Thanksgiving

While we prepared for the Thanksgiving feast Ella slept in her papasan chair. We could not get over the way she put her neck. We moved it into a more 'normal' position but she put it right back. She is so funny.

Pop pop got to feed and burp Ella, the first of her many Thanksgiving bottles.

For appetizers we had Winter Squash Dip, Crab Stuffed Shrimp, and great conversation with the family.
Memere got a big smile from Ella.

Daddy and Munch.

So cute!! Thanks Aunt Courtney for helping find this adorable outfit!

Mike and I are so lucky to have such a wonderful baby girl.

Uncle thought it was too cold to join us on the porch. I think he just wanted to take a nap.

We had a great spread!


Turkey, Bean's Beans, Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, Corn Pudding and Corn Bread Pudding, Deer Sausage Apple Stuffing, and Gravy. It was wonderful to have to whole family help out with the dinner. We even had Uncle make a dish, corn pudding. We had a taste off between his own recipe of Corn Pudding and the Worthington's Corn Bread Pudding. Uncle won!! Great Job Uncle!!!

After dinner we had Bread, Cheese, and Fruit (brought by Memere and Pepere) Yes!! I can finally have Brie again (I had missed out for 9 months)

Aunt Jessie and Uncle Eric joined us for dessert. Aunt Jessie made a delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake and Pop Pop made a yummy pecan pie. We also had champagne and toasted Jessie and Eric's engagement.

After dessert we all hung out in the living room and enjoyed each others company.

Gama and Ella sleeping together. I never thought I would see Gama asleep at a family function. If you have been to one of our parties, you know she does not stop. I was so happy to see her relax! Good job Ella!!!

What a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

New Stuff

Jackie Worthington came to visit Ella on Tuesday. She brought the cutest outfit for Ella. While she visited she was able to feed Ella, which allowed her to hear her burps and toots! Not very ladylike but always funny!
A couple of you have witnessed Ella's new tricks, these are of her attempting to hold her bottle. She has just started to recognize her hands and can spend hours on end staring at them open and close. She has mastered the art of grabbing her pacifier and chucking it across the room. Due to this we have lost many pacifiers. Guess Mommie has to go shopping. Darn!

We finally put the batteries in the Jungle. Thanks to Trent McNeely we knew that you needed to hit the rails on the Jungle to make the music continue. Ella loves to do this, it almost looks like she is dancing!

Pretty in Pink

Ready for take off!

Put 'em up Ella!!

Ella or Cleo?


Someones hiding in the jungle!!

Daddy time!

Here are some pics of Ella and her Daddy hanging out. They are so cute together.

One Week Old Already!!

Aunt Shelly and Uncle Danny came to visit!!

One week old and already she has changed so much!

Ella and her boyfriend Trent McNeely!

In the jungle! Ella loves to sit under her play mat. The red frog mirror is her favorite!

Late night feeding!

Gama and Ella

Gama and Pop Pop brought over fried chicken, mashed potatoes, & green beans for dinner and brownies for dessert. Uncle joined in the festivities!

Hanging out before bed.

Chris and Rene came over to meet Ella. We hung out on the porch for a while. Ahhh fresh air.