Tuesday, January 20, 2009

"tail"


Ella wore a pony tail for the first time today! She looks too grown up! She calls it a "tail". The photo was taken with my phone, so excuse!

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Ella's Big Music Show!!!

We had a blast at Ella's Birthday Party!! Thank you to all our family and friends that joined us for her special day! We are blessed more than we ever deserve! A special thank you to Karin for the PRECIOUS photos! What a treasure!


Thursday, January 15, 2009

Better Late Than Never?

Christmas 2008.......the best ever!! My sister and her family surprised us for the celebration! We had so much fun- especially Ella this year! Here's a few pics from our holiday! Besides, we need to celebrate Jesus' birth EVERY day of the year, right? Roll your mouse over the pics to see captions!

Friday, January 9, 2009

every party has a pooper....

Just one more tidbit for the day! My two-year-and-four-day-old daughter has done #1 and #2 in the potty SEVERAL times in the last few days!!! She is so proud of herself! Yay! It's a start? Dora panties here we come! =)

going green.......

Yippee-Hooray! My home computer is back up and running!! I'm not on it right now, but the point is that I could be! We are having a great week so far! Very anxious for the big party tomorrow. Ella's going to have a blast! Aunt Kim got here last night-such a big help, and Connie & fam will be here tonight.
Because I have yet to post Christmas pictures, noone has seen my beautiful REAL tree from this year. I thought I'd give you a little preview before the slide was posted! Until this year, I had never had a live tree at Christmas, and this year Michael and I decided we wanted a BIG FAT TREE that said nothing but Christmas!!! He found the PERFECT tree (he was hugging it and singing the hallelujah chorus when he showed up with it on the front porch- I'm not kidding- pics to prove), and we had such a great experience that we will have one from now on! It was awesome. However, I went from a 7ft. whimpy skinny tree to this giant 9 ft.+ thing, so ornaments were few, but we are all set for next year! I was tempted to leave it with just lights (all 100,000 of them) on it because it was that pretty! Anyway, if anyone is considering for next year- do it! The needles are not bad at all (we bought frasier fir), and our house did not catch fire. It stayed green because we watered it every day and it lasted beyond Christmas Day. Success in our holiday book!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Happy New Year!!!

2009..........wow!!! I cannot believe another year has flown by!!! My little girl turned 2 YEARS OLD on Monday, and it seems like yesterday she was no bigger than a sack of sugar in my arms!!! (wow, did that sound southern?) Oh, it's just going too fast!
God certainly blessed the Ekenseairs in 2008; 2 new jobs, a healthy, very happy little girl, new fun with family and friends, vacations, etc. etc. We are so thankful that he is our Father and that he is in control! Isn't it awesome that he makes all things new?!
We had a wonderful Christmas! Connie, Kirk and Emily surprised me on Christmas Eve at our Communion Service and came to spend the night with us and let Emily and Ella open Santa together the next morning!! It was the best surprise! What fun!!! Mimi was sick over the holiday and couldn't make it to our house, but Papa came and brought Ella some new wheels and a Dora tent!
Ella was expecially fun this Christmas! She will tell you that "Ho-Ho" brought her a kitchen!! (I hear it took Santa much longer to put together than expected- does four hours sound long to you?)=) She sang jingle bells and rum-pa-pum-pum (little drummer boy) during the entire holiday. Santa included a tube of "lip-it" on all of the gifts he left, which she especially loved!
We got to spend her birthday night with Sophie, Eli, brownies and ice cream! Yum! She got flowers, balloons, cards, etc. all day long! It was a very special day!
We celebrate her birthday this Saturday and are looking forward to a Jack's Big Music Show party. She's still not convinced she's "2" yet! We are very busy with preparations this week, to say the least!
By the way- I'm thinking of a new title for our blog. "The Ekenseairs" seems kind of ho-hum! Let me know if anyone has any suggestions. Fun. Catchy. Memorable. I'm open to anything!
I must give a 'shout-out' to new bloggers Niki and Kelley M. (at least new to me)!! I love to hear what others say about the every day lives we all live!! Thank you for sharing a piece of yours!! Niki- you make me feel very tired and lazy, but most certainly entertained! Kelley- you have the cutest family on the blog block, and we share a passion for grocery game and wreaths! =) (see blog roll for these new additions) =)
I hope to be better at blogging during this new year. That probably would include getting my home computer back in business so that I don't have to blog at work! =)
Hope everyone is having a wonderful new year so far, and has already lost lots of weight and are looking forward to putting a swimsuit on next week, memorized the entire Bible, become a millionaire, and have perfectly cleaned and organized their entire home in Martha-Stewartesque fashion!

I promise to post Christmas photos soon! Love to all!!