Ella drove her car to the Cochran Christmas parade this year with plenty of family in tow! Junebug, Aunt Rebekah and Uncle Brett, Aunt Ninga, Aunt Robin and Uncle Johnny and Emily and Mary Lane were all with me and Daniel as we watched Mom and Pop drive the SCV float that Papa and Uncle Alan marched beside! She loved everything except the loud firetrucks!

Happy Thanksgiving! Ella had so much fun on Thanksgiving Day at the Old House for the NeSmith lunch. She played all so hard outside the whole day!! She's so much fun!

Halloween morning!

Playing at the old house!

This past weekend was our annual Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat at Church. Ella and I were Mama and Baby Bee, and Daniel was a Blue's brother... Charlie was the other brother. It was so funny! Ella was one sweet little bee and buzzed around all night, running full speed around the church. She had a blast playing games and looking at all the costumes and decorated trunks! We all had a great time and can hopefully dress up again on Halloween too!

Ella loves rocking in the rocking chair! Here we were having lunch at La Cabana in town.

I have spent the morning trying to catch up with a few of my favorite pictures from the rest of the summer! Life is going fast in the NeSmith home, and Ella is moving and growing even faster! Ella turned 15 months on the 12th of this month and celebrated it with Aunt Kelli's birthday!
She is in full-run mode now and loves to see if you can catch her!
Ella had her first big "away from Mama" weekend when Daniel and I went to General Conference and my mission reunion at the beginning of this month in Salt Lake City. We all had fun, but were MORE than ready to be together again!
Ella started calling Papa by his name now (or Baba, close enough!) and calls him everyday, whether he is with her or not! She must think that he may come rescue her! They still love riding the golf cart around the neighborhood, and she's even taking up football! So her favorite thing to do now is still going over to Junebug and Baba's house!!
She's back into her reading again, and can look at magazines for long periods of time. (it's the only way to keep her in one place!!) She's been carrying around a baby doll that was mine when I was a little girl, and she loves her!
Ella is getting so big and being more and more of a little showoff everyday! She loves hamming it up for strangers (some of them) and dances whenever she hears music! We visited a pumpkin patch a few weeks ago and then the fair and have loved every minute we have had of fall this year! We have our Fall festival and trunk or treat this weekend, and Ella is excited for Halloween!

Fair time!!

Toybox!

Labor Day Weekend in Murphy, NC