Sunday, January 31, 2010

YES, we are alive!




Ok, I know it has been forever since we posted. I have to admit I have gotten very lazy with it. I think its time to get back on it again!! I am going to try to combine as much as possible without going on and on too much.

Well we are still here in Nashville (snowed in today) and really LOVING it. We have been here for 2 yrs now and I feel like its truly our home now. Eric is still working for ADP. He stays very busy since he is the only Regional manager in his office now but is always so good about making time for me and Ella. He is such a great husband and father. He and Ella are Best Friends for sure. I think he has had more tea parties with Ella than I have ha!! Eric still keep up with his buckeyes! We actually even made it to a game this yr. It was my first time to Columbus. We had a great time and I have to say (being a gator fan) those buckeyes know how to PARTY! As far as me, I am still working from home and loving it. I am very BLESSED to have the opportunity to stay home with Ella and have my job that I truly love. I always say I have the best customers out there and I do! They make this job everything it is. I am also very involved in MOPS here. I am on the steering team and love being with such great women of God. Its a nice break from life and a time for Ella to have fun with other preschoolers. This has given me such a great chance to meet more people and I have!! I have a lot of friends here and love that when I am out and about now that I can actually run into someone I know ha!! I have also picked up COOKING!! I know you are all laughing your heads off right now. I have graduated from the El Paso taco kit FINALLY!!

Now for the most important update ELLA!!! She is doing wonderful. She will be 2 next month and I can't believe it. She just amazes us more and more everyday with new things she learns. She is a walking and talking machine to say the least. She is now going to school 2 days a week and loves it. She is learning so much but most importantly she is interacting with other children her age. She is such a social butterfly so being here everyday with me can get old. Ella loves to dance and talk on her "cell" phone ha!! If she hears music she is shaking her hips and getting down. When we went to Jamaica last summer she was the show!! Literally!! They had a great band and Ella was the only dancer until she met her first "vacation" boyfriend (we all had those) Caleb. They would dance the night away. Eric already set all the boyfriend rules after that vacation ha! Ella has hit the "baby doll" phase for sure. She LOVES her babies so much. She reads to them like she really knows the words! She has a great imagination, which I feel is great. Ella has blessed us in so many ways and we can not thank God enough for her. The love of a child is priceless. I can see why the Dugars have 19 kids, well maybe not! LOL but the love she has taught us is unbelievable. She is definitely the sunshine in our day. We do have some cloudy days ha!! but for the most part she is such a fun and loving child!

So all in all we are doing great, no complaints here! We are looking forward to what God has in store for us in 2010! So as the saying goes I guess we will just sit back and enjoy the ride. Please come visit us. We would love to see you!!