Sunday, January 18, 2009

Weekend Wrap-up

I don't know where the time went, but this weekend seemed to have flown by. We seemed to be busy the whole time, but still got to enjoy some family time together and just relax. Zach and I even got to go on a date! (Thank you Monie and Granddad for keeping Ella!) We went to dinner and to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Such an interesting movie. I would definitely recommend it, but make sure you block off 3 hours to see it. It's long, but very good!

On Saturday Ella and her daddy went to see our niece play basketball. No pictures were taken, but Zach said that she was mesmerized by the game and really enjoyed watching all the action! While they were gone I went and got Ella's "big girl" car seat. I thought that I had exactly what I wanted in mind, but when I got to the store everything changed. I had been researching and looking at all the different seats out there so I figured I would run in and run out with car seat in hand. After seeing all the different seats, reading more about them as well as "playing" with them while I was there, and listening/discussing with other parents doing the same thing, I finally left with a seat...almost 3 hours later!!! I am really happy with my decision and can't wait for Ella to use it. Here are some pictures of her checking it out:

"Comfy padding...check."

"Secure shoulder straps...check""No vision impairments...check."
"Sturdy build...check."

"Happy baby...check!" :)

As you can see, she got a little carried away with looking it over, so I had to put it up out of her reach. As I was putting it in the back room, I began to hear some banging around in the kitchen. When I returned I found Miss Ella rummaging through my lid drawer. I guess she felt that they all needed to come out of the drawer and have some free time on the floor. :) This all happened in a matter of seconds! The flip camera happened to be sitting on the counter so I grabbed it to catch her in action...(I wasn't able to edit for some reason, so it is long.)






We ended our weekend with a trip to the park. The weather was beautiful today, so it was a perfect day for being outside. We even ran into some of our friends, Ashley, Travis, and Emma!

Trying to sleep while we strolled around.
I love this picture of her sparkly shoes. :)

She wasn't too sure about this swing at first. (Aren't those cool!?!?)

Relaxing...
I can't believe Ella will be 10 months old on Tuesday!

2 comments:

SheriMc said...

She really is examining her new seat! She's so quick no wonder she was in that drawer so fast. Glad you and Z had a good time. Happy week!

Victoria :) said...

Too cute! Your kitchen floor looks like ours...Tupperware scattered everywhere. Except I find hidden surprises like little fistfuls of dog food tucked in the containers. Too funny. :)