Cutness overload for the day

Just for my own personal reference Ella is 4 years 5 months in these pictures. 

Baby goats

Last Saturday we made a trip to Poppy and Nana's house to see their baby goats. They have three female goats. Two out of the three had already given birth.  Much to our surprise the last pregnant goat, Belle, was giving birth when we got there. She already had one and was cleaning it up. Ella and I got to see her give birth to the last three babies. 

It was such a cool experience. I didn't know what Ella would think of it, because let's face it, it's not the most pleasant thing to watch. She actually sat and watched, and kept asking, "is she going to poop out another one?" 

Nana was such a big help. When Belle would pop out a baby she would look back at Jeanette like, "Are you going to clean it up for me?" 

Freshly born! Gross, yes, but simply amazing. 

Watching Belle "poop out another one." 

I have a feeling Ella is going to be an animal lover just like me. 

One tired mommy goat.

 This is my favorite picture! So sweet:)

Funny story: That night Ella had to go #2. On her way to the potty she told me she was going to "poop like the big goats." :) 

It's my birthday!!

If I were to buy myself a birthday card, this would be the perfect card for me!

I think they make an ecard for everything:) Adam is coming home tonight after a week in Vegas, and I will be so glad. Do you see something wrong with that picture? Adam in Vegas, me at home, and it's my birthday week. Not fair! 

Grandpa

 Last Friday, we laid my sweet grandpa to rest. 

This is my absolute favorite picture of Ella and my grandpa. 

I have so many great memories of him. As a child I was actually not that close to him. I was closer to my grandma. Once she passed away my relationship with him changed. I definitely made more of an effort to spend time with him. He was my last living grandparent. 

We met up for lunch quite a bit at either Cracker Barrel or Pizza Hut. When Adam and I lived in our apartment at Copper Creek my grandpa would wait in the movie theatre parking lot for me to get home from work. I remember I would pull in and see him sitting in his black truck waiting so he could come in and visit. 

He was always around to help me out when I needed it. In high school I would call him and ask him for gas money every now and then. I had money, but I didn't want to spend it on gas:) He always said yes. He would give me a 20 dollar bill. It only took $12 to fill up my tank, and I would pocket the rest. He also bought me my first couch and love seat when Adam and I moved in together. When Adam and I moved into our house and bought the wrong lawnmower (we discovered this after we cut grass) he offered to take it home and clean it up so we could take it back. 

My grandpa was a very simple person. He didn't need material things to make him happy. When I think of him I can see him in blue jeans, a white t-shirt, overalls, and a baseball hat. That was his uniform, and he rarely wore anything else unless it was a special occasion. Speaking of occasions, he was at my high school and college graduations. He was at my wedding, even though he had his gull bladder removed the week before. He was also there the day Ella was born. I am glad he made it to all the big events in my life.

My best memory of him is just sitting at the dinner table with him. He told stories and made me laugh so hard that I would have tears in my eyes. My grandpa and I shared the same love of food. He would always tell my mom her food was so good "it makes me want to smack my mammy." He will definitely be missed at the dinner table, but I'm thankful we got to share so many great dinners with him.

I hope that Ella has at least one memory of him when she gets older. That was probably the saddest part of this whole thing for me. I just hope she can remember him. He loved her so much. He always called her his "punkin". 

Last Wednesday he passed away. I knew what my brother was going to say as soon as I saw his name on my phone. It was the call I had been dreading for a long time.  I was sad, but yet I was happy for my grandpa. His quality of life went down quickly the past few months so I knew he was definitely in a better place. I will miss my grandpa so much, but I am so thankful for the memories I have of him. 

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

Easter weekend

We had a fun Easter weekend! I think by Sunday night Ella was so hyped up she couldn't sleep. It definitely was not because of all the Easter candy. The girl won't even touch it. I wish I was a little more like her in that aspect. We won't discuss how many cadbury eggs and peeps I devoured this weekend.

Friday afternoon we headed to Maw and Papaw's house for dinner and an easter egg hunt. Ella got some cool stuff in her Easter basket and had so much fun hunting eggs. 

My beautiful girl is getting way too big!

I think Ella had the most fun driving her four wheeler around. She definitely has a need for speed just like her daddy. We were surprised how well she could maneuver this thing around.  

Saturday morning the three of us dyed eggs. Ella loved the Avengers egg dying kit I picked out. 

 Saturday Ella, Adam, and I went to Disney on Ice. We got to see Cars, Ariel, Tinkerbell, and our favorites: Buzz, Woody, and Jesse. 

 

Sunday morning I had to wake Ella up so she could see her Easter basket and hunt for Easter egg before we had to get ready for church. The girl loves to sleep. She took full advantage of spring break this week by sleeping until 9:30 everyday this week. 

My mom started reading Peter Rabbit to Ella so Ella thinks the Easter bunny that delivered her Easter basket and eggs was, "Peter". We heard Peter's name quite a few times yesterday. I think it is so cute. She asked why Peter didn't bring the boys (our dogs) anything for Easter. Peter is a stinker and forgot! Good thing the boys didn't notice. 

Ella is starting to look so grown up. I am not sure what happened to my baby!? 

 I found this market tote on Groopdealz a couple of months ago. I love it. 

After our little Easter egg hunt we hurried and got ready for church. For the record, I was actually on time this week. This is the first time in months. Go me! Adam joined us this week which was nice.

 After church we ran home to pick up the boys and change clothes. Ella was excited to see what Peter left her at mammy's house. On the way Ella asked where Peter went after her left. The questions are endless these days. 

 These two were so cute together yesterday. I absolutely love listening to their conversations. They played together all day long and didn't want the fun to end. Ella is not usually very talkative with other children, but she loves talking to Autumn. They are so totally different, but they definitely bring out the best in each other. They are so lucky to have one another!

 Peter was a stinker and put an egg high up in a tree. Autumn tried to use a stick to knock it down. 

Sunday night Ella was crazy.  She was into everything and talking up a storm. Adam gave her the brilliant idea to act like the Easter grass in her basket was snow and to throw it at mommy. Adam always comes up with the best ideas;)

We also had to play Avengers. Since Peter left Ella a Captain America mask in her basket we now have one for everybody!

When I put Ella to bed last night she asked, "When I wake up tomorrow will it be Christmas or Easter?" It was such a great day, and she didn't want it to end. I think it took her an hour to fall asleep. It was an fun (exhausting) day. I am so thankful for a fun weekend!