happy birthday jesus.
i'm absolutely positively not sure where this girl came from. literally i would've been scared out of my mind, not wanting to move for fear of doing something wrong...but not ella braylynn. she sang her heart out, danced around, ran to go get some woman's camera lens 'i'll get it!' she shouted, and basically was the center of attention. literally. she was right smack dab in the middle. there were times while i was video taping (yes, i have everything documented) that i was laughing so hard that i had to shut things off temporarily. you should've seen my belly...looked like santa laughing. no joke. she had a great time and even got to see the 'real' santa at the end. i can't wait for you to see my daughter bust a move. ♥

Long Lost Bree.
i know you probably thought i abandoned you. here i am. no need to worry. :)
lately,
1. i have been finishing 4 classes. writing numerous papers. sitting through hours of presentations. clustering my brain with additional knowledge. and having mixed feelings on being through. pregnancy+ one huge goal accomplished = glad it's done, but i'll still be sad.
2. ella has been turning into a little-mini adult. she is absolutely 3 going on 13. she's been singing her christmas songs like crazy. giving me a run for my money by saying, 'no'. and living in her rapunzel princess dress. christmas lights + princess dress = love.
oh and she almost had a breakdown because she couldn't see santa because 'mom i lovvvvee him.' she loves fat old men with a white beards. nice.
currently,
we are watching scooby-doo. counting down the days until you get here. and impatiently waiting for captain to come. 6 and a half weeks.

without further adu...what you've missed.

mom's 50th mini-surprise party.

literally the best picture i could get. cheese-jump. cheese-jump. over and over and over.

the best and worst part of having 5 gynormous trees.

 meet captain jamison. and yes that is the knucks in the second picture.

be ready to get your tinsel on. pick out fabric. watch an insane amount of toons. and be over-joyed to see us. ♥

my princess.
it is now a priority to wear her princess rapunzel costume as often as possible. it is usually a good bribing tool...ella do _____ and you can do _____...so i use it to my advantage as often as possible. win win. today she wanted princess hair...since i was offering every 5 minutes to do it for her. here is the result.

then she decided to show her captain along with mine in the background. blurriness + mirror makes captain look large and in charge. but i was able to get her to give him a kiss. disclaimer:: she did slap my belly right after she kissed it...she's a turkey.

monster mash.
the fam came over last night to preview miss olivia the pig and gorge on some halloween treats. mom carved a pumpkin especially for ella. and ella almost died until she got to eat her cupcake. seriously you'd think i had starved her all day...she neeeeded a cupcake. half way through the night she changed into her rapunzel costume and led everyone through a series of songs, which she decided what and when to sing...and would bow after each song. it was hilarious...it wasn't so much a bow i guess, more of southern belle curtsy. that ellie. definitely one of a kind.

cRaZy HaiR dAy & a harvest carnival.
friday was crazy hair day. hair color? check. glitter? check.

after a quick change...we were back into the grind with our church harvest carnival. olivia the pig made her appearance and l♥ved every second of it! she played games, won the cupcake walk, went on a hay ride, animal golfed, got her face painted (again, the girl loves getting her gace painted haha), bounced her heart out in the bounce out and rocked it out with pebbles.