A funny video

Ella is a model

 One of our neighbors, Emily, offered to take pictures of Ella, so I of course took her up on her offer.  She did an amazing job and all of the pictures turned out beautifully.  Emily brought me over a disc with more than 60 pictures on it.  I loved all of them so it was really hard for me to pick which ones to put up for every one to see.  I am obviously a crazy mom, which is why there are so many pictures for you to look at.  

 Ella definitely has a mind of her own, she doesn't often do what I want her to do, which was smile in this case. Emily did get a few pictures showing those cute dimples even if Ella didn't cooperate too well. I love all of the different facial expressions Emily captured.  Ella has a serious side to her; she often has a look on her face where you can tell she is really thinking hard about things.  I love that you can see that in some of these pictures. Thank you for taking such amazing pictures, Emily!  I think you can all tell that I think my baby is super cute!  

Valentines Day and some videos for Grandpa

Valentines Day was a really fun day for us.  Ella and I were able to go to a Valentine party with some of the kids from our ward.  In the afternoon Ella and I made sugar cookies for Daddy.  When dad got home he gave me a new pair of Toms for Valentines Day.  They are new style that just came out; the crocheted look.  They are super cute.  After that we took some super cute pictures of Ella.  She was really smiling a lot!  Unfortunately for all of us, when I looked at the camera none of the pictures were there.  How lame! Anyways after that we went to Old Chicago (our favorite pizza place here in Michigan).  It was so delicious. When we got home we put Ella to bed and then watched The Blind Side and ate sugar cookies.  Here is a valentines picture that I took of Ella a few days before Valentines Day.  I'm still pretty bummed that I didn't get any of those pictures.

And for Grandpa I have some videos of Ella just playing and being cute.

Ella is 6 months old!

Ella turns six months old tomorrow!  It is hard to believe that she has been around for half a year.  Ella is starting to learn a lot of things really fast.  She loves to talk.  She spends a lot of her time talking to herself.  Her favorite repetition right now is "dadadadada."  Of course daddy likes that a lot.  Ella can also scootch herself in circles while she is playing on her tummy.  She has not yet been able to move forward, which Ella finds very frustrating.  Ella is getting pretty good at sitting up.  She still falls over but mostly when she tries to grab something that is too far to the right or left of her.  

Ella is such a smilely, happy baby.  Her laughs and smiles are contagious.  We love having her around.

I forgot to flip this picture. Oh well.

Another jumping video

For those of you looking for something funny or exciting to watch this probably isn't the video for you. But if you happen to be a grandparent of Ella's you will probably like it :)

Detroit Auto Show

On Monday we were able to go to the Detroit Auto show with the Smedley's.  There were tons of cars and it was jam packed with people.  My dad, mom, and brothers would have really loved it.  Baby Ella and Baby Shad did really well considering how much noise and lights there were.  We had lots of fun, but we were all exhausted by the time we got home!

 Part of Detroit

 There were tons of people there.  Can you spot Steph and I?

 Jared and Shad

 Ella and Shad checking each other out.

Liam's favorite

Laughing