Pink Glove Dance

This is a breast cancer awareness video that they made at my hospital. My department was hoppin busy on the day they made this so we didn't get to be in it, but thought I'd share it anyway. It's pretty cute I think! Remind all the women you love & care about to do self exams and get annual screening mammograms when they are of age!

Toy Box Raid

Ella's new trick is to pull over her box of toys and roll on top of them all. It's pretty interesting to see which ones she chooses to play with. Most often it's the one with the longest tag to chew on that she likes best. We've given her random kitchen items that are safe to play with and funny enough those too are the toys of choice. She has a pink thermos lid that she loves to chew on and talk into. We think she likes the echo back at her. It's metal and cool too so it probably feels good on her mouth. On an unlucky note this same lid is a bit heavy, and apparently when thrown from the towering height of a high-chair it's capable of breaking kitchen floor tile! We have 2 big gouges in our floor and this is the only heavy thing that has fallen on it....we're now searching for a way to repair travertine tile without replacing the whole thing...any ideas please comment and let us know! (Our condo management thanks you!) :(

Sorry this is a bit long and may be funnier when in person but still kind of cute.

Manson Thanksgiving

Playing with puddles the duck and Grandma Lorri

Hanging out with Aunt Carol

I'll share my toys with you Great-Grandma!

"Uncle 'Tricia" is trying to eat my toes!

Cuddles with Great-Grandma

Last weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving with Jason's family. It was nice to visit and catch up with family and to share a great meal together. Jason's Aunt Starr is a great cook and I always leave her house with a new recipe or meal idea. Ella had a good time playing with all of her Aunties, Grandparents and Great-Grandma. More Thanksgiving fun to come this week!

Snoozing with Daddy

I came downstairs Sunday morning to find these two cuddle-bugs together on the couch. Ella woke up too early from her first nap so daddy gave her a blankie and cuddles and she fell fast asleep in his arms. I'm sure she loved every second of it since she has to sleep in that big dark lonely crib all by herself these days (what cruel parents we are!), and Daddy doesn't look too heartbroken either.

Notice her duckie jammies....she wore them in honor of the Oregon football game last night, Ella had to go to bed before the game was over so this was "her" way of cheering from dream-land. I (Julie) am not a huge fan of the new Duck uniforms so Ella and I decided that her PJ's could be a good alternative for the team...rubber duckies plastered to their chest sounds like a nice option right? We'll be contacting Mr. Knight with our new plan...be prepared, changes coming soon! :)

Exploring My World

Ella rolls all over the living room. She has one direction that she really prefers to roll over the other. It's pretty comical; she'll roll until she hits an obstacle like the couch or the wall then we'll move her back to the other side of the room to start all over again. I found her the other day inspecting the underside of her swing. She seems a bit old to have the thing still around but it's great to have when she's in a grouchy or sleepy mood and just wants to kick back in a baby daze.

Visit with my cousins

Alyssa, Natalee and Ella

Ella got to visit with her cousins Alyssa and Natalee recently. She is really fascinated with other kids. It's so cute to see her with other babies or kids, she just stares and watches everything they do....taking notes for later I think.

Grandma Teah, Grandpa Scott, Alyssa, Natalee and Ella

Davis Graveyard

There is a house in Portland that we heard about on the radio that decorates their yard and house like a graveyard each year for Halloween. They have crazy good decorations. We went to see it on Halloween during the day, but apparently it's a whole new level of decked out in decor, fog, lights, scary sounds and haunting at night. It apparently changes & has new decorations each year so we'll have to hit it again next year. It's so fun to find the cool local festivities going on now that we're back in town. Starting our own traditions has been really nice!