The 5 Best Things About the First Day of School

1. The anticipation of the first day causes me to plan early... which means a smooth morning and a great start to staying on schedule.
2. Two words: Photo op.
3. Ella and Mommy time.
4. Getting not only the laundry finished in one morning but also having enough me time during Ella's nap to get on the tread mill AND shower all before 11 am.
5. Seeing the smile on my preschooler's face that tells me that she is a well adjusted little girl ready to learn and meet new friends.

Yep... MORE Pictures.

I'm pretty burnt out on pictures if you can believe it. Every picture I take equals work for me away from the girls. I can't tell you the last time I actually ordered prints. My collection is OUT.OF.CONTROL and if something happened to my hard drive, I'd be screwed.

With that said, I hope the rest of our family pictures will hold you over.

Oh, as a sidenote: Ella weighed in at only 18% at her 18 month check-up. Even though she's a fantastic eater, I have decided to supplement with some of this stuff on top of the whole milk I already give her. We have a follow-up weight check in three months so I've got to get her fattened up before then. :) Other than that, she's doing great... her vocabulary is wonderful and she might even catch up to her sister. Adelyn can't sit long enough for me to teach her much in one sitting. She's our Miss Congeniality. Speaking of that, her first day of preschool is tomorrow! We already had an open house last week and she's psyched. O.k... I'm psyched, too, to have three mornings a week to get some things done around here.

Have a great week!

An All Girls Weekend!

We were graced with the presence of these two little cuties this weekend:

Oh, and their momma and grandma came to visit, too. LOL! Thanks for a great visit, Angel, Mom, and my two sweet nieces! Adelyn and Ella are still talking about it. :)

Our Lil' Models

Courtesy of our recent family photo shoot...

Oh, and I LOVE this picture of Ella Bella:

And here's our gorgeous brown-eyed girl...

I have more pictures to share but need more time to go through all of them. I'm SO happy with how they turned out!

VACA

We had a blast on our annual trip to Branson for some fun in the sun with family. We spent every day on the lake and pool... and the girls LOVED it. They BOTH took a dip in the lake and Adelyn became quite the fish in the water with her cousins' help. Apparently she even worked up enough courage to go down a water slide all by herself. See?

Yeah, I know. I'm still freakin' out about this picture... mostly because I wasn't there to take it. Admittedly, I would have never allowed her to do that by herself even with a life jacket on. But grandmas are way more fun than mommies, right? She was obviously just fine with it because she was jumping off the dock into the lake the very same day. She's FEARLESS... and I'm FEARFUL that Ella is going to be the same way. (Note to self: sign up the girls for more swim lessons at the Y.)

Here's a digital scrapbook of some pictures we took during our week on Table Rock Lake in Branson.

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