Weekend Fun Time!

Scott and I got invited to go to "Taste of the Nation" on Saturday night. The tickets were 100 a piece, but our friends had some for free. All of the money went to charity to fight hunger. The event was held at the convention center and it included 50 of the top chefs in Orlando. We walked around from 7-10 eating samples of all the food and there was a live band and silent auction. It was so much fun. The food was delicious and we one a 2 night stay at the Nickelodeon hotel through the silent auction. It was such a fun date night for us! Ella was so excited that I was getting dressed up. I bought two new dresses that morning to choose between and when I came home with them Ella was so excited. Every 5 minutes she would run up to me with a dress and shoes in hand and say "please put this on mommy". When I tried them on for them to help me pick which one to keep she asked if I would walk around and hold her hand and marry her!!!! I brought home a blue dress and a black one and Ella loved the blue one, she put on her blue, fall church dress all day to look the same. We got a picture taken in the blue dresses together, but unfortunately I chose the black one, which was really upsetting for Ella!

The rest of the weekend consisted of the usual.....swinging, swimming, playing at the house together and church! It's always fun to watch how much fun Ella and Bradley have together. They truly are the best of friends! Some of their favorite things to do together right now are to let the air out of the jumpy house and run and jump onto it together, to catch each other at the bottom of their little slide, playing kitchen and chasing each other! Enjoy some pictures of our weekend!

Bradley's Buddy

When Ella was younger she had a blanket that looked like a dog that we thought would be the "special" blanket, so we bought 2 of them in case it got lost. In the few months following, she became more attached to a different dog blanket named puppy baby that now goes everywhere. She keeps 1 of the original dog blankets in her bed and one in the car, as back ups, but they are definitely not the "it" blankie! Anyway, Bradley has a blanket that is similar to the one Ella has favored and it is a blue puppy dog. I have been putting it in his crib as a comfort, and even named him"Blue" to make him seem special, but Bradley never took to him.

This week in the car Bradley was upset so Ella let him hold her "car puppy blanket". It was so sweet that she was trying to share and help. Anyway, as soon as she gave it to him he smiled and hugged it really tight and just started giggling. I thought it was sweet, but didn't think much of it. A few days later it happened again and Bradley gave the same response. So, I asked Ella if Bradley could have one of the puppy blankets that weren't as speacial to her. I could tell she emotionally was having a hard time contemplating it, but after a few moments she eagerly decided yes. She put it in Bradley's crib and he is so happy about it! I think it is so sweet that he is only attached to the blanket that Ella comforts him with! Here are a few pics of Bradley with his new buddy! He slept for 4 hours with it the other day! I might name this blanket "miracle dog".

A Little Piece Of Heaven

Tonight before I laid Ella down for bed we read through one of her bibles. After we were done she wanted to know if we were going to see God tomorrow and if he was going to come to her house. Then she wanted to know if Mary, Joseph, Jesus, Jonah, etc. would come to her house too? I tried to explain to her that they lived long ago and told her that they all live in heaven with God and Jesus. It was so sweet to listen to her talk and try to figure it all out. "Do they use clouds as beds in heaven? Do they have to listen to all that thunder and lightning up there when they're sleeping? Are they up there with the birds and mosquitoes?" If you know Ella and her motor mouth then you know by 8pm I am mentally worn out solely from her talking all day. However, I could have laid there for hours listening to her innocent little questions! I told her we had to be really good to get into heaven and she wanted to know if they were really good if her and Bradley could go.

On a sillier not, earlier today she pointed out to me that she had a boo boo on her leg. I told her it was a scab. She proceeded to repeat over and over that she was bit by a crab. Since we had seen a huge crab at the beach a few weeks a go I thought she was just being silly. Half way through the day I realized that she thought I told her she had a crab. She thought she was bit by a crab......when really I said...yep, that's a scab!

Bradley is busy as ever. He is exploring ways to try and get his way. He sure can get upset when he doesn't get his way! He is doing great at swimming. They both love the pool. Since Bradley watches Ella swim all over by herself he wants to swim more and more. Tonight he swam underwater about 3-4 feet to the wall about 5 times in a row and loved it! We also turned on our Fisher Price Star Station that allows them to sing into microphones and see themselves dance on tv and that was a real hit with Bradley since he had never really done that before! Ella and Bradley have tons of fun together and make each other laugh like no one else can!! That's a great sound!