Talking up a storm...

Ella and Daddy smiling and talking. Enjoy!

T.L.C...

Daddy made it through his surgery just fine. Now all he needs is a little TLC from two lucky ladies.

Daddy and Ella a couple of hours after his surgery.
Ella took Daddy's bed, the littlest patient on ward 8D! ;)

Ella brought Daddy a little "bug" to keep him company while he was in the Hospital.

Daddy is home now and we are relaxing trying to keep him down long enough to recoup. He is on leave for 30 days so we will be hanging out at the house for a while.

Just to catch ya'll up...Josh had back surgery on the 29th and just got home today. He will be down for about 30+ days. Ella is doing amazing, still growing like a weed. As for me, when I went in two months ago for pack pain I got a CT scan and in the process of reading that scan they found a cyst on my kidney. I have to go and get an MRI on monday to see if it is something to worry about. Other than all that we are doing wonderfully! We hope that everyone has a safe Halloween and a great weekend!

Love and Hugs to All!

Shannon, Josh, and Ella Ann

Happy Halloween!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEN!!!

Sending HUGS & KISSES, not TRICKS or TREATS!

Hope everyone has a great night!

Love Josh, Shannon, & Ella Ann

Josh's Surgery

Well, Josh's surgery wnet well. Sorry if we have been out of pocket, but I have been at the hospital for the last two days. Josh is healing nicely and will hopefully be released tomorrow. I will update again soon. Love to all!

XOXO
Shannon, Josh, and Ella Ann

Pumpkin Patch...

Well, not quite. We carved our first pumpkin and it was alot of fun. Here are some of the pictures!!! We hope that everyone has a great week and a Spooktacular Halloween! :)

Happy Halloween!

Josh did a great job! :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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beary cute...

Ella says "another picture momma?" LOL! I will probably get this face alot.

Rocky Top in Germany...

We went to a friends house to watch the UT v Bama game, of course we had to go all decked out!

Ella says "GO VOLS"!
The oranges collide as uncle Brock hangs with Ella.
The "Gil's" go orange.

Just a quick hello!

Trying..

...to roll. Here is Ella getting frustrated that she cannot roll over. She almost has it, but not quite.

2 months old and still growing like a weed!

Ella turned 2 months old yesterday and had her doctors apt. She is...drum roll please...10lbs 14oz and measures 23in! Momma is doing a good job I guess! LOL! She also had to get 3 shots and some gross stuff in her mouth. She did so good though. She didn't mind the oral medication and she only cried for all of 10 seconds! She is a trooper! The second Daddy picked her up she was fine and dandy. Needless to say Momma teared up! I am a wimp!

See her ouchies...
Our lil 2 month old!

Sneezes...

Here is just another random video of our little one sneezing. Hope ya'll enjoy!!!

Love and Hugs!

My Awesome Husband...

Surprised me with a weekend trip to Munich! We woke up and he waved 4 envelopes in my face and said pick one! So I did and I opened it and there was a piece of paper in it that said MUNICH. He had everything packed and we left within 30 minutes. It was a wonderful trip which we hope to do again soon. Here are some pictures!

Josh and Ella inside the courtyard of the Church.
The Church

Ella by the Pauliner Lion at the Wirsthaus.

She found her thumb! :)

My first beer! Yummy!

Josh was in heaven! We missed the tour of the factory, but we did get to have a Pauliner!

Munich Lions!

We saw this in the market Auntie Deb and thought of you!!! LOL!!! :)

Ella and Mommy out and about in Munich.

Ella and Daddy on Ella's first road trip! Munich suits her! :)

Warm clothes for COLD weather!

As you can see, Dad is really Happy for some more orange in Ella's wardrobe!

Reclining with Daddy! Keeping warm in the house.

Thanks Auntie Deb for the awesomely cool Harley beanie!!! Keeps my noggin warm!

Precious Moments...

New Friends...

I went out for the first time since Ella was born last night. Josh was so great, he was so excited about spending some Daddy and Ella time. I went to bingo with a new friend, Amanda. If she looks familiar, it is because she is the one who delivered Ella. Now that I am not her patient, we can be friends. I hope to be able to get to know her better as we will be spending the same tour here in Germany. Here is our pic from bingo night at the K Club.

Hickum Ups...

Here is our lil girl with the hickum ups! She gets them everyday and she usually lets them get the better of her and starts to cry. I hate the hick ups too! LOL!

Talking...

Here is a video of Ella talking to me...she is learning so fast.

Tooter Toots...

I wanted to capture Ella crying for those special few who have not been able to see her. What I captured was hillarious and priceless all at the same time! It turns out that the reason she was crying was because she needed to pass gas, and she did! Lol! Listen for it! Love and Hugs!

Josh, Shannon, and Ella Ann

Rattle Video...

Here is a video of Ella shaking her rattle. Now that I know how to upload video, I will start taking more and more video to share. Love to everyone, we miss you.

Love

Shannon, Josh, and Ella Ann

Rattle, Rattle, Rattle...

I finally got Ella to hold on to her rattle. She still does not know what it is or realize that it is entertaining, but we are working on that!

Moving on up...

Guess who is using #1 diapers now??? Ella is...

Daddy, Ella, and Mommy celebrating the diaper milestone! LOL! :)

Two Piglets!

Couldn't help myself!

No we do not let our little one sleep with us, but I could not help myself the other day when both Ella and Daddy slept in. So I got creative and layed Ella with Daddy. It was so cute, here are some pictures!

Sleeping
I'm awake but comfortable!!! :) She loves to sleep like this.

Good Morning Kisses from Daddy!