Ella goes to the doctor

I can't believe this baby is 6 months (and one week)old!



Friday I took Ella to the doctor for her well baby check up. She weighed in at 16 lbs 14 ounces, 25.5 inches long and has a big head (for lots of brains). She passed her toy from one hand to the other a lot, she made eye contact, she sat up for the whole appointment by herself and even sat up on her hands and knees and tried to crawl across the table. Dr.C was delighted with the sweetie pie. He said her motor skills and social skills are outstanding. He's happy with her weight gain, and her sleeping habits.

Dr. C and I had a nice long visit but he admitted he was bummed BEN didn't come along too. They talk soccer, sports, coaching and fishing when Ben is there. I'm so glad my husband and I love our pediatrician, and our pediatrician and I both love my husband.

Ella got three shots and an oral vaccine and slept most of the rest of the day. She did give the nurse "the look" (don't you come close to me again) after the shots which I found charming as it mirrors MY face when I'm thinking this.

We are so happy to have two happy and perfectly healthy sweet girls. God has blessed us so much.

Bathing Beauties

Now that Ella can sit on her own bath time has taken to a whole new level of fun! Betsy cannot wait for Ella to get big enough for bath time together. In the mean time she yells instructions to Ella on how to bathe herself as well as tossing toys from the big tub to the little tub for Ella to play with.

I love those spiky ashes on Ella. And Betsy loves having a 'bubble beard'.

Sunday with my sweeties

We've had a low key weekend, here are some pictures of my sweetie pies. I love those pigtails on Betsy AND the dimples on Ella.

Wramblings from Europe

I know I have some family that follows my blog, and I thought you all might be interested in following little sis' Lauren and boyfriend Sean on their fabulous European vacation! Lauren arrived this morning and Sean has already blogged about their day, so follow those Gator-Jackets!

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Bobo's birthday

Betsy and William call my brother-in-law Uncle Bobo. It's a term of endearment. All week Betsy practiced singing Happy Birthday to Uncle Bobo. When the time came to call and sing to him she pulled out a unique rendition that went along the lines of "Happy TUESDAY Uncle BO BO!" His birthday was on a Friday, but I think he still appreciated the song.

Saturday was JD's surprise birthday party at his and Tiffany's new house! The house is beautiful and they've got everything looking great already which is AMAZING when you consider they moved in about 2 weeks ago. Betsy and Will, along with some other little friends played T-ball in the backyard.

The birthday boy opening presents. The girls picked an Otterbox cover for JD's iPhone off Amazon. Isn't that sweet of them?

Mary and cousin Will

Bets and Bobo

Ben and Bets, I believe in this picture she was dictating which piece of birthday cake she wanted.

How about this dinosaur dress? The kiddo loves it, and my Mom made it for her! Betsy loves to 'rawr' like a dinosaur.

Birthday boy with niece and nephew

Betsy and Will offered to carry one of JD's larger gifts to the backyard for him. They'll do anything you ask. I suspect toddlers are like ants and can carry 100 times their body weight.


Hugs all around, Betsy, Will and school friend Ryder.


Here's Aunt Kitty (Tiffany) wishing JD a happy birthday.

Betsy and William's PawPaw

Our friends Michael and Tiffany...they're getting married in 18 days! We can't wait to attend their wedding!

Those kiddos were sure excited about birthday cake!



And sweet Ella was so good at the party. She's Memaw's baby as Betsy is Pawpaw's girl.

Since you asked...

I've been asked a few times today how the low-carb diet is going, and I have to say it's going pretty well! I've stuck with the program 100% except for planned indulgences that I can count on one hand. Those would be:

A margarita and a cookie at Gina's bachelorette night
A piece of cake for my boss' birthday
A piece of JD's birthday cake

That's all the sugar and flour I've had in 18 days. I eat a big salad for lunch most days, and for dinner many days. I eat lots of cheese, chicken, eggs, 1 ounce of almonds per day. It's not terribly hard to stick to this because I'm eating full-fat products. Regular ranch dressing, cheese, etc. I've recently added low-sugar fruit back in my diet. Mostly strawberries.

The weight...it's coming off slowly. I've lost about 7 pounds. I wish it would happen faster but I'm setting small goals for myself. We're going to a wedding June 18th and my goal is 13 pounds lost, and I think at this pace I'll meet my first goal.

Even better than WL is feeling better, and I do. I don't feel sluggish or 'stuffed' ever. And I think I've been addicted to sugar in the past, it's hard for me to stop after one serving of something sweet. Yesterday I took my almonds and diet coke to the movies and it was just as satisfying as a box of candy.

My dear sweet Mom took me shopping in Atlanta and I have some cute summer clothes in my current size, so it makes me a little less anxious about losing quickly. Don't get me wrong, I really want to lose some weight and be slimmer, but getting to my 'goal size' is not going to happen overnight and I just try to enjoy my life every day no matter when size I'm wearing!

That's all for today, I'll give another update in a couple more weeks.

6 month compairison

Ella at 6 months old

Betsy at 6 months old


I think they look alike, but I think Ella looks more like me and of course Betsy look just like Ben.