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

Eating out for Granny's birthday!

Aunt Rebekah's birthday!

The yummy cake(s) for Ella! Debi made the big cupcake and Oma (Gale) made all the pretty little ones. They were all great!!

Happy first Birthday, Ella!!

We had a great party for Ella in our backyard. She was so excited, and lots of family came to celebrate!

Ella must have known that it was her birthday, because she played so hard all morning at church and then when we got home that she fell asleep during lunch.

Ella went through a stage where this was her favorite face to make. She makes a perfect little "o" with her mouth and widens her eyes like she is surprised. We love it! She thinks its the best when you make the same face back at her!
Ella is very busy these days, shes very fast at moving around the house and is into everything! She loves playing with Mugsy, and finding any kind of paper that she can to shred and then try to eat! She's crawling and climbing and doesn't seem to interested in trying to walk, which is ok by us! She's a very big girl and we can't believe in just a few months she'll be a year old!

Ella playing with her Daddy.

Ella wearing her bunny outfit on Easter that Aunt Robin gave her. She was so sweet!

Ella in her Easter dress at Mom and Pop's after church.

We love to sing!

Sweet baby Ella is 8 months old today! She is cuter, sweeter, and funner than ever!
Ella has taken her time crawling. She's "scooted" on her bottom and wiggled her way around until she is finally commando-style crawling. She is also trying to pull up on things and trying to stand from the floor. She loves to stand next to the ottoman and play, it makes her feel like a big girl!
Ella is currently in love with her baths, picking Daddy's pens out of his pocket and jamming on Mema's piano. She also creates quite a scene at church when she sings so loud! Ella is constantly tapping her foot or hand on whatever is near her, she must hear her own internal music! We are having so much fun watching her grow (so fast!) and are loving being back at home with our very own house to play in.

Jumpy Jumpy Jumpy!

This is one of my favorite videos of Ella, she could be a professional jumper these days, but back when this video was taken she was just getting the hang of it, and unfortunately its upside down!

Chatterbox

This video was taken back in November. She was talking to her Papa Bear!

This is an older picture when Ella was 2 months old on her blessing day. Granny Arnold gave her this beautiful dress! She literally looked like an angel.