No way!

That's Ella's new word of the day: "No way" Here are some pictures over the last week or so. The first one is a little dark but rarely do I get a picture of Ella smiling and looking at me all at the same time.

She has discovered the laundry basket- Jake gives her rides around the family room. She loves it.

Here are two huge Vikings fans after the great win against Green Bay! Jake's sister got this outfit for Ella for her birthday! It's perfect to wear on Sundays when football is on and Ella walks around the house holding up both arms in the sky making the "touchdown" signal. It's pretty hilarious. And no I didn't teach her that.

Halloween Night

We spent Halloween night over at a friends house this year. We all shared some good laughs and delicious food but more importantly we had fun trick or treating. Our friends the Plichta's have a great neighborhood for trick or treating, there were kids everywhere. Ella had a great first time trick or treating. The first half Ella just wanted to be held and by the second half she was walking down the sidewalk like a big girl. We only went up to a couple of house but we think she got the idea. My favorite part was the candy Ella collected went straight to us because she is to young to have it.

On another note Ella amazes me everyday. Here are a list of things she is doing these days:

She can point to her head, nose, ears, eyes, eyelashes, eyebrows, teeth, tongue, hands, toes and tummy. She says "no" a lot, she can also say, yeah, yup, momma, and dadda. She can say ball, cat, bear, dog, and duck but they all kinda sound the same. And the cutest one of all is when we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner the other night she started saying "meatball"- but it actually came out sounding like neatballs. She is too funny!

We had to stop by our neighbors to show off Ella before heading over to our friends house.

Ella posing with friends Jackson and Riley.

Here we are out trick or treating.

And we don't dare leave home without the binky!

Pickin' Punkins

Ella in action picking out pumpkins! Make sure you check out the slideshow from our day at the pumkin patch (on the left).

Getting ready for Halloween

Ella playing in the tub. Her hair is getting so long.

Ella's Halloween costume came in the mail on Friday from her cousin Bennett. It was so cute we could hardly wait to try it on her.

Ella dancing with Jelly Zebra

Ella going to give Mr. Bear a kiss.

Ella likes to help me sweep

Ella reorganizing the Tupperware

Ella reading one of her new Halloween Books from Nana.

Ella is quite the character now days. Of all things she can hoot like an owl, moo like a cow, say the word duck, give Eskimo kisses with her nose, just tonight Jake taught her how to raise her arms up for the "touchdown" sign, she's a great dancer, and lately she has been trying to snap with her fingers using her pointer and thumb (it's so cute).

In some of her pictures you may notice her nose is running but that's b/c she has a terrible cold and hates to have her nose wiped or suctioned. Also make sure you check out the slide show of our Maui pictures.

Dancin' Girl 2

We had a great family vacation to Maui. Most days consisted of laying by the pool or the beach, swimming and eating good food. One day the boys went on a Fishing Charter and on another day my mom and I had a Spa day and lunch.

Each day Ella took to the pool and the ocean like a fish in water. The thing she liked best at the ocean was the SAND. Yes, she had a ball scooping sand into buckets but what she loved best was eating it. Every time she tried to eat the sand I would say to her, "No, we don't eat sand" instead of stopping she would laugh and put another fist full in her mouth. I tried not to let her see me laugh but it didn't always work especially with my mom laughing at her. What a stinker!

In the evening we would relax and let Ella doing the entertaining. As you can see from the video's she is quite the little dancer.

Dancin' Girl 1