tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81961266219057565682024-03-14T09:31:29.892-07:00Sweet Ella GraceSweet Ella GraceDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-3534816104343383522012-06-30T00:47:00.000-07:002012-06-30T00:47:03.071-07:00Hello???? Is Anyone Out There???I am pretty sure I hear echoes of emptiness out there due to everyone having given up on me and my blog but for some reason today, I missed my blog friends and decided it was time to get back in touch. I completely blame facebook for my lack of blogging. Facebook makes it so easy to just post a picture and write a quick one-liner but it lacks some of the personal relationship feelings I got from my blog. I don't have high hopes of writing very regular posts but I am hoping to get back on here a little more frequently.<br />
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I will give a quick update and then leave you with a bunch of photos. Everyone is doing great and growing up. Ella just turned 4 and finished her first complete year of preschool. She has grown academically beyond my wildest dreams. She recognizes every letter in the alphabet...if shown a letter she can name it. She can count to 10 and knows her colors. She still has no interest in eating whatsoever though. We may get an occasional bite of pudding in her mouth but nothing sustainable at all. Everyone keeps saying that she will do it eventually but I have my doubts. It is purely stubborness!!! Same with potty training. She can and sometimes will pee pee on the potty but could care less about wearing a diaper or peeing in one so she would be perfectly fine without a potty at all. Again with the stubborness!!! Her leukemia remains in remission and her every two month blood counts continue to look PERFECT!! Of course we will forever worry about it but enjoy the good news every couple of months. <br />
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As for the rest of the family, Abbey is going in to 8th grade and Emma is going in to 6th. It will be nice to have both girls in the same middle school this year. Abbey is excelling in her school band as a trumpet player and was given a wonderful gift of a brand new professional level trumpet from a previous student of her band teacher's who wanted to donate a gift to his old school band in lieu of wedding gifts. Abbey was selected as the recipient of this amazing gift. We couldn't believe it!! <br />
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Well, it's late and I need to put Ella down (wonderful, late summer schedule). I just wanted to get on the blog before I changed my mind. I will leave you with pictures from our summer vacation to Palm Desert as well as some beach pics and a couple from Abbey's trumpet award. Hopefully I am not writing to an empty crowd :)<br />
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<br /><div>Actually, this isn't really much of a checkin as I don't have time to write very much but I thought I would see if anyone even still checks my blog. Most people have already seen this photo on facebook but I figured there are still a few of you whom I am not friends with there that may have missed it. This pretty much shows how "well" little Miss Ella is doing these days (Yes, she wrote on the wall!!!). She is full of beans and we "love" it!! Also, her blood counts continue to be wonderful and she is remaining very healthy!!! Soooo thankful for that!! </div>
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<br />Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-5967875079251346182011-06-12T19:21:00.001-07:002011-06-12T19:21:19.531-07:00Ella EatingWe finally got some video of Ella eating. This was the first time in a while that she has let someone actually feed her with a spoon :) Emma was doing a great job of making her eat while doing animal sounds. There is also some footage of her "sort of" feeding herself......go Ella!!!<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=e3689f8ddcd80c194fc64f" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=e3689f8ddcd80c194fc64f&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt3" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make video montages at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-25726014971273856742011-05-30T19:32:00.001-07:002011-05-30T19:32:58.910-07:00Where is Ella's Ball????Having a little fun with Ella the other night. I am so very proud of her very clearly spoken sentence at the end of the video :)<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=e110a203e6dd8af4f54714" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=e110a203e6dd8af4f54714&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make an on-line slideshow at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-38006551231097634052011-05-27T11:53:00.001-07:002011-05-27T11:53:34.963-07:00Ella Watching the Roller Coaster<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=e0bdcefb60f39dac04e22c" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=e0bdcefb60f39dac04e22c&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-42256002105565594172011-05-07T04:00:00.000-07:002011-05-07T04:00:01.831-07:00One Year Ago Today!!!<div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">One Year Ago</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7y6kaA05MvNVeujLRZFfeWz1mD5GuUXbK4iL79DgXPEaWKAGthufE6ow-wjF6A8kZR8dXudOdcKBmVrF6eRZfTFPvIlcf2g3PAPjYoBvthyphenhyphenf7yI2C7m2WHyfOHiBTKs1BNEPX5d9_F8N/s1600/IMG_4534.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603876316590008946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7y6kaA05MvNVeujLRZFfeWz1mD5GuUXbK4iL79DgXPEaWKAGthufE6ow-wjF6A8kZR8dXudOdcKBmVrF6eRZfTFPvIlcf2g3PAPjYoBvthyphenhyphenf7yI2C7m2WHyfOHiBTKs1BNEPX5d9_F8N/s400/IMG_4534.JPG" /></a> One year ago today, we found ourselves in the oncology clinic for what we thought was just a blood transfusion because Ella's hemoglobin was low. But when they took her blood that day, they saw the dreaded leukemia cells that we had been waiting to rear their ugly head. Instead of going home that night, we were sent over to the hospital where Ella stayed for the next 28 days. It is almost sureal to imagine that it has been a year since that day already. Of course I am so thankful that she remains cancer free at this time and I can only hope that before too long, we will be celebrating one year of her being cancer free and then hopefully five years etc.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I know this blog has been sort of neglected lately, but as I come back to it, I can't help but remember how important this blog and all of my dear blog friends were to me during all those months spent in the the hospital. I am forever grateful to everyone who was able to visit in person but also equally so to those of you who were there with me in spirit and with their supportive words. Thank you!! And, please, every once in a while, would you mind saying a prayer for Ella and that she continues to remain cancer free!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Today!!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8P6TF3NYzAEHNYHL8t5rsdJ3zfrKBzRqlBnZ3z50uMupMn-FN5GHDX8PhLBzbx49qEDEX4pBfYXW6d_pLtlMA79cVThvc6R5GiQL0B-xJk5tXzpGFW3JbNgW7HmK7AMp2Vz8Tk3-L8Jx/s1600/P5060230.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 286px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603876307217247794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8P6TF3NYzAEHNYHL8t5rsdJ3zfrKBzRqlBnZ3z50uMupMn-FN5GHDX8PhLBzbx49qEDEX4pBfYXW6d_pLtlMA79cVThvc6R5GiQL0B-xJk5tXzpGFW3JbNgW7HmK7AMp2Vz8Tk3-L8Jx/s400/P5060230.JPG" /></a> (Darling outfit courtesy of Darlena Lehnick)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-23449118375504953012011-05-01T13:25:00.001-07:002011-05-02T07:38:11.790-07:00A VERY Special Meet Up With Carly's Parents, Joany and Paul<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8NgrvOqHDDa7UCB8mrBuZIRjrcR4aRgpMza9WgO88MVRzSDym11AcPmbjAEc2Xe1I6_AZ1X_KxsnTe62tRLhB-ybBSeYVbMj7myf68n9o-LCL_TFiDEuY9Xkg0O1uFBke7dDrTm0ehbb/s1600/P4300204.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601850471328144290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8NgrvOqHDDa7UCB8mrBuZIRjrcR4aRgpMza9WgO88MVRzSDym11AcPmbjAEc2Xe1I6_AZ1X_KxsnTe62tRLhB-ybBSeYVbMj7myf68n9o-LCL_TFiDEuY9Xkg0O1uFBke7dDrTm0ehbb/s400/P4300204.JPG" /></a><br />Wow!!! What a day yesterday was!! Ella and I along with <a href="http://littlewonders-heather.blogspot.com/">Zoey and her mom, Heather</a>, separately made our ways north to Bakersfield. Awaiting us there were Joany and Paul George, the amazing parents of the sweet and beautiful <a href="http://abandcsmom.blogspot.com/">Angel Carly</a>. They were in California for a much needed getaway. You see, just one year ago, they lost Carly unexpectantly. Obviously this past year has been an unimaginable one for them full of so much sadness and loss. Joany has been such an open book to us all in sharing her sorrow and I know that I personally have learned a great deal from her. My heart has been so weighted for them all year but finally getting to meet them in person truly gave me a renewed sense of hope. Yes, they are still full of pain and No, the loss of Carly has not gotten any easier BUT they were still glowing with life and it showed in every bit of attention that they gave to Ella and Zoey throughout the day. Life does continue to move forward for them although it will never be the same. Carly was very much alive in our conversations and tears yesterday and I am now even angrier that she was taken so soon because I have seen, in person, what wonderful parents Paul and Joany are and what love they have to give to their beautiful daughter. They should still be giving her that love!! I just hope that they realize what a lasting impression they made on us and that we will always treasure the day we got to spend with them. They are amazing people who have been dealt a horrible blow in life. But I truly believe that Carly is shining through them more than they even realize. Thank you so much Joany and Paul for sharing this day with us. I don't think you have a clue as to how special it was to us!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Paul warming up to Ella and Zoey at lunch</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCYTipWjmF5cBGETBmUsCvLlTDtaXWv0L69PBQN8O10tE87_v4OXG2WjrjTt7vkTBIa9g-ZfJJdY-1tKDMkbv9F7AcBJi5atLTGFl1_3lAiqK6O-deGhywOnc20HcCyj8a603n6g8lERk/s1600/P4300186.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601850461262274290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCYTipWjmF5cBGETBmUsCvLlTDtaXWv0L69PBQN8O10tE87_v4OXG2WjrjTt7vkTBIa9g-ZfJJdY-1tKDMkbv9F7AcBJi5atLTGFl1_3lAiqK6O-deGhywOnc20HcCyj8a603n6g8lERk/s400/P4300186.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The Mamas, Heather, Joany and Myself<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFtYSVyTmBCfn9bvH5l09C4JSFvswBb1t_2sOvLLU_qEvyH6F7AUWzBCH2TiVyiY9blBHjv1ln8NWIouVCkaXGSYX3SV0c4siyWLbd6hUm6Nj6oiSTa-WY7_oE3rIW7kr_TJ_qS1qwfvj/s1600/P4300188.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601850456927693906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVFtYSVyTmBCfn9bvH5l09C4JSFvswBb1t_2sOvLLU_qEvyH6F7AUWzBCH2TiVyiY9blBHjv1ln8NWIouVCkaXGSYX3SV0c4siyWLbd6hUm6Nj6oiSTa-WY7_oE3rIW7kr_TJ_qS1qwfvj/s400/P4300188.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella getting ready for her adventurous afternoon<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CFRTVxGsYQ-fYTphARfM1_YxT3eHrq_dykfzPqWZXwiComh8a6xc838-_fH8pApr62a-cwJuKZfq-DYDtdIsulmUz7dkEbKnrsdSGyjdLfy_Ukxn0Ugis8uzRPby2b4ny2jZOEnWEzgP/s1600/P4300192.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601850446263190338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CFRTVxGsYQ-fYTphARfM1_YxT3eHrq_dykfzPqWZXwiComh8a6xc838-_fH8pApr62a-cwJuKZfq-DYDtdIsulmUz7dkEbKnrsdSGyjdLfy_Ukxn0Ugis8uzRPby2b4ny2jZOEnWEzgP/s400/P4300192.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ella and Zoey....LOVE these two girls<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPiG7Iv06iycAdFMekwQmqWiqjTeiocnVTjaTo8KT5hVYI5-RRFlkjBO9_xXIU78aOm3t63DgMXV2RYYT93x0Fy2SWbxUj0ya7PCewfN_j1ghs0v1NPiKdpM52UnNh7tEh9KpD4FdAAd3/s1600/P4300193.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601850443951285586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPiG7Iv06iycAdFMekwQmqWiqjTeiocnVTjaTo8KT5hVYI5-RRFlkjBO9_xXIU78aOm3t63DgMXV2RYYT93x0Fy2SWbxUj0ya7PCewfN_j1ghs0v1NPiKdpM52UnNh7tEh9KpD4FdAAd3/s400/P4300193.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Paul and the girls<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJy1Fwf91mAjPx4g3Yd_baIGVGniFYGcGM-9AvdurFYRDJfnVsVNWmEldMjYErHZuJJfcAPXYZy7WLGFXioNOO009_x5xYuqD2E2wPA8FcBNvEeWwmu9cJCqtv_8R7KHYopa9E21Mcuzm/s1600/P4300196.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601849182722303474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJy1Fwf91mAjPx4g3Yd_baIGVGniFYGcGM-9AvdurFYRDJfnVsVNWmEldMjYErHZuJJfcAPXYZy7WLGFXioNOO009_x5xYuqD2E2wPA8FcBNvEeWwmu9cJCqtv_8R7KHYopa9E21Mcuzm/s400/P4300196.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />The whole group....what a special day we had!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_gm2PwDaeDLPAa8shauH1hP0FEQ-68p5hxWWuf6VBcuJwWStVVwwe-I_fece8BwP90YXLDy-sk-xdhWIs3j4Hj7ajfNNrKmGbDViyyxtuH20LsX9PcYmPe59Z1rOVoOd-IDsFrlRQ65c/s1600/P4300206.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601849176253864530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_gm2PwDaeDLPAa8shauH1hP0FEQ-68p5hxWWuf6VBcuJwWStVVwwe-I_fece8BwP90YXLDy-sk-xdhWIs3j4Hj7ajfNNrKmGbDViyyxtuH20LsX9PcYmPe59Z1rOVoOd-IDsFrlRQ65c/s400/P4300206.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella saw a gopher pop its head up and waited at least 5 minutes</div><br /><br /><br /><div>for it to come back<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x7cLP2caUytxKXJR7uk0WubdMa1QktiT_IBITdX2HhWDwIuhbGAEibkL9cv-8VbRsjCGQY-hHlkfcXrkOCKcm5tteac73a2KwoStou_S3tCDQZ2nOHj4LMbfATt1rxdT81Z1JrkdTIfy/s1600/P4300210.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601849170291889394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4x7cLP2caUytxKXJR7uk0WubdMa1QktiT_IBITdX2HhWDwIuhbGAEibkL9cv-8VbRsjCGQY-hHlkfcXrkOCKcm5tteac73a2KwoStou_S3tCDQZ2nOHj4LMbfATt1rxdT81Z1JrkdTIfy/s400/P4300210.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella and Paul waiting for that gopher<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBr-sKGeKrMFZnWYGhPRbvKCkYFkfc50ka_JoBPBM4rJz1QWTPx6lDfuXwadCMmm-6u8A33dHOUnZtdwrzrbXN_S64-ijwBxnXgWqF4wCgVTm5BS9tCvKqU2plrCmRibotJIeIjOEUk6R/s1600/Bakersfield.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601849165273667986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCBr-sKGeKrMFZnWYGhPRbvKCkYFkfc50ka_JoBPBM4rJz1QWTPx6lDfuXwadCMmm-6u8A33dHOUnZtdwrzrbXN_S64-ijwBxnXgWqF4wCgVTm5BS9tCvKqU2plrCmRibotJIeIjOEUk6R/s400/Bakersfield.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Still waiting.......<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NelHHAd24NQ80ekLCrkTnzFDpek2tlbYC0EHWyeUDuLdZZ6zBSkToFdD6O5FUjAMf1FyJ4Aq-OatGjzPUMu_PaMiEL3h0YpbypF2C2RMNoSwv_ud4DiBSPkWRrlX4A9kNgeDyhJQxOXm/s1600/P4300211.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601849164964235634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NelHHAd24NQ80ekLCrkTnzFDpek2tlbYC0EHWyeUDuLdZZ6zBSkToFdD6O5FUjAMf1FyJ4Aq-OatGjzPUMu_PaMiEL3h0YpbypF2C2RMNoSwv_ud4DiBSPkWRrlX4A9kNgeDyhJQxOXm/s400/P4300211.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Now they have moved on to a snake :(<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WitQYe8EyngBBm3zPoV4rKoaE6I8KPb46tgbQZPdo7xPlEzHAv8ztDRmSuUekppi1svfGE5Xy9wDk8pbBV7kpnYcCLAx7wOmv_8axR-PmoZQxPUuVp868fjMqzcv9kC-pfHHQD4UPTOW/s1600/Bakersfield2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601847736956780930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WitQYe8EyngBBm3zPoV4rKoaE6I8KPb46tgbQZPdo7xPlEzHAv8ztDRmSuUekppi1svfGE5Xy9wDk8pbBV7kpnYcCLAx7wOmv_8axR-PmoZQxPUuVp868fjMqzcv9kC-pfHHQD4UPTOW/s400/Bakersfield2.jpg" /></a><br />Ella is VERY interested in it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnKPnsZyzv_MMbUheOICEQsimrCiEwl-B6hENWIBdjNLo7fy6rFsFF5XXy9MiNmCOE3oj3zt9V_X4xn6sXZs7DDrP8L6tYmXIaqG5OMFWP-Pmu9aJ2DmmkjlXOcKOhE2-8PnPqLniCWoe/s1600/P4300213.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601847732561882322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnKPnsZyzv_MMbUheOICEQsimrCiEwl-B6hENWIBdjNLo7fy6rFsFF5XXy9MiNmCOE3oj3zt9V_X4xn6sXZs7DDrP8L6tYmXIaqG5OMFWP-Pmu9aJ2DmmkjlXOcKOhE2-8PnPqLniCWoe/s400/P4300213.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ewwwww!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGEdA9DhxDstdBOqRFWFEpkIOvXF5oMgSc5prJTNVMqbtlb1oeYGpGJO5D7kwRe1EK3S9Mq2BKZRH1TSdAPYGniHnrvpto2-X9gnpSuEyecGbsRQJLV326S1PN4YZn98UkCxhkrr0b1Py/s1600/Bakersfield1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601847731399976130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGEdA9DhxDstdBOqRFWFEpkIOvXF5oMgSc5prJTNVMqbtlb1oeYGpGJO5D7kwRe1EK3S9Mq2BKZRH1TSdAPYGniHnrvpto2-X9gnpSuEyecGbsRQJLV326S1PN4YZn98UkCxhkrr0b1Py/s400/Bakersfield1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The picture that makes me cry every time.....Paul and Zoey</div><br /><br /><br /><div>just hung out here for quite some time!!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrhNX7Zd17jBTF_nQkS-9CzukuuNVyqOa7ylD8t8Tfkht3tAQBqwRBY-UwbkVndutGQSWqkltdVauORUPDrMuZSlpvjI2gLUhLgpE7mZgNCXmLj0uMcntqOMQlWnyFENLqeYwe09O69af/s1600/P4300215.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601847725634485042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrhNX7Zd17jBTF_nQkS-9CzukuuNVyqOa7ylD8t8Tfkht3tAQBqwRBY-UwbkVndutGQSWqkltdVauORUPDrMuZSlpvjI2gLUhLgpE7mZgNCXmLj0uMcntqOMQlWnyFENLqeYwe09O69af/s400/P4300215.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Ella at the end of her very adventurous day....she needed</div><br /><br /><br /><div>a complete clothing change!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcHKnxAKjozMVyUd56YqN_0AR7ETlTkyU-pBOOJDhDJs_7mXFCobQVUiLu5YJf4WwwIegB11bFv_kXKI1hhnkLBijY3ORlHiZM4XarltVBjtbKUv6qjgQeWpH517H0sLF67mEfAdQekP9/s1600/P4300216.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601847720087045474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcHKnxAKjozMVyUd56YqN_0AR7ETlTkyU-pBOOJDhDJs_7mXFCobQVUiLu5YJf4WwwIegB11bFv_kXKI1hhnkLBijY3ORlHiZM4XarltVBjtbKUv6qjgQeWpH517H0sLF67mEfAdQekP9/s400/P4300216.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-9024930955047987852011-03-23T13:29:00.001-07:002011-03-23T15:37:26.588-07:00Ella's Birthday Party (and lots of other goodies)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKEayiBr_CZxm_hSVuTvP8JAzFgqKXKMjF9dOcGYwWLFSvx74P3NcBs_NGxPFP1ItUWh1YB7I6NGESEq-zy-IY_iOUFBgyRbqLBvMnwH_DYJsgmYudUxTEd5jIBQuxGqgiL0AZPJGjOif/s1600/IMG_1454.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382604118627314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKEayiBr_CZxm_hSVuTvP8JAzFgqKXKMjF9dOcGYwWLFSvx74P3NcBs_NGxPFP1ItUWh1YB7I6NGESEq-zy-IY_iOUFBgyRbqLBvMnwH_DYJsgmYudUxTEd5jIBQuxGqgiL0AZPJGjOif/s400/IMG_1454.JPG" /></a> Oh what a fun, whirlwind weekend we had!! Ella's party was all I hoped it would be. It was so amazing to have all of these wonderful families together in one place. And what fun it was to stand back and see people meet for the first time who have only known each other online. There is an instant connection that can't be explained between us all. I mean, how often do you see people flying hundreds of miles to visit someone they have never met....and even stay in their house!! <a href="http://faithssecret.blogspot.com/">Stephanie and Faith </a>and Jennifer and Abby (no blog) took a gamble on us and came for a visit. And what fun it was!! That was the original impetus for planning Ella's party and then it just grew from there. Next <a href="http://theheflinfamily.blogspot.com/">Cammie and Addy </a>made plans to come out for Spring break and to stay with <a href="http://littlewonders-heather.blogspot.com/">Heather and Zoey</a>. Then <a href="http://jaxsonsfight.blogspot.com/">Lacey and her family </a>decided to make the trip from Utah. As chance would have it, <a href="http://thebalsisfamily.blogspot.com/">Bethany </a>and her friend Linda were out here at the same time for a conference and then so many of our Southern California friends who are friends with all of these out-of-staters were able to join us. It was awesome!!! But I do have a few regrets. I feel like I hardly got to spend any quality time talking with anyone. Just a few chats here and there, but I guess that is to be expected when you are the host. I hope no one takes it personally. My other regret is that I didn't get any pictures of all of us Moms or of the Moms holding their cuties. Oh well....can't change that now. In lieu of gifts (although some of you didn't listen :) we raised some money for Lera instead. I am happy to report that we got over $250 in cash the day of the party and I know that in addition, a few people donated directly to Lera's website so hopefully we made a little difference. Although, rumor has it that Lera is going to be getting a large donation and therefore may be fully funded. Once that is confirmed, we will choose another family to donate our money to if Lera's family no longer needs it. How awesome would that be.<br /><br />The day after Ella's party, Stephanie, Jen and I took our 3 girls on an adventure to Los Angeles. I say adventure because it was literally raining cats and dogs the whole way there and back. But it was worth it because we met up with Heather, Cammie, Addy and Zoey at the Hard Rock Cafe in Universal Studios. It was wonderful to sit at a table with our 5 special girls and be so proud of each of them. After lunch, we did some typical tourist stuff like driving around the big homes of Beverly Hills and driving down Hollywood Blvd looking at the stars in the sidewalk. It was raining so hard and the little ones were either sleeping or crying so I just drove along and every once in a while Stephanie and Jen would jump out to take some photos. It was an exhausting day but definitely worth it. We had hoped to meet up with some other Ds moms for dinner that night but the kids weren't on board with that at all.<br /><br />Ella wasn't really herself at her party, just not as social as usual. And then the next day when we drove to LA, she was a grumpy mess!! I think she cried almost the whole way home while we inched along in the pouring down rain. This is so unlike her and by Monday, we realized that it was because she was in the midst of getting a yucky cold. Bummer but thank goodness she wasn't a snotty mess at her party. (hope everyone wasn't exposed).<br /><br />All of our guests are gone now :( and I guess we must get back to life. Tomorrow is Ella's IEP meeting for preschool. Hopefully it will go well. I am not going in looking for a fight. My view is that it is only preschool and my main goals are for her to get some regular socializing with her peers and to start learning how to follow rules in the classroom. I know they will be working with her on some of her therapies and that is all I really ask for. Our Spring break is the following 2 weeks and Ella will turn 3 during that break so will most likely start school on April 11th....I can't believe it!!! She seems so small!!<br /><br />Anyway, now for a ton of pictures from the party and various events afterward. Thanks again to all of you who were able to make it and to those of you who weren't, you were definitely missed!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The first spot everyone plopped down to get to know each other</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM1nqs9KSVax3ITyMpS5YyILEEnxBUibxCv7F60UHFCVACJpWQcasCbSgyniQ5FwsbidwnkPy1uNiUWKiGIc4lojYuhmfvSEfyRmER_2WdG7gfPMtPY4oCqh56VfTPNkPuMXrtCCW-W3H/s1600/IMG_1448.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382597286937282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM1nqs9KSVax3ITyMpS5YyILEEnxBUibxCv7F60UHFCVACJpWQcasCbSgyniQ5FwsbidwnkPy1uNiUWKiGIc4lojYuhmfvSEfyRmER_2WdG7gfPMtPY4oCqh56VfTPNkPuMXrtCCW-W3H/s400/IMG_1448.JPG" /></a><br />Pure Sweetness.....Jax and Addy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx62CAsIWqowa5kJAHRMUfckG8XyQFXqKtJVf6pe1Jc5DGX-WsY0ald5sNwvjoNAIyS59OYN2CgrnJgfuqBOdadxDm4NoI09IKdU8e4CrntcUnXffnklrWy4_NXp7jovUfttWrtLpyKiV/s1600/IMG_1450.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382595232308434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx62CAsIWqowa5kJAHRMUfckG8XyQFXqKtJVf6pe1Jc5DGX-WsY0ald5sNwvjoNAIyS59OYN2CgrnJgfuqBOdadxDm4NoI09IKdU8e4CrntcUnXffnklrWy4_NXp7jovUfttWrtLpyKiV/s400/IMG_1450.JPG" /></a><br /><br />My daughter Emma and her friend, Megan<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBVmjs3DaJ69tUiRKc7Gzl_i2hScdE48Oyt61xeKwtRsTkpMIjK3rflLO5xlpaZo1S3gcy2wlDr-GCtq0xQHe20cDJVPr3ZvOYm9jiT7pOQMt6kZzIBUS7PONrVPKQu-fG3KTYyK-K8H2/s1600/IMG_1452.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382583597581346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBVmjs3DaJ69tUiRKc7Gzl_i2hScdE48Oyt61xeKwtRsTkpMIjK3rflLO5xlpaZo1S3gcy2wlDr-GCtq0xQHe20cDJVPr3ZvOYm9jiT7pOQMt6kZzIBUS7PONrVPKQu-fG3KTYyK-K8H2/s400/IMG_1452.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella and her new friend, River (he is a couple </div><div>months younger than her..I think she is small)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1b_mRVcQRFfV-ZwA6_-hBdDReUF2Ct552iPlU_1A1XLlkkhGmplqbO6kDndl_6PHT6wzR3la16-q0D8dt1519YARrpJoOdLvo-dlArM5uz0x2r8Vg6l2GHK0Juk_h7qLmXg9rAGOcV6xf/s1600/IMG_1455.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587381092164852050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1b_mRVcQRFfV-ZwA6_-hBdDReUF2Ct552iPlU_1A1XLlkkhGmplqbO6kDndl_6PHT6wzR3la16-q0D8dt1519YARrpJoOdLvo-dlArM5uz0x2r8Vg6l2GHK0Juk_h7qLmXg9rAGOcV6xf/s400/IMG_1455.JPG" /></a><br />Ella and <a href="http://lifewithsweetpea.blogspot.com/">Sweet Pea<br /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzdSZNdtvjojDzTcOWPpDRbBMU4dYWarppr-Dn3lw-bOkmQ9snSg911Usuw_C2EXWcIazPVP-3s-5fk_FwzGCIHcHieb9gj-vOg7vs-jyMLC2qwVXTFutf0cZoeASGRusKyLWXY9b7cKq/s1600/IMG_1461.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587381083112268386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzdSZNdtvjojDzTcOWPpDRbBMU4dYWarppr-Dn3lw-bOkmQ9snSg911Usuw_C2EXWcIazPVP-3s-5fk_FwzGCIHcHieb9gj-vOg7vs-jyMLC2qwVXTFutf0cZoeASGRusKyLWXY9b7cKq/s400/IMG_1461.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella and her favorite person (herself)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTghCVep894gqH8uQ4N91vOZqI_SnMSbX2yWasI_psegQlTKEF0mJ2vP5Ix9YIdsntMkkmq5RUTsmencGKmIqqvN9xKGVauyJhjDcJCd8Zas6jUpUaC6sTh8QuQcfyM4_e3f_s7sy2YIYB/s1600/IMG_1462.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587381072938098162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTghCVep894gqH8uQ4N91vOZqI_SnMSbX2yWasI_psegQlTKEF0mJ2vP5Ix9YIdsntMkkmq5RUTsmencGKmIqqvN9xKGVauyJhjDcJCd8Zas6jUpUaC6sTh8QuQcfyM4_e3f_s7sy2YIYB/s400/IMG_1462.JPG" /></a><br />Our resident Ds model, Arina<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyvq9plSTUMwt2Ry9GIWFWNqigTeHOiDVjYWq3RzuydsEE6WKlv7qOPF2kzrUBq9r4tC3hVTdcWIxp6V4sfm9hHGLhreCb2Wq-8MWG68iTZu_hqcQmFppGYkg2DOBADjPRoN4UOf5RMgy/s1600/IMG_1463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587381065069926082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyvq9plSTUMwt2Ry9GIWFWNqigTeHOiDVjYWq3RzuydsEE6WKlv7qOPF2kzrUBq9r4tC3hVTdcWIxp6V4sfm9hHGLhreCb2Wq-8MWG68iTZu_hqcQmFppGYkg2DOBADjPRoN4UOf5RMgy/s400/IMG_1463.JPG" /></a><br /><br />One of many attempts at getting a picture of the kids....ha ha!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOsLeczjNM7kiIHqvzXQkgHZd7TiqqqDU9LyYNf_T2WSc6n7rcYtrOaOlQcbbMdUA0outyYOL-kwdu89Nj53Rz4sQZGI5Q3vt5TfQBhLPcaoWxxRb9m4yZCK8SR-6cq9xrM8FIn168VaI/s1600/IMG_1464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587381055584761554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOsLeczjNM7kiIHqvzXQkgHZd7TiqqqDU9LyYNf_T2WSc6n7rcYtrOaOlQcbbMdUA0outyYOL-kwdu89Nj53Rz4sQZGI5Q3vt5TfQBhLPcaoWxxRb9m4yZCK8SR-6cq9xrM8FIn168VaI/s400/IMG_1464.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AwJPCIQ4jPBmaYH4Hi7FP8C2A4hKMZZwKQHvTeqYpWbUxy7j0NAKpA7GLHD2OnAveYnfSO_3to2WSSe-cJT4zai_rTYPHc59scihE6bWiHE7eLZHvkBOpuEIsAQjsdLoIsA61VX1cGSD/s1600/IMG_1467.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379997396247858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AwJPCIQ4jPBmaYH4Hi7FP8C2A4hKMZZwKQHvTeqYpWbUxy7j0NAKpA7GLHD2OnAveYnfSO_3to2WSSe-cJT4zai_rTYPHc59scihE6bWiHE7eLZHvkBOpuEIsAQjsdLoIsA61VX1cGSD/s400/IMG_1467.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQnZf3pD4N4hY0opWmIKorCXiGeK7QFTIM5D856knAoBcsq_RXwkdAiu6yVeVYxKuu_vmQ6fvxF5YGVwTIDB31swTk5OzMbOJgm-WRT9jiZeYChlhpDKhAhyLlXoE_a9wBTLH8_XYNCmm/s1600/IMG_1469.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379994640233298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQnZf3pD4N4hY0opWmIKorCXiGeK7QFTIM5D856knAoBcsq_RXwkdAiu6yVeVYxKuu_vmQ6fvxF5YGVwTIDB31swTk5OzMbOJgm-WRT9jiZeYChlhpDKhAhyLlXoE_a9wBTLH8_XYNCmm/s400/IMG_1469.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYglE4pZi7dj41Lzz97mV6NQ3LureaveTM_rce1NXIq5OOD2U7p58eugoNWFaLOKJPKsZ_k6QeGcvqmrqBDWjzG5I8sk48bUqQKBK6u9_WHFIPNd_q_nnP-G80yRIoUcCmRJU2eDTvMBvC/s1600/IMG_1475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379984547240610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYglE4pZi7dj41Lzz97mV6NQ3LureaveTM_rce1NXIq5OOD2U7p58eugoNWFaLOKJPKsZ_k6QeGcvqmrqBDWjzG5I8sk48bUqQKBK6u9_WHFIPNd_q_nnP-G80yRIoUcCmRJU2eDTvMBvC/s400/IMG_1475.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFbOydthNQ2KV69YDsjVIcDtCUNk8stFFpEGni5086jsSIW-OAhkykTUwno2R9CNMhW-GckY1sNEcCKffwa6rsBz07R_nD6XnexxbRP2eWKprRWWqQ8X2-ZdC0K3TJ64es7i-nV6L6rBF/s1600/IMG_1476.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379976012462114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFbOydthNQ2KV69YDsjVIcDtCUNk8stFFpEGni5086jsSIW-OAhkykTUwno2R9CNMhW-GckY1sNEcCKffwa6rsBz07R_nD6XnexxbRP2eWKprRWWqQ8X2-ZdC0K3TJ64es7i-nV6L6rBF/s400/IMG_1476.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella's cake<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOTQq1atzFzvfePF_Loa5pv6dNaHHIf3Ob-wKcNqCc74_MLCGJ6nEFaRjTbU_MhsIalp23ZJuK0gwpqDFPEon5uweu05UvqpGqBEBu_huOlM0338yFL1wxbtFO0rWaJzXG7sf7sO7nMYZ/s1600/IMG_1479.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587379972787934690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOTQq1atzFzvfePF_Loa5pv6dNaHHIf3Ob-wKcNqCc74_MLCGJ6nEFaRjTbU_MhsIalp23ZJuK0gwpqDFPEon5uweu05UvqpGqBEBu_huOlM0338yFL1wxbtFO0rWaJzXG7sf7sO7nMYZ/s400/IMG_1479.JPG" /></a><br />Ella and me with her cake<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpIdNNU6ExsfXaftsePLVcFJwARjKFQ-f2HhEqrNdJMd8VCeawbwK1FhAH9SCq54rMhYa7Nq1n9bap9eeL0E37sfw9F9yCkQxaLM7bc6wjzmSZdHYahAWNfzs8QFesySiKvWNnfCEXtjj/s1600/IMG_1482.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587378976867521746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpIdNNU6ExsfXaftsePLVcFJwARjKFQ-f2HhEqrNdJMd8VCeawbwK1FhAH9SCq54rMhYa7Nq1n9bap9eeL0E37sfw9F9yCkQxaLM7bc6wjzmSZdHYahAWNfzs8QFesySiKvWNnfCEXtjj/s400/IMG_1482.JPG" /></a><br />Trying to get her to put her fingers in the cake<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdZXxZPYinIOCfLYXAi433uW_LAKykqR4NN3lPMUASyG1cZlWl6poNaMwi8g0yosJntoPCqRPP-ReQ4TFhuBm821Zze19Tz9sf5L1X1xQcMGP3aJzgY3EeZQLmMqxqGCkawYSIVTjNlIj/s1600/IMG_1483.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587378969701276258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdZXxZPYinIOCfLYXAi433uW_LAKykqR4NN3lPMUASyG1cZlWl6poNaMwi8g0yosJntoPCqRPP-ReQ4TFhuBm821Zze19Tz9sf5L1X1xQcMGP3aJzgY3EeZQLmMqxqGCkawYSIVTjNlIj/s400/IMG_1483.JPG" /></a><br />She finally touched it but didn't know what to do with the</div><div>frosting....silly girl, she has so much to learn!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IP3dPiB1j282rnMw9Zb1ICfWnES-6SC0eA9NTxXAH7Vjsijggg1kYSiJgbsZXI9swR9_RIBZsHUfjgJLQFk4wVfnSPU3ITpoeOv6f7H_XvpLytLQIP9tAsx_Bh4fYDxvSzLpalc9jBCK/s1600/IMG_1484.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587378961071150882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IP3dPiB1j282rnMw9Zb1ICfWnES-6SC0eA9NTxXAH7Vjsijggg1kYSiJgbsZXI9swR9_RIBZsHUfjgJLQFk4wVfnSPU3ITpoeOv6f7H_XvpLytLQIP9tAsx_Bh4fYDxvSzLpalc9jBCK/s400/IMG_1484.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Jax and Arina and their family came back to our house for a </div><div>bit after the party so we had the opportunity for more Arina pics!! </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaCzrhQbcrpMaqYb8C5nBvHZY9POYOtmJQ8dDY8FGsruvxwW1CfQH4Ks7DkVsVBBnlg6j4qeFTD-AfFRzE-8eCNlXW9lWfxAq7-FxBK0hooTgFsGsS-9cSJvrV_JKbz2XbTiHSinn2yP5/s1600/IMG_1489.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587378952956502258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaCzrhQbcrpMaqYb8C5nBvHZY9POYOtmJQ8dDY8FGsruvxwW1CfQH4Ks7DkVsVBBnlg6j4qeFTD-AfFRzE-8eCNlXW9lWfxAq7-FxBK0hooTgFsGsS-9cSJvrV_JKbz2XbTiHSinn2yP5/s400/IMG_1489.JPG" /></a><br />Sweet Tanner loving on Ella like he always does :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWvQ-W1p1nXNjz_Kn5QERngwZcuX5wK9JGXKoCK5hcjYYOsPR4IM6TdMV8nolnydbTbAoLsDKN5HOy0pp7C8vWyibGBMBYL8jJP1-1YXRfzziv4GBsJovDoEtkfthyphenhyphentvmQ4Cw1QFQzUxB/s1600/IMG_1492.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587378944974220434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWvQ-W1p1nXNjz_Kn5QERngwZcuX5wK9JGXKoCK5hcjYYOsPR4IM6TdMV8nolnydbTbAoLsDKN5HOy0pp7C8vWyibGBMBYL8jJP1-1YXRfzziv4GBsJovDoEtkfthyphenhyphentvmQ4Cw1QFQzUxB/s400/IMG_1492.JPG" /></a><br /><br />At the Hard Rock....this pic kind of sums up Ella's day in LA!!</div><div>I am not sure if Zoey was annoyed by Ella's crying or showing signs</div><div>of her own oncoming cold.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPoKC8iEGS0tuGPDExalci5Vjtga3qoul61OX13q8KGHjjilwsQRPjg8q2X3fQQRodQS2pUAqzOOFjqWFHLL3k66lVlZLqurFQ5m35h5uaXPI8PYuo088dlQ760_r8E1uaBvZx1s0ETZE/s1600/IMG_1498.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587377909250142050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPoKC8iEGS0tuGPDExalci5Vjtga3qoul61OX13q8KGHjjilwsQRPjg8q2X3fQQRodQS2pUAqzOOFjqWFHLL3k66lVlZLqurFQ5m35h5uaXPI8PYuo088dlQ760_r8E1uaBvZx1s0ETZE/s400/IMG_1498.JPG" /></a><br />Cammie, Addy and I....a picture we missed the last time we </div><div>got together!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiQUyutJJ4Cci-iq-9hb5uS36IVKVPUCVO7fUiihp3bPXq15dOimln0YQOh6NhCVE4EKe-TLSQb3867CxWuXzXaJxOL6OldJUvABx3p-ekMv67ZO1X-HfMFwkLbE0i4vNb3tOqrNYHynH/s1600/IMG_1499.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587377893250741090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiQUyutJJ4Cci-iq-9hb5uS36IVKVPUCVO7fUiihp3bPXq15dOimln0YQOh6NhCVE4EKe-TLSQb3867CxWuXzXaJxOL6OldJUvABx3p-ekMv67ZO1X-HfMFwkLbE0i4vNb3tOqrNYHynH/s400/IMG_1499.JPG" /></a><br />My favorite picture!!! All of us moms and our beautiful daughters!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zdQyiuwBlpIPaUcG9Ff8blRtQqL3vg8GTW4uSUIytfpD0bAZ63_RQzZpZZeEv2XEW3d2_PWvoE92IvMkPNpXZ9MOH-VCVRQYpkmW2Y5-86t7vdxAiqM2z2EhcQq97c690GEYMNr6ghJZ/s1600/IMG_1501.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587377882636004498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zdQyiuwBlpIPaUcG9Ff8blRtQqL3vg8GTW4uSUIytfpD0bAZ63_RQzZpZZeEv2XEW3d2_PWvoE92IvMkPNpXZ9MOH-VCVRQYpkmW2Y5-86t7vdxAiqM2z2EhcQq97c690GEYMNr6ghJZ/s400/IMG_1501.JPG" /></a><br />Ella, Faith and Abby wearing their matching Old Navy sweatshirts</div><div>from Stephanie...love it!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8EdtHxJ2ZIRwpE9HfsOmYJF_SZMrXDrxZUP2hO4hB4gnRp0hQNquZli0gCF-iGf1V3aPoHORjWwOpgqf0vXHdAxDjHoMMbCW80nghEeIMYdjJdSd7mhWwGQ_Xs8o5w8wrPQHS3W6yVa-/s1600/IMG_1502.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587377873844298114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8EdtHxJ2ZIRwpE9HfsOmYJF_SZMrXDrxZUP2hO4hB4gnRp0hQNquZli0gCF-iGf1V3aPoHORjWwOpgqf0vXHdAxDjHoMMbCW80nghEeIMYdjJdSd7mhWwGQ_Xs8o5w8wrPQHS3W6yVa-/s400/IMG_1502.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Girls in pink!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK1enyb1mxohjGEPvD1JLCGNXd3AiNhyphenhyphengpgRYxUKodSa7_sdpQdvEpqD6KEpX7FHOLsfAqLMJ0CGaFPfEnAI-tPiqXlccFcIDfm0DO2Gf5x-silUlFk7esmGieqlNCIkT8PwggUJICE1Y/s1600/IMG_1527.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587377864495421602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK1enyb1mxohjGEPvD1JLCGNXd3AiNhyphenhyphengpgRYxUKodSa7_sdpQdvEpqD6KEpX7FHOLsfAqLMJ0CGaFPfEnAI-tPiqXlccFcIDfm0DO2Gf5x-silUlFk7esmGieqlNCIkT8PwggUJICE1Y/s400/IMG_1527.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Stephanie had these shirts made for us with a wonderful</div><div>Ds quote and a picture of daughter on it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9LWcf5WCvgEvvZUwYiTZuLX_b2_K8HW44jOWrS6_xz6CpZW40dJl_4FyjzGvsF2Z5BND847uWfQxDdaS3sdc6Bn3wlwZrKdQg9Sp3Bq59_qdJBkTZ9TMkpBUjjTfNWFxpgD2-ouNrrqA/s1600/IMG_1525.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376028695508898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9LWcf5WCvgEvvZUwYiTZuLX_b2_K8HW44jOWrS6_xz6CpZW40dJl_4FyjzGvsF2Z5BND847uWfQxDdaS3sdc6Bn3wlwZrKdQg9Sp3Bq59_qdJBkTZ9TMkpBUjjTfNWFxpgD2-ouNrrqA/s400/IMG_1525.JPG" /></a><br /><br />She also had these Tshirts made for our girls since they </div><div>were turning 1, 2 and 3 respectively...all within a 2 week period.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19ivqtLuhm0gAWrs_LvLkDrvfu6lmhHh3wmipmOUATv14r6dSWRoY9jpLVtsQ3T1vh3S2xEVeh6_KRv4Cltw3YWQ4-2U0QqzGYTtxBfbjKPgBsAEfp2RZpNMn3yUIew8JX-aIFKtKPFo3/s1600/IMG_1521.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376015924419010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19ivqtLuhm0gAWrs_LvLkDrvfu6lmhHh3wmipmOUATv14r6dSWRoY9jpLVtsQ3T1vh3S2xEVeh6_KRv4Cltw3YWQ4-2U0QqzGYTtxBfbjKPgBsAEfp2RZpNMn3yUIew8JX-aIFKtKPFo3/s400/IMG_1521.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This one had better smiles but you can't see the numbers</div><div>on the shirts as well!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdHgUS26kjV13u-IKcSdE1hB5kshnvITp6dHjFOrW5WgZvw0BIfINz919PiZgWVoanOkFqhHFMW38Qjln7Gl2mkLKv8txNQVTIPN7IRfbufVtRfMVyAx6pCLkTsmyY683um-ybXECCSlW/s1600/IMG_1515.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376002516883778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdHgUS26kjV13u-IKcSdE1hB5kshnvITp6dHjFOrW5WgZvw0BIfINz919PiZgWVoanOkFqhHFMW38Qjln7Gl2mkLKv8txNQVTIPN7IRfbufVtRfMVyAx6pCLkTsmyY683um-ybXECCSlW/s400/IMG_1515.JPG" /></a><br />So thankful to get to spend so much time with these</div><div>beautiful little angels!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_t4VRNsa54O5fi4WhKreg5gLmUCo217wQOBGlh08HR4Ge8BYuMn4Oz_8Rv2kgy8Zr8aixkBchGH9q232kN7UjW_EiWkNS90OvE6gLw3L2jTsGZD87StWmPGzg7HgOcCI72rn_kzDG9sy/s1600/IMG_1514.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 358px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376001116138802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_t4VRNsa54O5fi4WhKreg5gLmUCo217wQOBGlh08HR4Ge8BYuMn4Oz_8Rv2kgy8Zr8aixkBchGH9q232kN7UjW_EiWkNS90OvE6gLw3L2jTsGZD87StWmPGzg7HgOcCI72rn_kzDG9sy/s400/IMG_1514.JPG" /></a><br />Ella and Faith also had these matching jammies...of </div><div>course another failed attempt at a cute picture...but whatever!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjF_INl-Hzktmc8GG8cgO0pLlMxMx-7-L9uH8lrWeEzqlDytGAER-eG0z2WzOi1tTDucOAvUSUdRo-TMAKag3SAz_t-BUQyupyRFSE6bZjHiTcSTMLj0dBaIYSx2Q7GXBDTy0qEDDLbNr/s1600/IMG_1505.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587375995828886274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjF_INl-Hzktmc8GG8cgO0pLlMxMx-7-L9uH8lrWeEzqlDytGAER-eG0z2WzOi1tTDucOAvUSUdRo-TMAKag3SAz_t-BUQyupyRFSE6bZjHiTcSTMLj0dBaIYSx2Q7GXBDTy0qEDDLbNr/s400/IMG_1505.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-84895778426280961232011-03-17T15:40:00.001-07:002011-03-17T15:41:56.422-07:00Lookin Good in Green!!!HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YPrCRsTYQbQz_rHlzN9i06YEbXSysWwBFnFUTyh13olvENljpzR6KcysxzOBbzPs1BbHPzlwjsTnfOWOiVGcHNSIxzjVSKq6-nMDClx4hDx0KpA73YM9R_oP0C81tKoxRAd3njX0y9tE/s1600/IMG_1445.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585182727626889378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YPrCRsTYQbQz_rHlzN9i06YEbXSysWwBFnFUTyh13olvENljpzR6KcysxzOBbzPs1BbHPzlwjsTnfOWOiVGcHNSIxzjVSKq6-nMDClx4hDx0KpA73YM9R_oP0C81tKoxRAd3njX0y9tE/s400/IMG_1445.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-26541026818364512562011-03-15T08:18:00.001-07:002011-03-15T08:24:53.115-07:00It's Almost My Birthday Party!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fCYAjKVu6Uho2ZZsOt2O9T0A7dd4WLgWO8XDPN-Xf-Z8OEas06TaHJlpj84x7p1CC2EWouBMEroeDv1frY_M0YzP5-xdQs30o70sDIwdEqsqVkuxpGqNFQbd1jl_XOxYkopr7fhIadN3/s1600/IMG_1431.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584326535894687090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fCYAjKVu6Uho2ZZsOt2O9T0A7dd4WLgWO8XDPN-Xf-Z8OEas06TaHJlpj84x7p1CC2EWouBMEroeDv1frY_M0YzP5-xdQs30o70sDIwdEqsqVkuxpGqNFQbd1jl_XOxYkopr7fhIadN3/s400/IMG_1431.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />Hmmmm...me thinks that it is almost my 3rd birthday!! And ALL I am asking for is that you would be kind enough to give a few dollars (literally $5 or $10) to the family that is trying to save my friend Lera from life in an institution. You can donate directly here <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorhigbie">http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorhigbie </a> It would make my day!!<br /><br />We look forward to seeing soooo many of Ella's friends this weekend. The only thing that would make it better is if the rest of you could make it :)Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-82954796591526554862011-03-08T23:36:00.001-08:002011-03-08T23:37:07.442-08:00Love!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fhk9TNsZUU2znDmeDgg7azsjycs-KGSVBfqB5eGlaixSE7tpBdbUJBxVKvxBTDsC2lt2ViUUVMwFDFVlE6I4fJeraaCj2evNXjAuSmvqKkNcnIrC5weCdnO3bynvOPNwZuhEpYdOE3jJ/s1600/Ella+zoey%2527s+party.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581980965094309522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fhk9TNsZUU2znDmeDgg7azsjycs-KGSVBfqB5eGlaixSE7tpBdbUJBxVKvxBTDsC2lt2ViUUVMwFDFVlE6I4fJeraaCj2evNXjAuSmvqKkNcnIrC5weCdnO3bynvOPNwZuhEpYdOE3jJ/s400/Ella+zoey%2527s+party.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-89338162967754086132011-03-06T22:33:00.000-08:002011-03-07T00:34:06.398-08:00Fun At Zoey's Party And Other Things!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKmjDRPYXHoBuBsb2DDZo1UjVAKB3hHtWwUldO_63xB3Bw35jdTjn8AOc73qJGC4jmkc0wElIx-BUVhVjiGVbWRTnTn4rGZ0-jsYZfkh0fERa2Q7rYE5OGsBhuO6MT2QFAI3cABQldKGZ/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226949756230450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKmjDRPYXHoBuBsb2DDZo1UjVAKB3hHtWwUldO_63xB3Bw35jdTjn8AOc73qJGC4jmkc0wElIx-BUVhVjiGVbWRTnTn4rGZ0-jsYZfkh0fERa2Q7rYE5OGsBhuO6MT2QFAI3cABQldKGZ/s400/IMG_1375.JPG" /></a> First off, for the few of you that I may not be friends with on facebook, here is my current most favorite picture of Ella. I won this tutu from a raffle on <a href="http://www.savingourstarfish.blogspot.com/">Olga's blog </a>and it couldn't be cuter!! Of course I am a little partial to the model as well :) We had a fun little photo shoot in it!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJogxA550N5PvQzDW6lMQcHD757jQYPHL-m8emDxfGDzuCMfYrKw0vIRGhD7oggrqiFsG96DqpxwE1fm34_R77Y_KvnkbB0iTjuS7xACD1oq0rPi2dwTgaGIX4rLxr-43q1cfT8vkMJegu/s1600/IMG_1369.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226945806947266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJogxA550N5PvQzDW6lMQcHD757jQYPHL-m8emDxfGDzuCMfYrKw0vIRGhD7oggrqiFsG96DqpxwE1fm34_R77Y_KvnkbB0iTjuS7xACD1oq0rPi2dwTgaGIX4rLxr-43q1cfT8vkMJegu/s400/IMG_1369.JPG" /></a><br />Here is a picture of Ella and Daddy...thought this was a sweet one!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhdJPDDOFr0xMl_1nSJsNl4zWe0gIy1rkitcvqSy4Y_OcQCFm7VLSMe5XvHl_JYpk3Y6kshigobz72nu197y6SobJjZ80tAC_bKEmSW19MS1UDaREWmm_ZvVRrY2-UZqFdbGnt8mW-rqH/s1600/IMG_1411.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226938868066258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhdJPDDOFr0xMl_1nSJsNl4zWe0gIy1rkitcvqSy4Y_OcQCFm7VLSMe5XvHl_JYpk3Y6kshigobz72nu197y6SobJjZ80tAC_bKEmSW19MS1UDaREWmm_ZvVRrY2-UZqFdbGnt8mW-rqH/s400/IMG_1411.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We had Abbey's end of season basketball party tonight. I always<br />like to get a picture of the girls with their coaches as a memento.<br />And I am proud to say that Abbey made the All Star team for the second<br />year in a row :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1g_LQZPrXXBMdcf_TkBLPNbX2wjQPBt0-nZEQMva1lZPw1HJjDAZLJhrvbKRct56gA1vwSy2sdD4Tz77IZArvHQ2i1XehkIT_hrb3p7P4NN6JIhDBnDJBwnPo2HRtIM2jpP91-f8as6pv/s1600/IMG_1409.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226934712229778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1g_LQZPrXXBMdcf_TkBLPNbX2wjQPBt0-nZEQMva1lZPw1HJjDAZLJhrvbKRct56gA1vwSy2sdD4Tz77IZArvHQ2i1XehkIT_hrb3p7P4NN6JIhDBnDJBwnPo2HRtIM2jpP91-f8as6pv/s400/IMG_1409.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Here is Emma with her coach after their championship game. Unfortunately,<br />they lost by 2 points but they played awesome and still got a trophy<br />out of it!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYgY0LjzTJXNd9kCVQWXWfVnCWxJvrjK1B_3ubFtM84iCcsJg4OptkQHZEWBpCjxwUMyO_ckQt4VsLaYRYQ-qGCGgp1j1MAVDRPK1fX9rLeTIU9EsUNwS-aThoFhbBdV4kVeatIsUjBuF/s1600/IMG_1388.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226928212929442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYgY0LjzTJXNd9kCVQWXWfVnCWxJvrjK1B_3ubFtM84iCcsJg4OptkQHZEWBpCjxwUMyO_ckQt4VsLaYRYQ-qGCGgp1j1MAVDRPK1fX9rLeTIU9EsUNwS-aThoFhbBdV4kVeatIsUjBuF/s400/IMG_1388.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Emma also made the All Star team for the second year in a row.<br />Do you think her height has anything to do with it????<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL39Us8XBkatK7rJhfvHNfAVNfs8Jan2xklpYadLNL9xrj0G1Vcm9fz93ohuaRJPBn8Ku99fhAMiujAn8FOOf3pp99f1OHO1Wg83ABm-98XHwax0gzihne9n3h-i3AHuv07Yj6verUEzrZ/s1600/IMG_1389.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226252280495842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL39Us8XBkatK7rJhfvHNfAVNfs8Jan2xklpYadLNL9xrj0G1Vcm9fz93ohuaRJPBn8Ku99fhAMiujAn8FOOf3pp99f1OHO1Wg83ABm-98XHwax0gzihne9n3h-i3AHuv07Yj6verUEzrZ/s400/IMG_1389.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Today we had the pleasure of attending <a href="http://littlewonders-heather.blogspot.com/">Princess Fairy Zoey's </a>4th birthday party. It was so nice to get to spend some time with this wonderful family again. It was only the second time that we have been together without either Zoey or Ella being in the hospital which as you can imagine makes the visit so much more enjoyable. I had a heck of a time getting a good picture of Ella and Zoey together as you will see below. Zoey definitely had more love for the adults than she did with Ella today. She would give us all kisses goodbye but then flat out turn away when we brought Ella near.....gotta love her spirit :) Ella had the time of her life though. She spent the entire time we were there on the move exploring. It was new territory and she didn't want to miss a thing. She got to wear a pretty tutu that Zoey gave her and had fun interacting with the other little ones. Unfortunately she thought the fairy wand was a weapon and wasn't always behaving with it in her hand :) Thanks again to the Needham family for including us....we all really enjoyed ourselves!!<br /></div><div align="center">Isn't Princess Fairy Zoey just magical???</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DahAZe95CtKhAJIIoEquVDINkMM9JswIppaggk5qqxy1q7VhHAVIY01u2bGKp9o6KvUdYFv4bd8Dqle7JA2n832zOjv4yG7bKg3yC-bujuxM7AgWZAJlVmtKgC5_mV-BEJUW-0F0S3CV/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226244708218738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DahAZe95CtKhAJIIoEquVDINkMM9JswIppaggk5qqxy1q7VhHAVIY01u2bGKp9o6KvUdYFv4bd8Dqle7JA2n832zOjv4yG7bKg3yC-bujuxM7AgWZAJlVmtKgC5_mV-BEJUW-0F0S3CV/s400/IMG_1394.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is the best shot I could get of the fairies together......<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-l_u0NKoKORAvFixVIVVNRGJSd7PRRGBCVP9VmpO2iYBsWFoIiUUthFMh0-2LDkSfitvDkrHhentbRIGHgqgHnjKI-9nkhZkFzTXYSLW6rNkbcGnRdUFaHUQRs-PmtanKk3jL2893V3x/s1600/IMG_1393.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226236624784770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-l_u0NKoKORAvFixVIVVNRGJSd7PRRGBCVP9VmpO2iYBsWFoIiUUthFMh0-2LDkSfitvDkrHhentbRIGHgqgHnjKI-9nkhZkFzTXYSLW6rNkbcGnRdUFaHUQRs-PmtanKk3jL2893V3x/s400/IMG_1393.JPG" /></a><br /><br />But Zoey was right at home with Abbey and Abbey loved<br />every minute of her snuggle time.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV4XHlA7KhKrGkYc8ymPQBgsEHmnkbspHRT27_PgaZeTV_PZZgY-G8BfhfEZaL3uIpHamcp8vlre1CYPtvtocZqzMlOE6WHe4HpFBcNaMIM92vMXkVwfbeQOLRbR6ePhx4v74AAEKiW1l/s1600/IMG_1397.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226233223696242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV4XHlA7KhKrGkYc8ymPQBgsEHmnkbspHRT27_PgaZeTV_PZZgY-G8BfhfEZaL3uIpHamcp8vlre1CYPtvtocZqzMlOE6WHe4HpFBcNaMIM92vMXkVwfbeQOLRbR6ePhx4v74AAEKiW1l/s400/IMG_1397.JPG" /></a><br /><br />First time I have ever seen Zoey up on her legs. She </div><div>actually moved them from one room to the next. I was in awe and</div><div>of course missed the best pictures!! She was so proud of herself.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL3rtXl0aQWdG0Kvc20vJQl_2tK3srT6GD6_c69fxEtmWvVekt5pFh2c7NSvSCTb01Jdve9QrhkkjpoOsqOlP2t-t5Phes7kOnJ3vO-iAQUm8i82JF-Hhqsk86jWWjkCO4b5buIlXLy1Q/s1600/IMG_1398.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581226230879517650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL3rtXl0aQWdG0Kvc20vJQl_2tK3srT6GD6_c69fxEtmWvVekt5pFh2c7NSvSCTb01Jdve9QrhkkjpoOsqOlP2t-t5Phes7kOnJ3vO-iAQUm8i82JF-Hhqsk86jWWjkCO4b5buIlXLy1Q/s400/IMG_1398.JPG" /></a><br />Zoey and her big sister Caitlyn sharing their cake.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfi6mxiIhFM8ZmbDjEWjB4nPz5YnFaSFvfPXNvKwGNp1HRAz44lYWNS53lWNMnvieMBMleIwaSmvPG1kdUuZlKKW6ZRWMYNo6-WLfHasHqqOhbSk86qUs6rNQxDkZf1hkecajgFgwKJ-2/s1600/IMG_1400.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581223065256083330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfi6mxiIhFM8ZmbDjEWjB4nPz5YnFaSFvfPXNvKwGNp1HRAz44lYWNS53lWNMnvieMBMleIwaSmvPG1kdUuZlKKW6ZRWMYNo6-WLfHasHqqOhbSk86qUs6rNQxDkZf1hkecajgFgwKJ-2/s400/IMG_1400.JPG" /></a><br />Zoey preparing for her big kiss<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXDQGd0BXoONiXvq0KtWpzPiPb1Wx0jnpxDjjDzcAX6kKZ02rJuSbuPKev75cGov4vCfW_rxyBkjyiN7liGx7zx1h3vm8hSUOCi32VZowVOhiQZiA0JeyjKvQ8HkmKeAlely5cWRIdqG1/s1600/IMG_1403.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581223061849578578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXDQGd0BXoONiXvq0KtWpzPiPb1Wx0jnpxDjjDzcAX6kKZ02rJuSbuPKev75cGov4vCfW_rxyBkjyiN7liGx7zx1h3vm8hSUOCi32VZowVOhiQZiA0JeyjKvQ8HkmKeAlely5cWRIdqG1/s400/IMG_1403.JPG" /></a><br /><br />And there it is......a big Princess Fairy thank you!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XCoKlbSkKAO95ZZERfCtalXfQNAeuAe0m-_tyPn60yhxc9bmxCgwqtbi_8B71O-wH1PIZThNK_HYdEbwzI1msM5ixpo5gftwdIEJa9WYR_MHNCdungJtiWSEoky6BFj9RA9q1KZSySVh/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581223057183461650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XCoKlbSkKAO95ZZERfCtalXfQNAeuAe0m-_tyPn60yhxc9bmxCgwqtbi_8B71O-wH1PIZThNK_HYdEbwzI1msM5ixpo5gftwdIEJa9WYR_MHNCdungJtiWSEoky6BFj9RA9q1KZSySVh/s400/IMG_1404.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This is just a cute picture of Ella asleep on Daddy with </div><div>Elmo asleep on her :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDssBFs09CwuL1RT0z81GFL2Em4Nf_JAfKFSTdUxzJnXm_0gJxEunUhvugPsFLS0TIHk3LrtsGRyQESswKtCJ6x_RRdM8XJJ344pX58ne4uXslnewrfSUy93sZQZdANTTPP1z1AlR22Wm/s1600/IMG_1345.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581223046371437218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDssBFs09CwuL1RT0z81GFL2Em4Nf_JAfKFSTdUxzJnXm_0gJxEunUhvugPsFLS0TIHk3LrtsGRyQESswKtCJ6x_RRdM8XJJ344pX58ne4uXslnewrfSUy93sZQZdANTTPP1z1AlR22Wm/s400/IMG_1345.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Do you think that maybe I am having just a little</div><div>too much fun dressing this child?????<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGMsY25JWJNsgBLQZLkHDjZ-rAoV7w2tc0fOalO8f1Um2WSdZGGSCQeu-rC8fk2MN9HLLW7mUQABdOjVeBzNAP9t40kiOR_xvlau_yTbWDM22QapdopifZ65WLR-2Ifghqbf7PbzYk-i6/s1600/IMG_1359.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581223042549340018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGMsY25JWJNsgBLQZLkHDjZ-rAoV7w2tc0fOalO8f1Um2WSdZGGSCQeu-rC8fk2MN9HLLW7mUQABdOjVeBzNAP9t40kiOR_xvlau_yTbWDM22QapdopifZ65WLR-2Ifghqbf7PbzYk-i6/s400/IMG_1359.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-63345327766561456012011-03-03T15:53:00.001-08:002011-03-03T19:23:15.068-08:00Where's Ella???This is what you do to entertain people in the waiting area at the lab. You can actually hear some other people saying "Where's Ella" if you listen closely. Don't you love the belly??<br /><br />So here we are again, almost due for our monthly oncology visit. I can't believe that it has already been a month!! We go in on Monday but did the blood draw today since we have a busy day tomorrow. Ella looks and acts fine but I still find myself getting anxious to make sure that everything is fine. Prayers are welcomed for continued good health!!!<br /><br />And thanks to anyone who was able to contribute to Olga from my previous post. "A Day for Olga" has raised about $5000 so far...amazing!!!<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">***edit** I was inpatient so I called the oncologists office and asked them to fax me the blood results and everything looks GREAT!!! So now I don't have to worry about it all weekend :)</span><br /><br /><br /><embed height="382" name="FLVPlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="408" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=" quality="high" scale="noscale" wmode="transparent" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d8308c942dd03e38751db7&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com"></embed> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 408px; FONT: 12px/20px verdana, arial, sans-serif"><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank">Photo and video editing at <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-57174258368229301622011-02-28T08:09:00.000-08:002011-02-28T08:22:19.526-08:00A Day For Olga!!<span style="color:#000099;">**a beautiful post written by another blogger, Patti**</span><br /><br />Dear friends,<br />So many of you already know this beautiful little face....<br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/pattirice/december/olga.jpg" /><br /><br />Olga turned five last month. She has spent the last five years in an orphanage in Eastern Europe, without the love of a mommy and daddy- simply because she arrived in life exactly as God designed her. One chromosome too many, and her fate was sealed from birth.<br /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/pattirice/feb2011/children5.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />Sealed, because in Eastern Europe, babies who are born with Down syndrome are deemed unacceptable at birth. They are discarded as cast-offs of society, and when they turn five they leave the only home they've ever known...<br /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/pattirice/adeye/orphans1.jpg" /><br /><br />And I wish I could say that for most of these children, leaving that home meant going to a place of safety, a place of happiness, a place where they would finally know the love of a family...know what it meant to be cuddled or sung to or read to, tucked in at night, prayed for, <em>loved.</em><br /><br />Instead, they are taken to a place that most people wouldn't leave their family pet.<br /><br /><br />A place of living hell, where they will never know the tenderness of a parent, never know the security of being raised in a family, and there they will stay, one ugly, pain-filled day at a time...until they die.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz50/pattirice/adeye/orphsns.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />I read a post last December that stayed with me to this day. It was called <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/boQEb"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>from baby dolls to bedstraps.<br /><br /></strong></span></a>The blog author wrote about Elizabeth, an orphan on Reece's Rainbow who had been transferred to a mental institution, waiting for a family to step forward for her. Her words still haunt me.<br /><br /><em>I wonder where she thought she was going as they led her out of the orphanage that day. Did she think that maybe it was finally her turn? That they were taking her to her forever Mommy and Daddy?<br /><br />And when they instead took her inside that dreadful place, when they shaved her head and tied her to a too-small metal crib<br /><br />when they turned their backs and<br /><br />walked<br /><br />away…<br /><br /><br /><br />when they left her confused, terrified,<br /><br />in a room where the wails of schizophrenic adults echo through the cold air<br /><br />what was going through her young mind?<br /><br /><br /><br />Did she wonder if she was being punished?<br /><br /><br /><br />How long did she hold out hope that this was only temporary?<br /><br />That any minute, they would come and take her back to the baby house<br /><br />to her baby dolls and teddy bear,<br /><br />to her best friend, Angelina?<br /><br /><br />Did she long to free her arms from the restraints<br /><br />to cover her head with her hands to drown out<br /><br />the scary noises<br /><br />the scary sights<br /><br />the scary smells?<br /><br /><br /><br />That could be my Lily….<br /><br /><br />It could be your child.<br /><br />And what if it were?<br /><br />What if you woke up one morning<br /><br />and by some hellish, twilight-zone twist of fate<br /><br />your child wasn’t still tucked into that warm bed down the hall,<br /><br />what if your child was trapped<br /><br />across the dark sea<br /><br />in that nightmare that is<br /><br />the institution?<br /><br />What<br /><br />would<br /><br />you<br /><br />DO?<br /><br /><strong>Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. Proverbs 24:11<br /></strong></em><br />Elizabeth is being rescued today, thanks to the efforts of that blogging mama, and others like her.<br /><br />Olga is being rescued today, thanks to so many of you...you gave so much and created such a large grant that a family was able to step forward and start the process of adoption.<br /><br />The Abells have done so much already, towards rescuing Olga. I can't even imagine all the paperwork and prayer and emotion and finances that goes into an international adoption. They have done numerous fundraisers, and will continue to do so until they can bring Olga home.<br /><br />Through the help of so many, a grant of over $13,000 has been raised for Olga's adoption. That grant is set aside for the final travel costs and fees that it will take to bring Olga home. It will take every penny of that and then some.<br /><br />Right now the Abells are in need of raising the $7,000 that is needed to submit their dossier for Olga. Without that dossier we don't even know if Olga has been transferred yet. Here in America you just pick up the phone and ask these questions. But here in America we don't tie five year old girls to cribs to keep them from climbing out.<br /><br />The Abells need to submit that dossier as soon as possible- at the very least to find out if she has been transferred already- because I know an army of prayer warriors who is going to want to know that piece of information as well. And at the very most, it could be able to hold Olga at the baby house until the Abells can rescue her. I wish I could say with certainty that she won't be transferred- truthfully we just don't know that.<br /><br />Olga has been so heavy on my heart for months- friends, I want you to know that I DO trust that God has a plan here.<br /><br />I prayed like crazy for a way to help the Abells. I truly believe that there is a network of people who love Olga here in blogland...a net that is woven by God and is stretching out across this blessed country we live in, and even beyond to generous hearts in other nations. I really cannot express enough how thankful I am to be a small part of what God has already done for Olga, Peter and Kareen. But I don't think our job is done.<br /><br />Olga needs us.<br /><br />I don't want her to spend one more forsaken day in that place than she has to.<br /><br />We're not doing a giveaway here today. I don't even think we need to do one- I know so many just have a heart to help and to give, and prizes were never the real reason we all gave anyway.<br /><br />So I'm just asking- for one day- for you to do whatever you could to help Olga. Whether that's $10 or $20 or even a hundred...if you are able to help raise this money for the dossier, please do so <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorabell"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>HERE...<br /><br />This is the link for the Family Sponsorship Page on Reece's Rainbow</strong></span></a>...every single dollar goes to the Abell's adoption fund, and every single dollar will help.<br /><br />We're calling this A Day to Save Olga, because there are about 17 of us blogging mamas who have set aside this day to blog, post on Facebook, pray, give and spread the word to SAVE OLGA.<br /><br />Will you help us?<br /><br />I know you will:)Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-82039558844891889632011-02-26T08:31:00.001-08:002011-02-26T08:31:08.085-08:00Ella's Mirror Performance<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=d78fb42c4336cfb6eb8cba" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d78fb42c4336cfb6eb8cba&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make an on-line slide show at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-65871356282405122882011-02-25T07:47:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:14:51.218-08:00Surgery Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85PCu_vvuOuM6rrY3eI7wWA6CS7qNR0mETmn3Q5nYoSm2hgZva69FIfLnyPwkVF_7ExBdxnTZflFj_IihKwUFUeSeCn0PXfAK1P9ebJQ-cnZ_DxlODYUKurQS-NlOezkNX-3KOZi_9LGz/s1600/IMG_1336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577654630669936226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85PCu_vvuOuM6rrY3eI7wWA6CS7qNR0mETmn3Q5nYoSm2hgZva69FIfLnyPwkVF_7ExBdxnTZflFj_IihKwUFUeSeCn0PXfAK1P9ebJQ-cnZ_DxlODYUKurQS-NlOezkNX-3KOZi_9LGz/s400/IMG_1336.JPG" /></a>Well, I am happy to report that Ella is officially Central Line free!!! We arrived at Loma Linda hospital at 8:15 where they promptly tried to tell me that I had a 10% copay of $365 dollars. I told them that I had an HMO which was making me come to this hospital and therefore I shouldn't have any copay. If I wanted to pay 10% of the procedure, I would have used my PPO which requires me to pay 10% and I would have stayed with CHOC like I would have preferred. Of course she deferred to the billing office and sent us on our way with an envelope to send the payment in later. I called our insurance to figure out if we should be paying 10% and they said absolutely not!! But no one in registration was available to take the time to call them to clarify this so.......looks like it is up to me to get it straightened out. I guess that sometimes having good insurance that allows us to use either our HMO or PPO can be a bad thing because there can be confusion, but I hate it when people are too lazy to do THEIR job!! Anyway, so then the gal at registration gives me some paperwork and says to go to the 2nd floor to the 2800 unit. So we go upstairs and to a nurses station. After standing there waiting for a few employees to finish their own personal chats, someone finally asks me if they can help me. I said I was told to come to the 2800 unit. She says "This whole floor is the 2800 unit, where are you going" Uughh!! Just ask me what we are here for and direct me, don't play games!! Of course I was in the right place and they checked us in. Once we got back to the observation/recovery room, people finally seemed to start acting normal and nice, thank goodness!! Don't take that to mean that everything was fast and efficient though. Yesterday I mentioned that Ella has had an ongoing runny nose and we weren't sure if they would be willing to put her under anesthestic or not. So the nurse checks her out and then the nurse practicitioner who will be doing the procedure. Of course due to her crying whenever anyone touches her now (yes, she has finally had enough of medical people!!) she was quite full of nasal congestion and proceeding to throw in quite a few coughs in front of people. Anesthesiologists don't like coughing so I was really worried that they would cancel her. But on the advice of <a href="http://littlewonders-heather.blogspot.com/">Heather</a>, I just kept saying how we think she has allergies and she only coughs when her nose gets stuffy etc. etc. THREE AND A HALF HOURS after arriving there, the anesthesiologist finally looks at her and decides that they will proceed. Can you imagine how upset I would have been if we spent all that time there for NOTHING!! So finally after another hour passed, they took her in and did the procedure easily. She was tired the rest of the day but got back to herself fairly quickly. When I tried to feed her for the first time that evening, she threw it all back up but at bedtime I gave her just a small amount of formula and some water and she seemed to hold that all down and she isn't awake yet this morning so hopefully all will be well today. Thanks for all your prayers and support once again!!<br /><div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-4345104770476974132011-02-23T19:31:00.000-08:002011-02-23T20:15:36.201-08:00The Brown Outfit (and a quick prayer, please)I truly believe that next to my own kids, I am in love with Ukrainian Princesses more than anyone else. These little girls (and boys) who are made to live in an orphanage simply because they were born with Ds just breaks my heart. I am so thankful for the families that step out in faith and do WHATEVER it takes to bring them home to a family. Someday maybe our family will be able to bring one home but until then, I do what I can to donate and love on them. When the ones that I first fell in love with (Dasha and Sofia) started to come home, I couldn't help but want to send gifts. I found this cute little brown outfit at Costco and started buying them for all the little ones that were on their way home. Thankfully all of their nice Mommies were kind enough to send me pictures of them wearing their outfit. Of course I had to buy one for Ella too since they are all her special friends. In fact, we have been lucky enough to meet them all in person except for Dasha but I guarantee that it will happen in the near future!! Ella has a picture that Dasha sent her wearing the outfit that she carries around with her and says "Asha". Makes me melt every time!! So, of course, the inventory of these outfits at Costco is long gone so I can no longer purchase them for all of the new Princesses who are coming home. So we have all decided that these outfits should be passed along so that we can get a picture of them all in these outfits :)<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://savingsofia.blogspot.com/">Sofia</a> was the first one home (since I started following)<br /></p><div align="center">and what a gem she is. Her family was definitely blessed</div><div align="center">when they found her!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh99sNzRh51x1HQR2CEdSXcraYRAVCeXncQ6C79ytHZNKQ78PW4ANlJ52bVfX2Y_JhgiLI61v8FtW7WqCedaonlPCmPTOv86_rDvYdA7LltNoeNfZjWlgQva3YzACwv-LIuzHs0Exblgje/s1600/brown+outfit+Sofia.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094118839954370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh99sNzRh51x1HQR2CEdSXcraYRAVCeXncQ6C79ytHZNKQ78PW4ANlJ52bVfX2Y_JhgiLI61v8FtW7WqCedaonlPCmPTOv86_rDvYdA7LltNoeNfZjWlgQva3YzACwv-LIuzHs0Exblgje/s400/brown+outfit+Sofia.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We call <a href="http://smithadoptionfun.blogspot.com/">Dasha</a>, Ella's soul sister, they are only 8 days apart!!</div><div align="center">She was my first love!! I have made it my mission to get</div><div align="center">her and Ella together soon!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKqLTM7p3GLD7trD1n92ZHScX5ZST8PRzXTmqvXY6hyTOSuRcI6cy2ibPK8U4Ry3OfvJZgVFLxf2aMy3Zn9RED4xwzARhn1YS8dpOBWgIC0teYpJbsoDue181Q4ShjNaxgHhOOdIsMabn/s1600/brown+outfit+Dasha.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094114016252978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKqLTM7p3GLD7trD1n92ZHScX5ZST8PRzXTmqvXY6hyTOSuRcI6cy2ibPK8U4Ry3OfvJZgVFLxf2aMy3Zn9RED4xwzARhn1YS8dpOBWgIC0teYpJbsoDue181Q4ShjNaxgHhOOdIsMabn/s400/brown+outfit+Dasha.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ahomefordarya.blogspot.com/">Darya</a> has quite a little story. Hers was the first of,</div><div align="center">what I hope is many, amazing fundraising stories. An </div><div align="center">11 year old girl raised the entire amount needed to<br />bring her home (and then some) in just 8 days!! So</div><div align="center">many people fell in love with little girl from afar!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVzu1CFZo7wTsKP90zgNlKGPztXUAsaK_i5fFIDsw04KHcFSSh56xDhurF__h2XEvBtvfuO2OO0e4n1w4_25_ozc7lIeaC5j4Sdpir_0Cxsjt2eBPHMAUIR7PI6m3nTA2IGLDdTlqO7B/s1600/Brown+outfit+Darya.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094106091797010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVzu1CFZo7wTsKP90zgNlKGPztXUAsaK_i5fFIDsw04KHcFSSh56xDhurF__h2XEvBtvfuO2OO0e4n1w4_25_ozc7lIeaC5j4Sdpir_0Cxsjt2eBPHMAUIR7PI6m3nTA2IGLDdTlqO7B/s400/Brown+outfit+Darya.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And then there was <a href="http://jaxsonsfight.blogspot.com/">Arina</a>. Her forever family found</div><div align="center">her hidden among the many faces on Reeces Rainbow and </div><div align="center">I don't think many people had noticed her before. But, let</div><div align="center">me tell you, this is one beautiful little girl!!! We are hoping that her family</div><div align="center">will be moving near us very soon and we look forward to getting lots of loving</div><div align="center">on her!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X97jdIS_vO8osVKqIUGTTtjyBqoPA_vouWjyLBPqGuDZ0n3ctS_DYpPt8gOgrvs_XxbV5F_mtVi2R_IAnMw5NlFk6PMKDcECIGAmSos1IXI_l-PcYumEHsgZFYAQ66YT2K-mdsRV6iB8/s1600/brown+outfit+Arina.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094105904832946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1X97jdIS_vO8osVKqIUGTTtjyBqoPA_vouWjyLBPqGuDZ0n3ctS_DYpPt8gOgrvs_XxbV5F_mtVi2R_IAnMw5NlFk6PMKDcECIGAmSos1IXI_l-PcYumEHsgZFYAQ66YT2K-mdsRV6iB8/s400/brown+outfit+Arina.jpg" /></a><br /><br />And of course, here is my Sweet Ella. The inspiration </div><div align="center">for my love of these Ukrainian Princesses!!<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMImEhDk88lmbEVVLPUYxfhIA_x1wegsaMchNupK1WtIwI_wGLGm3LzvKxLdZhTpMi4Dc-xGv4wkkUkhBqzcIlS3KxYoIob2uPfbnfD8x2x910Vtjl8GKfFR_RMIAI6FGsD_pYyIXDqzEK/s1600/IMG_1264.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094096109186274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMImEhDk88lmbEVVLPUYxfhIA_x1wegsaMchNupK1WtIwI_wGLGm3LzvKxLdZhTpMi4Dc-xGv4wkkUkhBqzcIlS3KxYoIob2uPfbnfD8x2x910Vtjl8GKfFR_RMIAI6FGsD_pYyIXDqzEK/s400/IMG_1264.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">Okay...so here is the next Princess that needs to come home!! Her family will be traveling in less than a couple of weeks and they are still $4000 short. Please try to give a little something if you can. Every little bit will help and poor Lera has been waiting for sooooo very long!!! Please go to this site to donate...it is tax deductible! <a href="http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorhigbie">http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsorhigbie</a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVBPOkQUHynk6LNaZThi0vh6XwYKm1T6rkuyplJ4KMqcoG5_jl_CKID5PbTBXfYTbRUMN951NNOHWZJBiE7MPP8VbV7B0zyVzagz57CkYTlGt40evBBh0JeD7w4DYAEU1bPrPUaz1jPZQ/s1600/stp9l8b2005girl.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577096737042014514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVBPOkQUHynk6LNaZThi0vh6XwYKm1T6rkuyplJ4KMqcoG5_jl_CKID5PbTBXfYTbRUMN951NNOHWZJBiE7MPP8VbV7B0zyVzagz57CkYTlGt40evBBh0JeD7w4DYAEU1bPrPUaz1jPZQ/s400/stp9l8b2005girl.jpg" /></a><br />And finally, a quick prayer. Ella is scheduled to get her central line removed tomorrow morning. I am so anxious to get it out so that we can stop worrying about infection but I am a little worried that they won't want to put her under since she has had a runny nose (forever!!) We talked about it over the phone and they said they can't make the final decision until they see her in person. I guess it depends on the amount of congestion or something. So please pray that (1) she can actually have it done and (2) that there will be no complications. We feel that this will be one step closer to normalcy for us. And besides...don't you think she needs a few less tubes hanging out of her body????<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZPGMqe3MNIJRx7PiGA8a2Sm8Qdj3W5dVIDPkgB4ZpqF1LuYQ-fB3ou9wQjKkhwkp80BNXtaYXR2I5R1qhmnRs84ffIJEm06fbiEzPpu_IjHOwz07doGqPMYi_SVVaDi43Q_-1uNpwhxN/s1600/IMG_1321.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577094296008484370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZPGMqe3MNIJRx7PiGA8a2Sm8Qdj3W5dVIDPkgB4ZpqF1LuYQ-fB3ou9wQjKkhwkp80BNXtaYXR2I5R1qhmnRs84ffIJEm06fbiEzPpu_IjHOwz07doGqPMYi_SVVaDi43Q_-1uNpwhxN/s400/IMG_1321.JPG" /></a> </p>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-68803827432511858402011-02-14T20:41:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:11:26.202-08:00Updates and Happy Valentine's Day<div align="center">HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW62VvGwQYHntQxDD_B6ckTRlVuTBI02mQ0IYvXbxNHtCJ0V3WLMHCutSbRtvt6DGydbOaA9tmDD2uNhelkjiYuvVIY2FAeLhUf9Qu4Xgi7qTwjJEF536D2xz4XKlXCSmgmQJMi_EylAGc/s1600/IMG_1299.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773948515895426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW62VvGwQYHntQxDD_B6ckTRlVuTBI02mQ0IYvXbxNHtCJ0V3WLMHCutSbRtvt6DGydbOaA9tmDD2uNhelkjiYuvVIY2FAeLhUf9Qu4Xgi7qTwjJEF536D2xz4XKlXCSmgmQJMi_EylAGc/s400/IMG_1299.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhovZ8XrPeVXv5DiFdfLSB7mx2DrGUTA8ZVXUM4nyzQ1SEcRx1v583GO3zI88wRbZIPxSDU0589gUkCvXQXaVvatoVBGazlNXJ_-tabAxWIMFco26TwzwQiThDDyNbEWNjXtEkDJrIrW3/s1600/IMG_1293.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773947414254754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhovZ8XrPeVXv5DiFdfLSB7mx2DrGUTA8ZVXUM4nyzQ1SEcRx1v583GO3zI88wRbZIPxSDU0589gUkCvXQXaVvatoVBGazlNXJ_-tabAxWIMFco26TwzwQiThDDyNbEWNjXtEkDJrIrW3/s400/IMG_1293.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I cannot believe how neglectful I have been of this blog lately. I think it is because life has been soooo wonderfully boring, that I don't even know what to write. We have been home from the hospital for almost 2 months now and I just can't believe how nice it is. I find myself not wanting to venture away very much because I appreciate being here so much. Ella has just been in heaven being able to spend her days cruising around the house freely. I literally cannot keep up with her CONSTANT mess making and you know what...I don't mind. She is doing great and feeling great and rarely will we find her without a smile on her face!!! We had our monthly follow up at the oncology clinic last week and her blood counts looked awesome. I find myself questioning that her numbers are too high now because I was so used to them being so low all of her life. I guess this is what things look like when the bone marrow is working like it should. For example, her platelets were rarely over 100 before and now they are 400!! Keep up the good work Ella. I will admit that the day we went in to get results, I found myself very nervous to hear what the results were. I don't think that this feeling will ever go away but at least for another month, we can relax. </div><div> </div><div>And in other good news....in my last post, I made a plea for the Plummer family who are very close to bringing little Barbara home from EE but they still needed $17,000. Well, I am happy to report that they are now only in need of about $1,500. Unbelievably, a complete stranger to them sent a check for $13,000!! Can you believe that!! So between that and many other people giving what they could, they are very close. If you are still able to help them out, please see my previous post for the link. And thank you to those who have already donated. </div><div> </div><div>Ella's birthday party/celebration of life is going to be on March 19th. Anyone who is going to happen to be in Southern California on that day, please let me know so you can come :) We already have some special visitors flying in and we would love to have more.</div><div> </div><div align="center">Here are some random pics from the last couple of weeks since I have posted. <br /></div><div align="center"><br />Ella is practicing for preschool in a couple months</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr27k9PzHbKgx013V43F_-lvzmk3uebCZ46c-CSGNzmLC9xICW3sVmXO311zR5NAK-Uwz5UDmJGS_7VuZw59zo-IJGt8Wbw0Ymwspg59b3qeKGKY1IxCfucfBXE5eTE1TBIfDZXZR2E29M/s1600/IMG_1277.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773935756473266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr27k9PzHbKgx013V43F_-lvzmk3uebCZ46c-CSGNzmLC9xICW3sVmXO311zR5NAK-Uwz5UDmJGS_7VuZw59zo-IJGt8Wbw0Ymwspg59b3qeKGKY1IxCfucfBXE5eTE1TBIfDZXZR2E29M/s400/IMG_1277.JPG" /></a><br /><br />A crayon in her mouth but no food...hmmm!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENueDTi1g8H4d9L7wgu5ZSTFEVr9BGaSVvI0EuaYam4y7mWMMJoSiuRVgI3XkY7NLWQzYAXz0i7zby8z_TuORHmARm8VpA-fi3K93Ixro7_-t7jQT9jcqdyR_KgHa3yqtu-TXCNRjLtmE/s1600/IMG_1278.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773417965633538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENueDTi1g8H4d9L7wgu5ZSTFEVr9BGaSVvI0EuaYam4y7mWMMJoSiuRVgI3XkY7NLWQzYAXz0i7zby8z_TuORHmARm8VpA-fi3K93Ixro7_-t7jQT9jcqdyR_KgHa3yqtu-TXCNRjLtmE/s400/IMG_1278.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Check out all this new hair!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfYbxQT3aqLKYNU_0BXnreUNZZcmLwUhHWG_ozBB4FyyOCTAPxq93-imL_G_KeJmsf_ErHYhlGHPuf1o4kHRmIlbI-GxE5TwYJEHiBv7iSAJ-qMw7Lqujvob3GaHpxIPLMXLJYuuRLynC/s1600/IMG_1285.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773412998227234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfYbxQT3aqLKYNU_0BXnreUNZZcmLwUhHWG_ozBB4FyyOCTAPxq93-imL_G_KeJmsf_ErHYhlGHPuf1o4kHRmIlbI-GxE5TwYJEHiBv7iSAJ-qMw7Lqujvob3GaHpxIPLMXLJYuuRLynC/s400/IMG_1285.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Pretty in blue<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nKIQ8mXsraHg8qh-wXBfxrTEmrxua9TSd-_HzPCrINRJ1SDYVBlfGFJ0dhDANLZmcJv2OdhV9vh-uKVO4avGKiaEzIXJqABuw1XOoePX7xZ8PE9gL_n88iS_pYyS5E5QicAIjx7x73e2/s1600/IMG_1260.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773403311004610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nKIQ8mXsraHg8qh-wXBfxrTEmrxua9TSd-_HzPCrINRJ1SDYVBlfGFJ0dhDANLZmcJv2OdhV9vh-uKVO4avGKiaEzIXJqABuw1XOoePX7xZ8PE9gL_n88iS_pYyS5E5QicAIjx7x73e2/s400/IMG_1260.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Giving the horse a kiss<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYMFHBGErVa7J69i7s_WoVq4QgYWvD1tBYoMtCs61Z74f583n6SaFVX72DWKEYuE_aDT_O8wrl2fWfTT-eCZTe88X9mBbRy7ovp8uplDCKUBgB_ZLA2Y3Pk3bK4i6dJUcuZGLJ6h7uZ6V/s1600/IMG_1258.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773400851713362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYMFHBGErVa7J69i7s_WoVq4QgYWvD1tBYoMtCs61Z74f583n6SaFVX72DWKEYuE_aDT_O8wrl2fWfTT-eCZTe88X9mBbRy7ovp8uplDCKUBgB_ZLA2Y3Pk3bK4i6dJUcuZGLJ6h7uZ6V/s400/IMG_1258.JPG" /></a><br />Still not interested in riding the horse though!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQG7xRjmX8PQ3aKSSIPsrxbKAHLCYszMQt-naowJnMiKXK37ex4Uisq9YlZ6SDBbt7F06BmR-3nENedXLwnmQHMmhNcWF8oBh5OAub7sEV3n735r1McEu5ptKs1_YXtRj7i4LljiUUrW_/s1600/IMG_1250.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573773392198060770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQG7xRjmX8PQ3aKSSIPsrxbKAHLCYszMQt-naowJnMiKXK37ex4Uisq9YlZ6SDBbt7F06BmR-3nENedXLwnmQHMmhNcWF8oBh5OAub7sEV3n735r1McEu5ptKs1_YXtRj7i4LljiUUrW_/s400/IMG_1250.JPG" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-3778635063722010612011-02-07T09:54:00.000-08:002011-02-07T10:02:47.545-08:00Barbara's Family Needs Our Help Now!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_gf4poyOIFe7O7lIA6ZRHXp8YhXBdqJYy0FRlzyLLT44V-NFQveHAX5g8BE0WuTJ6B4H2ypbKcOFsiCCbHw39-obs7inn29sXFgDZ546n0FHiJouIeGHKxjOqxndg0xH10iAlz94HI-H/s1600/Barbara.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571007556719672738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_gf4poyOIFe7O7lIA6ZRHXp8YhXBdqJYy0FRlzyLLT44V-NFQveHAX5g8BE0WuTJ6B4H2ypbKcOFsiCCbHw39-obs7inn29sXFgDZ546n0FHiJouIeGHKxjOqxndg0xH10iAlz94HI-H/s400/Barbara.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Sweet Barbara is sitting in an orphanage in Eastern Europe waiting for her family to come and get her. Her family is VERY close to traveling and still have quite a bit of money to raise. Some of their back up plans are falling through so they are literally relying on the generosity of others to bring this precious girl home. I know everyone has been so wonderful to donate so that kids with no families yet can have a large grant but I feel so strongly that we can't abandon these families that have already committed to bring a child home either. PLEASE consider donating something, anything will help. Just click <a href="http://www.twolivesonejourney.blogspot.com/">here</a> and on the right hand side of the blog, you will see a donate button. Thank you so much!!!</div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-19205214666222803372011-02-03T07:46:00.001-08:002011-02-03T07:48:54.319-08:00Heartbroken!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXbMacNnNKXyS-e969o_HxWaE7yXj1WCm14ub-Vu255POEx0va0dOFNhFSOIjNgaCIEFMNAqAg095AGifhKePyqw7k2udya19HahFZdoSUpWe2Gg_liZhihXWEhO4YCm4Q_IEogLSjXa5/s1600/Lois+Hogan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569490313462231762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXbMacNnNKXyS-e969o_HxWaE7yXj1WCm14ub-Vu255POEx0va0dOFNhFSOIjNgaCIEFMNAqAg095AGifhKePyqw7k2udya19HahFZdoSUpWe2Gg_liZhihXWEhO4YCm4Q_IEogLSjXa5/s400/Lois+Hogan.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://thedailylois.blogspot.com/">Sweet Lois </a>earned her Angel wings today. She fought a tough battle with leukemia and is finally at peace. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers!!</div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-35566656339219989092011-01-27T15:57:00.001-08:002011-01-27T17:07:15.602-08:00Living Life One (Play) Day At A Time (A visit with Darya and Abby)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbD-wiGCW2w7DtADMGYyGaO0b245WBEOiI4A2XyA8AAhwkbGqp_g2lL8u9O0mkoJwkIsMcGKqYrcUfkNuoU2g3K00_h1xEhdJvrX3DWMMOM7XRgMdIhAydOaS1UxAMrxTWVzQHg4rcjLI/s1600/Ella+home+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029815497064210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbD-wiGCW2w7DtADMGYyGaO0b245WBEOiI4A2XyA8AAhwkbGqp_g2lL8u9O0mkoJwkIsMcGKqYrcUfkNuoU2g3K00_h1xEhdJvrX3DWMMOM7XRgMdIhAydOaS1UxAMrxTWVzQHg4rcjLI/s400/Ella+home+9.jpg" /></a> It has been one month since Ella finished her last chemo treatment. This is a strange place we are in right now. We are beyond thrilled to be done and be able to be home but at the same time, we always worry about the leukemia coming back. It is as if I am afraid to get too comfortable or it just might rear its ugly head again. But then I remind myself that we can't worry about the what ifs, we just have to live in the day. Ella has been feeling great and just making gains daily in her activities and speech. That is what is so nice about being 2 years old. Ella NEVER thinks about "what if the cancer comes back." She just has fun every single day! She is happiest if she can get outside or if she has a little friend to play with. I am so enjoying seeing her learning to be social. We had her first transition meeting to talk about her going to school I can't believe that she will be going in just 2 months! She seems so little to me but yet, I think she will love having friends to play with all the time.<br /><br />We finally received the insurance authorization to get her central line removed. Of course, now I have been waiting for the past 2 days for the hospital to call me back about getting it done. I will feel so much better and worry so much less if she were to get a fever once we get that line out.<br /><br />Today, we got invited for a playdate sy <a href="http://thehuthfamily.blogspot.com/">Abby and Jocelyn's </a>home. They live on a ranch and have the cutest little pony. Ella loved the pony until it was time to get on its back. She didn't really like that. Abby is typical and is a few months older than Ella. She has a baby sister who has Ds. It is so neat to watch Ella with Abby. They seem to really enjoy each other. Now, if only Abby could convince Ella how much fun it is to eat!!<br /><br /><div align="center">Ella getting ready to go to Abby and Jocelyn's</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamHzxxKSf96VadRqx6nVB7SnMJpq2as-BPJHpndN020hLePMrylpL5bprDRxuCUk9wxV8HPKBeeO124yLcI66ZYZEqetikNVh0aPH5BdGl0NcWCubE0JlEGiOWbSy1xzeukSVO1bVeZV6/s1600/Ella+home+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 357px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029612819606082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamHzxxKSf96VadRqx6nVB7SnMJpq2as-BPJHpndN020hLePMrylpL5bprDRxuCUk9wxV8HPKBeeO124yLcI66ZYZEqetikNVh0aPH5BdGl0NcWCubE0JlEGiOWbSy1xzeukSVO1bVeZV6/s400/Ella+home+11.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Abby pushing Ella in the swing<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSflyq2-VnnFkOGMaWgE7xiB8DDGoWM118YPNWKL6WPPxQzI-481i-B2ozTBZhCfjSo9kXkNRfKrCDNP_iTmJsKpVEnfPjnpVVyZkreq_PSPw02Dsho_E-IME0vm2836AnWZsajEGrjNi/s1600/IMG_1225.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029607206983010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSflyq2-VnnFkOGMaWgE7xiB8DDGoWM118YPNWKL6WPPxQzI-481i-B2ozTBZhCfjSo9kXkNRfKrCDNP_iTmJsKpVEnfPjnpVVyZkreq_PSPw02Dsho_E-IME0vm2836AnWZsajEGrjNi/s400/IMG_1225.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella was enjoying the tricycle...if only her legs were just a little bit longer!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2BDV_YPDFnS2RfLKBPXkrwZy1Z-nhdjfW4jaoydK_61tHJBhxHUitsfYX3LJ09Rc3Ry2Zvr0jvVsD_rsWuwFyvwTXIuI-8MAeEt7wR5v9ZynBwusICviwGY0wdWppf_rGjfk0I32CqXk/s1600/Ella+home+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029600752641874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2BDV_YPDFnS2RfLKBPXkrwZy1Z-nhdjfW4jaoydK_61tHJBhxHUitsfYX3LJ09Rc3Ry2Zvr0jvVsD_rsWuwFyvwTXIuI-8MAeEt7wR5v9ZynBwusICviwGY0wdWppf_rGjfk0I32CqXk/s400/Ella+home+13.jpg" /></a><br />Ella won't eat food, but apparently she will eat dirt<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxeEFf_SmSUezh5HZnHBZVKgrc768gWYduY6_RcwnY0BTHIyVh58X9eCTpHLeILcyiRPp6pFFyFubvZjbpajXwMeG_K4voN1zw8u3F8_mMOK2lhXRInjEyMq29aGT_zTZocvLCw3bSbOD/s1600/IMG_1227.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029593700126514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxeEFf_SmSUezh5HZnHBZVKgrc768gWYduY6_RcwnY0BTHIyVh58X9eCTpHLeILcyiRPp6pFFyFubvZjbpajXwMeG_K4voN1zw8u3F8_mMOK2lhXRInjEyMq29aGT_zTZocvLCw3bSbOD/s400/IMG_1227.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Giving the pony a kiss<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-9jidYZS7cQW0YPdrfQ1M1m-nt40wjG3PA82Fgwo_hsy0IU3xTR-2eRZxmM5Etipm7zGFM-7BGLwW8FxH-3lNL0ON96r30gz_rZbg5m4XeJu9BbPaQjystPxyIGwez_6OtcLTt2m38vg/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567029582927719570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-9jidYZS7cQW0YPdrfQ1M1m-nt40wjG3PA82Fgwo_hsy0IU3xTR-2eRZxmM5Etipm7zGFM-7BGLwW8FxH-3lNL0ON96r30gz_rZbg5m4XeJu9BbPaQjystPxyIGwez_6OtcLTt2m38vg/s400/IMG_1228.JPG" /></a><br />So not liking this pony riding thing!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQO0zmVwB1ay8nAj8YUMq3G8rKN5yDsVLvpDV-luMZr9GByT9xJpiIbgWtWbf1qXgxzHSgVKDM-fn1lrzbgJ_rOIr_MNVlbK05I6tmDC19vftu9tmKuVy8_5x8D2SgSEMNHOHrtk4thwPA/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567028622373380194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQO0zmVwB1ay8nAj8YUMq3G8rKN5yDsVLvpDV-luMZr9GByT9xJpiIbgWtWbf1qXgxzHSgVKDM-fn1lrzbgJ_rOIr_MNVlbK05I6tmDC19vftu9tmKuVy8_5x8D2SgSEMNHOHrtk4thwPA/s400/IMG_1229.JPG" /></a><br /><br />But it sure does feel good to run your hands in the dirt!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzVNGbAQET50NZagtoI6s7rxzI85mD_1KVB-XCLbOMIfm25wUJCrUi0KQBba2VQJwnPNHZywwee31w1Hvk6nM2AGaeRfBeWuW3z43rKnnJrIRXZHfoDSPoHS6mHBBJbPxxFtxYkX7eKfF/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567028615635245474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzVNGbAQET50NZagtoI6s7rxzI85mD_1KVB-XCLbOMIfm25wUJCrUi0KQBba2VQJwnPNHZywwee31w1Hvk6nM2AGaeRfBeWuW3z43rKnnJrIRXZHfoDSPoHS6mHBBJbPxxFtxYkX7eKfF/s400/IMG_1232.JPG" /></a><br />She really does like the pony from the ground level<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFngPJHhVHUT7iEoxkA5it9-530TdTrCJUE2JFDcOZcowokLXTbLu2AEavbVo5fFKVP7l3Wclet-_r6d19tD83GghWlOIgs141-KNROq7sWbq70mRyuxKTSY8cQHK18tqp2hgBr3DS3zX3/s1600/Ella+home+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567028610290875570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFngPJHhVHUT7iEoxkA5it9-530TdTrCJUE2JFDcOZcowokLXTbLu2AEavbVo5fFKVP7l3Wclet-_r6d19tD83GghWlOIgs141-KNROq7sWbq70mRyuxKTSY8cQHK18tqp2hgBr3DS3zX3/s400/Ella+home+12.jpg" /></a><br />Is he going to eat my flower, mom?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhkVH36JTD_Rzz2JA3C4jPwx-VNy9txaEtsPonGL_aSXic0XUOwkss-9-oPShmQpnwK2j56xeu5dqjmjtPOpmGZi0QgXELDZxx7MbqdkvZklaNGqjaQYuEUZF3T0pT4Gy1YCUer283fHn/s1600/IMG_1233.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567028606486069618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhkVH36JTD_Rzz2JA3C4jPwx-VNy9txaEtsPonGL_aSXic0XUOwkss-9-oPShmQpnwK2j56xeu5dqjmjtPOpmGZi0QgXELDZxx7MbqdkvZklaNGqjaQYuEUZF3T0pT4Gy1YCUer283fHn/s400/IMG_1233.JPG" /></a><br />One more attempt to ride the pony<br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloqttw56jjo8qZGR4jXzUdhE5HBmezXRfeKP6AZXckYnv2M3_Xo0jtwUIXfAqpcd5OE-Kwz5mIodz09TEAxFgN40t1pWPrLV5Y71YwBK-bDxhyphenhyphenib1H21nS_eTA_-ioYb5Mp20aY24vuWE/s1600/Ella+home+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567028599189058898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloqttw56jjo8qZGR4jXzUdhE5HBmezXRfeKP6AZXckYnv2M3_Xo0jtwUIXfAqpcd5OE-Kwz5mIodz09TEAxFgN40t1pWPrLV5Y71YwBK-bDxhyphenhyphenib1H21nS_eTA_-ioYb5Mp20aY24vuWE/s400/Ella+home+15.jpg" /></a><br /><br />A couple of weeks ago we were blessed with a very special visitor. Little <a href="http://ahomefordarya.blogspot.com/">Miss Darya</a>, another Ukranian Princess was in town visiting from Florida. We were fortunate enough to have them visit us. It was beyond delightful to get to meet this beautiful little girl and her amazing family. She and Ella were so cute together and she is just as adorable in person as you would think. I only wish I could have caught the cuteness on camera...they were always too busy moving around!!! Thank you so much Fick family for taking the time to stop by!!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="center">Darya attempting to show Ella how this eating thing works</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjheEurKwSJGGnhSiD9-ICpikjCUjfyJZNhVT2QYWdUdLqa_Pq0rdLcb5weINDQ24N0s0Lb_JH7pF7wELlqznxhkKAoaBfWCvM200lu7pAIQD14mOMB9nXUD6-JfJvvjUu9q4O6dxFqgg7/s1600/IMG_1156.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567022885350241330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjheEurKwSJGGnhSiD9-ICpikjCUjfyJZNhVT2QYWdUdLqa_Pq0rdLcb5weINDQ24N0s0Lb_JH7pF7wELlqznxhkKAoaBfWCvM200lu7pAIQD14mOMB9nXUD6-JfJvvjUu9q4O6dxFqgg7/s400/IMG_1156.JPG" /></a><br />I had to squeeze in a quick moment of loving from the sweet one<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVMWylMlIOPzBFgZZfnKLbv_EboytxadSwe1hAa8OGEvH1-R17EIPsBIchl-YRegF1Xu-zwi-jGcdrrBSOMyw9G7rSKvFSoJqJxt-2MNU1S-Gx4912q7cG5KQq3Fjs8_KKJ-tK-IWD3XF/s1600/IMG_1159.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567022877516017378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVMWylMlIOPzBFgZZfnKLbv_EboytxadSwe1hAa8OGEvH1-R17EIPsBIchl-YRegF1Xu-zwi-jGcdrrBSOMyw9G7rSKvFSoJqJxt-2MNU1S-Gx4912q7cG5KQq3Fjs8_KKJ-tK-IWD3XF/s400/IMG_1159.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4_Dzb5wI4jdeBiJP9HZI6G6Qd6QsP7bqhgdQ2Ss0lLEs0e0Cq0n_n1zp9eFwTO_Sz9wGAHAaVWhHiPhR58LO6jSubYV3qYg4CMyLZAipZwG89OTaeHv8L5SbcOCZpLTzZI24I5Z2_sAD/s1600/IMG_1162.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567022870293485330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4_Dzb5wI4jdeBiJP9HZI6G6Qd6QsP7bqhgdQ2Ss0lLEs0e0Cq0n_n1zp9eFwTO_Sz9wGAHAaVWhHiPhR58LO6jSubYV3qYg4CMyLZAipZwG89OTaeHv8L5SbcOCZpLTzZI24I5Z2_sAD/s400/IMG_1162.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfa4hxcu3Kae7LWymp23AynUgeTCgKf4NZuK9VZAPjEejbd0XNLusVpx9J6BaQm_RSFU0Xuwc0MDazeR08prNSCfARg950EO6s8PdwYAZ4qzqeZVbJA0f52QRWFY-QRpIpzVPtbX4Cjr5y/s1600/IMG_1164.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567022867086220386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfa4hxcu3Kae7LWymp23AynUgeTCgKf4NZuK9VZAPjEejbd0XNLusVpx9J6BaQm_RSFU0Xuwc0MDazeR08prNSCfARg950EO6s8PdwYAZ4qzqeZVbJA0f52QRWFY-QRpIpzVPtbX4Cjr5y/s400/IMG_1164.JPG" /></a><br />Going for a quick drive around the neighborhood.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGduOQQU7u4ifR1iAfLHV6a_UuLZUGzCKwgZsPmNBk3vIK7d4oc2jwIjbxBt_ZiMJ3lMS-j2cTEiA4XiQ_ux_e7gDigKO8gsJ7WBLCSsC4pgMmGmALwzj1ZmqTCsxv17gPriopVIM79JAJ/s1600/IMG_1171.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567022864947064194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGduOQQU7u4ifR1iAfLHV6a_UuLZUGzCKwgZsPmNBk3vIK7d4oc2jwIjbxBt_ZiMJ3lMS-j2cTEiA4XiQ_ux_e7gDigKO8gsJ7WBLCSsC4pgMmGmALwzj1ZmqTCsxv17gPriopVIM79JAJ/s400/IMG_1171.JPG" /></a><br />This is an wonderful keepsake that was brought back from the Ukraine.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sPVNOgFiQpGKTWHuXCtpkOpjCsJmGT-k_RzgFnxtXFhezKg7EP44OgOaETy5WyHfld9heKVDdgAm0QYkCTmCPS1ArC90Wyvc-FrkoxrXGY9EKe-jdF3XejD_EdAPtNSkzxpnhvQ3ASkm/s1600/IMG_1175.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567019987831889586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sPVNOgFiQpGKTWHuXCtpkOpjCsJmGT-k_RzgFnxtXFhezKg7EP44OgOaETy5WyHfld9heKVDdgAm0QYkCTmCPS1ArC90Wyvc-FrkoxrXGY9EKe-jdF3XejD_EdAPtNSkzxpnhvQ3ASkm/s400/IMG_1175.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Don't let these pictures fool you.....she wasn't really eating the chocolate cake. However, she did get a few bites near to her mouth so that is some progress. But this just goes to show you the uphill battle that we have. If she won't devour chocolate, what hope is there ;)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx-EoNnYgchyphenhyphenKpzdSh9FYMYAzENzf4fD158tJ90qZEhzY6yb-NMuUVQLpYGoKb-iAhKBHdhmsQdaqNxw472zEnZttz1PCs53GJYPkd2Vl5pHW4GLZItcUnl96V204ovgKflFWKvtSE33O/s1600/IMG_1147.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567019985188478914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQx-EoNnYgchyphenhyphenKpzdSh9FYMYAzENzf4fD158tJ90qZEhzY6yb-NMuUVQLpYGoKb-iAhKBHdhmsQdaqNxw472zEnZttz1PCs53GJYPkd2Vl5pHW4GLZItcUnl96V204ovgKflFWKvtSE33O/s400/IMG_1147.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYQOhRRtPNoEDI77bSmly-I8slK_w8TSmOZXuS5JHcET12i0hU_aAIDShVwE5JcEgsTIKdwkVlxs1-gFqAh5uufsPqKll6DTa4y7K4wr0K2Xxxh_l25AIKxKVtsBKEmbsJ8dLJg97NZjC/s1600/IMG_1148.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567019980801310610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYQOhRRtPNoEDI77bSmly-I8slK_w8TSmOZXuS5JHcET12i0hU_aAIDShVwE5JcEgsTIKdwkVlxs1-gFqAh5uufsPqKll6DTa4y7K4wr0K2Xxxh_l25AIKxKVtsBKEmbsJ8dLJg97NZjC/s400/IMG_1148.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy-IQpJQWd8KfypCdPk5ObOQ0WIV_NUw0FMqRoYpXtLKyzrmKRY_8vhJWZUkDMhcNT3kMvt6f_FU1jB7qZaTio1pZ6ZpCE5W2hq1lqXZZ-y7rkgYdjxWqYADkxbmMatWr97SIho4glgJ6/s1600/IMG_1149.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567019974686767826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy-IQpJQWd8KfypCdPk5ObOQ0WIV_NUw0FMqRoYpXtLKyzrmKRY_8vhJWZUkDMhcNT3kMvt6f_FU1jB7qZaTio1pZ6ZpCE5W2hq1lqXZZ-y7rkgYdjxWqYADkxbmMatWr97SIho4glgJ6/s400/IMG_1149.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRVlvTBCNTTDyGCmQHbi5u3_FXkq5Y-jHTi2k5Mk5lWpUDqRHADmX-FgmHuOTcrz_MyMrS0fKq11uvt3z9hHhB6cCUQTCQ3sL16133vjYZhtL8NitlIl55ITUjdQlsIEE796wM4ZmwH7I/s1600/IMG_1154.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567019968842148162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRVlvTBCNTTDyGCmQHbi5u3_FXkq5Y-jHTi2k5Mk5lWpUDqRHADmX-FgmHuOTcrz_MyMrS0fKq11uvt3z9hHhB6cCUQTCQ3sL16133vjYZhtL8NitlIl55ITUjdQlsIEE796wM4ZmwH7I/s400/IMG_1154.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-4717994999336067772011-01-26T13:27:00.001-08:002011-01-26T13:27:03.663-08:00So Frustrating!!!Just look at the great feeding skills that Ella has. Yep, she can hold the spoon nicely, and make it all the way to the mouth just fine. Unfortunately, it isn't HER mouth that it is going to. Nope, she is feeding Elmo beautifully but has absolutely no interest in feeding herself. Oh well, we will continue to wait...and hope....and pray!!<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=d3e4cc26ed04ed0104c4f2" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d3e4cc26ed04ed0104c4f2&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-48371146071280437442011-01-24T20:52:00.001-08:002011-01-24T20:52:05.466-08:00Ella Says Her Friends' NamesThis is one of Ella's friend posters from the hospital. She looks at it all the time and has started to identify some of her friends. She now says "Oey" (Zoey) and "Asha" (Dasha). I love how excited she gets over seeing her friends.<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=d3b54d5db9ea09a93c235f" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=d3b54d5db9ea09a93c235f&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt3" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make video montages at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-61613645996624606052011-01-14T15:57:00.001-08:002011-01-14T18:14:14.242-08:00Great News!!! And Picture Overload!!I have been needing to do this post for quite some time but was kind of waiting for one final bit of information before writing it. As you know, Ella finished her last round of chemo on December 20th. Then the following week, she had one final bone marrow biopsy to make sure she was definitely in remission. Part of what they look at in the bone marrow biopsy is called Cytogenetics which basically is looking at the chromosome of the bone marrow cells at the molecular level. If there are still some chromosomal abnormalities at this level, then that can mean that the treatment didn't completely work. We got the primary results on the marrow back last week and everything was clear but we were still waiting to see if she was in remission at the molecular level as well. This would tell us if the treatment was successful. Well, I am happy to report that SHE IS IN REMISSION IN HER BONE MARROW AND THE MOLECULAR LEVEL!!!! I definitely breathed a big sigh of relief today followed by many Thank You God prayers!! I know that it is completely normal during this transition period to worry about the leukemia coming back and we will never be able to stop worrying about that as nothing in the world of cancer is certain, but for now, all is good and we are planning on settling in here at home. In my heart, I knew that Ella seemed so full of life and energy and looked better than ever. But then my mind takes over and you talk yourself out of feeling very confident. I pray that I will be optimistic more than not from now on but of course relapse will never be far from my mind as is the same with any parent of a child with cancer.<br /><br />So now what? We are waiting for a referral from our insurance to get her central line taken out. This will be an outpatient procedure but she will need to be sedated. I am hoping that this will be able to take place in the next couple of weeks as the worry of a line infection is always present. How nice will it be not to have to flush her lines everyday, change the dressing once a week and worry about it getting wet in the bath. Without her central line, she will be able to enjoy the swimming pool and beach. Unfortunately for me, this means that I will have to put on a bathing suit this summer :( No more excuses!! Right now, Ella has three lines of tubing under her shirt. Two for her central line and one for her G-tube. It will be so nice to only have one to deal with and then hopefully, someday when she decides to eat, she will have none!!<br /><br />Once again, I thank EVERYONE for all of your support, love and prayers through this whole process. We seriously couldn't have gotten through this without you. But please continue to keep Ella in your prayers as we need to fight against this nasty cancer forever!!!<br /><br />Now on to a major overload of pictures to catch you up on the last couple of weeks. Hope you don't fall asleep by the end!!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">I call this her "Staying Alive" pose<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoXryJCUpJCVb0bXhLI4UTSJvBinfAibWDWcYT4Jy3wb9PLekT5EJcyH_8cms3rtly9tRUKpR6oeQm5KA_dT8xwBwGdIcz8I42c9DBSEaX_E4Ln4dpknfwVxbIMltwVEp_Ca5u_lSaYdf/s1600/IMG_1081.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562212526185217250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoXryJCUpJCVb0bXhLI4UTSJvBinfAibWDWcYT4Jy3wb9PLekT5EJcyH_8cms3rtly9tRUKpR6oeQm5KA_dT8xwBwGdIcz8I42c9DBSEaX_E4Ln4dpknfwVxbIMltwVEp_Ca5u_lSaYdf/s400/IMG_1081.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="center">Ella has taken to feeding herself already :)</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q3WeWotFY3SZjH4HOJcEdoYmrrBjLTu_9mT7z2VsqBYeAyJjwWYIKzUSKKJWG24JL2OdzYHs93ONWAcjTni_Z-cmdlv4ChwhGp7jFoXSgfptGdXkRL09dkV0cXfGQUU1KFZbkpR09yFs/s1600/IMG_1069.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562212523131603810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q3WeWotFY3SZjH4HOJcEdoYmrrBjLTu_9mT7z2VsqBYeAyJjwWYIKzUSKKJWG24JL2OdzYHs93ONWAcjTni_Z-cmdlv4ChwhGp7jFoXSgfptGdXkRL09dkV0cXfGQUU1KFZbkpR09yFs/s400/IMG_1069.JPG" /></a><br />Don't you just love the true happiness on her</div><div align="center">face in this photo?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFbAmmS7I6AzDczFhzh_Y9aRsNKSl-fgnZ4pWuTIirYE8r6pntOLfBG2QPfOdnTKesAM-WgsDd_CfphO1621DGCcIcHN7Ss94zFkFhsoD2eH7ZkSIarmFtd-lsjQqvy7ZWyiK3pumqV6H/s1600/IMG_1057.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562212499064000178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFbAmmS7I6AzDczFhzh_Y9aRsNKSl-fgnZ4pWuTIirYE8r6pntOLfBG2QPfOdnTKesAM-WgsDd_CfphO1621DGCcIcHN7Ss94zFkFhsoD2eH7ZkSIarmFtd-lsjQqvy7ZWyiK3pumqV6H/s400/IMG_1057.JPG" /></a><br />Nothing beats riding on Daddy's shoulders!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVg4eQhT2g4BJbeR1cw1GOE7M0h2iNHMcw4AnFJCQoVWs3CFJ2Lt4fSAuGXo1BZxKpl40ECSd6V7KNhZxcGkaK9ckANIpLedUPqdzrxdLJwvFiHjCXcIwQPCkJGhVAhA2nr9u8UEadDNm/s1600/IMG_1017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562211940974096658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVVg4eQhT2g4BJbeR1cw1GOE7M0h2iNHMcw4AnFJCQoVWs3CFJ2Lt4fSAuGXo1BZxKpl40ECSd6V7KNhZxcGkaK9ckANIpLedUPqdzrxdLJwvFiHjCXcIwQPCkJGhVAhA2nr9u8UEadDNm/s400/IMG_1017.JPG" /></a><br />All snuggled up after a bath<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RzsYnJodfdWT8-JASoLDS5nm-sx5AetS3Uo3MnHSKe67ktZRvenfICD6oKvYb6vwd2VJt5SgO-fnY_mXxLgiQEx-ev7UCeXQav85f7MpKxvoLPHNueLBWJ8rOTbdPl7C-ZWc7-Dzg-0O/s1600/IMG_1011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562211936791983506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RzsYnJodfdWT8-JASoLDS5nm-sx5AetS3Uo3MnHSKe67ktZRvenfICD6oKvYb6vwd2VJt5SgO-fnY_mXxLgiQEx-ev7UCeXQav85f7MpKxvoLPHNueLBWJ8rOTbdPl7C-ZWc7-Dzg-0O/s400/IMG_1011.JPG" /></a><br />My new outfit from our local Ds group.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik44vJm7nxLRjwTikM0_sVL5QbgGjdOt3-m88vHqCQafVbdStTzNtc8zFL-HaZRoGTZYj3O-dQJCyq2ZwEMxc3ivNtqTgocFvwybwBjyT-DuSYVBoePsvI2iKa1YghDlOE0dtqdWH7qDHn/s1600/IMG_1008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562211925009573202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik44vJm7nxLRjwTikM0_sVL5QbgGjdOt3-m88vHqCQafVbdStTzNtc8zFL-HaZRoGTZYj3O-dQJCyq2ZwEMxc3ivNtqTgocFvwybwBjyT-DuSYVBoePsvI2iKa1YghDlOE0dtqdWH7qDHn/s400/IMG_1008.JPG" /></a><br />Ella's nun pose<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0etHOUtCFzWDphp64hiWrYZFf4V2fyixy9UUT5jf53DfQgsXJPPn2AIDthUClRwYxu5IUw4n8arUVMPU42ufINkl-suBn6So5KmWzZhqra6jImlGa7t_JkRFBCxY4ZA22ys8TZmxVtLb/s1600/Ella+home+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562211918143750610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0etHOUtCFzWDphp64hiWrYZFf4V2fyixy9UUT5jf53DfQgsXJPPn2AIDthUClRwYxu5IUw4n8arUVMPU42ufINkl-suBn6So5KmWzZhqra6jImlGa7t_JkRFBCxY4ZA22ys8TZmxVtLb/s400/Ella+home+2.jpg" /></a><br />Ella delivering home improvement flyers door to door<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpynwcKrUN_IwKdq7Zedm95WNVMRprsVUsNSjFgVeBhBKNbZBW6H3JZivxoI6QTrcifBGCFWjF3bqbSEcaf_PL_yotWUxTJIimLDsM3Ge6Xf2mQoLUWAT39kTMabXETcxwjSSH4lKniTcl/s1600/Ella+home+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562211902315764690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpynwcKrUN_IwKdq7Zedm95WNVMRprsVUsNSjFgVeBhBKNbZBW6H3JZivxoI6QTrcifBGCFWjF3bqbSEcaf_PL_yotWUxTJIimLDsM3Ge6Xf2mQoLUWAT39kTMabXETcxwjSSH4lKniTcl/s400/Ella+home+1.jpg" /></a><br />Daddy and his mom who was visiting from Montana<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiJaKrCgZVzAfTaVFTaJ8Fs46s4tacjhec7pvPoBPD7MLbCukQLfHa7RXphpaOvU_MOPyvSwrSHKVk7BZY2j1QXjditpgCo9LihQPwNVd9xXaKmJp7K9JfcjZqIToSKUYPD2bx-T4BztM/s1600/IMG_1105.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562210586648925586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiJaKrCgZVzAfTaVFTaJ8Fs46s4tacjhec7pvPoBPD7MLbCukQLfHa7RXphpaOvU_MOPyvSwrSHKVk7BZY2j1QXjditpgCo9LihQPwNVd9xXaKmJp7K9JfcjZqIToSKUYPD2bx-T4BztM/s400/IMG_1105.JPG" /></a><br />Our three girls<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMfiJB-NJK-cpJFNTGwBAVF8Y8b_4aCpenbjiZJ-P0N5_u2Q0Oopx3_UckS-xyUEj6WTibHJcaYvMoQ_VOgnpQgvDtxuvioJQQik1ISTsR1zvKJ1FbzEHaSJ9kVC6JiOvqQiJV385f94W/s1600/IMG_1104.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562210575714643218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMfiJB-NJK-cpJFNTGwBAVF8Y8b_4aCpenbjiZJ-P0N5_u2Q0Oopx3_UckS-xyUEj6WTibHJcaYvMoQ_VOgnpQgvDtxuvioJQQik1ISTsR1zvKJ1FbzEHaSJ9kVC6JiOvqQiJV385f94W/s400/IMG_1104.JPG" /></a><br />The girls with Grandma Vollmer<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx3QuLv283SKaXcv6FF-IFAUO_CgLaFcBD9uv_OUu9oqhbHT6aPyfq2rGIc0pMFZeefOkFE46TYujjNaKqbj1dwVus3D5wpQAuwt7KryTjY2jIGs9Eejod82r2lvOE3SBo_cvbL3eRe2M/s1600/IMG_1102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562210556685322002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqx3QuLv283SKaXcv6FF-IFAUO_CgLaFcBD9uv_OUu9oqhbHT6aPyfq2rGIc0pMFZeefOkFE46TYujjNaKqbj1dwVus3D5wpQAuwt7KryTjY2jIGs9Eejod82r2lvOE3SBo_cvbL3eRe2M/s400/IMG_1102.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ella and Grandma...this was her first visit to meet Ella<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FEFaNGTZBrpAc-4lPKLCjdkM1CkbQQZwysRt1rb9akTU5p_LStt1FNO8KLB3KYOqZwwKELPQ7szPyHwlRYI71MgamGWhknxJSE02qwWSvaOI4kx5e76KiTOdpQo68G6LGc0qDDGCyUeh/s1600/IMG_1096.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562210547936449410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FEFaNGTZBrpAc-4lPKLCjdkM1CkbQQZwysRt1rb9akTU5p_LStt1FNO8KLB3KYOqZwwKELPQ7szPyHwlRYI71MgamGWhknxJSE02qwWSvaOI4kx5e76KiTOdpQo68G6LGc0qDDGCyUeh/s400/IMG_1096.JPG" /></a><br />The "OH MY GOSH" pose<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV11kyzJaC5ccA_mxb-jGjmNhAO9aResae_YqQzYLeAF8u3Qhr9iD5h4Zd2HbTwhEt_JF37B_9evHfYnD-CmoV3zTItZOrvw6aWFZDu2-KvOv2qUHOTstmNQDxijpc1huqte139Ko8LzUB/s1600/IMG_1085.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562210539867743778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV11kyzJaC5ccA_mxb-jGjmNhAO9aResae_YqQzYLeAF8u3Qhr9iD5h4Zd2HbTwhEt_JF37B_9evHfYnD-CmoV3zTItZOrvw6aWFZDu2-KvOv2qUHOTstmNQDxijpc1huqte139Ko8LzUB/s400/IMG_1085.JPG" /></a><br />We reorganized the living room and now Ella has a play area.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA8GdeSYsZ-Mo16E0bOK8aO8eGBM2_Qzqu_Z3O9L_ERqXTafZSofyLtU_oCcQWTcZOQmM0pQ_D0zmQvCvsTRdr6HukQ-RVYikg10_oTat1RH39epAnCzcgmlZwRk9glbiDII9Nur4KZgC/s1600/IMG_1083.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562198542112446994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA8GdeSYsZ-Mo16E0bOK8aO8eGBM2_Qzqu_Z3O9L_ERqXTafZSofyLtU_oCcQWTcZOQmM0pQ_D0zmQvCvsTRdr6HukQ-RVYikg10_oTat1RH39epAnCzcgmlZwRk9glbiDII9Nur4KZgC/s400/IMG_1083.JPG" /></a><br />Sisters swinging!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9WQtdiQIHdcm9MAQZsCyQdfhxXYBCsyKay2vWNprDCiheygW-t1sGQLF7zWBcFeiH9QG_GVRGm8ymirklyr5dEHHfOA3G6ypbLtIeJrxorq-m6PZaRyx7Ek-GSku1j7gcAx0JW5mZIuz/s1600/Ella+home+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562198533595688610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9WQtdiQIHdcm9MAQZsCyQdfhxXYBCsyKay2vWNprDCiheygW-t1sGQLF7zWBcFeiH9QG_GVRGm8ymirklyr5dEHHfOA3G6ypbLtIeJrxorq-m6PZaRyx7Ek-GSku1j7gcAx0JW5mZIuz/s400/Ella+home+4.jpg" /></a><br />Ella had a playdate with her friend <a href="http://dani-ourlittleangele-v.blogspot.com/">E-V</a> who is a few months </div><div>younger and also has Ds. They were so cute together but were </div><div>very hard to photograph as they rarely stopped moving!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEnHHIshR8xvwimELTKbKcn1Hvm7IY5Z4FKjW0TTtiZzJNe9QM8g50QHxg_9lqy9v2n2pxoOPeHtb8B__IzQSzkmSJlVNalf2XWFQ_dZzvWSYqB0ds24Aw81ZwvUVSiiewEK4h_Lla7LA/s1600/Ella+and+E-V+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562198527859121778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEnHHIshR8xvwimELTKbKcn1Hvm7IY5Z4FKjW0TTtiZzJNe9QM8g50QHxg_9lqy9v2n2pxoOPeHtb8B__IzQSzkmSJlVNalf2XWFQ_dZzvWSYqB0ds24Aw81ZwvUVSiiewEK4h_Lla7LA/s400/Ella+and+E-V+1.jpg" /></a><br />Ella being silly for E-V's mom's camera.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPCmH_DlG5ItyDXVa-cKK9J8vOesTlDj0GLgzr4N2S6AFPABi0mrkrQ1A0WONRgb3AkAcqH8stMI89edGb7Qgah_TIrf36cwMW6Ywk3xs0D318FJgiZqKIOn4o6v-SRf99waAAFQvFFjx/s1600/Ella+and+E-V+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562198524845772994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPCmH_DlG5ItyDXVa-cKK9J8vOesTlDj0GLgzr4N2S6AFPABi0mrkrQ1A0WONRgb3AkAcqH8stMI89edGb7Qgah_TIrf36cwMW6Ywk3xs0D318FJgiZqKIOn4o6v-SRf99waAAFQvFFjx/s400/Ella+and+E-V+2.jpg" /></a><br />Just barely sitting down on the couch...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12DBYiW1FNy2oiRwr4bJBv8R5WifdccNSoQo0iw5JHKz5sxAw9beASI2oKA16UF3r4Ikv9F-WY1NnjO0-bNub1DqN7Hs0jH_THqROftTT1ixamKxQfrron3tPe81LSBfBwGO3lOLg3Lv3/s1600/IMG_1133.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562198513796096930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12DBYiW1FNy2oiRwr4bJBv8R5WifdccNSoQo0iw5JHKz5sxAw9beASI2oKA16UF3r4Ikv9F-WY1NnjO0-bNub1DqN7Hs0jH_THqROftTT1ixamKxQfrron3tPe81LSBfBwGO3lOLg3Lv3/s400/IMG_1133.JPG" /></a><br />Here E-V, would you like me to read this Elmo book to you?<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHDouhb4sTkZ9iIvYwQroIrY94d3RCEQ0nRBfkwawhQ7pvc2b8uRcI7b0cqhoAKuBc0_t1wG7KeqH4DZHISbXJxF56bbCoC2BEC1D-NkOr944Zah1CkDqzQYtQp-sYs3BP19lpeQrBxO7/s1600/IMG_1138.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562197310515004338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHDouhb4sTkZ9iIvYwQroIrY94d3RCEQ0nRBfkwawhQ7pvc2b8uRcI7b0cqhoAKuBc0_t1wG7KeqH4DZHISbXJxF56bbCoC2BEC1D-NkOr944Zah1CkDqzQYtQp-sYs3BP19lpeQrBxO7/s400/IMG_1138.JPG" /></a><br />No? Well then I guess I will read to Elmo instead.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qB3BlgyqZbMQy1RTdwCtQK0Cl-xSBGvveo7YnxwbG44XyM5U0wC-o0cERMwJR74ZYYRvKUrxbsA3bNlDX9DpBtwdxFunkACFlOS7uFg6WxcG7BQp_0J_-Zh1qPi4qtu_N3RYQEGBN5CN/s1600/IMG_1139.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562197301582892114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qB3BlgyqZbMQy1RTdwCtQK0Cl-xSBGvveo7YnxwbG44XyM5U0wC-o0cERMwJR74ZYYRvKUrxbsA3bNlDX9DpBtwdxFunkACFlOS7uFg6WxcG7BQp_0J_-Zh1qPi4qtu_N3RYQEGBN5CN/s400/IMG_1139.JPG" /></a><br />Taking a stroll out front<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLMPBaOplh7W5LTRp-K4dqhB1YgOXislJ0vegLgpaywt45SE-hxrUiVRI_vqKaRSlDC6U-JZYYwkkwmlIv4MuU20JGsYxbh49gBuSMO5RXsZFVxybFUYTmsYt2oxusOj9zE116TJXZE7e/s1600/IMG_1142.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562197289452350098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLMPBaOplh7W5LTRp-K4dqhB1YgOXislJ0vegLgpaywt45SE-hxrUiVRI_vqKaRSlDC6U-JZYYwkkwmlIv4MuU20JGsYxbh49gBuSMO5RXsZFVxybFUYTmsYt2oxusOj9zE116TJXZE7e/s400/IMG_1142.JPG" /></a><br />Enjoying lunch at Applebees.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwfvyudgmo1iyFkWTBxvblXGyOvnsIUA5eG2U8vewjbGJrJLnigIOaZqsjaQVhYAfPDYZWQ2EjAtQty64zBznAvq6H8sb67sjdGnBdTeYds-4ZopXL_FdovWGG6PurqeHOudYdNSz_no0/s1600/IMG_1144.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562197283511972098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwfvyudgmo1iyFkWTBxvblXGyOvnsIUA5eG2U8vewjbGJrJLnigIOaZqsjaQVhYAfPDYZWQ2EjAtQty64zBznAvq6H8sb67sjdGnBdTeYds-4ZopXL_FdovWGG6PurqeHOudYdNSz_no0/s400/IMG_1144.JPG" /></a><br />Boy, are we tired!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3H0LRzC-RNs5GCjbsjUGFHWET2tueE1xppTBqDvoul_rOYTo0fUAmNMIDI7LHeqIc0jq2Y6CQnPt0sdnLhYPZvbEuriwY-0luP4j4IH1YA4sWn4ATx8kZridnyuSgtWK6jVUhCXUn4MJ/s1600/IMG_1145.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562197272241012834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3H0LRzC-RNs5GCjbsjUGFHWET2tueE1xppTBqDvoul_rOYTo0fUAmNMIDI7LHeqIc0jq2Y6CQnPt0sdnLhYPZvbEuriwY-0luP4j4IH1YA4sWn4ATx8kZridnyuSgtWK6jVUhCXUn4MJ/s400/IMG_1145.JPG" /></a><br />Ella giving her big sisters a big squeeze!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k-lHsYbR49eluk0pztGwNM3yryyjWhA7eSjjTSd4vhqlux-d_QkfjrCwuuQTQofAyOyAU8H2OmwVHwqOU525zhX7UZpZ4DhDFAk-tIn9DcFUUFNGAGceWBc65K-5vTv31EDkmFsETMrU/s1600/IMG_1107.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562196330102421234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k-lHsYbR49eluk0pztGwNM3yryyjWhA7eSjjTSd4vhqlux-d_QkfjrCwuuQTQofAyOyAU8H2OmwVHwqOU525zhX7UZpZ4DhDFAk-tIn9DcFUUFNGAGceWBc65K-5vTv31EDkmFsETMrU/s400/IMG_1107.JPG" /></a><br />Ella and "that thing" settling in on her new Dora couch/bed</div><div>(anyone know the name of that thing from Dr. Seuss?)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDVmK20jPyrZEkAvufCfpyVuxWintr3qHS2gw3iZaeB_wLoiwTC66io7JM1LnmS_-Mob-ZmiQT1omE_SCirajkRtIGhBP-aktngEu2iVKCZjOeamvg8lxvg_USspq2hCns-zX4MHS1Arn/s1600/IMG_1111.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562196318987809426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDVmK20jPyrZEkAvufCfpyVuxWintr3qHS2gw3iZaeB_wLoiwTC66io7JM1LnmS_-Mob-ZmiQT1omE_SCirajkRtIGhBP-aktngEu2iVKCZjOeamvg8lxvg_USspq2hCns-zX4MHS1Arn/s400/IMG_1111.JPG" /></a><br />Ella really likes this "thing"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1E_H1tgXuNSvqV-vpPNIlzxQ4qtC-ZdajUzDvI3Ee3jCuKH3TzHFY2I76onf75TljIhP5GHq1u5kevg4puRjqkHuqlTDyxLNMuIWyUFDbC-yV60hgBLEjhWIXB1GgIibeIt5rCwsY2Lg/s1600/IMG_1112.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562196317230635618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1E_H1tgXuNSvqV-vpPNIlzxQ4qtC-ZdajUzDvI3Ee3jCuKH3TzHFY2I76onf75TljIhP5GHq1u5kevg4puRjqkHuqlTDyxLNMuIWyUFDbC-yV60hgBLEjhWIXB1GgIibeIt5rCwsY2Lg/s400/IMG_1112.JPG" /></a><br />I mean, she REALLY likes this "thing"<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2rU-KUPNG2e-fXIgmHVOjIboRrgbPq8gN5ZUISgRicnuOmGEzZq0SbrNCnsvl1jO2RmLhbFeMLmBYY6Dh_JY4gPrLdEImHyN43dZ7wb0Ab3trikCWFDp3zNhHY0A3bA165vV4y34pgHA/s1600/IMG_1113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562196308839677138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2rU-KUPNG2e-fXIgmHVOjIboRrgbPq8gN5ZUISgRicnuOmGEzZq0SbrNCnsvl1jO2RmLhbFeMLmBYY6Dh_JY4gPrLdEImHyN43dZ7wb0Ab3trikCWFDp3zNhHY0A3bA165vV4y34pgHA/s400/IMG_1113.JPG" /></a><br /><br />These days at home sure do wear a girl out!!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTyJkCcnaIIm8EHHmBeeIm_DGE4vSfn7USvBiPxZM-YgOpnyNiT2UzpjMp0oRmpEJ9mGuS31tG9N7HcI8WXkhMw3xfBq9j99lr-EX_0dX90cGa5ZfvUHCWu_3gm02KnUK_d9WhTa7Kw7A/s1600/IMG_1110.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562196305761436450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTyJkCcnaIIm8EHHmBeeIm_DGE4vSfn7USvBiPxZM-YgOpnyNiT2UzpjMp0oRmpEJ9mGuS31tG9N7HcI8WXkhMw3xfBq9j99lr-EX_0dX90cGa5ZfvUHCWu_3gm02KnUK_d9WhTa7Kw7A/s400/IMG_1110.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587160152394379314noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196126621905756568.post-34207365060703257912011-01-11T21:50:00.001-08:002011-01-11T21:50:38.182-08:00Speech Therapy Or A Translator?Ella has definitely found her voice lately. Unfortunately, we aren't sure what language she is speaking. In this video she is "running" around trying to find her sister and yelling the whole time. But she will talk away like this in the car, the store, all day long. There are some English words thrown in there and there are definitely some consistencies in her other language words. 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