Baptism... wearing her cross necklace from her Baptism
HAPPY birthday Marie!! We had a great, big, FUN party for her Saturday night! It was Mexican themed, with delicious food all done by my mom! We also had a cake shaped like a beer bottle!! Marie had a great night, one to remember forever!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

July

Our family shot on the 4th of July!!

 just a few cute pictures of ellie this month

 zach, maddie, caitlyn & ellie watching the roger day show at funfest 2011
We have been home ALL month! I don't know if I can say that about any other month since I moved away in 2006. It has been great even though I miss my parents so much.
Chad was off July 4th weekend. We spent the weekend with friends, brian&taryn, the hall's & Scott (his fam was oot). We also saw some of my old work friends at the mobley's!
7/8 was our 5 year wedding anniversary! Wow, in 5 years!?! I love him so much, maybe even more than on 7/8/06. I feel blessed to call him my husband. I am proud of him & where we are at this point in our lives! We are parents now & he is making it possible for me to stay home with Ellie ~what a huge blessing! To celebrate, we enjoyed dinner with friends friday night. On Saturday, my in laws came to town. They stayed with Ellie for our first over night away! Chad & I had a night alone... nice dinner, drinks & a hotel! It was so nice, but we were ready to get home to our girl Sunday after brunch.
The following week, my sweet nephew came for a visit! Ryan is so cute & cuddly! Michael, Marie & Ryan came for 3 nights! We had such a good time & Ellen came to hang out Friday night! We did a little shopping & cooking! The next week, Ryan went for his 2 month check up... The boy weighs 15 pounds! I hated seeing them leave.
And the weekend after that, ann & maggie came for a visit! Yes... I saw all of my sisters in 1 week! Whoohoo!! Chad was off Saturday, so we had a fun girl afternoon & saw a movie. Chad grilled us dinner & we just enjoyed being together! I a, so glad we will see my whole family Friday & Chad's family Sunday! It makes saying goodbye easier when you have another visit soon! Ellie has changed so much since last month! She is talking so much more, climbing & having a general opinion! She is almost 17 months old! Since her 15 month check up, I bet her vocal has tripled! She is so funny! She is generally a really good girl. She eats well & sleeps through the night (we did have a week after vacation when she was waking up in the middle of the night, but now back to normal!!), and normally down to 1 goooood nap.
We have had a summer full of fun, playdates, friends & sun ... Hope you have too!

(we had the rule of 3 at the beginning of the month :( not such a fun week, but we made it through together!!)

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