Ella Singing

Ella is definitely developing quite a little personality. She smiles all the time now and loves to talk. Sometimes she even seems to be singing. Here's a video Brad was able to get of her doing all of the above. We wanted to edit a few clips and put them all together, but as of yet haven't been successful with the editing software that came with our camera (that way we can make it look like she never cries!). So what you get is one clip, start to finish. Hope you enjoy!

Great makeup deal!!

A big thanks to my sister-in-law Becca for this one!

Go to the website eyeslipsface.com and you can get all makeup for $1.00. If you enter the code Carolina at checkout you get 50% off! Apparently, Nordstrom has recently decided to pick up the makeup line so the great prices they have now is only for a limited time. I haven't bought anything yet but plan to in the next day or two. I figure if Nordstrom is picking it up it is probably some pretty good stuff, and if not, I'll still be paying less than I would for the drug store lines! Thought I'd pass on the information to all of you. . .ya'all know how I LOVE a good deal!!

Camera Crisis

Well we are very disappointed to announce that our camera is broken! The lens cover is stuck in the closed position. We have only had the camera for about a year and a half and I feel totally ripped off! I have looked into getting repaired. . .it seems like it would be a quick, simple fix. However, the only place I can find to fix it is directly through Sony. They charge a flat repair fee of $111.00, not including shipping and tax. Is it just me or is that a little ridiculous? I looked around and I could get the upgraded version of my model for less than $200. So why would I pay all that money just to fix an old camera? I'm sure that's why they set it up that way. . .so you keep buying new cameras rather than fixing up an old one. I'm a little perturbed to be honest with you. So now I'm in decision mode. Do I get the old camera fixed or do I buy a new camera? Or do I put it off and wait until we actually have the money to do one or the other? I'm not really sure what to do but I do feel that with the age Ella's at I really don't want to go too long without taking pictures. . .she's growing and changing so fast! I guess we'll just have to see what we can figure out.
Moral of the story--you won't be seeing any fun pictures for a while! I'll still try to find something interesting to post.

There's no place like home

I know that nowadays it is very popular to place different sayings and catch phrases around your house as part of the decor. Well recently I came across a new one (at least it is new to me) that has had special meaning for us. As most of you know, our house is very small and cozy. It has only two bedrooms and one bathroom. It was built in 1928, when a family didn't require all the space we seem to need today. Even though it is small we absolutely love it. It suits us perfectly! Anyway, we were lucky enough to have both of our families out here at the same time after Ella was born and had over 15 people in our little house at one time. We also had a Labor Day Barbecue here last week where we had 20 people over, not including children. However, the interesting thing was although our house was definitely full, I never felt cramped. I loved the feeling of having people I love filling up our house. It is sort of nice to fill every nook and cranny with friends and family. As a result my new motto is this one that is now hanging on my dining room wall, "May our house always be too small to hold all of our friends." I think now, in order to upgrade to a more spacious house in the future, we better make sure we still have enough friends and family over to fill it once again!

TOO CUTE!!

Well, without sounding too much like I am bragging, I just have to say that I think our Ella is SO adorable!! I am just so in love with her. As I was getting her ready for a bath this morning she just really started flirting with me like crazy, so I had to get the camera and take a few pictures of her being so happy! Brad always says he is jealous that I get to stay home and play with her all day. I always tell him that I am jealous he gets to go have time to himself and have adult conversations. But, really, I know I have it good! Thanks honey for being so encouraging of me staying home with our little girl. I love you.