Memorial Day Weekend 2010

Poppy showing the grandbabies dinner :)

Ella was fascinated and got a tad upset when Poppy threw them in the boiling water!

I know these are a tad out of order but I am trying to catch up :)  Over Memorial day weekend we went back "home" to Beaumont to visit Oma and Poppy, Heather and Dave and their kiddos (most recently added James!!).  We left at 4:15 am saturday morning and surprisingly had a nice, quiet trip.  Ella slept like a champ until we were just east of Houston, so we stopped at McD's for some breakfast and a Mc-bellyache.  We made to Oma's about 10-ish and Ella couldn't wait to see her cousins.  It is so cool that she has reached an age that they can play together and she has so much fun hanging out with the "big Emma and big Anna" ... just wants to be one of the girls :)  Ella was itching to get her hot little hands on James so I played defense most of the weekend and didn't get a chance for baby snuggles either .... womp womp.  But it was so good to see him and I am excited that Ella still has a fascination with wee ones (we will see if this lasts when Tess gets here!).  On sunday we had a crawfish boil (yummy!!) ... how I miss a good crawfish boil!  Ella wouldn't try it at all, but she did steal 2 off my plate to keep as pets.  She got quite upset when they later "disappeared" ... delish!

I will call him fishie and he will be mine!

The cousins (most of them anyway) swimming in Oma's tub after we

had to get out of the pool due to thunder!

What a good trip we had .... crawfish, family time, swimming (in the pool and tub), and lots of play time for the cousins!!

In the summertime when the weather is nice ...

                                                             North Padre Island June 2010

What a busy little girl we have.  We went to the coast last weekend for a quick trip and she loved it!!  Upon our arrival she interrupted Max and Ruby blaring on the DVD player to scream (at the top of her lungs no less!) "BEEEEAAAACCCCCHHH!!!".  I didn't think she remembered it from last year, but that shows what I know.  She loved splashing in the surf, chunking her mermaid Barbie out to sea, and "swimming" with daddy.  You will note there are few if any pics of me, as I am quickly approaching the "big as a house" phase of pregnancy :)  I just do not carry babies cute ... sigh.  On a lighter note, I did get some sun which is awesome since I was also quickly approaching transparent.  We had a great little trip and are hoping to go again maybe in mid-July!

My beach baby!!

Mama and Ella walking Bob Paul Pier (she was so excited!!)

Long time coming

Ok ok ok .... I know!  I have been very naughty with my blog updates but this has been a very crazy summer so far.  My sweet girl has been on the feeling-kinda-crummy roller coaster.  The only upside to that is that we have kinda figured out what triggers her tummy troubles and are working to circumvent it as much as possible.  I never knew I could learn so much from one little girl's bravery.  I am so proud of her and lucky to be her mama!  We have also recently found out that we are expecting another sweet baby girl, Tessa Kate, in October (so much for home gender testing!!), but are so very excited.  Ella has all along said that she was having a "sisser" so I guess we should have saved the $30 and listened to her :)