Above are some cute photos of Ella this week. She has a lot of fun playing in the little fisher price house at Nana and Papa's and just this week learned how to climb up her crib from the outside. Hmmm, I'm predicting she'll be in a toddler bed before two; what do you think?? She had fun this week making Daddy a card; she used crayons for the first time and managed to take a bite of the color blue. Mmmm blueberries! 

This weekend I've a chorale concert that I've been working towards for the past couple months up in Traverse City. We'll be performing Vivaldi's Manificat and Gloria by Boccherini. I'm exhausted, but super excited because these pieces are fabulous. Then on Sunday Ella and I will be heading down to Tennessee for a couple months to visit with my family. 

Jonah is doing good; please continue to keep him in your prayers for safety. We're counting down the months until we'll finally be home together again; 5 left which is much better than 7!! :O) We love you Jonah!! 

Thanks again for your prayers. Lots of love~ E, J, & I

I'll try and get some more videos up soon; my computer is a little slow of uploading them. 

DADDY

I told Jonah that he got promoted from DaDa to Daddy recently. Ella actually points at his photos and says his name "Daddy", as well as when she sees him on my laptop, and she even associates talking on the telephone as "Daddy" or "DaDa". She loves to pretend to be talking on the phone. She has a fake phone that she puts to her ear and talks, but pretty much anything else can be a phone too for her. I think the funniest was when the sea horse bath toy became a phone the other night & she seemed to have gotten "Da Da" on the phone that way too. ;O) We love you Daddy!!

Recently I took a little rode trip just north of Traverse City with Dawn and Ella to check out the fall leaves. The colors seem to be reaching their peek now. Seeing that I was born and raised mainly in the south where we never got the opportunity to experience rarely any type of season other than hot, hot hot, and hotter; I'd have to say that I'm pretty awe struck with this beautiful season. I'm excited that Jonah, Ella & I will be making our way up to Michigan someday to continue to enjoy these beautiful colors together every year. 

Ella is finally interested in swings. She was pretty hesitant about it at first, but now she understands that they are for enjoyment rather anything else. Her hair seems to be growing more everyday and still remains curly. She's learned lots of new words and continues to be interested in everything. She loves to figure things out and never gives up until she does. Not only does she look like her daddy, but acts like him. :O) They are my wonderful pair and I'm so excited about seeing them together again. 5 more months!!

As always, thank you for your prayers, love, and support. ~E