Ella's "REAL" Birthday

Even though we had Ella's birthday parties last week while Pops, Purson, and Abby were in town we wanted to make Ella's "REAL" birthday (that's what she's called today since this morning) special. So after we went to have her pictures taken we met Grammy and PawPaw at Red Robin for a special birthday lunch. We saved a present for her to open along with the gift Lucia and Mulie Craighead sent to her. Later this evening we went to the Red Sox game for Dixie Youth League Night. Trent had a great time being with friends and watching his favorite sport.

Ella LOVES shoes!! New flip flops from Mommy and Daddy...but where to put them?!?! There's no room left in her closet!

A new puppy from Lucia and Mulie!

Ella loves the doggie carrier!

Parade of Teams onto the field.

The Raptors are walking under the word "Center."

Just a pretty neat picture!

Trent and a few members of his team.

Ella joins the boys.

Luckily, it was Kids Run the Bases night...Trent didn't want to run so Ella and Daddy went out and had fun.

Coming across home plate.

Trent's "Family" Birthday Party

Trent had a "family party" at Mema's house after his friend party at the YMCA (see those pictures in the next post). Here are a few pictures of our spaghetti dinner and cake from Mema's house.

Ella teaches Uncle Larry and Mark how to play her Barbie laptop.

Trent was very excited to get a Snugglie. These are the best at keeping warm!!

Trent's 9th Birthday

Trent celebrated his 9th birthday in January with a party at the YMCA. He was very excited about hi Harry Potter party with all his friends. Here are a couple of pictures from the party. Sorry they are not in the correct order.

Our Little Ella is 4 YEARS OLD!!!

Today is Ella's actual birthday. It's hard to believe that at this very time four years ago I had a hospital room full of people looking at our brand new baby girl. I thought everyone would enjoy a look back at May 30, 2004. I've also stuck in a few pictures of the days following Ella's birth since I had the CD out.

Poor Trent...if he only knew what he knew now. And if John and I only knew how much we'd see this crying face in the future years!

It's amazing how much Trent and Ella have grown. Think of it this way...when Ella was born Trent was only 5 months older than Ella is today. It's hard to remember him being that small.

This was Ella's "Going Home" day. Many of you will remember that this is the same dress that I wore home from the hospital in 1978. Still looks like new, huh?!?! It wasn't that long ago.

Tonight it was Ella's turn to pick where we were going to eat dinner. She of course picked CiCi's Pizza. Here are a few pictures of Ella's fun night at CiCi's followed by a trip to Gander Mtn. to exchange her sleeping bag (we took it out of the carrying bag on Sunday and found out that the drawstring was broken so back to exchange we went). After spending some time looking around Gander Mtn. we made a stop at Bruster's. Here are a few pictures and a video of our evening.

Grammy and PawPaw have been saving this present for Ella since Sydnie's birthday in March. Sydney asked for a pink bible for her birthday so they went ahead and bought Ella's at the same time. The new Pioneer Clubs at church are really stressing getting children into the habit of bringing their Bible to church so now Ella has one! And a hot pink case to carry it in!

Trent went to spend the night with Dylan at Grammy and PawPaw's so Ella had Mommy and Daddy all to herself.

Mommy's a little pooped...we had our field trip to the park today to meet our PenPals from West. We only picked the hottest day this week to go!

I'm not quite sure what has gotten into Ella and all the funny faces.