Another Week...with a wannabe 2 yr. old!

So first off I have to tell a (funny now, but not then) story! Ella has progressed farther into this stage of throwing fits, not listening and all around being a stinker! This last week it definitely hit a new level. On friday I spent all morning with her giving her lots of attention and then she had her nap. After her nap we went and got the mail. The minute I started doing something and wasn't giving her attention she starts whining and complaining. So I ignore her and when I look up the trash is all over the kitchen floor...then I start looking for her and find her in my bathroom standing in the toilet fully clothed! She is soaking wet and when I look at her she tells me she is "going potty!" I just about died. If I wouldn't have been so mad I would have gotten a picture. Dang it!
Steve was really busy this week and was working a lot so Ella and I went to a pumpkin patch (Thanks Kimber!) with some friends and there was a petting zoo and stuff. Lots of fun but it was soooo hot that day. You can see in the pictures that Ella is a little glazed over and has pink cheeks and is attached to her paci. But we got a pretty cool pumpkin!
We also had family pictures on Saturday and I can't wait to see them and post some! I was really excited about our outfits and stressed for like 2 weeks on what to wear. But I think they will be great! It was quite the process with it being so hot and getting Ella to sit still. There was our week. I think this week will be a little calmer.

P.S. There have been some comments about the lack of pictures of my husband! 1. He hates having his picture taken 2. I am always taking pictures so we never get any of us together! 3. My husband is so supremely hot! (just ask the girls in our ward) I really don't want anyone to feel bad 4. I am majorly anti-cheese and a very personal person. Anything public makes me very uncomfortable. Just know I love him very much and I will try and incorporate him more.

Funny Girls!

Last friday I was watching my neice Sidney and then my friend Alisa had Physical Therapy so she dropped off Morgan. The 3 girls together were really fun! Ella is getting to the age where she wants to play. If we go to a park she always is going up to the other kids and trying to play. I feel bad sometimes. So they all had lots of fun with each other!

Bubba the Kitten!

If you know me at all....you know I am not a big animal person. I think they are cute and fun but way too much for me to take care of. So on monday I kept hearing this little meow all day coming from my back yard. After about 8 hours of it meowing I finally go outside to see where it is coming from. Behind one of our plants is this little tiny kitten. He is crouched down in the only piece of shade he could find and just panting. I felt so bad for him but I didn't want a kitten. I called Steve and my MIL (who is a big animal lover) and they told me to go to the pet store and get it some formula. I am definately not an animal person but I didn't want it to die. I would have felt really bad! So I put it in a box and loaded Ella up and we went to the pet store. We got some formula and a little bottle that it eats from. It was pretty clean for a stray and about 14 days old. On Tuesday, I have to go to work so my MIL normally watches Ella and offered to watch Bubba (that is what I named it). Having this kitten is like having another baby. He has to be fed every couple of hours and I have Ella who is saying she is hungry and this kitten meowing at me that he is hungry. I started losing my mind. So when I get to my MIL's I tell her I have to take it to a shelter. I am stressing out and don't know how to take care of this little thing. Ella is trying to step on it or suffocate it most of the time. My MIL wants it! but my FIL has told her no more pets. But that is up to them. I have offered to find a place for the kitty but she is having way too much fun with the little guy and doesn't want him to go. So that is our random adventure this week!