ella is three

ella turned three in July.  Was that two months ago?  times has been flying by.  anyone else feel that way?  we had so much fun.  my little sister and mom were in town for her birthday.  we went to one of those bounce house places and then did cake and ice cream.  she is so much fun.  so entertaining.  i love every minute that i have with this little girl. 

no more tears

Ella 1st day of PRESCHOOL!

last school year miss ella cried every day when her big sister madelynn went off to school.  she wanted to go so bad.  so fun to watch how much she loves getting ready and going to school.  school is everything to this girl.  she is growing up so much.  i can't believe it. 

"doe low"

We wanted to get out of the heat for the 4th of July this year.  it was a 116 in mesa, so we took off for Show Low.  We had a great time with friends.  We went to the Show Low 4th of July parade.  The girls just loved it.  We were a little sad that they didn't have fire workds due to the fires.  I am thinking that we started a new tradition...Show Low for the 4th.  When we left ella cried for "doe low" all the way home.

my latest project

ella's room.  i still need to get knobs for the dresser, and make pillows for the bed and put pictures in the frames.  she is loving her big girl bed.  for some reason the pink in the dress pictured funny.

now on to re finishing the crib and changing table...not to motivated to do that any time soon.

christmas at grandy and grampy's

my girls

esophagogastroduodenoscopy round two

esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with biopsy, also known as upper endoscopy. this test involves passing an endoscope, a long, flexible black tube with a light and video camera on one end, through the mouth to examine the esophagus, stomach and the first part of the small intestine.

ella went in for another (EGD) this morning.  she had this done in jan.  they are just rechecking things out.  she is still having alot of trouble with her acid reflux.  they think she might have eosinophilic esophagitis  (ee).  they took lots of biopsies to check for allergic cells. hoping everything comes back negative!

all went well with the endoscope.  they gave her differ meds to put her out this time, cause last time when she was coming out of the drug induced sleep, she was a BEAR.  the new meds were great, other then it took her forever to wake up.  we get the results in a few days. 

she is such a trooper dealing with her acid reflux.  they switched around and upped her meds.  so hoping she can get the calories in during the day and maybe just maybe she might sleep through the night.

* pic were taken with my camera on my phone.  so they are super fuzzy.

before the (EGD)



before they put her under



waiting for her to wake up.

after she woke up.  she was so out of it.

potty talk

Dustin - - ella where do we go potty?
ella - - on the carpet daddy...
Dustin - -  NO! NO! NO! ella where do we go potty?
ella - - out side daddy!
Dustin - - NO! Where do we go potty?
ella - - in the toilet daddy...
Dustin - - YES!  WE GO IN THE TOILET! 
Ella - - Daddy we go potty on the carpet?
Dustin - - NO! NO! NO!

you know shes sick when...

she lays on the couch and doesn't move all day. {if you know ella at all that is so out of character for her, she NEVER stops moving ever!}

Croup is a respiratory condition that is usually triggered by an acute viral infection of the upper airway. The infection leads to swelling inside the throat, which interferes with normal breathing and produces the classical symptoms of a "barking" cough, stridor, and hoarseness. It may produce mild, moderate, or severe symptoms, which often worsen at night. It is often treated with a single dose of oral steroids.

friends

sleeping beauty

ella's birthday

she will be two tomorrow

she came ready for life and with a personally to suit! we love her so much. she keeps us on our toes.

it goes by way to fast...

ella grace 21 months

Dustin picked up the camera with out me asking him to, for maybe the second time in the last five years. look at what a cute shot he got! i never get ella to look at the camera much less smile! my girls just run when they see me with it.

one year ago...

my little ella was born! i can't even believe how fast this past year has gone. we were back in st. louis {missouri} for her birthday. it was fun to be able to celebrate her big day with family. we even had dustin on the web cam for singing her happy birthday.

she really wasn't into eating the cake, she just played in it, just like she does with all food, she takes a few little bits and spits it all out.

who do i look like

some days i think ella looks so much like me when i was a baby, and i see alot of the "ott" side in her, way more then miss madelynn who looks just like her daddy. but then other times i don't think she looks anything like me and i see dustin in her. maybe she is just a good mix.

sunday mornings

i love Sunday mornings...for three reasons.

1. i love that i get to wake up to my silly wild-haired girls and get to cuddle with them all morning long!
2. the only morning in the week we get to just hang out as a family with no where to go.
3. cinnamon rolls

museum

We went to mesa's museum for youth this week. It was so perfect for Madelynn. We went with some friends that are moving up to UT this week end. sniff sniff! I'm still in total denial they are leaving us. Anyways they have a side of the museum that is for 0-4. It was awesome for Ella to be able to run around and play. Then they have a side for older kids, the have a monster exhibit right now Madelynn loved it so much. I think we will be going back...it's something to do to beat the heat here.

Have you ever read this book? It's the cutest book. They have a room dedicated to this book.

Talmage and Madelynn dressed up as the little guy in the book.

Chelsi reading the book to them. Madelynn feel in love with this book.

This is what Ella wanted to do. Play with the blocks and run around.

this was the painting room.

0-4yrs old side.