July 4th, 2009--Happy 4th & Celebration of Ella's 2nd B-day!

Here's the Birthday Girl at Applebee's....we're so thankful for the blessing God has given us in our precious little girl:)

We were also very thankful to have so much family around to help us celebrate. Thanks so much Galushas and Stumbaughs for making her 2nd birthday so special! We love you!

Here's a 'Kodak moment' if I ever saw one....Ella gives big hugs to her Auntie Vicky:)

She was pretty pumped to get to blow out her candles all by herself....we'd been practicing for weeks!! Mommy kept the cake pretty simple this year with just a big 'E' on top since she's been learning her alphabet, and of course the only word that starts with E is 'ELLA!' according to her:)

Good Times in Concordia--July 3rd, 2009

We celebrated the 4th early over at our Aunt Diana and Uncle Rick's place....Ella had a fabulous time with her big cousins, as usual:)

This is cousin Grace and Ella....this is the person that Ella thinks we are singing about when we sing 'Amazing Grace' to her:) And it is more than obvious that she thinks Grace is pretty amazing!

We had fun visiting a friend's farm that evening, and this pic was taken just before Daddy got his finger bit off :) (J/J)

Here's our little tumblebee showing her summersault prowess. She gave mommy a good scare that day by hurting her little knee for a bit, but recovered before I could get her in the car to take her to the ER. As Uncle Shawn said, 'It's a good thing God made little kids out of rubber'.