Fun at Pump It Up

We went to a birthday party on Saturday and Ellery had the best time. She really is willing to try most things and enjoys them!

The "big slide" as she likes to call it

Fun with MK

IT"S A...

BOY!!

Can you believe it? I mean this whole time I have been thinking it is a boy, but to really hear those words was crazy! We feel so incredibly blessed - everything looked great on the ultrasound and he was a very cooperative little boy, just like the first ultrasound. Let's hope this translates into a very cooperative baby!! So, all of you boy moms out there - I am going to need some major advice! What do you do with a boy?? I don't know where to begin, but I think I'll start with buying some blue! I can't wait to tell Ellery today when I pick her up from school that she is having a brother. She will be such a good (although bossy) big sis!!

What do you think?

We have our big ultrasound a week from tomorrow! I am so excited to see this new little one that I have just started to feel moving around. First and foremost, we pray for a HEALTHY child but I can't help but wonder if Ellery will have a little sister or brother.

So what do you think...will baby #2 be a boy or girl? Take the poll!

Easter continued

We had a wonderful weekend in Austin despite the lousy weather. I was really hoping to get some sun on my very white skin!!

So let me finish up Easter. On Easter day we went to church, out to lunch with my parents, Nathan's parents, and his sister, and then went to my aunt and uncle's house for an Easter egg hunt with all of the kids. My grandmother always put on the very best Easter egg hunts. It was something you looked forward to all year. We would color eggs the night before at her house and could make as big of a mess as necessary to get the job done. The entire family had an egg with their name on it. On the day of the hunt, we would all line up by the back door in order of youngest to oldest and then tear up the backyard hunting for plastic eggs, real eggs, candy eggs, and the PRIZE egg. The prize egg was always decorated elaborately and probably had $5 dollars in it - and it was a BIG deal! It is my hope that we can continue to carry on her tradition.

Ellery had a great time hunting eggs this year and actually knew what to do! Perhaps even more exciting though was the fact that they have horses and she was able to feed and ride one. She was in heaven. This girl LOVES horses.

Ellery and Lauren - by the way, Ellery is really into hats and dress-up these days.

Did I mention she LOVES horses?

And it wouldn't be an Easter egg hunt without lots and lots of sugar!

Weekend part 1

Wow, what a weekend! Bebe and Pops came to stay with us and Ellery was in rare form! She definitely knew she was center of attention and decided that naps and bedtime were not necessary. She was having too much fun!

First, let me back track. I noticed that I forgot to post pictures from the rodeo. Ellery had such a great time! We went twice...first with friends and then back with Nathan. Her favorite thing was the pony ride. She cried when our turn was up and impressed one of the workers so much with her love for the ponies, that he let her ride again for free. She did not want me to touch the saddle but wanted to ride it all by herself. She loved all of the animals on display, the pig races, and the carnival. Nathan spent way too much money at the carnival testing his basketball skills, but managed to win her this huge puppy.

Back to this weekend...on Saturday we went to get Ellery's first haircut. I was debating on whether or not we should get it trimmed this early, but it really was starting to look uneven and scraggly. She was not a fan! This child will sit through the doctor and dentist all smiles but cried the minute the hairdresser squirted water on her hair. The hairdryer was even worse. A lollipop did not even do the trick! She was still enough that we managed to get it trimmed and it looked adorable.

Before:

After (splotchy red face and all):

Stay tuned for part 2 of our Easter weekend!!

Have a BLESSED Easter weekend!

Go Rockets

We were given tickets to the Rockets game last night and we had such a great time. The seats were 3rd row on the court! I don't usually get that excited about basketball games BUT since the Rockets are doing so good this season, the atmosphere was very exciting. My parents not only gave us 4 tickets but offered to babysit too. I am pretty sure Ellery had just as good of a time as we did...here is a picture my mom took of her on their gelato outing:





Unfortunately, I think we might have been bad luck for Clutch City since they lost big time.