Monday, June 16, 2008

Updates galore!

Wow!  It's been a while since I've posted anything on here.  I've just been at home enjoying our little princess for the summer.  What a blessing it is to be able to have this extra time to spend at home with her.  We've been having so much fun!  Here's a rundown of some of the more exciting things we've done recently.

Yesterday 6/15 - Christopher's first Father's Day!  Ella Grace colored him a picture and we put her handprints on it and framed it.  I also gave him a couple books, some body spray he likes, some Williams Sonoma grill rubs and a marinade, and I made him a miniature scrapbook of him and Ella Grace.  Last night we went up to Monte Sano pool for a Father's Day cookout and that was a lot of fun.  Ella Grace loved the baby pool!  Check out the pictures on our web gallery!

6/9 - Back to the doctor...again.  Ella Grace has pretty much been on constant antibiotics for about 5 weeks.  She spiked a fever of 102.3 early this morning so I took her in again.  Turns out her other ear is infected, and, in an attempt to hopefully knock everything out this time (she just finished another round of antibiotic on Saturday - two days ago), Dr. Susan put her on Augmentin for 10 days.  She goes back on the 18th for a re-check and hopefully she'll be well!!

6/8 - Another tooth appeared!  On top this time!  She's about to have a lot coming in at once on the top.  They're all right there ready to pop through any time.  She's not been to thrilled with this either!

6/7 - First trip to the zoo in Birmingham!  My dad came down with Isabella while Christopher was at a conference and we took the girls to the zoo.  Again...super hot...but loads of fun!  Pictures on web gallery.

6/4 - We went to the Botanical Gardens with Kate and her mom to take pictures.  It was SUPER hot but we got a lot of great pics and had fun.  I hadn't been there to look around in years!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

My First Shoes

Today Ella Grace got her first pair of "real shoes" from Stride Rite.  Long story short...I just went in with Kate and Ella Grace to "look around" and got convinced that I needed to start putting shoes on Ella Grace to get her used to them.  That actually made sense to me and we ended up going home with a pair and ordering a pair.  They were so cute I just couldn't resist.  And Ella Grace actually doesn't mind wearing them too much.