RSV

For the past week we have been fighting a terrible illness that was misdiagnosed as pink eye. In actuality it is Respiratory Synsidial Virus which can be very scary for kids under 2 to get. Ellie has had conjunctivitis, fever, a cough, runny nose, vomiting, sore throat, and extreme lethargy. I cannot tell you how incredibly horrible it is to watch your baby suffer when you can do nothing about it. Right now all we can do is pray, try to keep Ellie comfortable, and make sure she's not getting dehydrated. Please keep our sweet Ellie girl in your prayers.










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Eleanor's 1st Trip to the Zoo

On Sunday we trekked downtown to check out the Houston Zoo. Ellie LOVES animals right now so we thought this would be the perfect activity while my dad was in town visiting.

The zoo was packed because it was Zoo Boo (Halloween event), but it was a perfect day to be there because the weather was absolutely perfect. Ellie had a great time and especially loved petting the goats in the petting zoo, watching the elephant do tricks, and helping feed the giraffe. I can't wait for her to get big enough to really understand what she's looking at.

Eating lunch with the giraffes.



Our little family



Exhausted!


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Paisley's Party

Ellie went to her first birthday party yesterday! Her BFF Paisley turned one and had an adorable Minnie Mouse themed party. As always it was awesome to hang out with my "triplets" and the girls were so cute with each other.

Unfortunately Ellie had an accident (somehow more pee got on me than her) so we had to leave early which meant Megan has the only pictures of the group, but I did snap one photo of Paisley enjoying her cake. I can't wait to celebrate our "sweet" Ellie's birthday in two short months!



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Pumpkin Patch

A little late writing this post, but last weekend we hit up the pumpkin patch with my best friend Sara Baker, AKA Auntie Bakes.  Sara is also the amazing friend who did my birth photos.. love her SO much.  Anyway, it was chilly when we left so I bundled Ellie up in tights and a jacket and as it turned out, the tights and jacket were not necessary so the outfit looks a little wonky.  Oh well - the pics turned out GREAT!  We don't often get pictures of all 3 of us, so it was nice of Bakes to come with us to be our photographer.

We usually go to the Old Time Christmas Tree Farm and Pumpkin Patch, but this year we decided to change it up.  There was a Groupon to P-6 Farms for 1/2 off so we decided to check it out.  It was AH-MAZE-ING.... because there was a Corn Maze... get it?  (I apologize for my terrible sense of humor).   There weren't very many pumpkins for purchase, but there were plenty for photo ops and let's face it, that's really all I care about.  Soooo here are our first Fall Family Photos (say that three times fast).

 Mommy and Ellie

 Our sweet little pumpkin

 Family photos with a sleepy lady

 Three Scarecrows

 Trying on Daddy's hat (one of my favorite photos of all time)

We will definitely go back to P-6 next year because they had SO many fun activities for kids.  A tractor pull, duck races with well pumps, the corn maze, a big blow up blob they could run and bounce on, and so many other things.

Chocolate Ice Cream

This is my favorite thing ever right now...

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9 months

WHOA!  9 months?  Really??  

Our little girl is growing up so fast and is doing so many cool things!

First of all- Ellie stats!

Height: 27.5" (50%)
Weight: 19lbs 3oz. (50%)
Head: 16.9" (5th%) - teeny head!

• She is standing all by herself and has taken a step a few times.  She REALLY wants to walk.  She's also in full blown cruising mode.
• She hardly eats any baby food anymore - it's all big people food!  She LOVES pizza, pasta, sweet potatoes, baby cheetos, and of course TOAST.
• Another tooth - one on the top next to her two front teeth.  She's also been drooling a lot lately so I'm sure that means another one coming through.
• She is in to EVERYTHING.  Fireplace?  Loves it.  Dog's water bowl?  Obsessed.  Climbing stairs?  All about it.
• She has mastered the sippy cup, but unfortunately has also mastered blowing raspberries at dinner.  Water goes in, sprays out on to Mommy. 
• Our sweet sleeping girl is back to sleeping through the night.  Thank you Jesus!
• She loves giving "kissies".  Open mouth, super slobbery kissies.  My heart melts every single time.
• She is so interactive these days.  We carry on "conversations" all the time and she really gets that when I stop talking, it's her turn to talk and vice versa.  She also will blow a raspberry if you do it to her first.  SO adorable (unless she's got a mouth full of food).
• She loves to hug and is super snuggly.  Especially with her Daddy.  SWOON!

I am already planning her first birthday party and I am SO excited about the theme!  

Kissies

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