Halloween 2011

So, this is gonna be a short post, because frankly I'm tired. Very tired. Ella's havin' a rough night and I'm not particularly in the blogging mood.....but I'll try :)

We did and always do have a fun Halloween season. We had our traditional Pinson Halloween party (pic's on FB...not posting those twice), and we stopped by the Holmes like we always do. Jill had gotten us Pinson kids special treats (donuts, cookies, juice) and my sis-in-law Alex was there and took some really cute pic's of Ella in her ghost costume (made my yours truly!).

Adam looked amazing in his gladiator costume, and I looked, well...hmmmm. Not my best year for costumes :( Kinda thrown together but that's what happens when you're a mom! Hopefully next year I'll look better and will have more time/energy to worry about my own costume.

Even though she wears me out, I am so in love with this little girl. I miss her all day at work and am so happy to see her happy little face when I get home.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween this year!!!

Cobblecreek

 So there are A LOT of pictures in this post...but we lived here for two years, so it kinda deserves the space.  We moved into the Cobblecreek Apartments in October of 2009.  It was the first time Adam and I were REALLY on our own in a long time, and we were so excited about living here.  From the moment we pulled into the complex we both looked at each other and kinda just knew that this was the place for us.
  This is where we lived when we decided to start a family.  It was in our little bathroom that we saw that little digital word "pregnant" that told us we were going to be parents.  It was our cozy living room that we brought Ella into and said "You're home, baby."
  It was here that we truly became a family.  There are no bad memories at Cobblecreek.  It represented such a peaceful time in our lives.  When Ella got old enough to enjoy walks, either Adam or I would walk around the Cobblecreek grounds with her.  She loved being near the fountains and hearing the ducks quack.  This will always be the place that we will look back on fondly and remember truly being happy and content for the first time in a long time.  Thank you for being a warm, safe home for us Cobblecreek!

This is just a few pictures of the BEAUTIFUL grounds at Cobblecreek.  It was so peaceful to walk around here in the evening, I will miss it so much!

This is Ella on one of our many walks.  This was the first day that the temperature had dropped and I got her all bundled up.  Doesn't she look just to die for?!?!

Another one of our evening walks.  I can't even tell you how much I adore this face.  I would get her inside and snuggle her face to mine and feel her cold little cheeks gradually warm up next to mine.  Nothing better in the world, I'm tellin' ya.

I was watching my nephew Jude one day.  He and Ella LOVE each other so much, it's the sweetest thing.  It was all fun and games until one of the ducks nabbed the bread right out of Jude's hand.  He was DONE with the ducks after that :)

This was our last family walk together.  We walked around for a long time and reminisced about all of our good times here.  We were both feeling bitter sweet about it all.

I couldn't ask for a better dad to my daughter.  Adam would come home from work, strap Ella in the Baby Bjorn and walk around for an hour, bonding with Ella and goofing around with her.  She seriously has one of the funnest daddies around :)

When Ella and I would go on walks, we would always end at our favorite spot next to the main pond.  I would tell her how much I loved her and how blessed she was to be born into such a loving environment, and how blessed we were to have such a beautiful, healthy baby.  She won't remember these talks, but she will always know how loved she is.

This was taken before bath time after our walk.  The picture on the right was literally taken seconds after the picture on the left.  She goes from party to melt-down faster than you can blink an eye!!!