tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:53:02 +0000http://www.marilynandelaine.com/default.aspAvaBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-539826760118562211Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:48:00 +00002008-03-16T11:53:02.908-07:00EllaSistersAvaValentine's Dayhttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2008/02/happy-valentines-day.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-7249520045618220159Sat, 12 May 2007 17:42:00 +00002007-07-09T10:52:58.537-07:00Avahaircuthttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2007/05/blog-post.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-7957226156531326454Thu, 10 May 2007 02:01:00 +00002007-07-10T13:15:09.199-07:00out backEllamilestonesIn the past few weeks, Ella has learned to walk! What a big accomplishment! We are so proud of you Ella! We knew you could do it!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2007/05/my-little-sister-learned-to-walk.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-467319293637790713Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:44:00 +00002007-07-13T13:55:25.730-07:00MomMCousinsAvaParkhttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2007/04/sunday-in-park.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-1437478113825129470Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:48:00 +00002007-07-13T13:52:11.260-07:00EllaSistersAvaOutsidehttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2007/04/this-cars-not-big-enough-for-both-of-us.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-6806579491394203865Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:22:00 +00002007-01-03T11:48:22.612-08:00EllaCousinsAvaChristmasTonight we attended Christmas Eve mass at church. It was really nice. Afterwards we went over to Aunt Car's house for Christmas with MomM's side of the family. It was great. We ate dinner, opened presents and played games. My favorite part of the night was getting the Little People Circus from Aunt Jilly! I LOVE that toy! Ella and I both got to wear our Elmo Christmas jammies. When we http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/12/christmas-eve-2006.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-4536202662001783794Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:55:00 +00002007-01-03T11:33:46.080-08:00EllaBirthdayHappy 1st birthday sis! I love you! I am so happy for you...you've come such a long way in just 1 year. You went from 2+ lbs. to almost 20 lbs. You are starting to eat big people food and are on the verge of crawling. You are starting to play toys with me. You take baths with me. And you laugh at me when I'm silly. We are just 18 months apart and I can already tell that we are going to behttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/12/happy-1st-birthday-ella.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-2117900606390489017Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:05:00 +00002006-12-29T14:22:58.071-08:00EllaLately, Ella's been wearing my retro coat. It's still a little big on her, but I think she likes the fake fur. She still doesn't have much hair so the hood keeps her head warm!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/12/new-coat.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-7303558119563393553Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:54:00 +00002006-12-29T13:54:04.977-08:00EllaAvaChristmasChurchToday we had the church school program. My job was to rock baby Jesus and then pass him to the other little girls. I did extremely well since I have had a lot of prior experience rocking baby dolls. Then, for my second act, I was passed the microphone and I had to say "Love Each Other". I said it low and Aunt Car asked me to say it again, so I did. My version sounded more like "Love http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/12/church-program.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-652050239128594372Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:17:00 +00002006-12-20T13:15:54.013-08:00EllaBirthdayTonight we had Ella's 1st birthday party! It was a blast. The theme was Happy Feet, ya know, those little tap-dancing penguins. The Moms think that Ella has happy feet because when they hold her she has a tendency to kick her legs fast and furious. Anyway, we had good eats at the party, we sang Happy Birthday to Ella, we watched an awesome DVD that MomM put together of Ella's first year, we http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/12/ellas-1st-birthday-party.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-5549947458711793206Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:15:00 +00002006-12-15T13:56:24.460-08:00CousinsAvaSleepoverStar WarsTonight the boys slept over. Aunt Car and Uncle Mike had a reunion to go to, so the moms were babysitting. Sleepovers are Fun with a capital "F"! We started the night with some game playing. MomE and the boys played Parchesi and then we all played Go Fish. Later, MomM helped us make sugar cookies. We mixed the ingredients with our hands and each got a hunk of dough to roll out with a http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/11/my-first-big-sleepover.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116440367718188301Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:16:00 +00002006-11-24T13:27:57.196-08:00Today we stayed after church for the Gingerbread House Making lesson. MomM and I made the cutest little gingerbread house out of gingerbread and candies. Well, actually, MomM made the house while I ate the sweet icing and candy! MomE held Ella and they took pictures of everyone. It was a lot of fun!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/11/gingerbread-house.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116526918315236757Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:55:00 +00002006-12-04T13:53:03.166-08:00http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/11/doll-baby.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116380270733242627Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:45:00 +00002006-11-17T14:31:47.346-08:00After the moms got their chores done today, we drove over to the park. The sun was going down and the temperature dropped pretty dramatically, but we were bent on going. MomM and I played on the playground while MomE and Ella took a stroll. MomE was excited to try out her new digital camera. Even though it was chilly, we all had a lot of fun. And Ella even fell asleep in her coachy before http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/11/chilly-walk-in-park.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116258757963524066Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:46:00 +00002006-11-03T12:59:39.660-08:00For Halloween, Aunt Car got me a workbook for little girls. It teaches you how to cut and paste. Tonight, MomE and I worked on the book. MomE was supposed to cut and I was just supposed to do the pasting, but after seeing MomE work those scissors, I wanted a try myself. She showed me how to hold them and in no time I was making fringe out of all the paper lying around. I'm a big girl!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/11/scissor-practice.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116249184696458737Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:17:00 +00002006-11-02T10:24:06.980-08:00Happy Halloween! This year I was the green witch from the Wizard of Oz and Ella was Dorothy. Grandmom and MomE made our costumes. Everyone loved them. Early in the day we went to see our cousins' Halloween parade. I loved looking at all of the kids in their costumes. I like the scary ones! At night, we got to see Austin...he was dressed up as Woody from Toy Story. Then later a bunch of http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/wizardresses-of-oz.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116302396592108617Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:41:00 +00002006-11-08T14:12:45.936-08:00Today we were at Mom Mom Weez's. She made a yummy pot roast dinner for all of us. After dinner, Aunt Car helped us make a haunted gingerbread house for Halloween. Aunt Car and Aunt Jilly "glued" the walls and the roof together and then we had to wait for it to dry before we could add the goodies onto it. While we were waiting for it to dry, we went outback into the yard. The boys wanted to http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/lineup.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116198103056310130Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:27:00 +00002006-10-27T13:30:30.580-07:00Ella and I are getting into the Halloween spirit. Here's a picture of us dressed up in our little witch costumes. We can't wait until Tuesday. This year's theme is Wizard of Oz. I am going to be the green witch and Ella is going to be Dorothy. Be sure to check back next week to see pictures of us.http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/halloween-spirit.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116198159918283153Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:32:00 +00002006-10-27T13:42:07.206-07:00MomE: Come on Ava, we need to do clean up. Ava: Are people coming over? MomM: You're smart! Ava: Yah, people say that! Ava: I'm going to get my Raggedy Ann doll Ava: [approaches her dark room] Ut oh, the power is out. Grandmom: Where do alligators live? Ava: Ocean City!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/quotable-quotes.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116120734446153498Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:57:00 +00002006-10-18T14:35:44.476-07:00Look closely...a couple of weeks ago I got my two bottom teeth in! Yah! I'm only 9 1/2 months old...6 1/2 months corrected if we want to get technical. Ava didn't get her first tooth in until she was around 12 months old! Anyway, growing teeth REALLY hurts! I'm slobbering all over everything and I used to sleep through the night but the past few days I've been waking up at random times http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/teething-time.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116077481466830185Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:54:00 +00002006-10-13T14:26:54.683-07:00Happy Birthday Grandmom! I hope you had a nice day!http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/10/happy-girls.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116077412238183134Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:27:00 +00002006-10-13T14:15:22.396-07:00Tonight MomE let me into Ella's crib. It was fun. I was doing a bunch of bouncies and Ella was cracking up. I love to act silly and make her laugh.http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/09/welcome-to-my-crib.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-116101824815337838Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:10:00 +00002006-10-16T10:04:08.170-07:00This week I got to fishsit for the boys. Fishsitting is like babysitting, except you watch fish instead of babies. Aunt Car brought the fish tank over and we placed it in the middle of our kitchen table. I was supposed to give it an "Ava-sized" pinch of food each night before bed. One night, while the moms were in Ella's nursery, I took it upon myself to feed the two fish, Stripey and Big Redhttp://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/08/fishsitting.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-115688614608827585Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:04:00 +00002006-08-29T14:21:26.420-07:00This morning was my baptism at the church. It was the same church where my sister Ava was baptized. I got to wear Ava's pretty white dress and my special name bracelet. I had a lot of godparents...Aunt Lisa and Aunt Jilly were my godmothers and Michael was my godfather. At the end of the ceremony, a lady named April sang a beautiful solo. The song was Celine Dion's, "A Mother's Prayer". http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/07/god-bless-ella-jae.htmlAvatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693628.post-115653833996337254Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:01:00 +00002006-08-25T13:38:59.980-07:00http://www.marilynandelaine.com/2006/07/little-miss.htmlAva