Ellie 18 Month Update!

Well, our baby girl is now officially 1 1/2 years old.  We went for her 18 month check up this morning and it went great!  We thought she had to get a vaccination, but she doesn't have to have it until September.  So here are her stats:

Height: 32" (68th percentile)

Weight: 24 lbs (57th percentile)

and finally.. sigh... Head Circumference: 44.4 cm (5th percentile as usual)

Other than a slight concern with the constant heat rash on the back of her knees, Dr. Kozak said Eleanor is doing fantastic!  She has exceeded all of the minimum 18 month developmental goals and is almost through the minimum 2 year goals.  YAY!  We love our clever girl.  

As for the appointment itself, I cannot say enough about how great Dr. Kozak is.  He is thorough and really takes time to listen to your concerns and questions.  Ellie still isn't sure that she loves him, but Casey and I sure do.  When you are a parent, you really appreciate a good pediatrician.  Ellie did give Dr. K a nickname.  Apparently his name is "Choppy" because when he left the room for a moment she said "Buh Bye Choppy!  Bye Choppy!".  I couldn't stop laughing.

Here we are before the appointment and then in the room waiting and Ellie being curious

" Not so sure about this appointment, Mom, but ripping paper is fun!"

Ellie's Favorites:

Food: Bananas, Chick Fil A, Carrots, "Hopkey" (Ice Cream)
Toy: Baby (her Cabbage Patch Doll), Kitty (Sully from Monsters Inc), Elfant (Horton), Puppy (the Fur Real Dog that my Mom got her for Christmas), and of course "Nunny" her bunny best friend.
Hobbies: Swimming (more on that in the next post), Dancing, Coloring
Color: Purple?  She tends to gravitate toward that color.
Television Show: Yo Gabba Gabba... what else?
 Movie: She recently watched Wall-E and really seemed to enjoy it.  She also loves Monsters Inc. and anything with Puppies or "Kee-Kats!"
Dislikes: Making her eat when she doesn't want to, not getting "up" when she wants, in general, not getting her way.
Sleep: Ellie still sleeps like a champ and rarely cries when we put her down at night.  Naps are another story.  Apparently they would pat her back until she fell asleep at daycare, which is great, but now she expects it.

That's all for now folks!  DisneyLand in two weeks - woo hoo!!

Catching Up

Finally getting caught up on this blog of mine.  I can't believe that our sweet Eleanor is almost 18 months old.  Expect an Ellie update soon! 

Bridesmaid again!

Last Friday Ellie and I headed over to Cypress to have lunch with my two buddies Adriane and Megan.  We worked together when I first moved to Houston at Elliott Electric Supply and I am SO blessed to still be so close to them.  We may not see each other very often, but we always pick up right where we left off.  Adriane is getting married next March and asked Megan and I to be bridesmaids!  I feel so honored to be a part of this wedding and it will be so much fun to get to spend more time with these ladies.  Love you guys!

 

Sidenote: We used to be called the "Triplets" because we are all the same size and look similar to each other.  We also used to always have the same color hair.  I just noticed that we are now all in between hair colors!  Adriane is blonde, I am brunette, and Megan is both.  Love it!!

Incredible Pizza is... Incredible!

Last Thursday we took all of the kids to Incredible Pizza in Conroe.  We had a BLAST eating and playing and the kids had fun too! (haha).

First we ate from the HUMONGOUS pizza and wings bar (FYI, they give a teacher discount!) and Eleanor seriously ate the most I've ever seen her eat.  The pizza and wings were delicious and I loved that they had 150 flavors of sodas.

Ellie after 4 slices of pizza, pasta, and 2 helpings of veggies.

Ellie posing by the classic car. Riding rides - practicing for DisneyLand!

Her new favorite thing- cars!

 Me and Rylan playing in the playplace!

After playing in the play place and Jen, Ab, Lizzie, and Taylor riding Go Karts, this happened....

 If you don't know me or Jen, you have no idea how competitive we are.  Also, we love guns.  Laser tag is ideal for us.  We had a blast as "Peggy Sue" and "TX Ranger" and played like we were on the front lines of a war.  Luckily, the other players got into it as well (including a 40 something dad who was sliding down rails and diving behind barricades - it was hilarious!) and we had SO much fun.

After Laser Tag, the kids were starting to get sleepy so we did one last activity and headed home.  Abby REALLY wanted to go ice skating, so I took her in the "ice" skating rink (it was really just plastic, but very slick, so it was similar to ice.)  We left around 9:45 and I was surprised that we had NO meltdowns!  Incredible Pizza is SUPER fun and I can't wait to take Ellie back.

Oh and I mentioned that Ellie is now obsessed with cars... here is video proof.  We played a racing game and she was REALLY good.  So much fun!

Beachin' Day Trip

Last Wednesday we packed up the kiddos (my cousin Jen, my Godchildren, and our friend Lizzie and her daughter Taylor were in town for the week) and headed down to Galveston for the day.  We had a fantastic time running around in the water and ended the trip with ice cream.  The kids were worn out and so were we.  Love spending time with family!

Enjoying the beach with my sweetie!

 My amazing Godchildren, Abby & Rylan

 Cheesin'!

 Hugs for Ry-man!

 Water baby!

 Beach Kisses

 Sister Cousins and kiddos!

 Rita's Galveston for ice cream!

 The whole crew - this picture was actually taken by the staff at Rita's and posted on their Facebook page!

Father's Day 2013

Happy Father's Day to all the Daddies out there!  We had a fabulous Father's Day with our family starting off with a brunch at our house and then a mini photo shoot with all the daddies! 

Annnnddd...Here is the card that we made for Ellie's grandfathers.  I was so proud of myself!

Go Fly a Kite

Had fun flying a kite a few weeks back when Auntie Bakes was here!  She got some great shots of us playing with our new kite!