9 Month Stats

Ella had a great 9 month check up at the Doctors....

She weighed in at 19 1bs. 4 oz and 28 inches...

Still no camera, so no 9 month photo, but we ordered one yeah!!!

Ella is cruising all over the place and even crawled up the stairs today!

The Wiggles

Grandma gave Ryan tickets to a Wiggles concert for his birthday. It was an AWESOME show, we all had a great time and really enjoyed it. Ryan has been asking daily to go again:)

Ella was particularly adorable. We weren't sure how she'd do, but she LOVED it.. dancing and clapping. She was entertained the entire time. Ryan was more awe-struck...

The Festivities Continue

The big day is finally here....


Pumpkin carving time...

Ryan and Grandpa carving the jack-o-lantern


Showing off their Jack-o-Lanterns... (too bad the photographer forgot to include the pumpkins)

Yum... I could get used to this Halloween thing:)

Ladybug and Monkey

Ready to hit the houses:)

Enjoying the candy wrappers in her new Halloween PJs

Showing off his loot....
Ella enjoying the candy...

Downtown Melrose Trick-R-Treating

Every year our wonderful town closes down Main Street and the kids go Trick-or-Treating to the stores. It's so much fun meeting up with our friends and checking out their costumes. This year they did it on Friday afternoon. Spreading the festivities:)

Introducing the Monkey and Ladybug....


Friends, Caleb and Adelina join us...

"Hey Turtle, your shell is getting in the way!"

And here's Jack the Power Ranger...

Just Monkeying around....

Andie the Cow Girl....

Buzz, aka... Matthew

Ryan wasn't scared of this witch...

The little girls were riding in style...



Later that evening after dinner we were having fun on the floor, and we got these adorable action shots of Ella.... She loves flipping over me.

Let the Festivities Begin

Grandma and Grandpa flew in yesterday to celebrate Halloween with us. We began the festivities today with a trip into Salem to hunt for witches. I think both Ryan and Ella enjoyed people watching.

We finally got a double stroller:)

Grandma and Ella

Ella and Mommy

Ella the big girl:)


Ryan sitting on the front step of a "witch's" house.


Grandpa buys Ryan his first Candy Apple, the first of much candy consumed today

Ryan and Grandpa master the corn maze...

Nona and Grampi Visit

Nona and Grampi were up visiting for a few days. The kids enjoyed all the extra attention and Nona got some cute shots with her camera. (still no camera for us)







Ryan modeling his new umbrella from Nona...


Ryan and Grampi



Daddy and Ella at Brunch at the Cheesecake Factory

Ryan and Ella sharing an inside joke

A common sight- Ella loves standing up at the toy box and occasionally even pulling toys out of it; such a big girl!

Close up of our cutie

Imajine That

On Monday my friend Katie invited us to join her and her kids at Imajine That... Our camera is broken, so she took some pictures for me... It's so cute how Ella and Adelina are now "playing" with each other...

Ryan and Ella playing together... They are doing that so much now, it's priceless. Ryan likes to crawl and have Ella chase him... I'll have to get it on video once we get a new camera.