Our last week in a rather large nutshell..

Here are some of the pics and such from our last week or so..They are a mix from the sleepover, TN/AL, and some around the house..

*The Jumpin' Monkey* with Sarah, Hannah, and Bria

More girl fun..1/2 bottle of polish later and 3 toes done lol :)

Sarah and Hannah's toes..

It wouldn't be a REAL slumber party without cupcakes!!

Princess is definately missing all of the hugs and kisses she got from Hannah!!

Ella got to meet her GREAT GREAT Grandma for the third time...

and here she is with her Grandma (Dolly), Great Grandma (Meemaw), and Great Great Grandma (Nanny)

And the last two...I have been asking myself all day....How this could happen...

That in 12 days short of 11 months...

THIS....

could become THIS..

She is alot more fun now, but it still scares me because it's flying by too fast. We're just trying to savor every moment..

Home Sweet Home

I know it's been forever since I last posted..
Today is my first day in awhile where I'm at home and not planning to go anywhere else!! I have a few things I want to accomplish around here and then I am going to watch a movie and relax :)
I have lots of new pictures and stuff to post, but first Ella and I need breakfast.. ;)

Girls, Girls, Girls

Well I have been keeping busy as I watch the Ebeling girls along with Ella until tomorow morning. The rest of the Ebeling bunch (along with Randy and Claude) are in Washington DC for the Whiteboard Conference. I have been having SO much fun with the kiddos. I think Ella is in heaven, too. We kiss and hug on her all the time, bu tI tell you I've got nothin on Hannah. She kisses Ella non stop. Sarah is better at putting into words how much she loves Ella like when she told me this morning that she was, "So happy that I had this baby because she is the best baby ever.."

I've had lots of help with Ella..

Sarah brought along her pet turtles and decided to show them to Ella. This is what Ella thought about the turtles...

Which quickly turned into the "Watch Ella try and eat the turtle game" which was funny only long enough to get these pictures :)

And this picture below captures perfectly the Uh oh, I just got caught with the paci in my mouth, AGAIN look...Of course she was quick to remove it before I got the picture...

And my favorite so far are from this morning..All of the girls snuggling in jammies after just waking up :)

And the best for last..

The numbers are in...

So after unloading some of the last bags from my shopping trip last week, I found the last reciept and added my savings up..

To catch some of you up, two ladies from our church have taken some of us under their wings to show us the world of "coupon shopping". So this weekend was Triple Coupon Days at Harris Teeter (a local grocery store)..The value of each coupon tripled at the register, then combine that with the stores weekly sales and...

I spent $37.34 on $227.31 worth of stuff- all of which I would have bought anyways!!(and have the reciepts to prove it!!)
Yes, I know I'm still shocked myself!!

I think I'm addicted..

Road Trip to TN!

After finding out that my Uncle Mark was in the ICU in Alabama, Randy and I packed up for a long trip to see him. He is still in the ICU and the doctors are trying to get him breathing on his own. They have been having trouble keeping fluid and blood out of his lungs. He needs alot of prayer along with my family. He is my mom's little brother and I know she is not ready to live life without him. We are just hoping for him to pull through, but his chances are becoming less and less. It took us 14 hours to get there and back, plus the hospital was 3 hours from where we were staying. I think we both would be happy not to drive anywhere for a LONG time!! I have a few posts from our trip. It was hard seeing my Uncle who is usually so goofy and happy hooked up to machines, but I did enjoy the time with my family, and Randy and I had a great time together. Thanks to all of you who have been praying for him :)

Visiting Family

Although the reason for this trip was upsetting, we did get to spend alot of time with family and that was really nice..

Poor Doggies!!

One of the days we were in TN we saw 2 dogs that had been dropped off at a gas station. My mom decided to take them back to her house where she has a ton of room for them outside. After she puts some meat on their bones she will try and find them a home or let them stay as outside dogs at her place. Randy went with my dad to go back and pick them up. They were both REALLY cute!!

Thanks Dolly!

Gotta love Grandmas..Ella got LOTS of new stuff while her "Dolly" was here visitng, but my favorite by far is this:



Can't wait to take her swimming when the water warms up!!

Cinco de Mayo Fun!!

We had alot of fun on May 5th..My mom was in town so we spent alot of time with her and my sister. We had a great time watching movies and shopping..We spent the morning with her today before she left. (Really gonna miss her, but she'll be back in a couple of weeks so it shouldn't be too bad..) My camera's been broken for a few weeks and I got a new one today!! Woo Hoo! I'm pretty excited. I had some money that my dad had sent me that I was holding onto. Added some of my tips from work to it..Found a camera which I thought I just HAD to have! (Randy says he just HAS to have a new guitar if I HAVE to have a camera lol)Anyways my mom and sister added some money to my "camera fund" and my sweet husband put in the rest as an early Mother's Day gift. I must say I'm blessed. It's nothing too fancy, but it takes nice pictures and I'm glad to be back behind a camera with my smiling baby on the other side.

Here are the first of many pics to come :)

Fun Times!

Keeping busy as usual...
Yesterday, we had a busy busy day! After some playtime with some friends from church, Ella and I met up with Lynsey and drove out to Raleigh for some shopping. It was a little overwhelming to take in coming from the Greenville mall! I so easily forget what real malls look like..it was an amazing day!

We spent most of today out and about, too. Ella hung out with Lynsey (aka Aunt LaLa!)and I joined Claude and Sheila to have lunch with some of our youth from church. It served as a great reminder that..
..I am SO glad I'm not in high school anymore!...
..School lunch is still pretty yucky (although you can buy a few yummy things for an arm or a leg!)
..I love spending time with our youth..they're AWESOME!!..

After that Randy and I took Ella out to one of the youth's track meets! It was alot of fun and nice and sunny! The weathers FINALLY warm!! Yay!!


One more thing I forgot to mention earlier is that we also went with the Cannon's to check out a bus thats For Sale! We think it would be really awesome to have one for church events..it's just busses don't come cheap!! This one was pretty awesome and I know if God wants us to have a bus, he'll work out the details..Just pray for our church and the decision..Do we really NEED one and if so..finding the right bus for the right price..