Happy 3rd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Ella - our big girl. We had a fun weekend in celebration - went to a pumpkin patch, ate cake & ice-cream, opened gifts, made cupcakes to share with her friends today, and played! She had an entire birthday weekend! So bittersweet for Mommy (& Daddy), but so much fun for our big girl. Where did the time go?

A Visit from Hudson (and Andrea & Jesse)

Andrea, Jesse & Hudson came to visit us on the 11th. Ella & Hudson had so much fun together. They don't see each other very often, but as soon as they pulled up Ella ran to the car waiting for Hudy (pronouned like Rudy - Hudson was born on our late Grandpa's birthday (Rudy) therefore Hudson's Grandma nicknamed his Hudy and it stuck!) to get out of the car. And the running and yelling and playing didn't stop for many hours! On Friday we ate some pizza, took a walk to feed the ducks (although both Ella & Hudy ate the bread that they were supposed to be giving to the ducks), and ate some ice-cream. On Saturday we got up and went to the zoo, played outside, watched some football and grilled. It was a really fun weekend. Ella & Kate were both exhausted on Sunday!

Kate was so good all weekend!

Hudson & Ella were so funny in the stroller

Visting Uncle Ted & Aunt Christy

Labor Day weekend we visited Uncle Ted, Aunt Christy, Kelsey & Kaiser. Kaiser's 8th birthday was September 10. Since I'm his Godmother and we haven't had the opportunity to celebrate with him for a couple of years we decided that we would do it this year. Aunt Ann & Uncle Zac made the trip too. Kelsey broke her arm cheerleading the Tuesday before we came so we were "allowed" to sign her cast. Oh to be 13 again...I noticed a signature that said "Christy". Apparently Ted & Christy were allowed to sign but they had to sign their names - not Mom & Dad so my request to sign Aunt Addy was quickly denied. But in Kelsey's defense, she tried to make it seem like a space issue - she didn't think that she had enough room for that many letters...ha ha!

Just Pictures

Here are some random pictures...

Ella doing "Ballet"

Kate LOVES her toes...

but she loves her big sister even more!

She can't wait to drive...

Trying to crawl

Working with Daddy (notice the winter boots - she thought they were necessary)

Cereal time

Falling asleep at the foot of the bed

Reds Game 08.29.09

It's been a while since I have had a chance to update...life's been busy!

The last weekend in May we met Mom, Dad, Ann & Zac in Cincinnati for a Reds game. Scott Rolen (from my hometown) was recently traded to the Reds. Ann & I wanted to see him play. Pete and Zac are Reds fans so they just wanted to see the Reds. Mom stayed at the hotel with Kate and Dad went to the game with us. He walked around and played in the playground with Ella (yes, they had a playground in the stadium!) We spent the night at a hotel and Ella, Daddy, & Uncle Zac got to swim in the morning before we left. We stayed at Embassy Suites for the first time - which was ideal. They have a separate living room and bedroom so Ella could go to sleep without us having to go to bed too. They also have a Manager's Reception (aka free drinks!) in the evening which of course everyone (but me) enjoyed and then a breakfast buffet in the morning. We were all impressed and we all concluded that Embassy Suites will be our hotel of choice in the future. Here are some pictures from the weekend.