Ella loves corn!

Ella loves corn, especially corn from grandma and grandpa’s garden. The other night I decided to cook some corn on the cob from their garden with our dinner. Mom recently replenished our freezer with corn and it had been awhile since we’d had some and we were quickly reminded of how much Ella loves it.

The ears of corn were pretty big and I tried unsuccessfully to cut one in half for Ella, so I just gave her a whole one. I gave her the plate, went back into the kitchen to make myself a plate, and by the time I got back to the table she said, “I want more corn, Mommy.” She had already eaten the entire ear of corn! She ended up eating two whole ears and would have had more if we hadn’t made her stop because we were scared of what it would do to her tummy (and what disgusting diapers I might have to change the next day).

Here are some pics of Ella enjoying her corn.

Kendall's First Photo Shoot

Last week we had Kendall’s first photo shoot. A good friend of ours, Jason Dilday, recently started doing photography and he came to the house and took some newborn (well, technically she had just turned one month old) photos of Kendall.

The photos turned out fantastic!! I believe this was Jason’s first newborn shoot so as you can see he is very talented! You can check out his work at http://www.stillblissphoto.com/.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mother's Day

I realize Mother’s Day was almost two weeks ago, but again I am behind and didn’t get a chance to tell everyone about my great Mother’s Day! Ronnie was on call the night before and was still at work that morning so I had to get the girls and myself ready for church. This was my first time doing that by myself and it was a lot of work but we made it! At the end of the service Pastor Ron asked the kids to come to the front to get a gift for their mothers. Big girl Ella marched right up to the front and brought a cute pad of paper and pen set back for me. She was so sweet!

After church I got the girls loaded into the car and when I got in the driver’s seat there was a card on the dashboard for me. I tried to remember if it was possible that I had missed it on my way to church, but then remembered that Ronnie had been at work all day the day before and I had probably been in my car five times since then and there’s no way I overlooked it that many times! Thankfully he was off work and had just dropped the card off so we all went to Buckhead to eat a yummy lunch. I really wanted a Hot Brown and they make fantastic ones! We got home and I opened my presents. I got a Starbucks gift card, and a new pair of running shorts and a running shirt. I have been super anxious to start exercising again so Ronnie wanted to get a new cute outfit to get me started! I love it! And what better gift to go with running clothes than a gift card to get my favorite…double chocolately chip frappucinos. :)

God has truly blessed me with an awesome mother and I feel so honored to have such a wonderful, caring husband and two beautiful girls who have made me a mother.

Me and my girls!

Ella wanted to try on my new shorts

Big Girls, Vomit & Road Trips

We can’t believe it but our baby girl is already 1 month old! Time is flying by! We’ve had a blast watching Kendall grow and change in the last month, but then we look at Ella and get sad because we feel like it was just yesterday when she was this age and now she seems so big! But it’s also exciting as we remember all the fun milestones and stages we have to look forward to with Kendall, and we're having a blast with Ella as she gets older and is able to do more fun thing and says things that absolutely crack us up.

So anyway, our “little” girl isn’t so little! Kendall had her 1 month checkup yesterday with Dr. Bindner. She weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs 12 oz and was 22 ½ inches long. Her weight, height and head circumference are all 90th percentile! What a big girl! Needless to say, she has no issues eating and nursing has gone very well. Considering the stomach virus she just got over (more about that to come) and her frequent spitting up, we didn’t expect her to weigh so much! Everything else went well at the checkup. We discovered at her 2 week weight check that her clavicle (collar bone) is fractured. That commonly happens to big babies during birth and is not a big deal because it usually heals fine on its own. Dr. Bindner thought it was healing well. She received one vaccination yesterday – her 2nd dose of Hep B. She received the first dose in the hospital when she was born.

The rest of us are doing well. Last weekend the girls and I made a trip to Scottsville. It was Kendall’s first trip to visit the grandparents and my first trip home since getting the Pilot. It sure made for a better ride than the Malibu! A few days before we left Ella had her first experience throwing up. She woke up really sick one night but was such a tough girl. When I heard her crying for me I went to her room and she said “sumping happened” and pointed to the middle of her crib where she had vomited. She didn’t know what was going on! It ended up being a stomach virus because shortly thereafter I caught it, then poor Kendall got it too. (By the way, Ronnie’s profession has started to come in really handy. I was really, really sick one afternoon…ready for someone to just put me down…and Ronnie was able to call in a prescription for me that thankfully helped me stop vomiting.) Kendall was still having symptoms when we went to Scottsville but everyone insisted that we come on anyway, and I was looking forward to having some help since Ronnie had been working a long string of night shifts and wasn’t around much. One of the reasons we went down that weekend was for Andy Stewart’s wedding to Amber Murley. The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time, though Kendall decided to show everyone how cute she was by projectile vomiting during the reception. Poor buddy. Unfortunately we didn’t get out of Scottsville without making someone sick – my poor mom ended up catching the virus and unfortunately was much sicker than the rest of us were. I’m still sorry, mom!

Our big 1 month old!